Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 6th ed., 
1887, Oldham Co.

WILLIAM COMPTON was born March 27, 1807, in the town of Beer Regis,
England, and when quite young, in 1829, came with his father, John, to
Baltimore, Md.  In 1833 he came to Kentucky, was married the same year
to Catherine Christopher, of Baltimore, located in Louisville, and 
engaged in the mercantile and brokerage business for twelve years, when 
he removed to a farm of 206 acres in Oldham County, one mile and a half 
north of Pewee Valley, where he died in 1857, leaving seven children, 
viz: Mary, William (deceased), Julia, Henry, Amelia, Thomas and Ticlah. 
Thomas, who was born in 1848, sold goods with his brother William at 
Beard's for eight years, and also acted as depot agent.  William died 
on July 12, 1881. Mary, William and Amelia were the only children 
married.

Compton Christopher
=
Louisville-Jefferson-KY MD England

http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/oldham/compton.w.txt