My 3rd-great-grandfather. Son of John Crompton (1797-1854) & Ann Stones Crompton (1807-1864), both of Lancashire, England. Husband of Hannah Hobson. Of their 12 children, 5 were born in England & my great-great-grandma Jane was the eldest. His headstone says he died on Oct 17 1900, but cemetery records report that date as his burial date. The biography below was written by one of his granddaughters; I heavily edited it because every word began with a capital letter & most should not have.
PIONEER LIFE OF WILLIAM CROMPTON
By Annie Crompton Barton (granddaughter)
Daughters of Utah Pioneers Meeting, March 31, 1937
William Crompton was born In Kearsley England, April 29, 1832, the second child of John & Ann Stones Crompton of which there were 11 children: 8 boys & 3 girls. He remained In England until he grew to manhood & when 20 years of age married Hannah Hobson. They had 5 children of which my father was the eldest [actually the 2nd, after Jane]. They left England for the West.
Grandfather walked almost the entire distance, & then after a long day's journey he would stand guard over the camp at least part of the night. He left England 20 years after the first group of Pioneers entered the Salt Lake Valley so travel was not quite so difficult.
He came with the Daniel Thompson Company in the year of 1866. After many hardships, they landed in Utah on September 29, 1866. He & his family traveled the Oregon Trail as far as the Snake River but returned penniless with 5 small children to care for.
At first they went to live in Santaquin, UT, with only a hut to live in. They had no lights except a candle made of mutton tallow, with a cord through the center.
It was one of the outstanding indications of the type of man Grandfather was, that he could not content himself to live in a home which was not his own. As soon as he reached Santaquin, he began to make adobes & constructed a house.
After staying there a year, he traded his house for a yoke of oxen & a wagon & moved his family to Coalville, UT, where there was work to be had at Sprigg's Coal Mine.
Grandfather had always been used to working for money, but at this coal mine the pay was in molasses, apples & other such commodities as they could not otherwise dispose of.
Money was something that was sometimes heard of, but seldom seen. Thus, Grandfather was not very well satisfied. However, here at Coalville he again built a small house, which is still standing & occupied.
Then came the railroad. Grandfather went to work for the railroad company, & much to his delight he received the first money he had seen for 2 years. Soon he went to work in the tunnel in Weber Canyon & moved his family there. There he built a dugout in the side of the mountain for the family to live in.
About the later part of 1869, after the tunnel was finished, Grandfather went To Almy, WY, & engaged In mining for the Union Pacific Coal Company. There were no houses in Almy; the men lived in dugouts along the hillside. So Grandfather left his family in Coalville.
Later the coal company built some houses & he brought his family to Almy. They lived in one of the company houses for a short time. Then he & his sons cut cottonwood trees & built a house on a quarter section of land Grandfather had homesteaded. So again they had a home of their own.
Grandfather continued to work in the coal mines, & as his sons grew older, they too worked in the mines.
As his homestead adjoined land of the C.P. Railroad Company, & the company desired to purchase the homestead, Grandfather sold it. But in the meantime, Grandfather had built another house nearby. He had purchased 40 acres of land from an old trapper by the name of Adam Koon. Paying him 50 dollars in money, a buckskin pony, & two 2-year-old steers.
This land was covered with sagebrush & willows. When he & his sons were not at work in the mines, they would clear the land of this brush. At first Grandfather built a log house on this land, & later he converted it into a barn & built a 2-story brick house, which is still owned by 2 of his grandsons.
In the summer of 1895 Grandfather & Grandmother went back to England to visit. Nearly 20 years had passed since they had set out for the unknown West. After being converted to the LDS faith, how they must have enjoyed the comfortable railroad cars & steamship on this trip compared with the hand cart of their first trip!
Grandfather was one of the first men to own cattle inthis part of Wyoming. In April 1896 he retired & moved to Ogden, UT, where he & Grandmother lived comfortably until Oct 19, 1900, when he passed away. He raised 11 children: 6 boys & 5 girls.
PIONEER LIFE OF WILLIAM CROMPTON
By Annie Crompton Barton (granddaughter)
Daughters of Utah Pioneers Meeting, March 31, 1937
William Crompton was born In Kearsley England, April 29, 1832, the second child of John & Ann Stones Crompton of which there were 11 children: 8 boys & 3 girls. He remained In England until he grew to manhood & when 20 years of age married Hannah Hobson. They had 5 children of which my father was the eldest [actually the 2nd, after Jane]. They left England for the West.
Grandfather walked almost the entire distance, & then after a long day's journey he would stand guard over the camp at least part of the night. He left England 20 years after the first group of Pioneers entered the Salt Lake Valley so travel was not quite so difficult.
He came with the Daniel Thompson Company in the year of 1866. After many hardships, they landed in Utah on September 29, 1866. He & his family traveled the Oregon Trail as far as the Snake River but returned penniless with 5 small children to care for.
At first they went to live in Santaquin, UT, with only a hut to live in. They had no lights except a candle made of mutton tallow, with a cord through the center.
It was one of the outstanding indications of the type of man Grandfather was, that he could not content himself to live in a home which was not his own. As soon as he reached Santaquin, he began to make adobes & constructed a house.
After staying there a year, he traded his house for a yoke of oxen & a wagon & moved his family to Coalville, UT, where there was work to be had at Sprigg's Coal Mine.
Grandfather had always been used to working for money, but at this coal mine the pay was in molasses, apples & other such commodities as they could not otherwise dispose of.
Money was something that was sometimes heard of, but seldom seen. Thus, Grandfather was not very well satisfied. However, here at Coalville he again built a small house, which is still standing & occupied.
Then came the railroad. Grandfather went to work for the railroad company, & much to his delight he received the first money he had seen for 2 years. Soon he went to work in the tunnel in Weber Canyon & moved his family there. There he built a dugout in the side of the mountain for the family to live in.
About the later part of 1869, after the tunnel was finished, Grandfather went To Almy, WY, & engaged In mining for the Union Pacific Coal Company. There were no houses in Almy; the men lived in dugouts along the hillside. So Grandfather left his family in Coalville.
Later the coal company built some houses & he brought his family to Almy. They lived in one of the company houses for a short time. Then he & his sons cut cottonwood trees & built a house on a quarter section of land Grandfather had homesteaded. So again they had a home of their own.
Grandfather continued to work in the coal mines, & as his sons grew older, they too worked in the mines.
As his homestead adjoined land of the C.P. Railroad Company, & the company desired to purchase the homestead, Grandfather sold it. But in the meantime, Grandfather had built another house nearby. He had purchased 40 acres of land from an old trapper by the name of Adam Koon. Paying him 50 dollars in money, a buckskin pony, & two 2-year-old steers.
This land was covered with sagebrush & willows. When he & his sons were not at work in the mines, they would clear the land of this brush. At first Grandfather built a log house on this land, & later he converted it into a barn & built a 2-story brick house, which is still owned by 2 of his grandsons.
In the summer of 1895 Grandfather & Grandmother went back to England to visit. Nearly 20 years had passed since they had set out for the unknown West. After being converted to the LDS faith, how they must have enjoyed the comfortable railroad cars & steamship on this trip compared with the hand cart of their first trip!
Grandfather was one of the first men to own cattle inthis part of Wyoming. In April 1896 he retired & moved to Ogden, UT, where he & Grandmother lived comfortably until Oct 19, 1900, when he passed away. He raised 11 children: 6 boys & 5 girls.
My 3rd-great-grandfather. Son of John Crompton (1797-1854) & Ann Stones Crompton (1807-1864), both of Lancashire, England. Husband of Hannah Hobson. Of their 12 children, 5 were born in England & my great-great-grandma Jane was the eldest. His headstone says he died on Oct 17 1900, but cemetery records report that date as his burial date. The biography below was written by one of his granddaughters; I heavily edited it because every word began with a capital letter & most should not have.
PIONEER LIFE OF WILLIAM CROMPTON
By Annie Crompton Barton (granddaughter)
Daughters of Utah Pioneers Meeting, March 31, 1937
William Crompton was born In Kearsley England, April 29, 1832, the second child of John & Ann Stones Crompton of which there were 11 children: 8 boys & 3 girls. He remained In England until he grew to manhood & when 20 years of age married Hannah Hobson. They had 5 children of which my father was the eldest [actually the 2nd, after Jane]. They left England for the West.
Grandfather walked almost the entire distance, & then after a long day's journey he would stand guard over the camp at least part of the night. He left England 20 years after the first group of Pioneers entered the Salt Lake Valley so travel was not quite so difficult.
He came with the Daniel Thompson Company in the year of 1866. After many hardships, they landed in Utah on September 29, 1866. He & his family traveled the Oregon Trail as far as the Snake River but returned penniless with 5 small children to care for.
At first they went to live in Santaquin, UT, with only a hut to live in. They had no lights except a candle made of mutton tallow, with a cord through the center.
It was one of the outstanding indications of the type of man Grandfather was, that he could not content himself to live in a home which was not his own. As soon as he reached Santaquin, he began to make adobes & constructed a house.
After staying there a year, he traded his house for a yoke of oxen & a wagon & moved his family to Coalville, UT, where there was work to be had at Sprigg's Coal Mine.
Grandfather had always been used to working for money, but at this coal mine the pay was in molasses, apples & other such commodities as they could not otherwise dispose of.
Money was something that was sometimes heard of, but seldom seen. Thus, Grandfather was not very well satisfied. However, here at Coalville he again built a small house, which is still standing & occupied.
Then came the railroad. Grandfather went to work for the railroad company, & much to his delight he received the first money he had seen for 2 years. Soon he went to work in the tunnel in Weber Canyon & moved his family there. There he built a dugout in the side of the mountain for the family to live in.
About the later part of 1869, after the tunnel was finished, Grandfather went To Almy, WY, & engaged In mining for the Union Pacific Coal Company. There were no houses in Almy; the men lived in dugouts along the hillside. So Grandfather left his family in Coalville.
Later the coal company built some houses & he brought his family to Almy. They lived in one of the company houses for a short time. Then he & his sons cut cottonwood trees & built a house on a quarter section of land Grandfather had homesteaded. So again they had a home of their own.
Grandfather continued to work in the coal mines, & as his sons grew older, they too worked in the mines.
As his homestead adjoined land of the C.P. Railroad Company, & the company desired to purchase the homestead, Grandfather sold it. But in the meantime, Grandfather had built another house nearby. He had purchased 40 acres of land from an old trapper by the name of Adam Koon. Paying him 50 dollars in money, a buckskin pony, & two 2-year-old steers.
This land was covered with sagebrush & willows. When he & his sons were not at work in the mines, they would clear the land of this brush. At first Grandfather built a log house on this land, & later he converted it into a barn & built a 2-story brick house, which is still owned by 2 of his grandsons.
In the summer of 1895 Grandfather & Grandmother went back to England to visit. Nearly 20 years had passed since they had set out for the unknown West. After being converted to the LDS faith, how they must have enjoyed the comfortable railroad cars & steamship on this trip compared with the hand cart of their first trip!
Grandfather was one of the first men to own cattle inthis part of Wyoming. In April 1896 he retired & moved to Ogden, UT, where he & Grandmother lived comfortably until Oct 19, 1900, when he passed away. He raised 11 children: 6 boys & 5 girls.
PIONEER LIFE OF WILLIAM CROMPTON
By Annie Crompton Barton (granddaughter)
Daughters of Utah Pioneers Meeting, March 31, 1937
William Crompton was born In Kearsley England, April 29, 1832, the second child of John & Ann Stones Crompton of which there were 11 children: 8 boys & 3 girls. He remained In England until he grew to manhood & when 20 years of age married Hannah Hobson. They had 5 children of which my father was the eldest [actually the 2nd, after Jane]. They left England for the West.
Grandfather walked almost the entire distance, & then after a long day's journey he would stand guard over the camp at least part of the night. He left England 20 years after the first group of Pioneers entered the Salt Lake Valley so travel was not quite so difficult.
He came with the Daniel Thompson Company in the year of 1866. After many hardships, they landed in Utah on September 29, 1866. He & his family traveled the Oregon Trail as far as the Snake River but returned penniless with 5 small children to care for.
At first they went to live in Santaquin, UT, with only a hut to live in. They had no lights except a candle made of mutton tallow, with a cord through the center.
It was one of the outstanding indications of the type of man Grandfather was, that he could not content himself to live in a home which was not his own. As soon as he reached Santaquin, he began to make adobes & constructed a house.
After staying there a year, he traded his house for a yoke of oxen & a wagon & moved his family to Coalville, UT, where there was work to be had at Sprigg's Coal Mine.
Grandfather had always been used to working for money, but at this coal mine the pay was in molasses, apples & other such commodities as they could not otherwise dispose of.
Money was something that was sometimes heard of, but seldom seen. Thus, Grandfather was not very well satisfied. However, here at Coalville he again built a small house, which is still standing & occupied.
Then came the railroad. Grandfather went to work for the railroad company, & much to his delight he received the first money he had seen for 2 years. Soon he went to work in the tunnel in Weber Canyon & moved his family there. There he built a dugout in the side of the mountain for the family to live in.
About the later part of 1869, after the tunnel was finished, Grandfather went To Almy, WY, & engaged In mining for the Union Pacific Coal Company. There were no houses in Almy; the men lived in dugouts along the hillside. So Grandfather left his family in Coalville.
Later the coal company built some houses & he brought his family to Almy. They lived in one of the company houses for a short time. Then he & his sons cut cottonwood trees & built a house on a quarter section of land Grandfather had homesteaded. So again they had a home of their own.
Grandfather continued to work in the coal mines, & as his sons grew older, they too worked in the mines.
As his homestead adjoined land of the C.P. Railroad Company, & the company desired to purchase the homestead, Grandfather sold it. But in the meantime, Grandfather had built another house nearby. He had purchased 40 acres of land from an old trapper by the name of Adam Koon. Paying him 50 dollars in money, a buckskin pony, & two 2-year-old steers.
This land was covered with sagebrush & willows. When he & his sons were not at work in the mines, they would clear the land of this brush. At first Grandfather built a log house on this land, & later he converted it into a barn & built a 2-story brick house, which is still owned by 2 of his grandsons.
In the summer of 1895 Grandfather & Grandmother went back to England to visit. Nearly 20 years had passed since they had set out for the unknown West. After being converted to the LDS faith, how they must have enjoyed the comfortable railroad cars & steamship on this trip compared with the hand cart of their first trip!
Grandfather was one of the first men to own cattle inthis part of Wyoming. In April 1896 he retired & moved to Ogden, UT, where he & Grandmother lived comfortably until Oct 19, 1900, when he passed away. He raised 11 children: 6 boys & 5 girls.
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