Jacob Tilford Cumpton

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• Name	Jacob Tilford Cumpton  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Born	3 Aug 1836 Williamsport, Washington, Maryland, USA [1, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Military	LengthOfService: 7 Mos 14 Days; Regiment: 24th PA Colored Vol.; MilitaryCompany: D; Rank: Sergeant [4, 7]
  Residence	1840 Williamsport, Washington, Maryland, USA [4]
  Residence	1855 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [4]  –  Relocated in Harrisburg after being charged with helping 2 slaves escape.
  Job	1856 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [4]  –  Employed by Hon. Simon Cameron as coachman.
  Residence	1 Jul 1863 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [1]  –  25 Age: 25
  Military Muster	27 Aug 1863 [8]
  Military	1864 Pennsylvania, USA [5]  –  Enlistment Date: 1864 Military Date: 1864 Unit: Southard’s Company Branch of Service: Infantry
  Military Enlistment	15 Feb 1865 [7]
  Military Discharge	1 Oct 1865 [7]
  Residence	1877 416 South, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [9]  –  Occupation: Laborer
  Social Clubs	1 Sep 1877 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [10]  –  Special Meeting of Brotherly Love Lodge No. 896 G.U.O. of O.F.
  Medal Presented to Jacob T. Cumpton	17 Aug 1886 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [11]
  Census	1890 [7]
  Residence	Jun 1890 Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA [7]  –  EnumerationDistrict: 131
  Died	Sep 1905 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [3, 4, 12, 13, 14]
  Death	6 Sep 1909 [15]
  Musician	He helped organize and became the leader of the Excelsior band, which was the best and the best known colored band in Central Pennsylvania. [4]
  Race	Black [1]
  Religious	For many years he was director of the choirs of the A.M.E. and A.M.E. Zion churches and also had charge Sunday school music. He organized and directed the choir of the Harris A.M.E. Zion Church on Marion street. [4]
  Underground Railroad	Helped George and John Butler escape slavery. [4]
  Veteran	Civil War: Sergeant Co. D 24th USCT. [4, 7, 16]
  Name	Jacob T Campton [1, 15, 17]
  Name	Jacob T Compton [5]
  Name	Jacob T Cumpton [6, 7, 9, 18]
  Buried	​ 201 South 30th, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [3, 14, 15]
  	Lincoln Cemetery
  Notes	Prince Hall Mason One of the four figures depicted in the sculpture created as part of the Commonwealth Monument Project that exists at Capitol Park. Listed occupation: Carriage Driver Jacob Compton, the great-grandfather of local musician Jimmy Wood, played an important role in the history of one Americas most beloved presidents; he spirited Abraham Lincoln out of Harrisburg to evade assassination. Other than the final attempt that took his life, there were at least five other attempted assassinations of President Abraham Lincoln. One took place even before he took office. In late February of 1861 as he traveled to Washington D.C. from his home in Springfield, Illinois. One of his stops included Harrisburg, and the people of the capital city gathered to see the president-elect. After a flag raising ceremony, city residents went down to Second and Vine Streets, where the train transporting Lincoln and his party arrived around 1:30pm. He was taken to the Jones House hotel in a carriage, and after Governor Curtin introduced him to the crowd of 30,000, from a balcony Lincoln gave a short speech brimming with patriotism. Lincoln then gave another patriotic speech to the Pennsylvania State Legislature. After returning to the Jones House, the populace believed he would leave in the morning for Baltimore. However, that evening, Simon Cameron consulted with Curtin and Allan Pinkerton, a Chicago police detective traveling with Lincoln, about a plot to assassinate the president-elect. After hearing of the danger along the planned route, Cameron hastily sent for his personal carriage driver, Jacob Compton, to drive one of the two carriages carrying Lincoln and his fellow travelers. In the night, the carriages were secretly transported to a special train bound first for Philadelphia, then Baltimore, and ultimately to Washington, where he arrived safely. However, while Compton may have had a brush with fame as he guided the future president to safety, he was well-known in Harrisburg as a musician and giving participant in both the Old Eighth Ward and in his church community, Wesley Union A.M.E. Zion church. Obituary: DROVE LINCOLN'S CARRIAGE. Jacob Compton, Who Was His Coachman Here, Dead Jacob T. Compton, who drove the carriage which conveyed President-elect Lincoln from the Jones House, which is now known us the Commonwealth hotel to the railway station on the eve of his inauguration as President, died yesterday at the residence of his sister, Mrs. Catherine Shaw, Brown and Ash avenues, this city. He was born August 3, 1836 at Williamsport, Maryland. His parents died of Cholera within a few days of each other in 1854. Being charged with assisting two slaves, George and John Butler, to escape, he fled from Williamsport in 1855 and came to Harrisburg. A year after reaching Harrisburg he entered the service of Hon. Simon Cameron as coachman. .. He was sergeant of Company D, Twenty-fourth infantry, U.S.C.T. and was honorably discharged at the close of the war. Upon his return from the army he became a musician. He helped organize and became the leader of the Excelsior band, which was the best and the best known colored band in Central Pennsylvania. For many years he was director of the choirs of the A.M.E. and A.M.E. Zion churches and also had charge Sunday school music. He organized and directed the choir of the Harris A.M.E. Zion Church on Marion street. The funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2.30 o'clock from the East State Street A. M. E. church, with Rev. Solomon Porter Hood in charge. The Odd Fellows and Masons will attend. Harrisburg Daily Independent Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 07 Sep 1905, Thu Page 5
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  Father	Ezekiel Compton (Age 54 years) b. Abt 1800 d. 1854, Williamsport, Washington, Maryland, USA (Age 54 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Rebecca Compton (Age 49 years) b. 1805, Maryland, USA d. 1854, Williamsport, Washington, Maryland, USA (Age 49 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F412 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Lucreatia A Stephenson (Age 66 years) b. 6 Apr 1838, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA d. 26 Dec 1904, 517 Brown Ave, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 66 years)
  Married	Aft 1858 [19]
  Children	1. Jacob Ezekiel Compton (Age 62 years) b. Abt 1862, Pennsylvania, USA d. 14 Jun 1924, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 62 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F116 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Emma Cumpton b. Maryland, USA
  Children	1. Jacob Ezekiel Compton (Age 62 years) b. Abt 1862, Pennsylvania, USA d. 14 Jun 1924, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 62 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F1084 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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