Early Real Estate Broker in Los Angeles, his father was the founder of Compton, California. Son of Methodist minster Rev. Griffith Dickenson Compton and Emily (Flood) Compton, his family moved from Stockton, California, in 1867, and settled in the area once owned by the Dominguez family, which is now known as the City of Compton. In 1880, the family moved to the neighborhood of Los Angeles near the University of Southern California on West Jefferson Boulevard. Father and son later operated a real estate business based in Los Angeles, and sold land throughout Southern California. W. S. Compton died from Bright's Disease in 1894. His tombstone states his date of death as March 5, but his obituary in the Los Angeles Herald was published on February 11:
"University, Feb. 10 - Sherman Compton, son of G. D. Compton of this place, died in Los Angeles of Bright's disease."
"University, Feb. 10 - Sherman Compton, son of G. D. Compton of this place, died in Los Angeles of Bright's disease."
Early Real Estate Broker in Los Angeles, his father was the founder of Compton, California. Son of Methodist minster Rev. Griffith Dickenson Compton and Emily (Flood) Compton, his family moved from Stockton, California, in 1867, and settled in the area once owned by the Dominguez family, which is now known as the City of Compton. In 1880, the family moved to the neighborhood of Los Angeles near the University of Southern California on West Jefferson Boulevard. Father and son later operated a real estate business based in Los Angeles, and sold land throughout Southern California. W. S. Compton died from Bright's Disease in 1894. His tombstone states his date of death as March 5, but his obituary in the Los Angeles Herald was published on February 11:
"University, Feb. 10 - Sherman Compton, son of G. D. Compton of this place, died in Los Angeles of Bright's disease."
"University, Feb. 10 - Sherman Compton, son of G. D. Compton of this place, died in Los Angeles of Bright's disease."
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