Native of Columbia, S.C.; attended University of Virginia, 1879-1881; Hampton's career included work as deputy county surveyor of El Paso County, Texas, 1883-1884; civil engineer in Nogales, Arizona, 1897-1898; served in the Spanish-American War under command of M.C. Butler; worked for the U.S. Immigration Bureau, 1902-1928, stationed in Montana and Galveston, Texas; was director of prisoner of war camps for Woodrow Wilson administration during World War I; at the time of his death, Hampton was a resident of Gilroy, California.
Youngest son of Wade Hampton III and Mary Singleton McDuffie Hampton; in 1895 married Francis Hermson, a union that produced one daughter, Mary McDuffie Hampton.
From the description of Alfred Hampton papers, 1891-1964 (bulk, 1897-1943). (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 138028222
