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Dempsey J. MCCLURE

30 MAR 1837 - 3 JUN 1919

  • OCCUPATION: Carpenter
  • OCCUPATION: 1860, Farm Laborer
  • BORN: 30 MAR 1837, Tennessee
  • DIED: 3 JUN 1919 [119]
  • MILITARY SERVICE: Sgt Co C 51 Regt Tenn Inf Confederate States Army
  • BURIED: Averett Cemetery, Decatur Co. TN
  • CENSUS: 1850, Dwelling 1166, District 8, McNairy Co. TN
  • CENSUS: 1860, Dwelling 1339, District 8, McNairy Co. TN
  • CENSUS: 1870, Dwelling 115, District 4, Decatur Co. TN
  • CENSUS: 1880, Dwelling 181, District 4, Decatur Co. TN
  • CENSUS: 1900, Dwelling 231, District 4, Decatur Co. TN
  • CENSUS: 1910, Dwelling 247, District 4, Decatur Co. TN

Father: John MCCLURE

Mother: Vinny ?

Notes

Dempsey McClure was born in Tennesee in 1837. He moved along with his father and mother and family to McNairy Co. TN before 1850. He married Martha in 1865 and they lived in Kentucky for a short time before moving to Decatur Co. TN around 1868. He was joining his brother Samuel who had moved there between 1850 and 1860. Dempsey was a carpenter who was responsible for building many houses in Decatur Co. His grandchildren remember him traveling to the job site by wagon and mule carrying the tools of his trade.


In the 1870 census, John McClure, age 66, farm laborer is living in the Dempsey McClure household.


The 1900 census shows an adopted child living in the Dempsie McClure household.

Family

Wife: Martha J. YOUNG

  • MARRIED: 17 FEB 1865

Children:

  1.  +William Henry MCCLURE
  2.  +Eunice Adeline MCCLURE
  3.  +David Johntie MCCLURE
  4.  +Nancy C. (Nannie) MCCLURE
  5.   Charles MCCLURE

Pedigree

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 _John MCCLURE _______|
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|--Dempsey J. MCCLURE 
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|_Vinny ? ____________|
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Source references

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