Dempsey J. McClure, 1837–1919 (aged 82 years)

Name
Dempsey J. /McClure/
Birth
Military service
Sgt Co C 51 Regt Tenn Inf Confederate States Army
Occupation
Carpenter
Birth of a sister
Birth of a brother
Birth of a brother
Census
Birth of a sister
Death of a mother
Census
Occupation
Farm Laborer
1860
Marriage
Death of a brother
Birth of a son
Birth of a daughter
Census
Death of a sister
Marriage of a parent
Death of a father
Birth of a son
Birth of a daughter
Birth of a son
Census
Death of a son
Source: Headstone
Marriage of a son
Citation details: 58
Text:

C. V. Jones, M. G.

Marriage of a daughter
Citation details: page 53
Text:

J. L. Jones, J. P.

Marriage of a son
Citation details: 58
Text:

C. V. Jones, M. G.

Marriage of a son
Citation details: 58
Text:

C. V. Jones, M. G.

Census
Marriage of a daughter
Citation details: 32
Text:

C. V. Jones, M. G.

Death of a son
Census
Death of a wife
Death
June 3, 1919 (aged 82 years)
Source: Headstone
Citation details: Averett Cemetery
Burial
Family with parents
father
1804–1880
Birth: about 1804 — North Carolina
Death: between 1870 and 1880 — Decatur Co. TN
mother
elder brother
1829–1870
Birth: about 1829 25 24 — Tennessee
Death: between 1860 and 1870 — Decatur Co. TN
4 years
elder sister
1832–…
Birth: about 1832 28 27 — Tennessee
3 years
elder sister
1834–…
Birth: about 1834 30 29 — Tennessee
3 years
elder brother
1836–…
Birth: about 1836 32 31 — Tennessee
15 months
himself
1837–1919
Birth: March 30, 1837 33 32 — Tennessee
Death: June 3, 1919
4 years
younger sister
1840–…
Birth: about 1840 36 35 — Tennessee
10 years
younger sister
1850–1876
Birth: March 10, 1850 46 45 — McNairy Co. TN
Death: April 12, 1876 — Decatur Co. TN
-5 years
younger brother
1844–…
Birth: about 1844 40 39 — Tennessee
4 years
younger brother
1847–…
Birth: about 1847 43 42 — Tennessee
Father’s family with Malinda Adkisson
father
1804–1880
Birth: about 1804 — North Carolina
Death: between 1870 and 1880 — Decatur Co. TN
stepmother
1817–1880
Birth: about 1817 29 22 — Tennessee
Death: after 1880 — Decatur Co. TN
Marriage Marriage — between 1870 and 1876 —
Family with Martha J. Young
himself
1837–1919
Birth: March 30, 1837 33 32 — Tennessee
Death: June 3, 1919
wife
1845–1916
Birth: April 27, 1845 36 41 — North Carolina
Death: November 3, 1916
Marriage Marriage — February 17, 1865 —
10 months
son
1865–1938
Birth: December 9, 1865 28 20 — Kentucky
Death: October 13, 1938
3 years
daughter
1868–1956
Birth: December 2, 1868 31 23 — Decatur Co. TN
Death: January 23, 1956 — Jackson Madison Co. General Hospital, Madison Co. TN
3 years
son
1872–1905
Birth: February 22, 1872 34 26 — Tennessee
Death: August 31, 1905 — Tennessee
3 years
daughter
1874–1964
Birth: 1874 36 28 — Tennessee
Death: 1964
6 years
son
1879–1881
Birth: December 12, 1879 42 34 — Tennessee
Death: October 15, 1881
Death
Source: Headstone
Citation details: Averett Cemetery
Shared note

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.