Personal Information & Fact Sheet

Name Cornelius "Connor" Grover Dempsey
Birth - Date & Place July 30, 1865 - Catahoula Parish, Louisiana
Death - Date & Place August 25, 1953 - Winnfield, Lousiana, natural causes
Burial Place Dempsey Cemetery, Jena, Louisiana
Occupation - Bio Farmer, Freemason and Family Man
Father Captain Michael Dempsey (b. 1822 d. 1906)
Mother Eveline B. Cockerham (b. 1832 d. 1911)
 
Spouse Jane Elizabeth Tullos - married Sept. 10, 1891 - Catahoula, LA
Children Michael Dempsey
Children Alba Dempsey (Lee)
Children Thomas "Tom" Dempsey
Children Lena Maude Dempsey (b. 1898 - d. 1987)
Children Dewitt Dempsey
Children Aubrey B. Dempsey (b. April 6, 1903 - d. Oct. 20, 1931 - Jena cemetery)
Children Rubye W. Dempsey (b. January 11, 1907 d. December 31, 1987)
Children Grady Dempsey (b. 19?? - mysteriously disappeared in 19??)

NOTE: The oral history that I have on Grady, the way my dad tells it is, he disappeared around the age of 20, and was never heard of again. My grandfather DeWitt was at home with his parents, when Grady was getting ready to go out for a Saturday evening, he was trying to barrow money from every one in the house that evening, and no one knew why. He left with $3.00 in his pocket, which was borrowed money. The speculation is that he was a gambler and had a gambling debt that was not paid, and someone killed him for it. (Glenna Dempsey Frazier)

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