John Dempster (b. 1841)

DEMPSTER, HUMMEL

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Date: 9/21/2002 at 21:08:06

Dempster, John, farmer, Section 13 (Fairfield township); PO Brush Creek; owns eighty acres valued at $2,500; born in Wayne Co., Mich., Oct. 6, 1841; came to this county in the Fall of 1853. Married Eliza Hummel Dec. 18, 1862; she was born in Mt. Carroll, Carroll Co., Illinois, Sept. 28, 1846; their children are Luana, born Feb. 12, 1864; George, born May 20, 1865; James, born Feb. 18, 1867; Dora, born July 3, 1870; Miranda, born May 15, 1872 and one child deceased -- Frank, born April 11, 1866, died May 22, 1877. Democrat.

Page 608, "1878 History of Fayette County, Iowa"