Dempsey, Peter J.

1859 - 1939  (80 years)    Has 2 ancestors and 29 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Dempsey, Peter J.
  Born	11 Feb 1859	Horicon, Dodge, Wisconsin, USA
  Gender	Male
  Biography	1911
  History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin Page 0849
  PETER J. DEMPSEY, who is the owner and operator of a fine tract of 120 acres in section 30, Deer Creek township, is one of the good, practical farmers of this section, and was born February 11, 1859, in Horicon, Dodge county, Wisconsin, a son of Martin and Mary (Doran) Dempsey, natives of Ireland who were married in that country. They camne to America in the early '50s and first settled in New York State, and a few years later came to Horicon, Wisconsin, from whence in 1863, with a few other families, they drove overland to the northern part of the State, where they had purchased land with the intention of farming it. This land, however proved to be so stony and unfertile that after a few months the party started to return to Horicon, but when they had reached Deer Creek township they met Captain Hyde, an early settler here,, who advised them to buy land, and with the exception of one family, they did so. Martin Dempsey purchased 120 acres of wild land, on which he worked until June 11, 1869, when he was killed by the fall of a limb of a tree, but his widow, who is eighty-six years old, still survives and makes her home in this township with her daughter, Margaret. When Mr. Dempsey first bought the land he erected a log cabin, and with a team of oxen, a cow, a wagon, plow and drag, he started in to clear his property from the wilderness, and before his death had erected a log stable. After his demise his widow continued to operate the property until 1910. Mr. Dempsey was the fourth of the eight children of this worthy old pioneer couple and he remained on the home farm until he was twenty-six years of age, at which time he purchased the property which is now his home. He was married in June, 1887, to Miss Mary Mullarkey, daughter of John and Ann Mullarkey, natives of Ireland who came to America in early life and were married at Buffalo, New York. They came to Wisconsin about 1858 and purchased 160 acres of land in Waupaca county, a wild, unfertile tract with which they had much trouble in its cultivation. They were among the first settlers there, and spent the remainder of their lives in that section, the father dying in January, 1861, aged sixty-five years, and the mother in 1907, when she was seventy-three. Mrs. Dempsey was the eldest of a family of six children, and was born September 15, 1859. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Dempsey, namely: Miles P., clerking in a hardware store in Waupun; Philip G., working in an automobile factory in Port Huron; John J.; Catherine; Martin F., and Anna L., all single and at home. At the time that Mr. Dempsey came to his present property there had been fifteen acres cleared of timber and a log house built, as well as a log barn. He had a team of colts, a wagon, plow and drag to start with, and he now has eighty acres under cultivation, a modern frame house, built in 1890, and a basement barn, 32x74 feet, built in 1893. His property is all fenced with barbed wire. Mr. Dempsey carries on general farming and stock raising, and markets dairy products and hogs, and has Holstein cattle and Poland-China hogs. Fraternally, he is connected with the Modern Woodmen of America. In politics he is a Democrat, and he has served five years as town treasurer and as treasurer of the school board for ten years. With his family he attends St. Mary's Catholic Church of Welcome, Wisconsin.
  	Dempsey, Peter J. Biography from History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin; 1911.
  1930 Census	1930	Bear Creek, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Peter J Dempsey71 Mary Dempsey71 Miles P Dempsey41 Laura A Dempsey29
  Died	9 Aug 1939	Bear Creek, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Person ID	I191378	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	13 Jul 2018

  
  

  Father	Dempsey, Martin John,   b. 10 Dec 1819, , , , Ireland ,   d. 11 Jun 1869, Deer Creek, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 49 years)
  Mother	Doran, Mary,   b. Abt 1830, , , , Ireland ,   d. Abt 1914  (Age ~ 84 years)
  Family ID	F64690	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mullarkey, Mary,   b. 15 Sep 1868, Bear Creek, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. Abt 1943, Bear Creek, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 74 years)
  Married	Aft 1887
  Children	1. Dempsey, Miles,   b. 27 Apr 1888, Bear Creek, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. Abt Mar 1950, Bear Creek, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 61 years) + 2. Dempsey, Kathryn,   b. 7 Jul 1893,   d. 10 Oct 1981  (Age 88 years)   3. Dempsey, Francis Martin,   b. 26 Sep 1896,   d. 31 Jan 1988  (Age 91 years)   4. Dempsey, Laura,   b. 22 Aug 1899,   d. 4 May 1983  (Age 83 years)
  Last Modified	13 Jul 2018
  Family ID	F64689	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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