Harrison, Dempsey

1826 - 1900  (73 years)

• Name	Harrison, Dempsey
  Birth	26 Mar 1826	North Carolina   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	HARR.D005
  _FGRAVE	30857574
  Death	16 Mar 1900  [1, 2]
  Burial	Hoosier Prairie Cemetery, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  		Headstone, Harrison, Dempsey
  Person ID	I27182	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2026

  
  

  Family	McGehee, Elizabeth,   b. 18 Mar 1821   d. 23 Feb 1895 (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	13 Nov 1845  [1, 2]
  Age at Marriage	He : 19 years and 8 months - She : 24 years and 8 months.
  Children	+ 1. Harrison, Martha A.   2. Harrison, Mary E.   3. Harrison, James M.   4. Harrison, ?   5. Harrison, ? + 6. Harrison, John G.,   b. 3 Oct 1846, Washington, Daviess County, Indiana d. 12 Aug 1928, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois (Age 81 years) + 7. Harrison, William Henry,   b. 19 Dec 1854   d. 13 Oct 1916 (Age 61 years)
  Family ID	F11680	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 26 Mar 1826 - North Carolina Burial - - Hoosier Prairie Cemetery, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Dempsy Harrison, farmer, P. 0. Clay City, was born in North Carolina, March 26, 1826, and is a son of John G. Harrison (deceased), who removed with his family to East Tennessee when our subject was an infant. They afterward resided in West Tennessee, Kentucky, and in Illinois, near Shawneetown. While residing at the latter place, the mother died, and the family returned to Kentucky, where the father died, near Paducah, about the year 1835. Dempsy then went to live with his half-brother, Henry Hill, in Daviess County, Ind. He had but limited educational advantages, which consisted of a few terms taught by subscription in a rude log house with split pole seats, and a chimney built (from the joists to the roof) of sticks and clay. The fire-place consisted of a square place cut in the floor and filled with dirt, on which a heap of logs were piled, and the urchins stood all round it to warm themselves. Mr. Harrison has been successful as a farmer and stock-raiser, and now owns 240 acres of land. He was married November 13, 1845, to Elizabeth Megehee, by whom he has had seven children, viz; living—John G., Martha A., Mary E., William H. and James M. Mr. Harrison came to this county in 1872. He is a member of the Baptist Church. Excerpt from "History of Wayne and Clay Counties, Illinois 1884 "

  
  

• Sources

  [S7735] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Harrison, Dempsey, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=30857574), none. (Reliability: 2). [S7736] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Harrison, Dempsey, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=30857574), none. (Reliability: 2).