You can also link to Chuck Dyess's Ged Com plus find lots of Dyess information at my Web Site. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Village/9828 Faye ---------- > From: Dana <baygents@mediaone.net> > To: DYESS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: Dempsey Dyess > Date: Friday, December 11, 1998 11:44 AM > > Carolyn; > > I'm new too. Here is all I have on Dempsey descendants. > > You may try Charles Dyess' page if you haven't already > http://www.my-ged.com/dyess/ > > > Dana Baygents > http://www.se.mediaone.net/~baygents/ > DYESS and related families > Wayne Co., MS > --------------- > > 1. DEMPSEY DYESS b. ABT 1785, BARNWELL CO, SC, (son of WILLIAM DYESS and > ELIZABETH "BETSY" EVERITT) m. MARTHA GRAHAM, b. Abt 1789, d. 1860. > DEMPSEY died 1870/80. > Children: > 2. i JOHN WESLEY DYESS b. ABT 1812. > ii WILLIAM "BILL" DYESS b. 1815/20, MS. > iii _____ DYESS m. EPHERM GREEN. > iv _____ DYESS m. _____ BURKES. > v _____ DYESS m. _____ WALDER. > 3. vi DEMPSEY E. DYESS b. 1826. > > Second Generation > > 2. JOHN WESLEY DYESS (1.DEMPSEY1) b. ABT 1812, AL, m. 12 May 1835, in > LAWRENCE CO, MS, HARRIET KING, b. 29 Jan 1810, NC, (daughter of JIM > "HAGEN" KING and SUSAN LEWIS) d. 25 Dec 1880, JEFF DAVIS CO, MS, buried: > GREENCREEK CM, PRENTISS, MS. JOHN died 1880. > Children: > i CAROLINE DYESS b. 8 Jun 1836, MS, m. ABT 1855, JOHN MCPHAIL, b. > ABT 1830. CAROLINE died 12 Oct 1914. > ii WILLIAM PENN DYESS b. 30 Nov 1837, JASPER CO, MS, m. 20 May > 1856, SALLY "SARAH" ROSENA KNAWLES, b. ABT 1834, AK. WILLIAM died 11 > May 1928, BASSFIELD, MS. > iii PATIENCE ELIZABETH DYESS b. OCT 1838, MS, m. 25 Feb 1852, in > LAWRENCE CO, MS, WILLIAM HENRY DUNN, b. ABT 1836, MS, (son of WILLIAM > DUNN and MARY DUNN) d. 7 Mar 1900, LINCOLN CO, MS, buried: LINCOLN CO, > MS. > iv FRANKLIN M. DYESS b. ABT 1841, m. PASHA KING, b. ABT 1839. > v JOHN W. "JACK" DYESS b. 10 May 1843, JASPER CO, MS, m. ABT 1865, > MELISSA HILL, b. ABT 1847, AL. > vi ELIZABETH DYESS b. ABT 1844, m. (1) IKE HILL, m. (2) ANDREW > JACKSON ROBBINS. ELIZABETH died 1931. > vii MARTHA DYESS b. ABT 1846, m. (1) JAKE MCPHAIL, b. ABT 1812, > NC, m. (2) ABT 1862, MACK WARD, d. CIVIL WAR. > viii JAMES DYESS b. ABT 1847, m. MOLLYE COOK. > ix THOMAS EDGAR DYESS b. 27 Aug 1849, MS, m. (1) ANGELINE ROBBINS, > m. (2) 17 Dec 1874, in LAWRENCE CO, MS, JULIA AMELIA ROBBINS, b. > LAWRENCE CO, MS. THOMAS died 3 Sep 1902. > > 3. DEMPSEY E. DYESS (1.DEMPSEY1) b. 1826, MS, m. SARA ANDERSON. DEMPSEY > died 1885, JASPER CO, MS. > Children: > i MARTHA JANE DYESS b. 1849, MS, m. _____ GANDY. > ii ALLEN WATSON DYESS b. 1850, Jackson, Hinds Co., MS, m. SUSAN > WALKER HUDSON. ALLEN died AUG 1931, LUBBOCK, LUBBOCK CO, TX. > iii JAMES M. DYESS b. 1856, MS. > iv ABRAHAM DYESS b. 1858, MS. > v SARAH ANN DYESS b. 1860, MS, m. J. B. MUSKGROVE. > vi JOHN T. DYESS b. 1863, MS. > > >