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.