Think this is your family. Lawrence County History Book 1990 Andrew Jackson Dempsey was born in VA Feb. 11, 1833. Parents Andrew S (1804-1891) and Sarah (died 1848) Moved to Walnut Township, Gallia County and then to Aid Township, Lawrence County. 1st. step-mother: Susannah Wiseman Piles (1820-1855) 2nd. step-mother: Cordelia "Malissa" Eaches (1833-1911)...children: Joseph 1865-1946), Hugh (1866-1918), Eliza (1867-1958) and Minnie (1872-1939) They moved to WI around 1870s. Doesn't say when the marriages occurred. Maybe you can locate your under "Cordelia"...and if you haven't tried "Eaches" spelling it may help you. Andrew J was married to Magdeline Anna Wiseman (1837-1862) on Sept. 2, 1855. He married Sophia Fife (1846-1912) on Sept 14, 1865 in Scioto County. Andrew served in the Civil War Co, D 53rd OVI. Hope this helps you some. -----Original Message----- >From: Linda Trent >Sent: Mar 28, 2010 12:41 AM >To: ohlawren@rootsweb.com, ohgallia@rootsweb.com >Subject: [OHGALLIA] Dempsey / Eachus > >Hi Guys! > >I'm researching the Eachus family and one of the branches includes Andrew S. >Dempsey and his third wife Melissa Eachus. I contacted Briggs Library this >afternoon and Marta looked up Andrew for me. There were three marriages but >none to Melissa. > >The first Lawrence County marriage record for Andrew is to Susan Piles, Jan. >7, 1849. According to some GenForum posts about Melissa Robert N. Wiseman >(Historian Wiseman Family Association) claims Susan's maiden name wasWiseman >and she is the widow of Francis Piles >http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?Dempsey::eachus::226.htm l > >The second marriage that Marta found was Andrew Dempsey to Anna M. Wiseman, >Sept. 2, 1855. At first I thought Anna was the sister of Andrew S's Susan, >but as it turns out, if I'm reading some online stuff correctly, Anna is the >first cousin of Susan and married Andrew J. (the son). > >The third marriage Marta found is Sarah A. Kemp Feb. 10, 1857. That would >be the son again. > >There is no record for Andrew and Melissa who were married Dec. 28, 1859. >Does anyone know if they went to Boyd or Greenup County to get married? I >checked Gallia, which is where the bride was from, and couldn't find her. >The only other possibility is that they married in Bedford County, Pa. Does >anyone know if the Dempsey family lived over there? I ask this because >Melissa was living with her older sister at least as late as 1856 in Bedford >County, PA. According to the 1850 census she was living with Maria and her >husband John P. Smith. According to Gallia County Chancery records, the >court was petitioned by the Administrator of Rufus' estate to force a sale >of the land to cover debts. All the children were listed as defendants and >the record stated specifically that John P. Smith, Maria Smith and Melissa >Eachus were all non-residents. I'm assuming she was still with her big >sister. I have reason to believe that Melissa had a much closer >relationship with her big sister than the average sister today. For more on >that you'll have to read my website, as my theory is quite complex. > >I have quite a bit on Melissa's father Rufus on my website at >http://lindatrent.homestead.com/rufuseachus.html if anyone's interested. But >I will caution that I have challenged a couple of old beliefs, and prove >that Melissa was the daughter of the first wife, and not Nancy Sullivan as >many Eachus researchers have believed. :-) BTW, all the census records on >my site are hyperlinked to ancestry.com and require an ancestry.com >subscription to view. I've only had the site up for about a week, and am >still working on it, but it's a good solid start. Any questions, >corrections, comments, etc. are welcome > >I am also hoping to start an Eachus DNA project, currently there is none. >So if anyone's interested please get in touch with me. Participants must be >male and must have the surname Eachus. I know virtually nothing about DNA >other than what the average person knows. It goes tester, father, >grandfather, great grandfather... > >BTW, for those who don't know Rufus was the husband of Nancy Sullivan, and >they had two children Henry and Thomas. After Rufus died Nancy married >Thomas Kelly and moved to Lawrence County. > >Thanks, > >Linda Trent >linda_trent@att.net > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHGALLIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________ PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com