Hyrum
Dempsey
Born in Logan, West Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Brother of
Estelle Dempsey, John Dempsey, Joseph Harrison Dempsey, Lewis Dempsey [half] and James A. Dempsey
Husband of
Mary Priscilla (Smoot) Dempsey
— married
[date unknown] in Logan County, West Virginia, United States
Husband of
Hannah Eliza (Lythgoe) French
— married
7 Mar 1931 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Descendants 
Died
at age 91
in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Feb 2014
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Biography
Hyrum was born about 1856. He was the son of William Dempsey and Mahulda Blair.
He was the father of legendary boxer Jack Dempsey.
He passed away in 1959.
Sources
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/159822/hyrum-dempsey: accessed 16 December 2023), memorial page for Hyrum Dempsey (4 May 1856–22 Feb 1948), Find a Grave Memorial ID 159822, citing Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA; Maintained by Burt (contributor 46867609).
See also:
- Wikipedia: Jack Dempsey.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Hyrum by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Hyrum:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Hyrum by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Hyrum:
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~1.56%
John Blair
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T296771 [compare], FTDNA kit #11521
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~0.78%
Meri (Blair) Gonzalez :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A868510 [compare], Ancestry member MerimawnieBlair
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~0.78%
Sheryl Moore :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member SherylMooreBeard
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~0.78%
Eula (Burgess) Blankenship :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch F219921 [compare], FTDNA kit #219921
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~0.78%
Lawrence Dillard :
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His marriage record names his parents and shows that they have the same wife.
Register of Marriages, p 38, ln 80. accessed 2016 Mar 7.