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Dempsey Tryon (1887 - abt. 1954)

Dempsey Tryon
Born in Orbiston, Hocking, Ohio, United Statesmap [uncertain]
Ancestors ancestors
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 29 Apr 1918 in Perry, Ohiomap
Husband of — married 3 Sep 1926 in Athens County, Ohiomap
Descendants descendants
Father of , [private daughter (1910s - 1940s)], [private son (1920s - unknown)], [private daughter (1920s - unknown)] and [private son (1930s - unknown)]
Died about at about age 66 [location unknown]
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Biography

Dempsey was the only child of Arza Tryon and Sarah Vest, born January 5, 1887 in Orbiston, Hocking County, Ohio.[1][2] He married Stella Mae Vess April 29, 1918 in Perry, Ohio.[3] She was the daughter of James Vess and Hannah Stokoe. He listed himself as a miner and signed with a mark.

Research Questions

Two different birth places are listed in documents concerning Dempsey. Both his military records -- World War I and World War II draft registration documents -- give his birth place as Orbison in Hocking County. This is a small, unincorporated community, but it is very close geographically to the birth place listed in his marriage certificate of Buchtel, which sits astride the county boundaries between Athens Co., and Hocking Co.

Dempsey is listed in the 1930 census as having two daughters, Beatrice, born about 1915/1916 and Ella born about 1919. His wife's name is given as Emma. Stella Vess married Dempsey in 1918 and died in January of 1920, so it is clear that Ella is the daughter of Dempsey and Stella. But was Beatrice a daughter of Stella taken in by Dempsey, a daughter of Dempsey's mothered by Stella, or was she an illegitimate child of both, born about two years before they married?


Sources

  1. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918: Registration State: Ohio; Registration County: Perry; Roll: 1851081 (Ancestry.com)
  2. U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942: The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for Fourth Registration for Ohio, 04/27/1942 - 04/27/1942; NAI Number: 623234; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147 (ancestry.com)
  3. Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2QW2-PBB), Dempsey Tryon and Stella May Vess, 29 Apr 1918; Perry, Ohio, United States, reference ; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 2,109,291

Additional Sources

  • 1900 US Federal Census: FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMC7-Q2T), Dempsey Tryon in household of Arza R Tryon, Trimble Township Trimble village, Athens, Ohio, United States; sheet 5A, family 99, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,239.
  • 1920 US Federal Census; Census Place: Trimble, Athens, Ohio; Roll: T625_1348; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 28; Image: 257 (Ancestry.com)
  • 1930 US Federal Census; Census Place: Monroe, Perry, Ohio; Roll: 1861; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 0019; Image: 156.0; FHL microfilm: 2341595 (Ancestry.com)
  • 1940 US Federal Census; Census Place: Trimble, Athens, Ohio; Roll: T627_3026; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 5-29 (Ancestry.com)




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