Dempsey Massengale (1810 - aft. 1884)

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Thompson) Massengale — married 10 Nov 1842 in Anderson, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Dempsey was born in 1810.

On 10 Nov 1842, he married Elizabeth Ann Thompson in Anderson, Tennessee, United States.^[1]

The 1860 census^[2] shows him, age 40, living in Morgan, Tennessee, United States with his wife Elizabeth Massingale, 40, and children
Margaret Massingale, 18
John Massingale, 16
George W Massingale, 14
Henry Massingale, 10
Ann E Massingale, 7
Mary Massingale, 4

The 1870 census^[3] places him in Scott, Tennessee, United States, giving his age as 68, so born c. 1802. His household comprises his wife, Elizabeth H Massengal, 45, and children
Margaret Massengal, 26
Henry C Massengal, 19
Annaliza Massengal, 16
Polly Massengal, 14
Nancy M Massengal, 6
William Massengale, 2
Also listed in the household is Silas G Dishman, 18

The 1880 census^[4] places his family in Robbins, Scott, Tennessee, United States, and comprises His wife, Bettyann Massengale, 65, and children
Margaret Massengale, 40
Nancy M. Massengale, 16
William Massengale, 13
George Massengale, 9
John H. Massengale, 9

Notes

His broader family is discussed in the article The Massengale Family and Other Mountain Folk of Rugby, Morgan County, Tennessee^[5]. He is referred to as Dempsey, Jr., see pages 8 and 9. The author of the article was unable to find any record of Dempsey, Jr. prior to a land purchase in 1858. The article also states that no record of his death was found, but the family believed it to be mid-to-late 1880’s; the article does state that he lived “until at least December 10, 1884, when he and Elizabeth gave three of their children — Margaret, George W., and William — several acres of land each.”

Sources

1. ↑ "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XD3F-4YS : 16 March 2020), Demsey Massengale, 1842.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8TK-RQG : 18 February 2021), Dempsey Massingale, 1860.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD8S-SJX : 29 May 2021), Dempsey Massengal, 1870.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDW4-52G : 15 January 2022), Dempsey Massengale, Robbins, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
5. ↑ Pyszka, Kimberly, The Massengale Family and Other Mountain Folk of Rugby, Morgan County, Tennessee, https://www.academia.edu/20955544/The_Massengale_Family_and_Other_Mountain_Folk_of_Rugby_Morgan_County_Tennessee