Clay County AlArchives News.....Dempsey, F.M. visits Talladega March 11, 1920
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Our Mountain Home March 11, 1920
The Home was pleased to have a visit from F. M. Dempsey, aged 77, and father of 
26 children, was in this city from Shinbone Valley, seven miles from Pyriton in 
Clay County, Wednesday. 
Mr. Dempsey has nine sons and 10 daughters living, the eldest being son of 53, 
and the youngest e daughter of 8 years of age. Mr. Dempsey moved from Georgia to 
the community where he now resides in 1849 and has lived in the same place 54 
year. 
Nine of the children are it the parental home, two in Texas, one in Jackson 
county, Ala, one in Cherokee county, one in Lumber City, Ga; one in Jenifer and 
two in Clay.
He served in the War Between the States tour years, enlisting in Talladega in 
1861 under Capt. M. R. Turner, with Lieut. N. R. Plowman. Mr. Dempsey is a 
member of the Missionary Baptist church in robust in health and youthful in 
spirit and was an entertaining and appreciated visitor. 
When asked the origin of the name "Shinbone Valley" he replied that it got its 
name from on Indian of that name who was buried in that community by the name 
Shinbone. 

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