Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Dempsey, Lawrence 1832 - July 17, 1879
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Author: History of Grundy County 1914

Dempsey, Lawrence (deceased) – Farming and stock raising are two kindred lines 
of endeavor, and many of the substantial men of Grundy County gained their 
wealth through following them.  One of those who attained to a well merited 
prominence as an agriculturalist, who carried on general farming and stock 
raising in Norman Township, was the late Lawrence Dempsey.  He was born in 
County Wexford, Ireland, in the spring of 1832.  He came with his sister to 
Wisconsin at an early day, and found employment on a farm near Madison.  In 
1871 he married Anna Larkin, born in Kings County, Ireland, May 10, 1834, 
daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth (Looman) Larkin, also of Kings County, 
Ireland.  Mrs. Dempsey came with her brother to the United States, the voyage 
consuming seven weeks, and stopped first at Chicago, and thence by way of the 
Illinois and Michigan canal came to Minooka.  There she lived until her 
marriage.

Following marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Dempsey went to Aux Sable Township and lived 
on a rented farm for two years, then to another farm two miles from Mazon, 
which continued to be their home for seven years and it is in Mazon Township, 
Mr. Dempsey died July 17, 1879.  In February, 1883, Mrs. Dempsey and sons 
settled on the property which is now the home of Mrs. Dempsey, in Norman 
Township, where they bought 382 3/4 acres about eighty acres of which was 
timberland, and the balance was prairie.  They have recently bought another 
140 acres in Wauponsee Township.  Mrs. Dempsey and her sons carry on general 
farming, and specialize on raising Belgian horses.  Mr. and Mrs. Dempsey had 
children as follows:  William, who lives with his mother; John, who died June 
24, 1907, aged forty-four years; Elizabeth, Mary and Lawrence, who are all 
with their mother; Thomas, who lives at Fort Cobb, Okla.; and Anna, who lives 
in Chicago.  Mrs. Dempsey is a Catholic and belongs to the Church of 
Immaculate Conception at Morris.  Mr. Dempsey was a Democrat, but he never 
aspired to public office.  He was an excellent man and is tenderly remembered 
by his wife and children.

Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, 1914, page 803-804




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