West Carroll County Louisiana Archives Deaths.....John Dempsey 1835 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:Pauline Mobley July 2, 1835 Vicksburg Register Died at the lower settlement on the Bayou Mason , in the parish of Carroll, State of Louisiana , on Monday, the 30th March, 1835. John Dempsey, Sen. age about 70 years one, among the first settlers on Lake Providence, and for many years past a very respectable citizen of the parishes of Carroll and Ouachita. He left behind a large family of grown children, and grandchildren, to lament his death. He lived to a good age, and to see "A wilderness to smile!"