Lenoir County NcArchives Photo Person....Wood, Dempsey Eugene

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BENJAMIN SUTTON LINEAGE PHOTOS COLLECTION

Wood, Dempsey Eugene
1847-1921
Great-grandson

Dempsey was married to Elmira (Wood) Wood (1845-1916). He is
a descendant of Benjamin, Sr. and Sarah Hardy Sutton through
his mother, Elizabeth (Betsy) Sutton (1829-1949), a grand-
daughter of Benjamin and Sarah through her father, John Sutton
(ca.1779-ca. 1848).

Dempsey was elected State Representative for Lenoir County on 
the then-conservative Democratic Party ticket. He won the elec-
ion over Republican candidate Daniel Elijah Perry (1857-1897). 
Dempsey served a two-year term in the North Carolina House of 
Representatives from 1883-1884. He was a long-time resident of
Bucklesberry in the Pot Neck area off of the current Kennedy
Home Road near Falling Creek. In 1906, he sold his expansive 
Bucklesberry farm and moved to Kinston.