Dempsey Jones

  General Notes:

The 1850 Federal Census for Nansemond Co., VA, page 141A, dated August 15, 1850 records Dempsey Jones (43 - Nansemond Co.) with his wife Mary E. Jones (25 - Nansemond Co.) and children Arthur Jones (14 - Nansemond Co.), Barsheba Jones (2 - Nansemond Co.) and William H. Jones (1/12),

Dempsey is a widower by 1880. He is listed as living with his children: Anna, William, and Mary Ellen in the 1880 Federal Census for Nansemond Co., Va., ED#53, page 40C.

Dempsey married Mary Elizabeth Holland, daughter of Capt. Jason Holland and Ora Holland. (Mary Elizabeth Holland was born about 1828 in Nansemond Co, VA. and died about 1875 in Nansemond Co, VA..)