Charles and Eva Steele married on 25 Dec 1877 in Knox, Illinois.
Charles married Louise "Lula" (Cannon) Miller on 4 Feb 1902 in Colfax, Whitman, Washington. It was Lula's second marriage and Charles's third.
Lula and Charles's children include:
Roy Linn Dempsey, born 2 Oct 1903 in Whitefish, Flathead, Montana
Ray Wilson Dempsey, born 22 Mar 1905 in Spaulding, Nez Perce, Idaho
Thelma Dempsey, born 1906, died 1909
Fay Dempsey, born 3 Apr 1909 in Ione, Morrow, Oregon.
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Charles Finley Dempsey
Born: 7 August 1858 in Knoxville, Knox County, Illinois
Note: Death certificate says born 1859
Died: May 30, 1929 in Tacoma, Washington
Note: Death date on grave marker [June 4] is incorrect
Charley Dempsey was born in Knoxville, Knox County, Illinois, to James Dempsey, II, and Virginia Amos Ferguson. He was the sixth of 12 children. In 1877, he married Eva Steel in Knox County. They moved to Nebraska and had three children, Martha Adeline, Mary Pearl, and Thomas Vincent. Eva died about 1890. He married Lou Cannon Miller about 1902, and they had four children all born in the Pacific Northwest. They were Roy Lynn, Ray Wilson, Thelma, and Fay Eugene.
Charles had a disease called "itchy foot" and moved often. He worked at many jobs including: stagecoach driver, steamboat owner/operator, teamster, rancher, farmer, and road builder. In 1919-1920, he built three miles of the Columbia Gorge Highway between Arlington and Willow Creek. He also helped to build the city of Longview, Washington. He died in Tacoma, Washington, at the age of 70 of complications of a stroke.
Bio submitted by: Diane Dodge, February, 2002
Charles and Eva Steele married on 25 Dec 1877 in Knox, Illinois.
Charles married Louise "Lula" (Cannon) Miller on 4 Feb 1902 in Colfax, Whitman, Washington. It was Lula's second marriage and Charles's third.
Lula and Charles's children include:
Roy Linn Dempsey, born 2 Oct 1903 in Whitefish, Flathead, Montana
Ray Wilson Dempsey, born 22 Mar 1905 in Spaulding, Nez Perce, Idaho
Thelma Dempsey, born 1906, died 1909
Fay Dempsey, born 3 Apr 1909 in Ione, Morrow, Oregon.
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Charles Finley Dempsey
Born: 7 August 1858 in Knoxville, Knox County, Illinois
Note: Death certificate says born 1859
Died: May 30, 1929 in Tacoma, Washington
Note: Death date on grave marker [June 4] is incorrect
Charley Dempsey was born in Knoxville, Knox County, Illinois, to James Dempsey, II, and Virginia Amos Ferguson. He was the sixth of 12 children. In 1877, he married Eva Steel in Knox County. They moved to Nebraska and had three children, Martha Adeline, Mary Pearl, and Thomas Vincent. Eva died about 1890. He married Lou Cannon Miller about 1902, and they had four children all born in the Pacific Northwest. They were Roy Lynn, Ray Wilson, Thelma, and Fay Eugene.
Charles had a disease called "itchy foot" and moved often. He worked at many jobs including: stagecoach driver, steamboat owner/operator, teamster, rancher, farmer, and road builder. In 1919-1920, he built three miles of the Columbia Gorge Highway between Arlington and Willow Creek. He also helped to build the city of Longview, Washington. He died in Tacoma, Washington, at the age of 70 of complications of a stroke.
Bio submitted by: Diane Dodge, February, 2002
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