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Dempsey Sawyer
1891 - 1978 (86 years)1. Dempsey Sawyer was born 11 May 1891, Camden, North Carolina, USA (son of Luke Sawyer and Cornelia Morrisette); died 25 Apr 1978, Camden, North Carolina, USA. Dempsey married Minnie Dunford. Minnie (daughter of Benjamin Dunford and Hester Adkins) was born 10 Apr 1893, Camden, North Carolina, USA; died 15 Feb 1980, Elizabeth City, Pasquotank, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]
Children:- Mary Pearl Sawyer was born 6 Feb 1914, Camden, North Carolina, USA; died 21 Jun 1990, Elizabeth City, Pasquotank, North Carolina, USA.
2. Luke Sawyer was born 10 Jun 1851, Camden, North Carolina, USA (son of Dempsey Sawyer and Chloe); died 27 Aug 1928, Camden, North Carolina, USA. Luke married Cornelia Morrisette. Cornelia (daughter of William Jones Morrisette and Julia Burfoot) was born 30 Nov 1853, Camden, North Carolina, USA; died 28 Aug 1949, Elizabeth City, Pasquotank, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]
3. Cornelia Morrisette was born 30 Nov 1853, Camden, North Carolina, USA (daughter of William Jones Morrisette and Julia Burfoot); died 28 Aug 1949, Elizabeth City, Pasquotank, North Carolina, USA. Children:
- 1. Dempsey Sawyer was born 11 May 1891, Camden, North Carolina, USA; died 25 Apr 1978, Camden, North Carolina, USA.
Generation: 3
4. Dempsey Sawyer was born Abt 1813, North Carolina, USA. Dempsey married Chloe Abt 1840, North Carolina, USA. Chloe was born Abt 1822. [Group Sheet]
5. Chloe was born Abt 1822. Children:
- Nancy Sawyer was born 1 Mar 1841, Camden, North Carolina, USA; died 21 Jul 1925, Camden, North Carolina, USA.
- Dempsey Sawyer was born Abt 1843.
- Levi Sawyer was born Abt 1845, Camden, North Carolina, USA; died 1880, Camden, North Carolina, USA.
- Frederick Sawyer was born Abt 1852, Camden, North Carolina, USA.
- 2. Luke Sawyer was born 10 Jun 1851, Camden, North Carolina, USA; died 27 Aug 1928, Camden, North Carolina, USA.
6. William Jones Morrisette was born 23 Jul 1816, Camden, North Carolina, USA (son of Philip Morrisette and Nancy Jones); died Nov 1881, North Carolina, USA. William married Julia Burfoot. Julia was born Abt 1825, Camden, North Carolina, USA; died 1886, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]
7. Julia Burfoot was born Abt 1825, Camden, North Carolina, USA; died 1886, North Carolina, USA. Children:
- 3. Cornelia Morrisette was born 30 Nov 1853, Camden, North Carolina, USA; died 28 Aug 1949, Elizabeth City, Pasquotank, North Carolina, USA.
Generation: 4
12. Philip Morrisette was born Abt 1790, Camden, North Carolina, USA (son of Peter Morrisette and Chloe Hutchins); died Bef 1840, North Carolina, USA. Philip married Nancy Jones. [Group Sheet]
13. Nancy Jones Children:
- 6. William Jones Morrisette was born 23 Jul 1816, Camden, North Carolina, USA; died Nov 1881, North Carolina, USA.