 1895 - 1983 (87 years) Submit Photo / Document
Has 40 ancestors and 3 descendants in this family tree.
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| Name |
William Harrison Dempsey |
| Nickname |
Jack |
| Birth |
24 Jun 1895 |
Manassa, Conejos, Colorado, United States  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
COMPLETED |
| FamilySearch ID |
KWCW-FRC |
| Death |
31 May 1983 |
New York City, New York, New York, United States |
| Burial |
Southampton Cemetery, Suffolk, New York, United States |
| Headstones |
 Submit Headstone Photo |
| Person ID |
I97887 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Hyrum Dempsey, b. 4 May 1857, Logan, Logan, Virginia, United States d. 22 Feb 1948, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 90 years) |
| Mother |
Mary Cecilia Smoot, b. 12 Jul 1859, Logan, Logan, Virginia, United States d. 14 Aug 1946, Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 87 years) |
| Marriage |
19 Dec 1879 |
Logan, Logan, West Virginia, United States |
| Family ID |
F31158 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Maxine Gates, b. Abt 1896 |
| Marriage |
9 Oct 1916 |
Wala Wala, Washington, United States |
| Divorce |
Yes, date unknown |
| Divorced |
2 Apr 1919 |
| Family ID |
F31162 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
21 Apr 2024 |
| Family 2 |
Ida Estelle Taylor, b. 20 May 1894, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States d. 15 Aug 1958, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 64 years) |
| Marriage |
7 Feb 1925 |
| Divorce |
Yes, date unknown |
| Divorced |
1930 |
| Divorced |
25 Sep 1930 |
| Family ID |
F31163 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
21 Apr 2024 |
| Family 3 |
Hannah Annette Williams, b. 16 Jul 1911, Taylor, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States d. 11 Jan 1973, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 61 years) |
| Marriage |
18 Jul 1933 |
| Divorce |
Yes, date unknown |
| Divorced |
7 Jul 1943 |
| Children |
| | 1. Joan Hannah Dempsey, b. 4 Aug 1934, New York City, New York, New York, United States d. 13 Feb 1994, San Bernardino, California, United States (Age 59 years) |
| | 2. Barbara Judith Dempsey, b. 28 Aug 1936, New York, United States d. 4 Mar 1993, Douglas, Oregon, United States (Age 56 years) |
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| Family ID |
F31164 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
21 Apr 2024 |
| Family 4 |
Deanna Rudin Piatelli, b. 30 Jun 1911, Delaware, United States d. 23 Jan 2003, New York City, New York, New York, United States (Age 91 years) |
| Marriage |
1958 |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F31165 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
21 Apr 2024 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 24 Jun 1895 - Manassa, Conejos, Colorado, United States |
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 | Marriage - 9 Oct 1916 - Wala Wala, Washington, United States |
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 | Death - 31 May 1983 - New York City, New York, New York, United States |
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 | Burial - - Southampton Cemetery, Suffolk, New York, United States |
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| Notes |
- Professional Boxer. Nicknamed "The Manassa Mauler", he was Heavyweight C h ampion of the World from 1919 to 1926. The legendary Dempsey was bor n i n Manassa, Colorado, one of 11 children. At 16 he left home and trave le d on freight trains and fought to earn money. Then Dempsey met manage r Ja ck 'Doc' Kearns and started knocking out legitimate contenders lik e Firem an Jim Flynn, Fred Fulton, former Light Heavyweight Champion Batt ling Lev insky and Gunboat Smith. On July 4, 1919, Dempsey met Heavyweigh t Champio n Jess Willard on a sweltering day in Toledo, Ohio. Bobbing an d weaving , Dempsey closed the gap on the much taller Willard and knocke d him dow n 7 times in the first round. The carnage continued for 2 mor e rounds unt il the fight was halted because Willard couldn’t answer th e bell for th e fourth round. As Champion he fought Billy Miske, Bill Bre nnan, George s Carpentier, Tommy Gibbons and Louis Firpo. He was inactiv e in 1924 an d 1925, and in 1926 he took on Gene Tunney. A classic matchu p of the boxe r versus puncher, Tunney, a former Marine, moved side to si de and threw c ombinations which befuddled Dempsey and he lost the titl e on a 15 round d ecision. In September of 1927, Dempsey got a rematch wi th Tunney at Chica go's Soldier Field. Tunney was out boxing Dempsey onc e again but got drop ped in the seventh round. In one of boxing’s most co ntroversial moments , Dempsey instinctively hovered over Tunney waiting t o hit him as soon a s he rose. But a new rule had been adopted that i f a fighter scores a kno ckdown he must go to a neutral corner. The refer ee spent several second s ushering Dempsey to a neutral corner, then star ted the count. It was es timated that Tunney was down for 14 seconds befo re he rose. Tunney went o n to win the fight by decision, and the 'long c ount ' became boxing lore . Dempsey retired after the Tunney fight wit h a record of 60-6-8 with 5 0 ko's, and his popularity became huge for h e was considered the people s Champion because of the long count. He open ed a restaurant on Broadwa y in New York City and it quickly became one o f the city’s most popular s pots. Dempsey himself was often in the restau rant to greet guests, sign a utographs, and pose for pictures. The restau rant closed in 1974 after a 3 9 year run, and Dempsey passed away in 1983 . In 1990, 7 years after his d eath, Dempsey was inducted into the Intern ational Boxing Hall of Fame.
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