37. Dempsey Seybold
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Dempsey SEYBOLD
Biography from History of Clay Co., Indiana, Vol. I, au: William Travis, publ. 1909Dempsey Seybold, son of Dempsey and Elizabeth (Kerr) Seybold,
natives of Pennsylvania, of German and Irish descent, respectively, who
emigrated from Kentucky to Indiana in 1818, locating in Parke county,
entering a quarter section of land, on which the father soon afterward
established a trading post and store. Here the subject of this sketch was
born, September 8, 1828. Dempsey Seybold, Sr., was a soldier of the
War of 1812, a Whig in politics, a man of industry and integrity, who
died in the month of June, 1835, a victim of cholera, aged 44 years, and
at the time of his death was probate judge of the county. Dempsey Sey-
bold, Jr., grew up on the farm, of which he took charge when but fourteen
years of age. At twenty-one he and a brother rented the farm. On the
first day of June, 1850, he married Margaret Martin, of Parke county,
who died August 17, 1863, leaving four of the seven children born to them.
In 1864 he married Nancy F. Martin, sister of the deceased wife. She
died in 1866, leaving one daughter. For his third wife he married Mrs.
Mary Hansel, to whom were born two children. Dempsey Seybold has
enjoyed the confidence and esteem of his neighbors and fellow-citizens all
along through life. In 1857 he was elected a member of the board of
township trustees, then re-elected to the same position. He has rendered
the community a most substantial service in the settlement of estates,
having disposed of thirty or more, some of which were much complicated,
having rendered satisfaction in this capacity all along the line. In 1860 he
was largely instrumental in organizing and putting on foot the Bridgeton
district fair, and in 1879 was a member of the State Board of Agriculture,
the first and only Clay countian ever honored with this position, and was
also the superintendent of the cattle department of the state fair for the
same year. In 1880 he was nominated by the Republican party for mem-
ber of the State Legislature and defeated by a majority of only sixty-two
votes.
Blanchard, p. 529, 229.
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72. Dempsey Seybold
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73. Margaret Seybold
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77. Louie Seybold
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78. Flora Seybold
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