• Samuel Beatty owned a tannery.
• Henry Booth was an early medical practitioner
• J. R. McClintock, in company with Brewer, Watson & Merrick, established the first permanent business house in the area of Dempseytown.
• Christian Cauvel was a blacksmith and mechanic in the area of Dempseytown.

• James Roland CROWTHER, III - b. 3 Mar 1808 in Centre County, PA, d. 1892, s/o James II & Catharine ARMOGOST Crowther; m. in 1833 to Eleanor BAUM, 1815 - 1888, d/o Peter & Mary C. ROUSCHE Baum; children: Samuel, 1834 - 1910, m. Crissie A. McLAFFREY; Catherine J., 1836 - 1900, m. Elisha BEATLY; Ira C., 1837 - 1909, m. Sarah H. FETTERMAN; Eli M., 1840 - 1840; Marion B. ,1843 - 1923, m. Elizabeth 'Lyde' Jane RITCHEY; Mary A., 1846 - 1914; James Roland,IV,1848 - 1938, m. Mary ROWLAND; Alden M., 1850 - 1901, m. Melissa HAYES; Clara E., 1853 - 1922, m. Norton C. HENDERSON; Ida Emma, 1855 - 1908, m. Donald C. HENDERSON; Homer L., 1858 - 1938, m. Lizzie A. GROVE.

• Michael CAUVEL - b. 1824, s/o Christian & Mary LAMEY Cauvel; m. Rebecca REED; children: P. Sylvester, 1848 - 1928; James R., 1849 - 1918, m. Mary J. MYERS; Christian, m. Rachel PRICHARD; Margaret A. 1853 - 1905; Mary Jane, b. 1855, m. L. MARK; Amy Jane, b. 1857, m. John MASTERSON; Rachel, b. 1859; Frederick H., 1864 - 1889, m. Mary Ann LUSHER; Rose S., b. 1867, m. James MOORE; Ora Nettie, 1869 - 1897.

• Lawrence DEMPSEY - a native of Ireland first settled in Centre Co. before coming to Venango Co. in 1797. He developed and planted an orchard on land near Dempseytown; wife: Mary KAFMAN; sons: Peter and Daniel. Lawrence died in the eastern part of the state and the remains of his wife and son, Peter, are in the family graveyard.

• Peter DEMPSEY - s/o Lawrence & Mary KAFMAN Dempsey; was responsible for laying out the town of Dempseytown; Peter built a house on this site that adjoined the land of his father and later built a hotel/tavern on the same land. The tavern was destroyed by fire in 1885. Married to Rosanna "Susanna" CARTER , daughter of Thomas & Sarah BEATTY Carter; children: Thomas C., b. 1806, m. Mary Ann ARTHURS; Cicero T., b. 1808, m. Nancy KELLEY; Maria, b. 1810, m. James REED; David, b. 1813, m. Jane ARTERS; Washington, b. 1816, was lost on the Ohio River in 1844; Hetty C., b. 1818, m. Robert KELLEY; John C., b. 1820, m. Jemima RENINGER; Sally, b. 1820 (twin), m. John KELLEY; and Isabel, b. 1823

• Capt. John FETTERMAN - b. 25 Feb 1776 in Perry Co., d. 23 May 1854, s/o George Michael & Hannah STURGIS Fetterman; arrived in the southern area of Plum Twp. in 1805; veteran of the War of 1812; Justice of the Peace for many years; m. in 1800 to Barbara FRANK, d/o Daniel & Dorothea RUBLEY Frank; children: Polly Ann, b. 1801, m. Robert BRADLEY; Juliana, m. Alexander McDOWELL; Isaac, b. 1803, m. Nancy TITUS; Samuel, b. 1804; John Nelson, m. Levinah GROVE; Mesopotamia 'Timey', b. 1810, m. Joseph KEAN; Hannah, m. Robert RUSSELL; George Washington, m. Sarah GROVE; Eliza, b. 1817, m. Samuel Mark HOMAN; Rachel, 1822 - 1896, m. Jonathan LESH.

• James GIBSON and family settled in Oakland twp. prior to 1850. Both James and his wife, Martha GREGG were born in Ireland. Children: William, m. Elizabeth McNUTT; Margaret, m. __ HAYS; Jane, was an advocate of veterans and attended all veterans funerals, m. John A. BLAIR; James, m. Blanche __; Annie, m. __ CLEMENTS; Robert; Daniel; John, m. Kate McCANN; & Samuel.

• James GORDON - immigrated to America from Ireland and settled first in eastern PA and then moved west to the area of Oakland twp. where he had a distillery. He later sold his property to James HASLET and moved to the area of Cooperstown in Jackson Twp.

• Eliza GREGG - b. 17 August 1826 near Dempseytown. m. James McNUTT. Eliza is the daughter of Richard and Mary WARD GREGG.

• John HAYS - removed from Westmoreland Co., PA to Oakland Twp. abt. 1803-04; m. first to Mary McNUTT and second to Martha RAMSEY; children of John & Mary: Hugh; Greer, m. Jennie McKNIGHT; Robert, m. Mary McKNIGHT, sister to Jennie.

• John H. HAZEN - b. 7 Feb 1857 in Crawford Co., s/o Benjamin G. & Rachel McCLINTOCK Hazen; after choosing a medical profession moved to Dempseytown in 1882; m. Sarah E. TAYLOR; children: Merl Victor and Elma May.

• Joseph KEAN - b. Sept. 22, 1801 in Mifflin Co. in Mifflin Co., PA, died Nov. 2, 1892, 89yr 10mo 20da, At age 16 he commenced teaching a school and taught for a number of terms. In 1824 he purchased the farm on which he resided until his death. s/o George Kean died May 3, 1861 who settled in this area abt. 1802; G/s/o Cornelius Kean who served in the American Revolution and died in Mifflin county at the age of 84. m. In 1829 he married Mesopotamia FETTERMAN, daughter of Capt. John Fetterman.; Seven children were born; five survive: C. C., J. M., Martha, Eliza and Barbara, wife of D. E. Thomas. Interment at Lutheran Cemetery in Dempseytown.

• John KELLEY - arrived in this area from Franklin Co., PA prior to 1810, son of Edward and Elizabeth KELLEY; m. Mary Ann Beatty, daughter of Robert and Nancy Calhoun BEATTY of Jackson twp.; John served in the war of 1812; children of John and Mary Ann: Nancy, m. Cicero T. DEMPSEY; John, m. Sally DEMPSEY; Robert, m. Hetty C. DEMPSEY; Beatty, b. 1829; John d. 13 June, 1849 and buried with wife, Mary, d. 1829 , in the Dempsey family cemetery in Dempseytown.

• James McNUTT - b. in Scotland abt. 1818, settled in Oakland twp. and married Eliza GREGG. Their children were: Elizabeth, m. William Gibson; David; Joseph; William; Robert; Mary , m. WARD; Jane, m. CURTIS; Margaret, m. SCHUMACKER; Jessie, m. FOUST; Gertrude, m. Henry ?; Emma; Florence; Viola.
  Siblings of James McNUTT : William; Joseph; Jane,m. HAYS; and Mollie, m. MORROW

• Robert B. NEELY - b. 23 Dec 1822 in Westmoreland Co., s/o Joseph and Martha BELL Neely; moved with is parents to this area when very young; kept the general store at Dempseytown and served as Justice of the Peace for 10 years; married in 1847 to Mary A. BEAR, d/o Martin & Maria Bear of Centre Co.; children; Mary Jane; Lois E.; John M.; Margaret A.; Joseph; Martha M.; R.C., m. Laura GAHRING; Sarah L.; Emma C.; Elizabeth M.; Samuel E.; Eva M.; Ina B.; James M.; Wilson A., m. Ada Irene HIGHBARGER.

• C.A. McCLINTOCK - b. 7 Dec 1846 in Dempseytown; son of James R. and Jerusah TENNENT McClintock; interests were in farming and oil production; he later removed to West Virginia; m. in 1870 to Adaline RICHEY; children: James Pliny, Herbert DeWitt, William Richey, Emma, Mabel and Laura

• Daniel REYNOLDS - served in War of 1812; came to this twp. area from Centre Co., PA and cleared land for his farm in 1841; m. Eliza ___; children: Martha J; Elizabeth W.; William C.; John, m. Louisa A. CAUVEL,d/o Christopher Cauvel and continued to live on the farm.

• William T. RICHEY - b. 25 Feb 1852 in Oakland Twp.; s/o Thomas H. and Mary NOLE Richey; m. in 1872 to Emily A. KITNER; children: Lyman B., Charles E., Israel R., and Chloe E.

• Robert RUSSELL - b. 9 Sept 1808 in Westmoreland Co., PA, s/o James Harper & Mary 'Polly' McQUISTON Russell; md. in 1835 to Hannah FETTERMAN, d/o John & Barbara FRANK Fetterman; children: John, b. 1836; Robert McQuiston, 1837 - 1849; Mary Barbara, 1838 - 1917, m. Jackson ALEXANDER; Barbara L., 1840 - 1922, m. 1 Feb 1855 to Charles W. REYNOLDS; Ann, b. 1842, m. A. A. TIMMON; Eliza Jane, b. 1847, m. Thomas MAGEE; James McQuiston, 11 July 1845 - 26 Apr 1917, m. in 1869 to Mary Jane FLEMING, d/o William Henry & Hannah HOMAN Fleming; Willilam Elias, 11 Jul 1845 - 30 Apr 1904, m. Mary HINDMAN & Lyda Jane JONES; Juliana, 1848 - 1 May 1925, m. Samuel SMALL.

• James THOMPSON - b. 1807 in Centre Co., PA, d. 1883 in Oakland Twp.; md. Margret HAYS d/o John & Hannah McCLAIN Hays; known children: John M., b. 1838, m. Caroline __; William McClain, b. 1835, m. Susanna HASLETT; Hannah Jane, b. 1839, m. Edward MIDDLEBOROUGH; Mary, b. 1841; Margaret, b. 1843; Gilbert, b. 1847, m. Effie __; James, b. 1849; Jane, b. 1851, m. Fred HAYS; Mary, died young.

• George WEBER - b. in 1830 in Centre Co., PA; son of George and Barbara KREITZER Weber; arrived in Dempseytown in 1852 and established his trade of tailor until 1887; m. Elizabeth HOMAN, d/o Michael HOMAN; children: Newton, 1853 - 1862; Emerson, 1854 - 1862; Pira, 1856 - 1858; James, b. 1857; Charles, b. 1860; Howard, b. 1862, a physician in Forest Co.; Judson, b. 1864, a merchant in town; Edgar, b. 1866; Norton, b. 1871; Duff, b. 1873. Some of the children removed to Colorado and Oregon

• R.B. Neely, 80, Venango County, Mary A. Bear, 5 sons & 9 daughters
• P. G. Haslett, 76, where born is not given, Elizabeth Reynolds - Oct. 22, 1852, 4 sons & 3 daughters
• Jonas Weber, 77, Centre Co., Hannah Pontius - 1850, 1 son & 6 daughters
• John Frankenberger, 82, Centre Co., Jane Archer, 4 sons & 2 daughters
• John Ward, 75, Venango Co., Mary A. Hays, 0 sons & 2 daughters
• Jno. Phillips, 78, Centre Co., Rosanna Carter, 8 children
• James Carter, 80, Venango Co., Mrs. Martha Weikal, 5 sons & 4 daughters
• John Cauvel, 77, Centre Co., Matilda Ketner, age 75, 14 children
• Robert Crispen, 82, Centre Co., Mary Deets, age 83 - 1840, 5 children
• Jonathan Lesh, 83, Berks Co., Rachel Fetterman, 4 sons & 3 daughters
• Mrs. Geo. Aurand, 80, Centre Co., no marriage information, 3 sons & 3 daughters
• Mrs. James Thompson, 87, Venango Co., no marriage information, 4 sons & 4 daughters
• J.J. Haslet, 79, Venango Co, "Though never hit by Cupid’s darts, he is pleased to be 1 of a family of 21 children."
• Christian Seber, 77, Germany, Sadie Whitman - 1849, 4 sons & 4 daughters
• John Gahring, 70, Germany, Miss Baney - 1853, 2 sons & 2 daughters
• Anna Fuller, 77, Broom Co., NY, "One of a family of 10 children"
• Peter Ulrich, 88, Baden, Germany, md. 1853 & wife is 75; 2 sons & 4 daughters
• Michael Cauvel, 78, Centre Co., Rebecca Reed - 1847, 12 children
• Andrew Spangler, 78, Centre Co., no marriage information, 6 children

• I.O.O.F Dempseytown Lodge No. 632 - instituted May 20, 1868. B.F. MARK, R.B.NEELY, George K. WEBER, George FULLER, Jonas WEBER

• I.O.O.F Dempseytown Lodge No. 171, A.O.U.W. - was organized March 3, 1880. D.W. WEIKAL, R.C.DUNCAN, Lewis PRICHARD, T.J. KIMES, Robert REED, Freeman DYSON, N.C. HENDERSON, E.P. FOSTER, F.A. McCLINTOCK, P.S.CAUVEL

• Morning Star Union, No. 91, E.A.U. - organized December 11, 1888. Freeman DYSON, J.S.HOOD, Fidus WEBER, G.O. DEWOODY

R92 Dempsey Cemetery in Dempseytown

• *Mary Dempspey, d. Sept. 1825, w/o Lawrence
• *John Kelley, d. 6/13/1849, War of 1812, s/o Edward & Elizabeth
• *Mary Ann Beatty Kelley, d. 19 Dec 1829, w/o John Kelley
• *Hetty C. Dempsey Kelley, d. 15 Feb 1853, w/o Robert Kelley
• *Peter D. Kelley, d. 31 May 1863 , age 16y, s/o Robert & Hetty
• *Priscilla Kelley, d. 8 Nov 1855, d/o Robert & Hetty, age 14y 9m 12d
• *Peter Dempsey Kelley, Civil War, b. 31 Mar 1841, d. 1908
• *Catherine Jane King Kelley, b. 22 Nov 1851, d. 20 May 1927, w/o Peter D. Kelley
• *Elizabeth J. Kelley, b. 1855, d/o John & Sally Dempsey Kelley
• *Lucetta Brennaman, d/o Elizabeth Kelley
• *Nancy Kelley Cutler, b. 1844, d/o John & Sally Dempsey Kelley
• *George Cutler, h/o Nancy Kelley Cutler
• *Peter Dempsey, b. 1833 - d.1915, Civil War, s/o Cicero & Nancy Kelley Dempsey
• *Thomas Carter b. 1753 d. 1852, Rev. War, father of Rosannah Carter Dempsey
• *Margaret Bierly Carter, 3rd wife of Thomas Carter
• *Rachel Reynolds, d. 2 April 1813, w/o Jonah Reynolds
• *Jane Caruthers, d. 16 Sept 1827, w/o John Caruthers
• *Lewis Herring, d. 23 Sept 1836

R90 Berlin


R95 Kaneville area, behind Brown School


R91 Bethel

• *Oscar Whitman, 1851 - 1941
• *Mary Whitman, 1853 - 1924, w/o Oscar
• *Andrew Whitman, 1887 - 1922
• *Lemuel Keely, 1853 - 1942
• *Harriet Keely, 1857 - 1939, w/o Lemuel
• *Mary Haslett, 1854 - 1907, w/o B.F.
• *Benjamin F. Haslett, 1850 - 1922
• *Asher C. Webber, 3 Aug 1830 - 8 Mar 1891
• *Samuel C. Whitman, 1889 - 1968
• *Florence M. Whitman, 1893 - 1968, w/o Samuel C.
• *James F. Whitman, 1935, 1966, s/o S.C. and F.M.
• *Charles P. Whitman, 1896 - 1981
• *Grace E. Whitman, 1897 - 1974, w/o Charles P.
• *Isaphene Crispen, 1851 - 1925, w/o Emanuel
• *Emanuel Crispen, 1850 - 1919
• *L. Myrtle Crispen, 1889 - 1959, w/o Melvin
• *Melvin H. Crispen, 1893 - 1930
• *Harriet A. Crispen, d. 2 Jan 1887, 1y 3m 27d
• *Irene H. Gibbons, 1903 - 1962, w/o Frank Henry
• *Frank Henry Gibbons, 26 Jan 1905 - 21 Feb 1940


R17 Cherrytree -3 graves - south of village


R93 Dempseytown


R94 Fetterman

• J*ohn Fetterman, Died May 23, 1854 – 78yr 2mo 28da – War of 1812
• *Barbara Frank Fetterman, died June 2, 1856, 77yr 1mo 17da, W/o John F. Fetterman, D/o Johann Daniel & Dorothea Rubbley Frank
• *Samuel P. Fetterman, 1804 - 1877
• *Mary A. Fetterman, 1812 - 1884
• *George W. Fetterman, 1845 - 1904, GAR
• *Evalena Fetterman, 1850 - 1850
• *S.P. Fetterman, 1835 - 1865
• *Rachel R. Fetterman, 1839 - 1865
• *Joseph H. Fetterman, 1845 - 1865, GAR
• *John Fetterman, Dec. 24, 1808 – Aug. 23, 1890
• *Levinah Grove Fetterman, Dec. 24, 1815 – June 10, 1898
• *Joseph G. Fetterman, Died Nov. 24, 1865 – 24yr 3mo 3da
• *Marion Fetterman, Died Nov. 22, 1865 – 22yr 2mo 21da
• *Sarah A. Boal, Died march 13, 1868 – 29yr 1mo 15da Wife of D.C. Boal
• *Ethel E. Crowther, 1865 - 1877
• *Mildred Crowther, Died Feb. 15, 1861 Daughter of I.C. & S.H. Crowther
• *Robert M. Russell, Died July 23, 1849 11yr 10mo 13da
• *Robert Russell, Sept. 9, 1807 – July 22, 1849
• *Hannah Fetterman Russell, March 31, 1813 – July 3, 1890

R96 Lamey

• Margaret Perry LASHER TAYLOR d. 5 January 1890

R98 Oakland - at Hamilton's Corners

• *John Baney, 22 Aug 1796 - 5 Mar 1889
• *Susannah Baney, Jan 1802 - 11 Feb 1867, w/o John

• ____ Proper
• ____ Turner

Trinity Evangelical Luthern Church - organized ca. 1840-50. Some members were: Jacob BAUM, Samuel and John FRANKENBERGER, Mrs. Susan HOMAN, John BENNEHOFF, John KINCH, GHARING, MEALS, ULRICH, PHILLIPS.


Oakland United Presbyterian Church - Rev. Anderson McCLANE organized this church in 1851. Prominent names associated with this church were: William STORY, John CULBERSON, Sarah McCLINTOCK, William and Margaret STEWART, Baptist and Margaret MASSON, Daniel and Margaret GREGG, Jane McFATE, Sarah McFATE, Nancy WARD, Mary Ann HAYS, Jane HAYS, Rebeccca McKNIGHT, and Nancy GREGG. William McALWEE donated some land and other pieces were purchased for the church and graveyard.


Oakland Evangelical Church - erected in 1851 and located a mile east of Dempseytown. The Dempseytown circuit was formed 1859; prior name was Sugar Creek circuit. Reverends appointed to the circuit were: H.W. THOMAS, 1853; E. PEER, 1854; John PFEIFER, 1856; W.H. STOLL, 1856; W.H. PFEIFER, 1857; James CROSSMAN, 1857; J. WEAVER, 1858; J. HONECKER, 1859; G.L. DOMER, 1859; G.W. CUPP, 1860; J.Q.A. WELLER, 1860; S.F. CROWTHER, 1861-62; E. BEATTY, 1863-64; C.W. DAVIS, 1865; L.M.BOYER, 1866; G.W.BROWN, 1867-68; J. CROSSMAN, 1869; J. WOODHULL, 1869; L. SCHOBERT, 1870; J. WOODHULL, 1870; J.D. DOMER, 1871-72; P.W. PLOTTS, 1873; J. CARMANY, 1873; J. GARNER, 1874-75; A.W. TEATS, 1876-78; L.A. RHOLAND, 1878-79, L.H. HETRICK, 1880; J. ESCH, 1881-82; D.M. BAUMGARDNER, 1883-85; B.F. FFEITT, 1886-88; J.W. DOMER, 1889.


Zion Evangelical Church - known as the LAMEY church, began in 1863 with Rev. L.M. BOYER. J. LAMEY was the first class leader and Mrs. Margaret MASTERSON was an early member.


Dempseytown Presbyterian Church - the Reverends R. CRAIGHEAD and William ELLIOTT assisted in the organization of this church in 1868. The first elders were: Robert ALEXANDER and William RICHEY.


Trinity Evangelical Church - in Dempseytown; Rev. H.B. SUMMERS held the dedication on January 4, 1880.


Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church - located on the Franklin road about three miles from Dempseytown. Reverend John ABBOTT held the dedication on September 26, 1870.

History of Venango County Pennsylvania, Its Past and Present , Chicago, IL; Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers; 1890; pps: 680-689, 1067-1070.
Venango County Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Chicago, J.H. Beers & Co.,1919
Venango County Pennsylvania Death Book Summary & Index 1893-1905, compiled by Joan Search Hanson, C.G. and Kenneth L. Hanson, Ph. D. This book may be purchased from the Venango Co. Historical Society, P.O. Box 101, Franklin, PA 16323 or from Closson Press, 1935 Sampson Drive, Apollo, PA 15613 - 9208. Price: $35.95 + $4.00 postage/handling. PA residents add 6% sales tax.