Dempsey Weaver ZinkAge: 48 years1878–1926
- Name
- Dempsey Weaver Zink
- Given names
- Dempsey Weaver
- Surname
- Zink
 Birth | January 30, 1878 |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Mamie Zink December 1897 (Age 19 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 20 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Lily Zink April 1900 (Age 22 years) |
 Census | June 5, 1900 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Cecil Zink calculated 1909 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 37 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 38 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 39 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Census | January 13, 1920 (Age 41 years) |
 Death | October 9, 1926 (Age 48 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Elmwood Cemetery |
| Family with Geneva Hodges |
| himself |
Dempsey Weaver Zink Birth: January 30, 1878 — Tennessee, United States Death: October 9, 1926 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Geneva Hodges Birth: October 16, 1880 31 21 — Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: October 1972 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
| daughter |
Lily Zink Birth: April 1900 22 19 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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-2 years daughter |
Mamie Zink Birth: December 1897 19 17 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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12 years daughter |
Cecil Zink Birth: calculated 1909 30 28 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
| son |
Private |
| son |
Private |
No family available
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Dempsey Weaver Zink - Household
Hamberg St. Nashville, Davidson, Tn.
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| Death | Most information came from death certificate.
Although death certificate lists year of birth as 1877, WW I draft registration and census records list 1878. He was the son of John Zink and Charlotte McCollum. Dempsey married Fredonia Geneva Hodges on 28 March 1897 in Houston County, TN. Cause of Death: unknown. He is buried in Elmwood Cemetery according to death certificate.
Known Children of Dempsey and Geneva are:
Mayme Melvina Zink abt. 1897-
Lillie Zink, 1900-
Apha Norene Zink, born about 1902
Cecile M. Zink, born about 1908
James Dempsey Zink 1818-1982 |