The Shemwell Family

Dempsey Weaver ZinkAge: 48 years18781926

Name
Dempsey Weaver Zink
Given names
Dempsey Weaver
Surname
Zink
Birth January 30, 1878
Birth of a daughter
#1Mamie Zink
December 1897 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2Lily Zink
April 1900 (Age 22 years)
Census June 5, 1900 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3Cecil Zink
calculated 1909 (Age 30 years)
Census January 13, 1920 (Age 41 years)
Death October 9, 1926 (Age 48 years)
Note: Most information came from death certificate.
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Elmwood Cemetery
Family with Geneva Hodges - View this family
himself
Dempsey Weaver Zink
Birth: January 30, 1878Tennessee, United States
Death: October 9, 1926Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
wife
Geneva Hodges
Birth: October 16, 1880 31 21Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 1972Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
daughter
Lily Zink
Birth: April 1900 22 19Tennessee, United States
Death:
-2 years
daughter
Mamie Zink
Birth: December 1897 19 17Tennessee, United States
Death:
12 years
daughter
Cecil Zink
Birth: calculated 1909 30 28Tennessee, United States
Death:
son
Private
son
Private

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Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Dempsey Weaver Zink - Household

Hamberg St. Nashville, Davidson, Tn.

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Dempsey ZinkheadMJan187822M3TNININPlanting Clerk
Geneva ZinkwifeFOct188019M322TNTNTN
Mamie ZinkdaughterFDec 189718973STNTNTN
Lily ZinkdaughterFApr19001moSTNTNTN

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