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Esther Williams Sanford Dempsey

Birth: 1811
Alexandria, City of Alexandria, Virginia, USA
Death: 1899 (aged 87–88)
Alexandria, City of Alexandria, Virginia, USA
Burial: Presbyterian Cemetery

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Plot: Section 44 Plot 136
Memorial ID: 78301490 View Source

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daughter of Thomas and Esther Leavens Sanford
wife of James Dempsey

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Thomas Sanford

1780–1852
Esther Leavens Sanford

1779–1852

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James Dempsey

1809–1865

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Lawrence Sanford

1807–1808
Margaret Milnor Sanford Stewart

1817–1887
Frances Ann Sanford

unknown–1840
Elizabeth Matthews Sanford
Joseph Lincoln Sanford

unknown–1853
Catharine Porter Sanford Jamieson

unknown–1843

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Anna Miller Dempsey

1842–1913
Col Charles Adam Dempsey

1844–1941
Sarah McKenzie Dempsey Thomson

1847–1911
Phineas Janney Dempsey

1852–1929

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