Marcia and Lucia Dempsey's mother was Mary B. Cassady b. 1881, the daughter of Allen Freeman & Jemimia Jane (Taylor) Cassady. Mary B. Dempsey died in Martin Co., KY on 6-22-1909 from consumption. She was also the niece of Richard French Cassady who married her husband Lewis Dempsey's paternal aunt Mary Frances (Dempsey) Cassady, who was the daughter of Mark & Luncinda (Alley) Dempsey.