The history focuses primarily on the first five generations listed above. However, my research covers all the male descendants of Hiram Dempsey. Where possible, I have documented the husbands of the female descendants. All this research covers 596 descendants of Hiram Dempsey of Tennessee, their wives, and some of their children; however, it does not include all the children of each descendant.

This satirical view of college professors features a philosophy professor who believes logic will solve all problems from bringing justice to everyone to personal relationships. His problems include convincing his colleagues to unionize to dealing with a history professor who believes he is the 21st century version of Henry VIII and an English Lit. professor who believes she can become Ann Boleyn.

Though he’s still tormented by his brother’s murder and the accident that ended his career, ex-homicide detective Liam Dempsey is trying to move on. His girlfriend and their adopted son are the best things that ever happened to him—and being a police liaison is the next best thing to being back on the force. But when an old friend asks for his help, Liam is thrust into a harrowing investigation that reawakens his darkest personal demons.A politician has been violently attacked, and...

In a small town along the Mississippi River, separate but nearly identical attacks have left two married couples brutally murdered in their homes. A young boy—the lone survivor of the killings—now lies comatose in the hospital. And the police’s only lead is the boy’s terrified description of the assailant: a “monster.”Enter former homicide detective Liam Dempsey, whose estranged brother fell victim to the killer. Dragged into the investigation as a suspect, Dempsey vows to solve th...