People
A R Dempster
A. R. Dempster was an early settler of Dundee Township, Kane County, Illinois, arriving in the area in 1835. He is recorded among a cohort of pioneers described as being of Scotch-Irish-English descent who established themselves in the township during its formative years in the 1830s. Beyond his settlement date and ancestry, little else is currently documented about his life or activities in the historical record consulted.
Known Activities
- Settled in Dundee Township, Kane County, Illinois, in 1835, according to the History of Kane County, Ill. (Joslyn, 1908) (Source: History of Kane County, Ill., Vol. 1 (Joslyn, 1908))
- Listed among early settlers of Scotch-Irish-English descent, a characterization applied broadly to several Dundee Township pioneers of the same period, including Jesse Oatman, Thomas Deweese, T H Thompson, I C Bosworth, William Hale, and George McClure (Source: History of Kane County, Ill., Vol. 1 (Joslyn, 1908))
Timeline
## Sources
- History of Kane County, Ill., Vol. 1, J. Seymour Currey and Joslyn (1908). Available via Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/historyofkanecou01josl#offset-40852