Pete Dempsey worked in the rail road depot at Savage and was first mayor of Savage. They moved to St. James in 1904. He was the son of Paul and Susan Dempsey born May 22, 1876 and died April 17, 1958. He and Margaret McCann married May 2, 1900. She was born December 19, 1872 and died February 4, 1965. After Paul Dempsey died Susan married Michael Allen of Savage.
