"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
JACKSON TOWNSHIP AND MORGANTOWN
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GEORGE W. KEMP, farmer and stock-raiser, was born December 9, 1849, in this
county, and is the sixth of the nine children of James and Christina
(McGowan) Kemp, natives of Kentucky, and respectively of English and German
extraction. James Kemp was a son of John and Nancy Kemp, of North Carolina.
He came to this county in 1826, where our subject was educated to farm work,
grew to manhood, and has ever remained. He continued at home until he was
twenty-three years of age, when he began business for himself, with no
capital but a bold heart and a strong will. February 14, 1872, he married
Mrs. Caroline (Norman) Hamilton, of this county, born March 3, 1844. This
marriage was honored by three children-Rebecca J., Andrew J. and Sarah E.
Mr. Kemp has been reasonably successful in his efforts for independence. He
has a farm of 165 acres, well located, cultivated and improved. He is an
ardent Democrat, and socially an honorable and benevolent gentleman. Mrs.
Kemp is a member of the Separate Baptist Church.
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