Kemp, G. P.

KEMP

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 7/29/2008 at 13:39:58

G. P. Kemp

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.96, Garner Twp.)
G P Kemp, farmer, P. O. Council Bluffs, was born in Randolph County, Va., March 7, 1837, son of W. C. and Eliza A. (Wilson) Kemp; he was born in Huntington County, Penn., in February, 1802, and died in May 1880; while in Virginia he was County Surveyor, and also practiced law; after coming to Iowa, he kept hotel and speculated in land. Subject's mother was born in Randolph County, Va., in 1818, and lives in Wayne County, Iowa; she is the mother of five boys and three girls, one of each sex being dead. Mr. Kemp attended the subscription schools of Virginia, where he subsequently conducted the stage line for five years, between the James and Ohio Rivers. After coming to Iowa, he continued the stage business for several years, and then became messenger and ticket agent on the train running from Council Bluffs to Bartlett; leaving the latter business, he was engaged with J. W. Morse, in the express business, till March, 1875, when he settled where he now lives. Mr. Kemp was married in Lewis, Cass Co., Iowa, October 26, 1863, to Miss J. A. Mann, born in St. Thomas, Canada, July 22, 1845; daughter of L. Mann, born in St. Thomas, Canada, December, 1808, died April 5, 1852, and Almira (Taylor) Mann, born in Erie, Penn., November 4, 1820. Mr. and Mrs. Kemp have three children - May B., William F. and Bessie A. Mr. Kemp belongs to the Masonic fraternity of Council Bluffs; he is a Republican, and has held several township offices.