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Muscatine County Iowa
1879
| Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1879 | |
Here is what the abbreviations in the bios stand for: far: farm; Co.: company or county; dir: dealer; IVA: Iowa Volunteer Artillery; IVC: Iowa Volunteer Cavalry; IVI: Iowa Volunteer Infantry; P.O.: Post Office; S. or Sec.: section; and st.: street.
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Biographical Section, 1879, page 658
HENRY KEMPER, farmer, Sec. 16, P. O. Fairport; was born in Lippe-Detmold, Prussia, in 1821; emigrated to this country in 1847; located in Cincinnati, Ohio; remained for eight years and married Miss Charlotte Vinyard, of that city; in 1855, they removed thence to Iowa, locating on the farm upon which they now reside, consisting of 365 acres, upon which he has put in the principal improvements. They have seven children---John, Henry, Charley, George, Eddie, August and Louisa. Mrs. K. is a native of Prussia and the same city as her husband. Members of the M. E. Church. Mr. K. is a stone mason by trade, which he followed prior to coming West; since he has followed farming. Republican.
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