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Francis Mahlon Kemp Sr.

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Birth	:	28 Feb 1876 Kimball, Page County, Virginia, USA
Death	:	25 Dec 1930
Burial	:	Fairmont Cemetery, Fairmont, Fillmore County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.6267014, -97.5674973
Plot	:	Blk 2 Lot 5 Space 12
Description	:	Francis Mahlon Kemp, eighth child of Thomas M. and Bettie E. Kemp was born at Kimball, Virginia, February 28, 1876, and passed away Christmas morning, 1930; aged fifty-four years, nine months and twenty-six days. He grew to young manhood on a farm near Kimball, Virginia, coming to Fairmont, Nebraska, when seventeen years of age, and assisting his brother, Will, in the mercantile business. Later he attended Capitol City Commercial College at Des Moines, Iowa. For several years he was a clerk in Solomon & Nathan's store at Geneva, Nebraska and at Humboldt, Nebraska. He then became... Read More	Francis Mahlon Kemp, eighth child of Thomas M. and Bettie E. Kemp was born at Kimball, Virginia, February 28, 1876, and passed away Christmas morning, 1930; aged fifty-four years, nine months and twenty-six days. He grew to young manhood on a farm near Kimball, Virginia, coming to Fairmont, Nebraska, when seventeen years of age, and assisting his brother, Will, in the mercantile business. Later he attended Capitol City Commercial College at Des Moines, Iowa. For several years he was a clerk in Solomon & Nathan's store at Geneva, Nebraska and at Humboldt, Nebraska. He then became a traveling salesman for the Richardson Shoe Co., traveling in Kansas and Oklahoma for thirteen years. He was in the mercantile business in Fairmont for eighteen years, until his failing health caused him to sell this business and retire from active work in the spring of 1928. He was married to Miss Mamie J. Pollock at her father's country home near Fairmont, July 24, 1907. To this union three children were given: Francis, Richard and Marion, all of Fairmont, who, with the devoted wife, survive the beloved father and husband. Mr. Kemp was a member of a family of fourteen children, eleven of whom survive; his father and mother and two younger brothers having preceded him in death. Seven brothers and four sisters survive: William W. Kemp of Denver, Colorado; B.N. Kemp of Lincoln, Nebraska; Mrs. Zada Shenk of Kimball, Virginia; Mrs. Bessie Menefee and Mrs. Mettie Kemp of Hagerstown, Maryland; J.H. Kemp of Fullerton, Nebraska; Dr. T.J. Kemp of St. Louis, Missouri; J.S. Kemp and Fletcher Kemp of Washington, D.C.; Mrs. Charles Rowe of Alderson, West Virginia; and D.C. Kemp of Kansas City, Missouri. Mr. Kemp took an active part in the Presbyterian church of Fairmont, serving on the board of trustees for many years. When the Presbyterian and Congregational churches of Fairmont federated, he took an active part in the federation procedures and then served as chairman of the federated board of trustees from the beginning of the federation until his death. When the new church was built, he served on the building committee and took the greatest interest in all the details of the work. He became a member of Hesperian Lodge No. 42, I.O.O.F., February 12, 1904. He has been a member of the Fairmont school board for seventeen years, serving in the capacity of president for about ten years. His going, while not unexpected, was a severe shock to the entire community. In less than an hour after his death, the word was being whispered by nearly everyone, Mahlon is gone." He will be missed by every department of the community's life, and greatly missed by this church and its pastor. Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon, December 28th, before an audience of 500 friends, neighbors and relatives; by the Rev. W.F. Perry, D.D., pastor of the church. The brothers of the deceased were pallbearers and the officers of the joint boards of worship and fellowship and Trustees were honorary pallbearers. The body was laid to rest in the Fairmont cemetery to await the resurrection morn. Fillmore Chronicle (Fairmont) January 1st, 1931 page 3.

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Latitude: 40.6267014
Longitude: -97.5674973

Family Members:

Parent

Thomas M. Kemp

(1836 - 1926)

Elizabeth Joyce Kibler Kemp

(1843 - 1896)

Spouse

Mamie Jane Pollock Kemp

(1882 - 1952)

Siblings

Zada Teresa Kemp Shenk

(1868 - 1953)

(1870 - 1954)

(1871 - 1962)

(1877 - 1889)

(1881 - 1968)

Children

Francis Mahlon Kemp Jr.

(1908 - 1981)

Richard Pollock Kemp

(1910 - 1962)

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