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BIOGRAPHIES.
History of Linn County,
Missouri
An Encyclopedia of Useful Information, and A Compendium of
Actual Facts.
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It Contains
A Condensed History of the State of Missouri and Its Chief
Cities -
St. Louis, Kansas City and St. Joseph;
A Reliable History of Lynn County -
Its Pioneer Record, War History,
Resources, Biographical Sketches and Portraits of
Prominent Citizens; General and Local Statistics of great
Value, and a Large Amount of Miscellaneous
Matter, Incidents, etc. Etc.
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ILLUSTRATED
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Publ. Kansas City, Mo.
Birdsall & Dean.
1882
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Bucklin & Bucklin Twp. -
GILBERT KEMP. Mr. Kemp
was born in the rocky region of Grafton county, New
Hampshire, and when he was quite small his parents moved to
Vermont, where they lived for five years. In 1841
Gilbert went to Ohio, where he engaged in farming till
1861. He then came to Linn county, this State, and
engaged in farming. In addition to his farming and
wool-growing, Mr. Kemp is also proprietor of
hay-baling houses in Bucklin and in Laclede, where he
controls a good business in that line. He was married,
in 1849, to Miss M. A. Harvey, a native of Lower
Canada (Ontario). Mr. and Mrs. Kemp are the
parents of five children: Eva M., George W., Eugene C.,
Hattie A., and Bertie.
Mr. Kemp's parents were Zachariah and Elizabeth
Kemp, both natives of New Hampshire. The paternal
ancestor of the Kemp family, great-grandfather of
Gilbert, was shipwrecked at twelve years old, on the
voyage to America, and himself and one other man, only,
escaped. He settled in New Hampshire, and times were
so hard with him that he had to dig up the potatoes he had
planted and eat them ere they had time to grow.
Mr. Kemp resides one mile south of Bucklin,
where he has a splendid farm. He is a successful
farmer, and an enterprising business man. He is a
member of the I. O. O. F. of Bucklin.
Source: History of Linn County,
Missouri -
Publ. Kansas City, Mo. by Birdsall & Dean -
1882 - Page 662 |
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Benton Twp. -
W. J. KENNEDY. We wish to give
here a brief history of a citizen who has spent the greater
part of his life in Linn county, and who has been
prominently identified with the commercial interests of the
town in which he now lives, in various departments of
business, from its origin to the present time. Mr.
Kennedy was born Mar. 19, 1836, in Anderson county,
Kentucky. He is the son and oldest child of John G.
and Sophia Kennedy, both of whom are still living,
blessed with good health and are old and highly esteemed
residents of our county seat. His father was born in
Madison county, Kentucky, on the twenty-fifth day of May,
1809. His mother's maiden name was Searcy.
His parents had eleven children in all, three of whom are
dead. A memorable coincidence exists in the dates of
the birth of himself and a younger brother and sister.
Himself, a brother, sixteen, and a sister twelve years
younger, were all three born on the nineteenth day of March.
Mr. Kennedy lived with his father on his native
farm till he was eleven years of age, when his father
removed to Hancock county, Illinois. Here he lived
with his father, assisting him upon the farm, for about six
years at the end of which time his father removed from
Illinois to Linn county, and settled on a farm on Bear
Branch, in the Gier district, ten miles east of Linneus.
Here he lived with his father on the farm for about two
years, when he left him and went to Brunswick, in Chariton
county, this State, where he was for three years engaged in
the Grand River City Mills. He then moved to Linneus,
where he continued for some time in the milling business,
and afterward learned the brick mason's trade, at which he
worked till 1873.
In April, 1873, he moved to Browning, went to
merchandizing, and kept a general stock of goods for about a
year. After selling out in the mercantile trade, he
was proprietor of the hotel, and agent of the express
company for about five years.
In the following October, after his arrival in
Browning, he was appointed postmaster, a position which he
has ever since retained, and the duties of which he has
efficiently discharged, to the great satisfaction of the
entire community. For the past two or three yeas, he
has also been engaged in the jewelry business, which he is
pursuing with his accustomed energy and success.
Mr. Kennedy was married at Linneus on the sixth
day of January, 1859, to Miss Mary Ann Auberry,
daughter of Joseph Auberry. They have had six
children; three living, three dead.
He is a member of the Masonic order, president of the
board of trustees of the public school, and one of the
trustees of the township.
He served in the war three years, enlisting on the
ninth day of August 1862, in the Twenty-third Missouri
Infantry Volunteers, Company I, under Captain Marion
Cave; mustered out June 10, 1865, at Washington City.
He was at the siege of Atlanta, under General Sherman,
and with him in his march to the sea, and through the
Carolinas. He was appointed lieutenant a short time
before he was mustered out of the service.
We have given above a brief outline of the life of a
man who has made his way by relying on his own exertions.
Source: History of Linn County,
Missouri -
Publ. Kansas City, Mo. by Birdsall & Dean - 1882 - Page 767 |
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Benton Twp. -
WILLIAM T. KIMBER was born in
Prairieville (now Waukeeshaw), Apr. 21, 1840. He is
the son of George and Mary Kimber, the father being a
native of England and still living, and the mother
(deceased) a native of Wales. The family moved to
Illinois in 1844, and William resided there most of
the time till 1865, when he came, in fall of that year, to
Missouri, and located in Benton township, and where he still
resides. He owns a good farm of two hundred and forty
acres, nearly all under fence, and one hundred acres in
pasture. His place is fairly improved, and he has some
good stock- horses, cattle and swine - around him.
Also has a fine peach orchard, and raises grapes and other
fruit. Mr. Kimber was married in October, 1866,
to Miss Susan Trader, daughter of Moses and Martha
Trader, a lady who was born and raised in Linn county.
Nine children have been born of this union, two of whom
(unnamed infants) are deceased. Those living are:
Mary Alice, Oscar Orestes, Martha Ann Ella, Edmund W., Frank
P., Margaret Belle, and Libbie P. During
the war, Mr. Kimber served in Company F, Twenty-sixth
Michigan Infantry, and was out a little less than a year,
having enlisted in August, 1864, and serving till June.
Mr. Kimber has served as justice of the peace for
Benton township, being once appointed and once elected.
He belongs to the Methodist Church and holds membership at
Browning.
Source: History of Linn County,
Missouri -
Publ. Kansas City, Mo. by Birdsall & Dean - 1882 - Page 766 |
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