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Rockcastle and Laurel County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Moses Kemper and Hannah Kemper. Married to Eliza A. Hunt Kemper in Laurel County, Kentucky, on September 26, 1856. Father of Mary Kemper, Robert H. Kemper, and William B. Kemper. Resident of Laurel County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, in 1860. Farmer in Laurel County in 1863.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Laurel County, p. 45A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, p. 578.

Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Laurel County, Kempers District, p. 303B.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Laurel County, KY, June & December 1863, p. 204.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994053, Rockcastle County Marriages.

Citation

Kemper, William H.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281151 (November 12, 2026).

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S. W. Brown et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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