Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed., 1887,
Owen Co.

R. H. KEMPER was born in Owen County, Ky., April 4, 1834, and is a son
of Charley and Delphia (Yancey) Kemper.  Charley Kemper was born in
Lexington, Ky., moved to Owen County, settled on a farm, and made farming
a life-long occupation; he died about 1874.  The paternal grandfather of
our subject was born in Virginia, immigrated to Fayette County, Ky.,
settled on a farm, and died in Lexington.  Delphia (Yancey) Kemper was
a daughter of Phillip Yancey, a native of Virginia who came to Kentucky
at an early day.  R. H. Kemper was educated in the common schools of
Owen County, and has made farming his chief occupation.  He owns a good
farm of 173 acres, in a fine state of cultivation, which he values at
$25 per acre.  In 1856 Mr. Kemper married Miss Jane F. Yancey, daughter
of William and Elizabeth (Davis) Yancey, natives of Owen County.  Mr.
and Mrs. Kemper have had ten children born to them, viz: Allie (who died
in 1873), Melvina, William (who died in 1871), Warren, Lizzie D., Cora,
James W. (who died in infancy), Annie, Ella N. and Hally D.  Mr. and
Mrs. Kemper are members of the Baptist Church and in politics Mr.
Kemper is a Democrat.

Kemper Yancey Davis
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Fayette-KY VA

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