JOHN MORGAN KEMP HOMEPLACE CA. 1920
This is the homeplace of John M. and Virgie Allen Kemp, on Little Salt Lick Creek Road,
Difficult, Tennessee. John and his wife tore the old Asa and Mary Williams Kemp home
down and built this one, according to his daughter Beulah K. Jones. To the left of the house,
up on a rise in the back, sits the Kemp family grave yard. The house is believed to have been
built in 1916, the year their daughter Allie (Mrs.B.W. Ray) died.
Standing left to right are: Talitha Kemp Russell (Mrs. Ernest Russell), who died in their home
also on May 04, 1929, housekeeper Ms. Armistead, and John M. Kemp who died January 08, 1936.
He was the last surviving child of Asa & Mary Ann (Polly) Williams Kemp.
Virgie Allen Kemp was the daughter of James T. and Talitha Cornwell Allen
The obituaries of John and Virgie Kemp can be seen on the website:
John Morgan and Virginia Frances Allen Kemp
John Morgan and Virginia Frances Allen Kemp were married July 03, 1887. They had
Allie May Kemp m. Bascom W. Rhey, Talitha J. Kemp m. Ernest Lee Russell, Mallie
Lee Kemp m. Oscar H. Hackett, Brittie Dell Kemp m. Burford Kemp (see picture),
Beulah J. Kemp m. Henry W. Jones, and Asa E. Kemp m. Eva M. Russell and divorced,
then he married Sally Mae Bullard, June 17, 1917.
Burford was the son of Leroy and Mary Law Kemp. Grandson of Jesse and Elizabeth
This union was to last twenty-four years, until the death of Brittie on April
Brittie and Burford Kemp
Pictured on their wedding day, December 4th, 1919,
Brittie Dell Kemp and Burford Lester Kemp.
Brittie was the daughter of John Morgan and Virgie F. Allen Kemp. Granddaughter
of Asa and Polly Williams Kemp and James T. and Talitha Cornwell Allin.
Crown Sutton Kemp and James and Mary F. Cornwell Sutton. Their grandfathers,
Jesse and Asa, were sons of Burrell and Elizabeth Rowland Kemp Jr..
10, 1943 of TB. There was no issue. They are buried in the Kemp cemetery
on Dog Branch Road in Difficult, Tennessee, next to the old Kemp home place.
Dog Branch Road
The Obituary and a picture of Asa E. can be found on this website:
ASA (ACEY) KEMP'S WWI PICTURE
Asa Elster Kemp (pictured on the left) was born January 10, 1890 to John Hunt Morgan Kemp and
Virgie F. Allen. He was their only son. His sisters were: Allie m. Bascom Ray; Mallie married 1st.
Oscar Hackett, 2nd a Turner; Talitha married Ernest Russell; Brittie married Burford Kemp (her
cousin); and Beulah married Henry Jones (grandson of Wiley Jones). Asa first married Eva Russell,
second Sally Mae Bullard. Asa was a well known farmer and livestock dealer of the Kempville and
Difficult communities. He & Sally were married June 17, 1917. They had Asa Jr., Virginia Ruth
b. 1920 & d. 1921; John B.(J.B.); Kathleen; Ruth; and Dewey Kemp. Asa died 1969 & Sally died 1989.
They rest in the Kemp family cemetery on Little Salt Lick Creek Rd. at the John M. Kemp homeplace.
Little Salt Lick Road