Buried in Kemp Plot
Birth 11 Jan 1867 in Mad River Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA [NOTE: Mad River Township of Montgomery County was mostly annexed piecemeal by the City of Dayton (his farmstead birthplace was in Section 22, mostly annexed about 1910), and no longer exists as a separate entity since 1994, when the remaining bits of Mad River Township merged into the City of Riverside.]
Death 16 Jul 1898 in Fort Grant, Graham County, Arizona
"ULYSSES G. KEMP. No. 3314. Class Of 1889 [United States Military Academy, West Point].
Died July 16, 1898, at Fort Grant, Arizona, aged 32.
Lieutenant Ulysses Grant Kemp, Acting Adjutant of the Seventh U. S. Cavalry, died Friday night at Fort Grant, Arizona, from injuries received by being thrown from his horse. Lieutenant Kemp was a gallant soldier and a man of great personal magnetism. He was well known in Detroit, where he was married six years ago to the daughter of R. L. Polk, of this city. Little is known of the circumstances surrounding the brave officer's death. Word was received that he was thrown from his horse on Wednesday and yesterday the sad news came that his injuries had proved fatal on Friday. He was unconscious to the last. It is thought that the remains will be taken to Dayton, Ohio, his former home, for burial.
Ulysses Grant Kemp was 32 years old and was a native of Dayton. He graduated from West Point in 1889 and was assigned with the cavalry branch of the army to Fort Meade. In 1892 his marriage with Miss Polk, of this city, was celebrated. After another year at Fort Meade Lieutenant Kemp was assigned to a special detail at Vincennes University, Vincennes, Ind., where he remained four years. He then went back to the regular army life at Fort Grant, Arizona, where he has been stationed since last October. Kemp was a man of splendid physique. More than six feet in height, broad shouldered, straight, yet lithe and active, he commanded admiration from all who saw him. No less attractive were his traits of character. He was a universal favorite with all who knew him, and was especially beloved by his associates and superior officers, who held him by common consent as one of the finest officers of his rank in the service. He was a magnificent horseman. More than all, he was the soul of honor and could not stoop to do a mean thing. One of his friends said last night: "He was one of nature's noblemen." He was anxious to get to the front in the present war, and had he done so, he would undoubtedly have won distinction.
The particulars of the fatal accident that befell Lieutenant Ulysses Grant Kemp at Fort Grant, Arizona, on Wednesday, July 13, terminating in his death on Friday night following, have just been received in Detroit.
Lieutenant Kemp had left his wife and little baby girl at 6.45 in the morning to take command of the troops for their regular morning drill. He was commanding a cavalry charge, the troops going at a full gallop, when a trooper's horse bumped into the Lieutenant's, causing his to stumble, and throwing its rider to the ground, from which, having struck upon his head, he was taken up in an unconscious condition and carried to his home. He remained unconscious until death came to his relief.
Everything that the skill and unflagging attention of the two arm surgeons and Colonel Cooney and daughter could do, assisted by the tender care and attention of the men in his command, was done for him. The sincere and tender regard of the men was most touchingly exhibited when the sergeant called upon his wife, in behalf of his company, and said they wished to send away for a specialist and would pay all the expenses, no matter what they might be, if they could only save the Lieutenant.
The remains will be interred at Dayton, Ohio."
From the Detroit (Mich.) Free Press.
Annual reunion By United States Military Academy. Association of Graduates
Birth 11 Jan 1867 in Mad River Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA [NOTE: Mad River Township of Montgomery County was mostly annexed piecemeal by the City of Dayton (his farmstead birthplace was in Section 22, mostly annexed about 1910), and no longer exists as a separate entity since 1994, when the remaining bits of Mad River Township merged into the City of Riverside.]
Death 16 Jul 1898 in Fort Grant, Graham County, Arizona
"ULYSSES G. KEMP. No. 3314. Class Of 1889 [United States Military Academy, West Point].
Died July 16, 1898, at Fort Grant, Arizona, aged 32.
Lieutenant Ulysses Grant Kemp, Acting Adjutant of the Seventh U. S. Cavalry, died Friday night at Fort Grant, Arizona, from injuries received by being thrown from his horse. Lieutenant Kemp was a gallant soldier and a man of great personal magnetism. He was well known in Detroit, where he was married six years ago to the daughter of R. L. Polk, of this city. Little is known of the circumstances surrounding the brave officer's death. Word was received that he was thrown from his horse on Wednesday and yesterday the sad news came that his injuries had proved fatal on Friday. He was unconscious to the last. It is thought that the remains will be taken to Dayton, Ohio, his former home, for burial.
Ulysses Grant Kemp was 32 years old and was a native of Dayton. He graduated from West Point in 1889 and was assigned with the cavalry branch of the army to Fort Meade. In 1892 his marriage with Miss Polk, of this city, was celebrated. After another year at Fort Meade Lieutenant Kemp was assigned to a special detail at Vincennes University, Vincennes, Ind., where he remained four years. He then went back to the regular army life at Fort Grant, Arizona, where he has been stationed since last October. Kemp was a man of splendid physique. More than six feet in height, broad shouldered, straight, yet lithe and active, he commanded admiration from all who saw him. No less attractive were his traits of character. He was a universal favorite with all who knew him, and was especially beloved by his associates and superior officers, who held him by common consent as one of the finest officers of his rank in the service. He was a magnificent horseman. More than all, he was the soul of honor and could not stoop to do a mean thing. One of his friends said last night: "He was one of nature's noblemen." He was anxious to get to the front in the present war, and had he done so, he would undoubtedly have won distinction.
The particulars of the fatal accident that befell Lieutenant Ulysses Grant Kemp at Fort Grant, Arizona, on Wednesday, July 13, terminating in his death on Friday night following, have just been received in Detroit.
Lieutenant Kemp had left his wife and little baby girl at 6.45 in the morning to take command of the troops for their regular morning drill. He was commanding a cavalry charge, the troops going at a full gallop, when a trooper's horse bumped into the Lieutenant's, causing his to stumble, and throwing its rider to the ground, from which, having struck upon his head, he was taken up in an unconscious condition and carried to his home. He remained unconscious until death came to his relief.
Everything that the skill and unflagging attention of the two arm surgeons and Colonel Cooney and daughter could do, assisted by the tender care and attention of the men in his command, was done for him. The sincere and tender regard of the men was most touchingly exhibited when the sergeant called upon his wife, in behalf of his company, and said they wished to send away for a specialist and would pay all the expenses, no matter what they might be, if they could only save the Lieutenant.
The remains will be interred at Dayton, Ohio."
From the Detroit (Mich.) Free Press.
Annual reunion By United States Military Academy. Association of Graduates
Buried in Kemp Plot
Birth 11 Jan 1867 in Mad River Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA [NOTE: Mad River Township of Montgomery County was mostly annexed piecemeal by the City of Dayton (his farmstead birthplace was in Section 22, mostly annexed about 1910), and no longer exists as a separate entity since 1994, when the remaining bits of Mad River Township merged into the City of Riverside.]
Death 16 Jul 1898 in Fort Grant, Graham County, Arizona
"ULYSSES G. KEMP. No. 3314. Class Of 1889 [United States Military Academy, West Point].
Died July 16, 1898, at Fort Grant, Arizona, aged 32.
Lieutenant Ulysses Grant Kemp, Acting Adjutant of the Seventh U. S. Cavalry, died Friday night at Fort Grant, Arizona, from injuries received by being thrown from his horse. Lieutenant Kemp was a gallant soldier and a man of great personal magnetism. He was well known in Detroit, where he was married six years ago to the daughter of R. L. Polk, of this city. Little is known of the circumstances surrounding the brave officer's death. Word was received that he was thrown from his horse on Wednesday and yesterday the sad news came that his injuries had proved fatal on Friday. He was unconscious to the last. It is thought that the remains will be taken to Dayton, Ohio, his former home, for burial.
Ulysses Grant Kemp was 32 years old and was a native of Dayton. He graduated from West Point in 1889 and was assigned with the cavalry branch of the army to Fort Meade. In 1892 his marriage with Miss Polk, of this city, was celebrated. After another year at Fort Meade Lieutenant Kemp was assigned to a special detail at Vincennes University, Vincennes, Ind., where he remained four years. He then went back to the regular army life at Fort Grant, Arizona, where he has been stationed since last October. Kemp was a man of splendid physique. More than six feet in height, broad shouldered, straight, yet lithe and active, he commanded admiration from all who saw him. No less attractive were his traits of character. He was a universal favorite with all who knew him, and was especially beloved by his associates and superior officers, who held him by common consent as one of the finest officers of his rank in the service. He was a magnificent horseman. More than all, he was the soul of honor and could not stoop to do a mean thing. One of his friends said last night: "He was one of nature's noblemen." He was anxious to get to the front in the present war, and had he done so, he would undoubtedly have won distinction.
The particulars of the fatal accident that befell Lieutenant Ulysses Grant Kemp at Fort Grant, Arizona, on Wednesday, July 13, terminating in his death on Friday night following, have just been received in Detroit.
Lieutenant Kemp had left his wife and little baby girl at 6.45 in the morning to take command of the troops for their regular morning drill. He was commanding a cavalry charge, the troops going at a full gallop, when a trooper's horse bumped into the Lieutenant's, causing his to stumble, and throwing its rider to the ground, from which, having struck upon his head, he was taken up in an unconscious condition and carried to his home. He remained unconscious until death came to his relief.
Everything that the skill and unflagging attention of the two arm surgeons and Colonel Cooney and daughter could do, assisted by the tender care and attention of the men in his command, was done for him. The sincere and tender regard of the men was most touchingly exhibited when the sergeant called upon his wife, in behalf of his company, and said they wished to send away for a specialist and would pay all the expenses, no matter what they might be, if they could only save the Lieutenant.
The remains will be interred at Dayton, Ohio."
From the Detroit (Mich.) Free Press.
Annual reunion By United States Military Academy. Association of Graduates
Birth 11 Jan 1867 in Mad River Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA [NOTE: Mad River Township of Montgomery County was mostly annexed piecemeal by the City of Dayton (his farmstead birthplace was in Section 22, mostly annexed about 1910), and no longer exists as a separate entity since 1994, when the remaining bits of Mad River Township merged into the City of Riverside.]
Death 16 Jul 1898 in Fort Grant, Graham County, Arizona
"ULYSSES G. KEMP. No. 3314. Class Of 1889 [United States Military Academy, West Point].
Died July 16, 1898, at Fort Grant, Arizona, aged 32.
Lieutenant Ulysses Grant Kemp, Acting Adjutant of the Seventh U. S. Cavalry, died Friday night at Fort Grant, Arizona, from injuries received by being thrown from his horse. Lieutenant Kemp was a gallant soldier and a man of great personal magnetism. He was well known in Detroit, where he was married six years ago to the daughter of R. L. Polk, of this city. Little is known of the circumstances surrounding the brave officer's death. Word was received that he was thrown from his horse on Wednesday and yesterday the sad news came that his injuries had proved fatal on Friday. He was unconscious to the last. It is thought that the remains will be taken to Dayton, Ohio, his former home, for burial.
Ulysses Grant Kemp was 32 years old and was a native of Dayton. He graduated from West Point in 1889 and was assigned with the cavalry branch of the army to Fort Meade. In 1892 his marriage with Miss Polk, of this city, was celebrated. After another year at Fort Meade Lieutenant Kemp was assigned to a special detail at Vincennes University, Vincennes, Ind., where he remained four years. He then went back to the regular army life at Fort Grant, Arizona, where he has been stationed since last October. Kemp was a man of splendid physique. More than six feet in height, broad shouldered, straight, yet lithe and active, he commanded admiration from all who saw him. No less attractive were his traits of character. He was a universal favorite with all who knew him, and was especially beloved by his associates and superior officers, who held him by common consent as one of the finest officers of his rank in the service. He was a magnificent horseman. More than all, he was the soul of honor and could not stoop to do a mean thing. One of his friends said last night: "He was one of nature's noblemen." He was anxious to get to the front in the present war, and had he done so, he would undoubtedly have won distinction.
The particulars of the fatal accident that befell Lieutenant Ulysses Grant Kemp at Fort Grant, Arizona, on Wednesday, July 13, terminating in his death on Friday night following, have just been received in Detroit.
Lieutenant Kemp had left his wife and little baby girl at 6.45 in the morning to take command of the troops for their regular morning drill. He was commanding a cavalry charge, the troops going at a full gallop, when a trooper's horse bumped into the Lieutenant's, causing his to stumble, and throwing its rider to the ground, from which, having struck upon his head, he was taken up in an unconscious condition and carried to his home. He remained unconscious until death came to his relief.
Everything that the skill and unflagging attention of the two arm surgeons and Colonel Cooney and daughter could do, assisted by the tender care and attention of the men in his command, was done for him. The sincere and tender regard of the men was most touchingly exhibited when the sergeant called upon his wife, in behalf of his company, and said they wished to send away for a specialist and would pay all the expenses, no matter what they might be, if they could only save the Lieutenant.
The remains will be interred at Dayton, Ohio."
From the Detroit (Mich.) Free Press.
Annual reunion By United States Military Academy. Association of Graduates
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Lieut. U. G. Kemp
["Leiut. N. G. Kemp" in cem database]
7th U.S. Cavalry
1867-1898
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