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Elisabeth “Bess” Hall Kemper

Birth
Nacogdoches County, Texas, USA
Death
14 Mar 1925 (aged 81–82)
Bakersfield, Kern County, California, USA
Burial
Bakersfield, Kern County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Potter's Field
Memorial ID
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Her niece, Harriet Hall Smith, wrote:
Ruphus Hudman married Elizabeth Hall Jan. 4, 1859, by R. E. Snead --
minister. "By consent of parties intrusted."
Aunt Bess visited us July 1912. Frank Hall took her over to see Aunt Ann
Lee. The mule, Red, ran away with a trap buggy at the Davis place. Frank was
not hurt. Aunt Bess had some broken bones. We had Dr. Roberson come.
Later on we called Dr. Feliz and Mollie Tucker. They came in a 2 horse
buggy. Dr. Tucker cursed and said Dr. Roberson did not set the broken bones.
Mollie failed to stop the cursing. Aunt Bess was crippled after the mule ran away with her and Frank.
A few years later Aunt Bess went to live with Ruph (Elisabeth's son, Ruphus Hudman) and Nora in California where she died. She lost her trunk on the train which contained a complete record of the History of the Hall family.

Note from Stephanie Thalman:
She was married second to John Splan Kemper who died 22 Aug 1908, from being kicked by a mule.
Elizabeth was a destitute widow who was able to qualify for a pension on John Kemper's military service in the Civil War but she was turned down because she may have given the wrong information on the pension application so the government couldn't find a record matching the information she provided.
Her niece, Harriet Hall Smith, wrote:
Ruphus Hudman married Elizabeth Hall Jan. 4, 1859, by R. E. Snead --
minister. "By consent of parties intrusted."
Aunt Bess visited us July 1912. Frank Hall took her over to see Aunt Ann
Lee. The mule, Red, ran away with a trap buggy at the Davis place. Frank was
not hurt. Aunt Bess had some broken bones. We had Dr. Roberson come.
Later on we called Dr. Feliz and Mollie Tucker. They came in a 2 horse
buggy. Dr. Tucker cursed and said Dr. Roberson did not set the broken bones.
Mollie failed to stop the cursing. Aunt Bess was crippled after the mule ran away with her and Frank.
A few years later Aunt Bess went to live with Ruph (Elisabeth's son, Ruphus Hudman) and Nora in California where she died. She lost her trunk on the train which contained a complete record of the History of the Hall family.

Note from Stephanie Thalman:
She was married second to John Splan Kemper who died 22 Aug 1908, from being kicked by a mule.
Elizabeth was a destitute widow who was able to qualify for a pension on John Kemper's military service in the Civil War but she was turned down because she may have given the wrong information on the pension application so the government couldn't find a record matching the information she provided.

Gravesite Details

Buried in the Potter's field with no marker according to cemetery records.



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