Second husband of Rebecca Ann (Sosbe) Collins Kemp.
The following is an excerpt from a Morgantown newspaper by Deloris Hamm. The article was about slavery and the Civil War. Date of publication unknown.
The biggest majority of Jackson Township was against slavery. One was a 20-year-old man named Peter Winkler Kemp.
Kemp was born in Jackson Township, Nov. 20, 1841, the son of Evan and Mahala (Huff) Kemp, who came to Jackson Township in the early 1820s from Wayne County, Ky.
On Sept. 12, 1861, at Indianapolis, Kemp enlisted in Company G, 27th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers, for three years. He was discharged Sept. 12, 1864, at Atlanta, Ga. Kemp was wounded in the Civil War, but he never talked about it when he came home. His war record listed him as being wounded near Sharpsburg, Md., Sept 17, 1862.
After the war, Kemp came home and married Rebecca Sosbe Collins, widow of William Collins. Rebecca's husband was killed in the Civil War, leaving her with three small children, Cash, Josh, and Martha.
Peter and Rebecca were married July 29, 1865. To this union was born four boys and two girls: William Sherman, born in 1866; Sarah, born 1869; John D., born 1871; Cora M. born 1873; Henry, born 1876; and Samuel, born in 1880.
The following is an excerpt from a Morgantown newspaper by Deloris Hamm. The article was about slavery and the Civil War. Date of publication unknown.
The biggest majority of Jackson Township was against slavery. One was a 20-year-old man named Peter Winkler Kemp.
Kemp was born in Jackson Township, Nov. 20, 1841, the son of Evan and Mahala (Huff) Kemp, who came to Jackson Township in the early 1820s from Wayne County, Ky.
On Sept. 12, 1861, at Indianapolis, Kemp enlisted in Company G, 27th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers, for three years. He was discharged Sept. 12, 1864, at Atlanta, Ga. Kemp was wounded in the Civil War, but he never talked about it when he came home. His war record listed him as being wounded near Sharpsburg, Md., Sept 17, 1862.
After the war, Kemp came home and married Rebecca Sosbe Collins, widow of William Collins. Rebecca's husband was killed in the Civil War, leaving her with three small children, Cash, Josh, and Martha.
Peter and Rebecca were married July 29, 1865. To this union was born four boys and two girls: William Sherman, born in 1866; Sarah, born 1869; John D., born 1871; Cora M. born 1873; Henry, born 1876; and Samuel, born in 1880.
Second husband of Rebecca Ann (Sosbe) Collins Kemp.
The following is an excerpt from a Morgantown newspaper by Deloris Hamm. The article was about slavery and the Civil War. Date of publication unknown.
The biggest majority of Jackson Township was against slavery. One was a 20-year-old man named Peter Winkler Kemp.
Kemp was born in Jackson Township, Nov. 20, 1841, the son of Evan and Mahala (Huff) Kemp, who came to Jackson Township in the early 1820s from Wayne County, Ky.
On Sept. 12, 1861, at Indianapolis, Kemp enlisted in Company G, 27th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers, for three years. He was discharged Sept. 12, 1864, at Atlanta, Ga. Kemp was wounded in the Civil War, but he never talked about it when he came home. His war record listed him as being wounded near Sharpsburg, Md., Sept 17, 1862.
After the war, Kemp came home and married Rebecca Sosbe Collins, widow of William Collins. Rebecca's husband was killed in the Civil War, leaving her with three small children, Cash, Josh, and Martha.
Peter and Rebecca were married July 29, 1865. To this union was born four boys and two girls: William Sherman, born in 1866; Sarah, born 1869; John D., born 1871; Cora M. born 1873; Henry, born 1876; and Samuel, born in 1880.
The following is an excerpt from a Morgantown newspaper by Deloris Hamm. The article was about slavery and the Civil War. Date of publication unknown.
The biggest majority of Jackson Township was against slavery. One was a 20-year-old man named Peter Winkler Kemp.
Kemp was born in Jackson Township, Nov. 20, 1841, the son of Evan and Mahala (Huff) Kemp, who came to Jackson Township in the early 1820s from Wayne County, Ky.
On Sept. 12, 1861, at Indianapolis, Kemp enlisted in Company G, 27th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers, for three years. He was discharged Sept. 12, 1864, at Atlanta, Ga. Kemp was wounded in the Civil War, but he never talked about it when he came home. His war record listed him as being wounded near Sharpsburg, Md., Sept 17, 1862.
After the war, Kemp came home and married Rebecca Sosbe Collins, widow of William Collins. Rebecca's husband was killed in the Civil War, leaving her with three small children, Cash, Josh, and Martha.
Peter and Rebecca were married July 29, 1865. To this union was born four boys and two girls: William Sherman, born in 1866; Sarah, born 1869; John D., born 1871; Cora M. born 1873; Henry, born 1876; and Samuel, born in 1880.
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