The photo to the right is from an April 1932 news story, and was described as "a recent snapshot."
The birth date above is from Mary's obituary. Family records has the date of July 10, 1862.
Mary's obituary appeared in the June 20, 1932 edition of the Lewiston Daily Sun. The brackets were added to correct obvious errors:
"Monmouth, June 19-- Mary E. Kemp, in her youth for years, a member of the Kemp Family Jubilee singers, which made annual tours of New England, died at her home today. She had been ill for the past few weeks. Miss Kemp was perhaps as widely known as any colored woman in Maine, both for her character and her attainments.
"She was born at Richmond, Va., July 4, 1863, the daughter of the late George Washington Kemp and Maria Barber. The family came north when she was a child at the [insistence] of General O.O. Howard, and settled in Leeds.
"Miss. Kemp came to Monmouth 13 years ago and with her sister opened "The Bungalow," well-known locally and to tourists. She had been more recently employed at Lewiston. She attended the Methodist church.
"Two sisters, Mrs. [Alfred] Jotham and Laura Kemp of Lewiston; a brother John of Leeds; three nieces, two nephews survive."
The birth date above is from Mary's obituary. Family records has the date of July 10, 1862.
Mary's obituary appeared in the June 20, 1932 edition of the Lewiston Daily Sun. The brackets were added to correct obvious errors:
"Monmouth, June 19-- Mary E. Kemp, in her youth for years, a member of the Kemp Family Jubilee singers, which made annual tours of New England, died at her home today. She had been ill for the past few weeks. Miss Kemp was perhaps as widely known as any colored woman in Maine, both for her character and her attainments.
"She was born at Richmond, Va., July 4, 1863, the daughter of the late George Washington Kemp and Maria Barber. The family came north when she was a child at the [insistence] of General O.O. Howard, and settled in Leeds.
"Miss. Kemp came to Monmouth 13 years ago and with her sister opened "The Bungalow," well-known locally and to tourists. She had been more recently employed at Lewiston. She attended the Methodist church.
"Two sisters, Mrs. [Alfred] Jotham and Laura Kemp of Lewiston; a brother John of Leeds; three nieces, two nephews survive."
The photo to the right is from an April 1932 news story, and was described as "a recent snapshot."
The birth date above is from Mary's obituary. Family records has the date of July 10, 1862.
Mary's obituary appeared in the June 20, 1932 edition of the Lewiston Daily Sun. The brackets were added to correct obvious errors:
"Monmouth, June 19-- Mary E. Kemp, in her youth for years, a member of the Kemp Family Jubilee singers, which made annual tours of New England, died at her home today. She had been ill for the past few weeks. Miss Kemp was perhaps as widely known as any colored woman in Maine, both for her character and her attainments.
"She was born at Richmond, Va., July 4, 1863, the daughter of the late George Washington Kemp and Maria Barber. The family came north when she was a child at the [insistence] of General O.O. Howard, and settled in Leeds.
"Miss. Kemp came to Monmouth 13 years ago and with her sister opened "The Bungalow," well-known locally and to tourists. She had been more recently employed at Lewiston. She attended the Methodist church.
"Two sisters, Mrs. [Alfred] Jotham and Laura Kemp of Lewiston; a brother John of Leeds; three nieces, two nephews survive."
The birth date above is from Mary's obituary. Family records has the date of July 10, 1862.
Mary's obituary appeared in the June 20, 1932 edition of the Lewiston Daily Sun. The brackets were added to correct obvious errors:
"Monmouth, June 19-- Mary E. Kemp, in her youth for years, a member of the Kemp Family Jubilee singers, which made annual tours of New England, died at her home today. She had been ill for the past few weeks. Miss Kemp was perhaps as widely known as any colored woman in Maine, both for her character and her attainments.
"She was born at Richmond, Va., July 4, 1863, the daughter of the late George Washington Kemp and Maria Barber. The family came north when she was a child at the [insistence] of General O.O. Howard, and settled in Leeds.
"Miss. Kemp came to Monmouth 13 years ago and with her sister opened "The Bungalow," well-known locally and to tourists. She had been more recently employed at Lewiston. She attended the Methodist church.
"Two sisters, Mrs. [Alfred] Jotham and Laura Kemp of Lewiston; a brother John of Leeds; three nieces, two nephews survive."
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