Maricopa County AZ Archives Biographies.....Kemp, Henry E. November 30, 1861 - living in 1896
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Author: McFarland & Poole

p. 451

  HON. HENRY E. KEMP. If the history of bicycling were to be written, it would
be found that no form of recreation or invention has taken such a hold on the
public. A mighty industry has sprung up in the manufacture of these machines and
the most perfect of them are handled in great numbers by the hardware firm of
Henry E. Kemp Company, of Phoenix, Arizona. Mr. Kemp also deals very extensively
in agricultural implements, wagons, buggies, etc., and is one of the
representative business men of the city. Mr. Kemp is a product of Bristol,
Kenosha County. Wisconsin, born November 30, 1861: son of William and Frances
(Wilbur) Kemp, both natives of New York State. William Kemp moved to Wisconsin
at an early date and for many years of his life was engaged in farming. For a
time, however, he was in the wholesale paper business in Chicago. At the present
time he resides in Phoenix, Arizona. In the public schools of his native town
Henry E. Kemp received a good practical education and afterward he engaged in
the lumber business in the employ of L. Grant & Son, of Kenosha, remaining with
this firm for seven years. There he laid the foundation for his subsequent
prosperous business career. In 1885 he came to Phoenix, Arizona, and opened a
hardware and agricultural implement house under the firm name of Henry E. Kemp &
Company, which continued until 1895. Then the business was incorporated under
the name of Henry E. Kemp Company. The company carries a large stock of
hardware, agricultural implements, wagons, buggies, bicycles, etc., and by
honorable and equitable methods are reaping a well merited reward. Mr. Kemp was
made president of the company. He was the first president of the Chamber of
Commerce of Phoenix and held the position three terms. Mr. Kemp was also a
member of the Territorial Council, 18th Legislature. He is president of the East
Riverside Canal Company of Gila Bend, also president of Gila Bend Hardware &
Lumber Company, and owns some large mining interests. He owns an interest in the
"Fortune" gold mine, and the "Union" mine, both of which are profitable working
mines. For some time he has been local director of the Maricopa and Phoenix
Railroad and takes a deep interest in all that tends toward the development of
the country. Socially he is a member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge of Phoenix.
In the year 1886 he was married to Miss Margaret S.Williams, a native of
Wisconsin, and the fruits of this union have been four children: Walden L.,
Hazel E. and Mildred E., and Margaret S., who died.


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A Historical and Biographical Record of the Territory of Arizona
Published by
McFarland & Poole, Chicago, 1896

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