Bio of KEMPER, William H. (b.1886), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol III, pg 239-240
WILLIAM H. KEMPER
For many years William H. Kemper has been actively identified with the lumber
business. He was born in this city, on the 22d of September, 1886, a son of
William H. and Nettie (Tilghman) Kemper. His father was born in Louisville,
Kentucky, and in early life became an employe of the Western Union Telegraph
Company. He came to Minneapolis in 1885 as manager of the company in this city,
and he was active in that connection at the time of his demise in his
fifty-sixth year. Mrs. Kemper was a daughter of Z. Tilghman, who took part in
suppressing the Indians and who served" throughout the Civil war. His death
occurred at the age of ninety-six years.
William H. Kemper received his early education in the public schools of this
city and in due time was graduated from Central high school. He then entered the
Uni­versity of Minnesota and was a student there for three years, at the
termination of which time he made his initial step into the business world. He
became associated with the Pacific Coast Lumber Company as timekeeper, a
position he held for one and one-half years, and returning to Minneapolis in
1907 he resided here for a short time before entering the employ of the
Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Company of Scanlon, this state. Some three years later he
became associated with the Mason-Donaldson Lumber Company of Rhinelander,
Wisconsin, with whom he remained for three years. He then returned to
Minneapolis and for one year was associated with the Webster-Whip-ple Lumber
Company. In 1913 he started into business on his own account in Pine county,
operating sawmills at various points in that county for three years. In 1916 he
became interested in a sawmill at Lansing, Iowa. He devotes his entire time and
attention to his lumber interests and occupies a prominent position among the
fore­most lumbermen in the state.
On the 18th of September, 1917, in Minneapolis, was celebrated the marriage of
Mr. Kemper to Miss Bessie A. Stairs of Oklahoma. Mrs. Kemper is a woman of much
culture and refinement and she is prominent in the club, social and civic
circles of Minneapolis.
Mr. Kemper has given his stanch support to the republican party since age
con­ferred upon him the right of franchise, and although he has never sought nor
desired public preferment he is ever cognizant of the duties and
responsibilities as well as the privileges of good citizenship and his influence
is ever on the side of advancement and improvement. His religious faith is that
of the First Presbyterian church, of which he is a consistent communicant.
During the World war Mr. Kemper gave generously of his time and money in the
furtherance of the government's interests and was very active in the promotion
of all Liberty Loan drives and other worthy causes. A man of high intellectual
attainments, William H. Kemper is a lover of literature and all things
pertaining to nature. He is an enthusiastic golfer and proficient in that sport.