Bios: Pierce George Sunday Kemp: Kutztown, Berks Co., PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Marianne Wolfman marianne@ccnet.com USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: Printing this file by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. ____________________________________________________________ From: Morton L Montgomery, "Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks County, Pennsylvania. Chicago, J. H. Beers & Co., 1909. p 964 Surnames mentioned: Baer, Barto, Bower, Brown, Butz, Dennis, De Turk, Greenawalt, Griesemer, Grim, Hamm, Hassler, Hess, Hoch, Kann, Kauffman, Kemp, Knabb, Krick, Kutz, Levan, Linz, Long, Lutz, Merkel, Peter, Sander, Schmidt, Schwoyer, Sharadin, Siegfrud, Smith, Snyder, Spangler, Sunday, Wasser, Wean, Wink, Wittie, Yenser, Yoder, Ziegler Note: Surnames of related families have been capitalized, but are lower case in the original. PIERCE GEORGE SUNDAY KEMP, manager of the large Sunday estate, and one of the well known residents and enterprising business men of Kutztown, was born Aug. 2, 1858, in Richmond township, Berks county, son of George Y. and Amelia (SUNDAY) KEMP. (I) Theobault Dewalt KEMP came to America in 1720 from Strassburg, Germany, at that time belonging to France. He was a Protestant, and he was accompanied to the New World by his two brothers, Thomas and Joseph, and two sisters. He settled on land that now belongs to Nathan KEMP, and there died in 1760. He had one son, George. (II) George KEMP, son of the emigrant ancestor, is supposed to have had a wife by the maiden name of LEVAN. He had two sons, George and Daniel. His colored slave, Hannah, is buried in a private cemetery on the Nathan KEMP farm. (III) George KEMP, son of George, was a prosperous farmer of Maxatawny township. He married a Miss GRIESEMER, and they had three sons and two daughters, namely: (1) John, a justice of the peace, m. Elizabeth SCHWOYER, and had one son and three daughters: John, who m. Rebecca SMITH, and had children--William (proprietor of the old "Kemp Hotel," and m. to Alice KRICK, John (m. to Lillie MERKEL) and Libbie (m. to Henry WEAN); Sarah, who m. William KUTZ; Susan, m. to Aaron BOWER; and Catharine, m. to Benjamin SMITH. (2) William, a well known farmer of Albany township, m. Fianna DENNIS, and had three sons and five daughters: Sylvester, who m. Emma SMITH, and had one son, Wilson; Valeria, m. to George LINZ; Mary, m. to James LUTZ; Elvira, m. to Albert HAMM; Annie, m. to Samuel KANN; William, who m. Susan KEMP, and had one daughter, Edna; Susan, m. to James LINZ; and George, who m. Mary WITTIE, and had a daughter, Florence. (3) Annie m. Daniel SIEGFRUD. (4) Sallie m. Daniel KEMP. (5) George is mentioned below. (IV) George KEMP, son of George, and grandfather of Pierce George Sunday KEMP, was a prominent farmer in Maxatawny township, living on the farm now known as the Maberry Hoch farm. He married Polly YODER, and their children were: David m. Mary BUTZ and had children--George, Louisa and Susan (m. to William HOCH); Martin, of Lyons, Pa., m. Mary ZIEGLER, and had eight children--Susan (m. to Frank YENSER), Sallie (m. to Charles WASSER), Elizabeth, John, Charles, Edwin, and Jacob and Hannah (both deceased); George Y.; Susan m. Jonathan GRIM, and died at Reading; and Louisa m. Willian SNYDER, of Reading. (V) George Y. KEMP, son of George and Polly (YODER), is a prominent merchant in Kutztown. He served as a veteran in the Civil war. His wife was in her maidenhood Amelia SUNDAY, daughter of Jacob SUNDAY, and their children were: Emma, who died aged 22 years; Pierce George Sunday; and Jacob E., a well known musician living in Philadelphia. (VI) Pierce George Sunday KEMP has been a resident of Kutztown since two years of age, his parents having removed to the town in 1860. He was educated in the public schools of Kutztown and the Keystone State Normal school, and also spent one year at Ursinus College. Later he engaged in a mercantile business with Stein & Brother for one year, at the end of which time he became a partner with V.S. Reinhart in the grocery and dry goods business, this connection continuing successfully for several years. For the last few years Mr. Kemp has been manager of the large Sunday estate. Mr. Kemp is a member of Adonai Castle No. 70, K.G.E., and has been active in the Order, being at one time district grand chief. He is also connected with the Jr. O.U.A.M., Council No. 1004, Kutztown. In politics he is a Democrat and takes a great interest in the success of his party. Mr. Kemp has acted as chief marshal of the Kutztown Fair for the past 16 years, and has been active in many parades on public occasions, especially those of the soldiers. He is a stockholder of the Keystone State Normal School, and takes a just pride in the success of this noted institution of learning. On April 24, 1890, Mr. Kemp married Jennie A. BAER, daughter of David S. and Esther K. (DE TURK) BAER, of Oley township, and to this union there were born two children: John Pierce and Esther Amelia, both of whom died in infancy. -------------------- (III) Daniel KEMP, son of George and grandson of Theobault Dewalt KEMP, m. Rachel WINK, and they became the parents of one daughter and six sons, namely: Sallie m. and had a son, Willoughby Felthoof; Dewalt, died unmarried; Jacob m. a Miss HESS, and their daughter married a man by the name of HASSLER; Issac is known to have had three children, Alfred, Lewis and Sarah; Daniel; George; and William m. Lydia SCHMIDT, and their daughter Louisa m. Samuel KAUFFMAN. (IV) Daniel KEMP, son of Daniel and Rachel (WINK), m. Sallie KEMP, and had three children: Daniel; Henry; and Hettie m. Obadiah PETER, of Oley. (V) Daniel KEMP, son of Daniel and Sallie (KEMP), m. Julia GREENAWALT, and they had three sons and five daughters: Jacob, who m. Emma SANDER, and had three children--Mamie, Julia and Paul; Susan, who m. William KEMP, and has one daughter; Hettie, who m. John BARTO; Mary; Sarah; Louisa; James Daniel; and Jeremiah, who m. Mary BROWN and has seven children--William Daniel, Fred, James, Harry, Vernie, Howard and Sarah Julia. (V) Henry KEMP, son of Daniel and Sallie (KEMP), m. Alinda SNYDER, and had three sons and two daughters: Ella; William; Charles, who m. Andora LONG, and has two children--Irwin and Wilbert; George, who m. Annie SPANGLER; and Katie, who m. Charles BAER. ------------------- (IV) George KEMP, son of Daniel and Rachel (WINK), m. Elizabeth SHARADIN, and had three children, namely: Nathan S., m. to Harriet KNABB, of Oley; William, who died single; and Matilda, m. to Joshua MERKEL.