PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS OF WILLIAM “BILL” R. KEMP
Submitted by: William “Bill” R. Kemp
Date: 17 February 2010
Copyright: Bill Kemp
Email Address:
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HUSBAND’S NAME: WILLIAM GREELEY KEMP
Born: 17 September 1872
[Sources: NC Death Certificate and World War I Registration Records have the identical date of birth]
Where: Bailey Township, Nash County, NC
Married: 1904
Where: Nash County, NC
Died: 8 April 1938
Where: Middlesex, Nash County, NC
Buried: Lee’s Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, 14551 Taylors Mill Road, Middlesex, Nash County, NC
His Father: CEPHUS SANFORD KEMP [1832 [?] – 1902], was born in Wake County, NC and his first wife was OBEDIENCE TODD – [born: 1 March 1855], second wife: ANNA MORGAN
HIS MOTHER: KATHERINE BALLENTINE [26 March 1836 – 16 June 1893]; her father: WILLIAM BALLENTINE [1809 – 1863] and her mother: LINNIE MAUDE ALFORD [1915 – 1898]; WILLIAM and LINNIE ALFORD BALLENTINE were married in 1835.
Other information: her first husband RUFUS KEMP (brother of Cephus Sanford Kemp and they were married on 4 Feb 1855). He was killed during the Civil War in the Battle of Fredericksburg
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WIFE [Maiden Name]: MATTIE LEIGH KEMP
Born: 29 August 1881
Where: Dry Wells Township, Nash County, NC
Died: 7 June 1977 at the age of 96
Where: Middlesex, Dry Wells Township, Nash County, NC
Buried: Lee’s Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
Other Husbands (if any):
Her Father: WILLIAM W. KEMP [12 May 1856 – 5 July 1916]
Her Mother: SARAH JANE STRICKLAND [1861 – 18 February 1885]
[Both are buried in Lee’s Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery]
Other Information:
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CHILDREN OF WILLIAM GREELEY and MATTIE LEIGH KEMP:
1. CALLIE KEMP
Born: 31 August 1906
Where: Dry Wells Township, Nash County, NC
Married:
Where:
Died: 17 February 1997 at 90 years old
Where: Garner, Wake County, NC
Buried: Lee’s Chapel Baptist Cemetery
Husband: GEORGE WILLIAM HATHAWAY
Born: 4 June 1910
Where: Wilson County, North Carolina
Died: 9 October 1966 at 56 years old
[drowned when he fell out of a boat on a farm pond]
Where: Bailey, Bailey Township, Nash County, NC
Buried: Bailey Cemetery, Bailey Township, Nash County, NC
His Father: ROBERT LEE HATHAWAY [10 October 1867 -23 July 1938 (Rt. 2, Middlesex, Nash County, NC; Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Wilson, Wilson County, NC]
His Mother: GENEVA BARNES [6 June 1878 (Edgecombe County, NC) – 4 August 1955 (Wilson, Wilson County, NC) at the age of 77. Her Father: A. B. BARNES. Her Mother: unknown. Buried: Bailey Cemetery, Bailey Township, NC
2. RUTH KEMP
Born: 21 May 1909
Where: Dry Wells Township, Nash County, NC
Married:
Where:
Died: 13 August 1995
Where: Zebulon, Johnston County, NC
Buried: Zebulon, Johnston County, NC
Other Information:
Husband: JOHN REXFORD BROWN
Born: 25 November 1904
Where: Earpsboro, O’Neals Township, Johnston County, NC
Married:
Where:
Died: 6 May 1981
Where: Zebulon, Johnston County, NC
Buried: Hales Chapel
His Father: RUFUS HEFLIN “Heff” BROWN [18 February 1857 (O’Neals Twp., Johnston County, NC – 18 March 1948 at 91 years old (Zebulon, O’Neals Twp., Johnston Co., NC}. His father: JOHN BROWN (Johnston County, NC). His Mother: MARTHA WINBURN (Wilson Co.,NC). Buried: Hales Chapel Cemetery, Johnston Co., NC.
His Mother: MOLLIE OCTAVIA CHAMBLEE [21 September 1875 (Johnston Co., NC) – 22 November 1956 at 81 years old (Zebulon, O’Neals Twp., Johnston Co., NC)]. Her Father: AUGUSTUS “GUS” CHAMBLEE. Her Mother: MARY BRANTLEY. Buried: Hales Chapel, Johnston Co., NC.
Other Information:
3. HORACE GREELEY KEMP
Born: 18 Oct 1914
Where: Dry Wells Township, Nash County, NC
Married: Single
Died: 28 Oct 1976
Where: Johnston County, NC at his sister Ruth’s house
Buried: Lee’s Chapel Baptist Cemetery
4. WILLIAM WEBB KEMP
Born: 21 March 1917
Where: Dry Wells Twp., Nash County, NC
Married: 1948
Where:
Died: 25 August 1983
Where: Raleigh, Wake County, NC
Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Middlesex, NC
Wife [Maiden Name]: FANNIE ROYSER CHAMBLEE
Born: 7 September 1917
Where: Wake County, NC
Died: 13 February 1992
Where: Dry Wells Township, Nash County, NC
Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Middlesex, Nash County, NC
Her Father: ALONZO CHRISTOPHER CHAMBLEE [16 February 1876 (Wake Co., NC) – 7 July 1944 (Little River, Wake Co., NC]. His Father: SIDNEY COLUMBUS CHAMBLEE. His Mother: SARAH ELLA HOPKINS. His address at the time of his death was: Rt. 1, Zebulon, Johnston County, NC. and he is buried in the Horton Family Cemetery, Zebulon, Johnston County, NC. His parents married in 1874.
Her Mother: MARY JUTSON HORTON [9 November 1886 (Wake Co., NC) – 29 July 1940 (Little River Twp., Wake Co.,NC)] Her Father: ROBERT BLACKNALL HORTON. Her Mother: MARY THOMAS PEARCE. She was buried in the Horton Family Cemetery, Zebulon, Johnston County, NC
5. CATHERINE LEIGH KEMP
Born: 4 March 1919
Where: Dry Wells Township, Nash County, NC
Married:
Where:
Died: 7 January 2007
Where: Spring Hope, Nash County, NC
Buried: Bailey Cemetery, Bailey, Nash County, NC
Husband: JOSEPH DANIEL BISSETTE JR.
Born: 29 April 1919
Where:
Died: 29 November 1979
Where: Wilson, Wilson County, NC
Buried:
His Father: JOSEPH DANIEL BISSETTE [8 August 1895 – 13 August 1970] His address at the time of death was Route 1, Spring Hope, Nash County, NC. His father: WILLIAM “Billy” BISSETTE. His mother: SARAH DEW. JOSEPH DANIEL BISSETTE, SR. is buried in the Bailey Cemetery, Bailey, Nash County, NC
His Mother: RELLA MAE MORGAN [16 June 1900 – 19 March 1998] She died in Wilson, Wilson County, NC at 97 years old. She is buried:
6. MARIE KEMP
Born: 4 Jun 1921
Where: Dry Wells Township, Nash County, NC
Married:
Where:
Died: 22 Aug 2005
Where: Wendell, Wake County, NC
Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Middlesex, Nash County, NC
Husband: JAMES McGEE RUFFIN [died from injuries received in an automobile accident]
Born: 27 Apr 1923
Where: Wake County, NC
Died: 13 Sep 1963
Where: Raleigh, Wake County, NC
Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Middlesex, Nash County, NC
His Father: LEE HALL RUFFIN [18 May 1895 (Petersburg, VA) – 29 April 1932 (Raleigh, Wake County, NC)] His father: CHARLES RUFFIN (Petersburg, VA). His Mother: SALLIE HALL DAVIS (Petersburg, VA). LEE HALL RUFFIN is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Wake County, NC.
His Mother: ANNIE LOUISE FORD [1891 (Raleigh, Wake Co., NC) – 24 June 1933 (Raleigh, Wake County, NC)]. Her Father: C. T. FORD (b. Raleigh, Wake County, NC). Her Mother: ELIZA M. JOHNSON (birth place unknown). ANNIE LOUISE FORD RUFFIN is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Wake County, NC.