This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EZm.2ACIB/1567 Message Board Post: To All: My ancestor is William Marion Kemp son of John W. Kemp. My ancestor William Marion Kemp is enumerated 3 times with his father John W. Kemp. These are the census records for John W. Kemp and his family: 1850 Federal Census Jackson Township, Cass Co., IN Page 963/482 25 August 1850 by Job B. Eldridge #67/58 John W. Kemp 35 M PA Sarah Kemp 15 F OH David Kemp 14 M OH William Kemp 12 M OH Alexander Kemp 11 M OH Eliza J. Kemp 9 F IN Daniel M. Kemp 7 M IN William M. Kemp 4 M IN 1860 Federal Census Jackson Township, Cass Co., IN Page 148/662 1st September 1860 by Charles B. Lasselle P.O. Logansport #1052/1036 John W. Kemp 52 M Washington Co., PA Martha Kemp 41 F KY Wilkinson Kemp 17 M Cass Co. Marion Kemp 15 M Cass Co. Susan Obinger 14 F Howard Co. Phillip Obinger 10 M Howard Co. Elizabeth Obinger 7 F Howard Co. Charles Obinger 5 M Howard Co. 1870 Federal Census Clay Township, Howard Co., IN Page 19/360 5th July 1870 by Samuel T. Murray P.O. Kokomo #125/125 Andrew Robinson 24 M IN John Kemp 61 M OH Sarah J. Kemp 37 F IN Marion Kemp 24 M IN D. Obinger 16 F IN T.F. Obinger 14 M IN Elizabeth Kemp 3 F IN 1880 Federal Census 3rd Ward City of Kokomo, Howard Co., IN Page 21/426a SD 5 ED 53 Eight of June 1880 by Samuel D. Knipe #212/261 Rail Road St. John W. Kemp 71 M PA Boarder Father:MD Mother:PA (Living with Joseph C. and Sarah C. Gilbert) A researcher from the family of one William Madison Kemp claims that my ancestor William Marion Kemp is not a son of John W. Kemp and that "good historians" have shown and proven that is the case. So I would like all the "good historians" or any other individual to show me with documented recorded proof that my ancestor William Marion Kemp is not a son of John W. Kemp. Richard Cottrell