This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EZm.2ACIB/1565.1 Message Board Post: I am researching this family for a friend/neighbor. Frank Preston Kemp's wife was Laura Francis Davis (b. 1874/75; died Apr. 6, 1916 Concordia, KS. Frank died Dec. 4, 1940 Miliken CO. They were married Jan. 1, 1883. Frank's parents were William Kemp b. 1838/39 OH or IN; d. 1918 Smith Co., KS m. Apr. 2, 1865 Berrien Co., MI and Clarissa Dalrymple b. 1844/45 IN; d. aft. Apr. 25, 1910. . Clarissa's parents were Jacob Y. Dalrymple b. Jan. 25, 1820 Mt. Vernon, Knox Co., OH; d. Nov. 7, 1901 Berrien Co., MI and Lucinda Ullery b. 1826/27 OH; d. Nov. 16, 1898 Berrien Co., MI. They were married May 2, 1842 Elkhart Co. IN. You can find a number of family trees for Jacob Dalrymple at Ancestry.com which go way back in Ireland, Scotland, Netherlands, England and France and include Native Americans in New York. I have not yet found the ancestry of William Kemp. In 1860 (five years before his mariage) he was living in the household of a Henry Abner in Buchanan, Berrien Co., MI. He was 21 and I don't know if his parents were deceased or if he had moved out of his family's home to be a hired hand perhaps. Good luck with your research.