This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kemp, Roberts Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EZm.2ACIB/1601 Message Board Post: From "History of Grant County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 1033. TOWN OF JAMESTOWN JOHN KEMP, farmer; P. O. Jamestown; has 133 acres of land, the probable value of which is $7,000; was born in Cornwall, Eng., in 1830; emigrated to this country in 1843; settled in Hazel Green, Wis. In politics is a Republican. His wife's maiden name was Jane Roberts, born in Cornwall, Eng.; they have six children - Charles, John, William, Royal, Alfred, Edna. Are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. [I am not related to this family. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!]