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Kelso, Thomas – Kempster, Walter

Kelso, Thomas

philanthropist, was born in 1784, in Ireland. He founded the Kelso orphan home, for the orphans of members of the methodist church, at a cost of $120,000; and gave liberally to churches in Baltimore and Washington.

He died July 26, 1878, in Baltimore, Md.

Kelton, John Cunningham

soldier, author, was born June 24, 1828, in Delaware county, Pa. He is a brigadiergeneral in the United States army; and the author of New Manual of the Bayonet; Fencing with Foils; Pigeons as Couriers; and Information for Riflemen.

Kem, Omer Madison

congressman, was born Nov. 13, 1855, in Wayne county, Ind. In 1890 he removed to Broken Bow, Neb., to fill an appointment as deputy treasurer of Custer county. He was elected to the fifty-second and fifty-third congresses; and re-elected to the fifty-fourth congress as a populist.

Kemble, Frances Anne

actress, author, was born in 1809. She is better known as Fanny Kemble. She wrote several plays; a story of her life on a Georgia plantation; and numerous poems, which were published in Boston.

Kemble, Gouverneur

manufacturer, congressman, was born Jan. 25, 1786, in New York city. He was a representative in congress from 1837 to 1841. He died Sept. 16, 1875, in Cold Spring, N. Y.

Kemeys, Edward

sculptor, was born Jan. 31, 1843, in Savannah, Ga. He has made a specialty of the wild animals of the American continent. His Fight Between Buffalo and Wolves has attracted much attention.

Kemp, Ellwood L

educator, lecturer, poet, was born Jan. 31, 1857, in Hamburg, Pa. He has been president of the Palatinate college of Myerstown, Pa.; and is now connected with the state normal school of East Stroudsburg, Pa. He is the author of a volume of poems entitled, An Idyl of the War, and Other Poems.

Kemp, Henry E

merchant, legislator, was born Nov. 30, 1860, in Bristol, Wis. He is a successful hardware merchant of Phoenix, Arizona; and a heavy stockholder in various other business enterprises. He served with distinction as a member of the eighteenth legislative council of the Arizona territorial legislature, from Maricopa county. He was the first president of the Phoenix chamber of commerce; and has taken a prominent part in the business and public affairs of Arizona.

Kemp, Mrs. Isabel F

poet, was born Aug. 13, 1849, in Eaglefield, Ind. She has attained success as a vocalist and a teacher of music; and is also the author of a number of meritorious poems.

Kemper, James Lawson

soldier, legislator, governor, was born June 11, 1823, in Madison county, Va. He served through the war with Mexico as a captain; and served ten years in the legislature of his native state. He served as a colonel, and became a major-general in the confederate army during the rebellion. In 1874 he was elected governor of Virginia.

Kempshall, Thomas

congressman, was born in England. He was a representative in congress from New York state from 1839 to 1841; and was one of the pioneers of Rochester, where he died Jan. 14, 1865.

Kempster, Walter

soldier, physician, author, was born May 25, 1842, in London, England. Entering the national army as a private, he served throughout the civil war, and in 1865 became acting assistant surgeon. Since 1873 he has been superintendent of the Northern Wisconsin hospital for the insane, at Oshkosh, Wis.