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 1862 - 1925

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• Birth	Abt 1862	, Callaway, Missouri, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	28 Mar 1925	, , Montana, USA
  	Cause: Shot
  Obituary	Apr 1925	Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA
  	Gazette
  	Murder of Father And Son John W. and George Kemp, Former Callawegians, Shot by Insane Rancher in Montana. John W. Kemp, 63 years old, and his son, George Kemp, 38 years old, former residnets of Callaway county, were murdered on a ranch near Miles City, Mont., on March 28 by a man named J.A. Stacey, who then killed himself. The Kemps lived near Yucatan, this county, before they moved West about thirty years ago. Stacey, it is believed, was insane. He had lived on a ranch byhimself for 22 years and for sometime before the murders and sucide had appeared to be unbalanced. The Kemps were engaged in hauling hay for him when they were killed. After they ahd been shot, Stacey went into his house and killed himself. The bodies were not found until the next day. Stacey was a one-armed man and used a rifle to kill the Kemps and himself. The indications at the scene of the crime were that he shot the younger man first and then the elder. Apparently he was fifteen feet from George Kemp when he fired. Subsequently he fired a shot into the temples of both of the Kemps. The Kemps were buried at Miles City, the Freemasons being in charge of the rites for the father. He joined the order while a resident of this county. The younger Kemp is survived by a wife. A son and brother, Dockery Kemp, lives at Miles City. The murdered men have many relatives in this county and are remembered by the older citizens of the eastern part of Callaway.
  Buried	Miles City, Custer, Montana, USA
  Person ID	I8775	Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2009
  Father	Thomas Kemp,   b. Abt 1835, , Callaway, Missouri, USA ,   d. Between 1873 and 1878
  Mother	Julia Ann Tate,   b. Abt 1834, , , Missouri, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	16 May 1861	, Callaway, Missouri, USA
  Family ID	F14347233	Group Sheet
  Family	Frances Christopher,   d. Bef 1900
  Married	1 Jan 1883	, Callaway, Missouri, USA
  Children	1. George E. Kemp,   b. Oct 1884, , Callaway, Missouri, USA ,   d. 28 Mar 1925, , , Montana, USA   2. Dockery Kemp,   b. Dec 1886, , Callaway, Missouri, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	14 Jan 2008
  Family ID	F14347528	Group Sheet

• Notes

  John W. Kemp Miss Frances Christopher 1 Jan 1883 E136 MO CALLAWAY NINE MILE PRAIRIE 1900 census Kemp, John W., Jan. 1865 widowed, Mo., Mo., Mo., farmer James son Oct. 1884, 15, farm laborn (this is George E. Kemp) Dockery, son, Dec. 1886, 13, son at school MT CUSTER SCHOOL DIST 16 1910 census Kemp, John W., hired man, 46, Mo., Mo., Mo., stock rancher Appears to have his own house but works out. John W. and son George were murdered in Montana, see obit.

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  Event Birth - Abt 1862 - , Callaway, Missouri, USA Married - 1 Jan 1883 - , Callaway, Missouri, USA Obituary - Gazette - Apr 1925 - Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Buried - - Miles City, Custer, Montana, USA  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth