The History of Northeast Missouri states that during the Civil War, Simon Theter Kemper "espoused the cause of the Confederacy. During that conflict he served under Generals Price, Van Dorn and Hindman, attaining the rank of sergeant, as had his grandfather in the Revolution, until captured in the battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas. He was then brought a prison to the old McDowell College in St. Louis, where he was confined a month or more. His brother, William B. Kemper, was a captain in the regiment of Col. Odon Guitar of the Federal army then stationed at Rolla, Missouri. Learning of this, Sergeant Kemper visited his brother while enroute to St. Louis and through the influence and correspondence of the latter with officials of the Federal army his release was effected. The remainder of the war period, Simon Peter Kemper spent in New Mexico. After the war, he returned to Boone County and took up farming, the occupation which he successfully followed throughout his active years. He secured a portion of his grandfather Crosswhite’s estate by purchase from his father and added to this until he held 308 acres at the time of his retirement in 1903, since when he resided in Hallsville, Missouri."

Their Children:

71 Rebecca Burnham Kemper, born July 17, 1870, died October 24, 1891; never married

72 Matilda Warnock Kemper, born April 11, 1872

73 John William Kemper, born August 30, 1874

74 Infant son, born March 2, 1877, died March 7, 1877

75 Curtis Lambert Kemper, born February 25, 1878, died December 7, 1878

76 Cyrena Berdie Kemper, born November 1, 1879, died March 8, 1943; married first time to Orion C. Bullard, son of George H. and Catherine (CaIdwell) Bullard, on January 10, 1900. Orion born May 3, 1880, died February 5, 1919; Cyrena married second time to Edward

R. Windsor on August 16, 1923, in Boone County, Missouri. Edward born October 21, 1884, died April 9, 1961. (Cyrena had no children)

77 Mary Hannah Kemper, born February 19, 1882

78 Ruth Kemper, born July 21, 1884

Eighth Generation in America

4935 MARILYN SUE KEMPER (twin), (daughter of Harold Glenn Kemper), born March 12, 1945, at the University of Missouri-Columbia Noyes Hospital on South Sixth Street, in Columbia, Missouri, died _ married Darrel Dean Ashby, son of Dean Alden and Sarah Jane (Nybo) Ashby, on June 8, 1967, at A. P. Green Chapel, UMC campus, Columbia, Missouri. Darrel born July 12, 1946, in Payson, Utah, died ?

Their Children:

49351 Michelle Leigh Ashby, born September 2, 1969, at Fort Leonard Wood Army Camp (Pulaski County), Missouri

49352 Chadd Donavon Ashby, born October 22, 1972, in Sandy (Salt Lake County), Utah

NOTE: Darrel Dean Ashby entered United States Army in January 1966; basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; met Marilyn Sue Kemper in Columbia, Missouri, while he was stationed at Fort Leonard Wood; he was sent to Germany in May 1966; Darrel took one—month’s leave in June, 1967, and came home from overseas (Germany) so he and Marilyn could be married (Marilyn was student at University of Missouri-Columbia). After they were married, they honeymooned in Utah. When Darrell finished his leave, he returned to Germany to finish his overseas service. Marilyn stayed in Columbia to finish her bachelor’s degree at UMC (she received degree in January 1968). In February, 1968, Darrel came home from overseas and was then sent to Fort Riley, Kansas, (Marilyn then went with him) and served there until the end of 1968; he was then sent to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, where he served as Drill Instructor and was promoted to Staff Sergeant there in February, 1969. Darrel, tired of Army life, left the Army in the spring of 1970; Marilyn and Darrel then moved to Provo, Utah. In 1971, they moved to Twin Falls, Idaho, where Darrel worked for Sears, Roebuck, & Co. In October 1972, they moved to Sandy (Salt Lake County), Utah, where they were residing as of 1985.

(Sallie) Ann (Fortney) Rader, on February 3, 1934. They were married by the Rev. A. W. Pasley in Columbia, Missouri. Mildred born in Boone County, Missouri, on November 19, 1914, died ___. Glenn was raised 12 miles north of Columbia, Missouri, on a farm. He moved to Columbia, Missouri, when he was 21 years old and worked for Traxler’s furniture upholstery company, where he worked for two years. He then went to work at Stephens College in Columbia, where he worked for 13—14 years. In 1944, he purchased one—half interest in his brother—in—law’s, Fred Welch, feed store in Hallsville, Missouri; they sold the feed store in 1946. In 1947, he started working for the University of Missouri—Columbia, where he worked for 25 years until he retired in 1972; he also farmed while working full—time at UMC. Mildred was raised about seven miles northeast of Columbia, Missouri, on a farm. She worked for the University Hospital from 1935—39, and she worked as a seamstress for the Arcel Garment Factory from 1955—57. She started raising Pekingnese dogs in 1958 and established Kemhaven Kennels in 1960 on the farm where she and Glenn lived, which is located seven miles northeast of Columbia. During this time, she and Glenn showed the Pekingnese throughout the Midwest. She finished four to Championship. She corresponded with many dog breeders throughout the United States, and when she sold all of the dogs in 1971, they went to many parts of the country. She later boarded dogs until 1978, when she and Glenn sold their farm and moved to El Chaparral subdivision off State Road WW, just east of Columbia.

Their Children:

4931   Twin son, born and died on November 16, 1934 (lived 30 minutes); buried in the old Fortney cemetery south of Columbia, Missouri

4932  Twin daughter, born and died on November 16, 1934 (lived five hours); buried in the old Fortney cemetery south of Columbia, Missouri

4933 Billie Dale Kemper, born May 18, 1939

4934 Wanda Kay Kemper, born June 4, 1941
win Girls:

4935 Marilyn Sue Kemper, born March 12, 1945