GEORGE KEMPLE

Company "F" 3rd West Virginia Cavalry

Researched & Compiled by Linda Fluharty

1850 Marshall County Census
KEMPLE (1105)
George...Farmer...$1000...38-M...PA
Margaret...30-F...PA
Jane...14-F...NJ
John...14-M...NJ
Elizabeth...11-F...PA
Mary...9-F...VA
Sarah...7-F...VA
Martha...5-F...VA
George...3-M...VA
Abel...2-M...VA
Gaitland, Otis...8-M...VA

1860 Marshall County Census
KEMPLE (2152)
George...48-wm...farmer...PA
Margaret...42-wf...PA
Elisabeth...22-wf...PA
Mary...20-wf...VA
Sarah...19-wf...VA
Oatis...18-wm...farm hand...PA
Martha...16-wf...VA
George...14-wm...VA
Abel...12-wm...VA
Lemuel...9-wm...VA
Emma...4-wf...VA
Elmyra A...2-wf...VA

Service Record: Age 18; Farmer; born Marshall County. Enlisted Feb. 13, 1865 at Wheeling; mustered in Feb. 14, 1865 at Wheeling. “Died of Typhoid Fever in Cumberland (Md.) Hospital Apr. 15, 1865.”

George is buried at Allen Grove Cemetery, Sherrard, presented on the Marshall County WVGenWeb site. He was the son of George and Margaret (Lutz) Kemple, both born in Pa. and both buried at Allen Grove.

The family is found in the 1850 & 1860 Marshall County census records. In 1860, George, 14, had the following siblings: Elizabeth, 22; Mary, 20; Sarah, 19; Oatis, 18; Martha, 16; Abel, 12; Lemuel, 9; Emma, 4; Elmyra, 2. - Name also spelled as “Kimple.”

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