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Below is a family biography included in The History of Darke County, Ohio published by W. H. Beers & Co. in 1880. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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CHARLES F. KEMPER, Catholic priest, Greenville; was born in Prussia on the Rhine, July 6, 1851, and is a son of John and Catherine Kemper, natives of the same place. His father died in Germany, in 1856. His mother at present resides in Dayton. Our subject attended school two years, in Bardstown, Ky.; thence to the St. Mary’s Seminary in Cincinnati, for some time; thence to Einsbrook for three years; thence to Rome for one year, where he finished his collegiate course, and returned to Cincinnati, and was employed as teacher in the St. Mary’s Seminary for two years. He came to Greenville in August, 1877, and has charge of the church here—also those in the country, and is a gentleman of ability and refinement.
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This family biography is one of 659 biographies included in The History of Darke County, Ohio published in 1880 by W. H. Beers & Co. For the complete description, click here: Darke County, Ohio History and Genealogy
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