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     Matilda married Urban Sartoris in 1814.¹

          Frederick Urban Sartoris, son of Urban Sartoris and Matilda Tunno, was born in 1819.¹

          Charles Sartoris, son of Urban Sartoris and Matilda Tunno, was born on 16 October 1825.¹

          Alfred Sartoris, son of Urban Sartoris and Matilda Tunno, was born on 13 December 1826.¹

          Cecilia Noufflard was born on 4 July 1879 in Louviers, France.²
     Cecilia married Algernon Edward Sartoris, son of Algernon Charles Frederick Sartoris and Ellen Wrenshall "Nellie" Grant, in 1904 at Paris, France.^1,3 Cecilia Sartoris and Algernon Edward Sartoris traveled from Parris, France to visit his mother, Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris at the Virginia Hotel in Chicago on 26 November 1905.³ Cecilia Noufflard applied for a U. S. passport on 20 February 1915 at American Embassy, Paris, France, for the purpose of residence in France and travel to Switzerland, Italy, England and Spain for pleasure. She was described as 35-years-old, 5 feet 4 inches tall, high forehead, brown hair and eyes, straght nose, small moth, round chin, fair complexion and oval face. She stated her husband was a grandson of General
U.S. Grant, a retired captain in the U.S. Army and was obliged to live in Europe for his health.² She lived from 1879 to 1917 in Paris, France.⁴ She applied for a U. S. passport on 5 July 1918 at New York, New York, she planned to depart from the port of New York on board the S.S. Lorraine on July 11, 1918 sailing for France.. The purpose of her visit was to fetch her son Herbert Charles Grant Sartoris who was to enter an American school in the fall prior to entering the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. She was also planning to perform duties for the French Restoration Fund. She returned on October 19, 1918 sailing on the S. S. Espagne from Bordeaux, France and arriving at New York. She was described as 38-years-old, 5 feet 4 inches tall, high forehead, brown eyes, straght nose, small mouth, round chin, light brown hair, fair complexion and an oval face.^5,6

S. S. Espagne.

     The French Restoration Fund was set up to help restore cities in the northern portions of France after World War I. There method was to have towns adopted by sister-cities in the Untied States.⁷ She applied for a U. S. passport on 26 May 1920 at Washington, District of Columbia, for travel to England and France for work in support of the French Restoration Fund. She intended to depart New York on June 4, 1920.. She was described as 38-years-old, 5 feet 4 inches tall with a high forehead, brown eyes, straight nose, small mouth, round chin, light brown hai, a fair complexion and an oval face.⁸ She lived in 1922 at 47 Washington Square in New York, New York.⁴ She applied for a U. S. passport on 16 February 1922 at New York to travel to France for her work with the French Restoration Fund and to Italy, Spain, Switzerland and England for pleasure. She planned to depart from the port of New York aboard the S.S. Paris on April 26, 1922. She was described as 41-years-old, 5 feet 4 inches tall with a high forehead, brown eyes, straight nose, small mouth, round chin fair complesion and hair and an oval face.⁴

S. S. Paris.

          Herbert Charles Urban Grant Sartoris, son of Algernon Edward Sartoris and Cecilia Noufflard, was born on 17 August 1906 in Paris, France.² Herbert Charles Urban Grant Sartoris applied for a U. S. passport on 13 June 1920 at New York, New York, for a trip to France to visit relatives, he intended to depart from the port on New York on June 25, 1921 on board the S. S. Lafayette of the French Lines. He was described as 15-year-old, 5 feet 2 inches tall with a high forehad, blue eyes, straight nose, medium mouth, round chin, blond hair, fair complesion and an oval face. He had just returned to New York on October 4, 1920 arriving onbard the S.S. France from Le Havre.³ In 1923 Herbert Charles Urban Grant Sartoris attended Stone School in Cornwall on Hudson, Orange County, New York. Stone School was for boys from 9 to 19 and located 50 miles from New York, 5 miles from West point on a spur of Storm King Mountain. It boasted of small classes, a teacher for every 6 boys.²

Advertisement for Stone School.
He applied for a U. S. passport on 23 June 1923 at New York to travel to France to visit relatives and the British Isles departing from the port of New York on board the S.S. Paris on June 27, 1923. He was described as16-years-old, 5 feet 6 1/2 inches tall, medium forehead and mouth, blue eyes, straight nose, round chin blond hair, fair complexion and an oval face.²

S.S. Paris.

          Henry Evans Gordon was born in 1842.¹
     Henry married Mary Theodosia Sartoris, daughter of Edward John Sartoris and Adelaide Kemble, on 19 April 1871 at Warsash, Hampshire, England.¹
     Mary and Henry Evans Gordon lived in 1891 at 42 Cadocan Gardens in Chelsea, London an unknown place , England. Residing with them were, their children Catherine, Jean, Margaret and Mary, their niece, Rosemary Alice Sartoris.²
     Henry is a head of household on the 1891 Census of England for Royal Hospital Ward, St. Simon Parish, Chelsea, London an unknown place , England. He was identified as a 48-year-old married male born in London. Enumerated with him were: his wife, Mary Theodosia, his daughters Catherine Hermione, Jean Adelaide, Margaret Evelyn and Mary Frances, his neice Rosemary Alice Sartoris.²
     Henry was a stockbroker from 1891 to 1901.^3,2
     Mary and Henry Evans Gordon lived in 1901 at 59 Cadogan Gardens in Chelsea, London an unknown place , England. Residing with them were, their children Catherine and Margaret, their nieces, Vivien May Sartoris and Rosemary Alice Sartoris.³

          Catherine Hermione Evans Gordon, daughter of Henry Evans Gordon and Mary Theodosia Sartoris, was born in 1872 in London an unknown place , England.^1,2
     She lived with her parents, Mary and Henry, in 1891 at 42 Cadocan Gardens, Chelsea, London an unknown place , England.²
     She was enumerated as the daughter of Henry Evans Gordon on the 1891 Census of England for Royal Hospital Ward, St. Simon Parish, Chelsea, London an unknown place , England. She was listed as a single 18-year-old woman born in London.²
     She lived with her parents, Mary and Henry, in 1901 at 59 Cadogan Gardens, Chelsea, London an unknown place , England.³

          Jean Adelaide Evans Gordon, daughter of Henry Evans Gordon and Mary Theodosia Sartoris, was born in 1873 in Kent, England.^1,2
     She lived with her parents, Mary and Henry, in 1891 at 42 Cadocan Gardens, Chelsea, London an unknown place , England.²
     She was enumerated as the daughter of Henry Evans Gordon on the 1891 Census of England for Royal Hospital Ward, St. Simon Parish, Chelsea, London an unknown place , England. She was listed as a single 17-year-old woman born in Kent; a 48-year-old married male born in London.²

          Margaret Evelyn Evans Gordon, daughter of Henry Evans Gordon and Mary Theodosia Sartoris, was born on 27 August 1875.¹
     She lived with her parents, Mary and Henry, in 1891 at 42 Cadocan Gardens, Chelsea, London an unknown place , England.²
     She was enumerated as the daughter of Henry Evans Gordon on the 1891 Census of England for Royal Hospital Ward, St. Simon Parish, Chelsea, London an unknown place , England. She was listed as a 15-year-old woman born in Hants; a 48-year-old married male born in London.²
     She lived with her parents, Mary and Henry, in 1901 at 59 Cadogan Gardens, Chelsea, London an unknown place , England.³

          Mary Frances Evans Gordon, daughter of Henry Evans Gordon and Mary Theodosia Sartoris, was born in 1882.¹
     She lived with her parents, Mary and Henry, in 1891 at 42 Cadocan Gardens, Chelsea, London an unknown place , England.²
     She was enumerated as the daughter of Henry Evans Gordon on the 1891 Census of England for Royal Hospital Ward, St. Simon Parish, Chelsea, London an unknown place , England. She was listed as a nine-year-old girl born in London; a 48-year-old married male born in London.²

     
     A younger brother of John Philip Kemble, Stephen Kemble and Sarah Siddons, he was born at Brecon, South Wales. Like John Philip, he was educated at Douai. After returning to England in 1792, he obtained a job in the post office, but soon resigned to go on the stage, making his first recorded appearance at Sheffield as Orlando in As You Like It in that year. During the early part of his career as an actor he slowly gained popularity. For a considerable time he played with his brother and sister, chiefly in secondary parts, and received little attention.

His first London appearance was on April 21, 1794, as Malcolm to his brother's Macbeth. Ultimately he won independent fame, especially in such characters as Archer in George Farquhar's Beaux' Stratagem, Dorincourt in Hannah Cowley's Belle's Stratagem, Charles Surface and Ranger in Benjamin Hoadley's Suspicious Husband. His Laërtes and Macduff were as accomplished as his brother's Hamlet and Macbeth.

In comedy he was ably supported by his wife, Marie Therese De Camp, whom he married on July 2, 1806. His visit, with his daughter Fanny, to America during 1832 and 1834, aroused much enthusiasm. The later part of his career was beset by money troubles in connection with his joint proprietorship of Covent Garden theatre. He formally retired from the stage in December 1836, but his final appearance was on April 10, 1840. For some time he held the office of examiner of plays. In 1844-1845 he gave readings from Shakespeare at Willis's Rooms. Macready regarded his Cassio as incomparable, and summed him up as "a first-rate actor of second-rate parts."²      Charles Kemble, son of Roger Kemble and Sarah Ward, was born on 25 November 1775 in Brecon, Brecknockshire, Wales.¹
     Charles married Marie Therese De Camp on 2 July 1806.¹
     Charles died on 12 November 1854 in London, England, at age 78.¹ He was buried in November 1854 in Kensal Green Cemetery in London, England, plot 11981, square 55, row 1.¹

Charles Kemble Tombstone.

     
     Marie Therese was a singer, dancer and actress.¹
     The Kembles were the royal family of the British stage. Every biographer insists upon it. Before the advent of the great Kembles in the late eighteenth century, actors and particularly actresses were disreputable. The exception was David Garrick who raised -- as it was said -- his profession to a liberal art and earned himself a tomb in Westminster Abbey. Sarah, John Philip, and Charles Kemble followed his example, and by reason of their intelligence, education, and social graces were received in the best drawing rooms in the land.
The Kemble family was large. The parents, Roger and Sally Kemble, were strolling players who produced twelve theatrical children, eight of whom reached adulthood, and three of whom achieved extraordinary fame. Sarah was born in 1755, and was married at eighteen to unimpressive Henry Siddons. John Philip was born in 1757 and Charles in 1775. Sarah Siddons was generally recognized as the greatest tragic actress ever to appear on the English stage, and professionally John Philip Kemble was not far behind her. Charles Kemble was no tragedian, but in lighter roles he was a distinguished actor and his wit and charm shone in comedy and the fashionable world alike.
Much has been written about the Kemble brothers and their sister Sarah, but virtually nothing about their spouses. The wife of Charles deserves more recognition. Mother of two famous daughters -- Fanny, a celebrated actress, and Adelaide, a singer who was admired in the concert halls and opera houses of England and Europe -- Mrs. Charles Kemble was remarkable for her fostering of their talent and for her personal qualities. Now, thanks to an unpublished private letter temporarily in my possession, we have a chance to see her in more detail.
Mrs. Charles Kemble was born Marie Therese de Camp, and was an actress from her earliest years. Her paternal grandfather was reputedly a French Duke. Years later her daughter, Adelaide Kemble, would write: "The other day in London I met in society a certain young Vicomte de Fleury who was presented to me -- I could hardly help laughing as I thought how excessively distressed he would be if he did but know that the actor's little daughter whom he was honouring with his august approval was neither more nor less a cousin of his." Marie Therese's father was a down-on-his-luck French army officer who changed his name from aristocratic de Fleury to commonplace de Camp and who married -- or more likely did not bother to marry -- the daughter of a Swiss farmer. The eldest of their five children was the enchanting Marie Therese, born in Vienna in 1774 and named after the famous Austrian queen.
The consumptive de Camp took his family to England. There, ethereal little Marie Therese pirouetted like an angel, her talents supporting the impoverished family and making famous the troupe of child dancers with whom she performed. Writing many years later about her mother, her daughter Adelaide would say: "She was on the stage at the age of five years -- she was a beautiful little intelligent foreign child and the favourite plaything of George the 4th when he was Prince of Wales -- her childhood was passed in the theatre or houses of our profligate aristocracy -- at twelve years old she lost her father and by her talents and exertions alone supported her mother and four other children whose existence and education they owe entirely to her hard and unremitting labours -- surely this is admirable?" What her daughter found even more admirable was her mother's purity. Despite the profligacy of her surroundings, Marie Therese was a girl of strict virtue. Commenting on this, her daughter Adelaide wrote: "Surely it is admirable to have been placed in the two worst extremities of society, and passing through such an ordeal to have remained honourable in deed, and yet more, pure and uncontaminated in thought."
It would perhaps have been understandable if Marie Therese had avoided the attentions of the Kemble brothers, both of whom were known for their dalliance with actresses, but her heart had been captured by the dashing Charles. For a time the courtship was off and on. Then in 1806 at the age of thirty-two she married him. Again we see the situation through Adelaide's revealing and compassionate eyes. Her mother, she wrote, was of a "generous and confiding" nature, "a rare nature,"' spoiled a little "by want of government," and she had loved Charles Kemble "'with the wildest and most passionate love since she was twenty years old." Charles Kemble was then "a mild gently amiable person of cultivated tastes and refined habits-with a great deal of natural tenderness, but a man of the world, without one particle of romance or passion."' Having battled a life full of hazards, Marie Therese must have hoped that at last she had found the security she had long craved, but marriage to a man of such different temperament was doomed from the start to failure. It would be a failure, however, within the married state, and although for varying periods they lived apart, no definite separation took place. The strain of her husband's indifference, his, constant financial troubles, his fondness for alcohol, her eldest daughter Fanny's noisily failing marriage, and her younger son's incipient insanity put considerable strain on her. Small wonder if her own mental stability wavered a number of times before her death in 1838. Yet despite these trials, Marie Therese remained steadfast to her principles. Writing at the time of her mother's death, her daughter Adelaide would say: "'Her perfect truth-the spirit not the letter of truth-always excited my utmost admiration and veneration-and her justness of perception-in all things that did not concern herself-her purity of taste, and her originality of thought and expression were wonderful and made her most attractive."'
Marie Therese de Camp was invariably described as a charming"' actress. By the mid-1790s she was playing the lighter of the leading roles at the Haymarket and Drury Lane theatres, and by the end of that decade she had appeared in one of her own plays, First Faults. She would write a number of plays, mostly amusing and slight, but "charming" like herself. Before her retirement in 1819 she had become a leading actress in the Kembles' company at the Covent Garden Theatre. She emerged from retirement once for sentimental reasons ten years later -- to play Lady Capulet at her elder daughter Fanny's stage debut as Juliet.

ANN BLAINEY From Books at Iowa 53 (November 1990) Copyright: The University of Iowa Libraries.

     Marie Therese De Camp was born on 17 January 1774 in Vienna, Austria.¹
     Marie married Charles Kemble, son of Roger Kemble and Sarah Ward, on 2 July 1806.¹
     Marie died on 3 September 1838 in Chertsey, Surrey, England, at age 64.¹

          Philip Kemble, son of Charles Kemble and Marie Therese De Camp, was born in 1806 in Newman Street, London, England.¹

          John Mitchell Kemble, son of Charles Kemble and Marie Therese De Camp, was born on 2 April 1807 in London, England.¹

          Frances Anne "Fannie" Kemble, daughter of Charles Kemble and Marie Therese De Camp, was born on 27 November 1809 in Newman Street, Oxford Road, London, England.¹
     Frances married Pearce Mease Butler on 7 June 1834.¹ Frances Anne "Fannie" Kemble and Pearce Mease Butler were divorced on 22 September 1849.¹
     She lived with her brother-in-law, Edward John Sartoris and sister Adelaide, in 1851 at Knuston Hall in Irchester, Northamptonshire, England.²
     She wrote a book titled Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in May 1863.³
     She wrote a book titled Records of a Girlhood in 1879.⁴
     Frances died on 17 January 1893 at Gloucester Place 86 in London, England, at age 83. She was buried in January 1893 in Kensal Green Cemetery in London, England, plot 11981, square 55, row 1.

Frances Anne "Fannie" Kemble Tombstone.

     Born in England to a family of actors and actresses, Frances Ann "Fanny" Kemble followed her family’s theatrical tradition, though she disliked acting. When she came to the United States in 1832, she did not come to sightsee; she came to save the family fortune. For Kemble's father, manager of Covent Garden, had lost a great deal of money, and after her successful acting debut in London, he decided they could make more money touring in America. Fanny was reluctant to go on the trip but enjoyed drama and adventure, and she quickly earned fame.
A very spirited woman, she threw her heart into her craft, glorying in her triumphs in front of the American audiences or wallowing in defeat. This zest for action carried over into her life. Kemble always ran or hiked ahead of the group, rode the fastest horse and climbed to the highest point. Her enthusiasm won the heart of Pierce Butler, a wealthy Philadelphia bachelor she married impulsively in 1834.
Kemble had published her travel journals in 1835 over the objections of her husband, who deleted all the proper names before he would allow the book to go to press. Her account has the dry criticism of the English, but it is also very bold, told from the perspective of a working actress on tour and not an idle aristocratic lady. She does not receive many visitors nor attend many social events, as so much of her energy is occupied with rehearsal and performances. Most of the time Kemble holds herself superior to all she finds, but naively so. She states plainly, "It's a darling country for poor fellows." She often cites instances where she has been treated rudely, never stopping to contemplate if it was her own attitude or actions that merited the treatment.
Unknown to her at the time of her wedding, Pierce Butler stood to inherit two plantations in Georgia. The inheritance became a reality in 1838. By that time, their marriage had already become strained over a difference in taste and temperament, a rift that was to deepen after they ventured South.
Kemble was an intelligent, independent woman who abhorred slavery and was not shy about speaking out against it. These abolitionist views did not sit well with her husband; yet she still strived to make the marriage work. When Butler inherited the Georgia plantation upon his grandfather's death, she moved to Georgia with him. From December 30, 1838 to April 17, 1839, Kemble kept a journal of what she witnessed. Although she spent just over sixteen months of her life in Georgia, the result was a powerful piece of historical literature—Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839. At first, Fanny Kemble refrained from publishing her text, though the manuscript was repeatedly revised and circulated among her friends
During the next eight years, Fanny often summered by herself in Massachusetts, and she spent one year abroad by herself. She finally left her husband in 1846. Unable to reconcile their differences, Butler and Kemble were divorced in 1849, with Butler retaining custody of their two daughters. During the Civil War she published the journal she had kept some twenty-five years before, Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation. Her descriptions of the horrifying treatment of slaves is credited with doing much toward maintaining British neutrality during the war, when for economic reasons many favored the South—which produced cotton for British textile mills.
Kemble went on to publish other thoughtful and intelligent works—Records of a Girlhood in 1878, Records of a Later Life in 1882, Notes Upon Some of Shakespeare's Plays in 1882, Far Away and Long Ago in 1889, and Further Records in 1891. Kemble died in London on Jan. 15, 1893. (http://www.univie.ac.at/Anglistik/easyrider/data/kemble.htm)
Frances Anne Kemble (Fanny Kemble) (1809 - 1893), the actress and author, was Charles Kemble's elder daughter; she was born in London, and educated chiefly in France.
She first appeared on the stage on October 26, 1829 as Juliet at Covent Garden. Her attractive personality at once made her a great favorite, her popularity enabling her father to recoup his losses as a manager. She played all the principal women's parts, notably Portia, Beatrice and Lady Teazle, but Julia in James Sheridan Knowles's The Hunchback, especially written for her, was perhaps her greatest success.
In 1832 she went with her father to the United States. In 1834, she married Pierce Butler, a planter from Georgia. Pierce and Fanny had two daughters, Frances and Sarah. Fanny was shocked by the conditions of slaves and their treatment. She tried to better their conditions and spoke out loudly against slavery. This caused many arguments and fights between Pierce and Fanny. Fanny defied her husband's authority and continued to help the slaves to the point, Pierce had her stripped in front of the slaves and severely whipped. Fanny left Pierce and they were divorced in 1849.
Their daughter Frances remained with father, while Sarah went with her mother. In 1847, Fanny returned to the stage, from which she had retired on her marriage, and later, following her father's example, appeared with much success as a Shakespearian reader. She wrote a book about her life on the Georgia plantation, which was a big hit in the Northern United States and used widely by abolitionists prior to the American Civil War. She continued to be outspoken on the subject of slavery and against such bondage of human beings.
Her daughter Sarah, met and fell in love with a doctor, Owen Wister. Sarah and Owen had a son, named after the father. That son became the American novelist, Owen Wister, author of The Virginian (1902) and other novels.
In 1877, Fanny returned to England, where she lived using her maiden name till her death. During this period Fanny Kemble was a prominent and popular figure in the social life of London.
Besides her plays, Francis the First, unsuccessfully produced in 1832, The Star of Seville (1837), a volume of Poems (1844), and a book of Italian travel, A Year of Consolation (1847), she published a volume of her Journal in 1835, and in 1863 another (dealing with life on the Georgia plantation), and also a volume of Plays, including translations from Alexandre Dumas, père and Friedrich Schiller. These were followed by Records of a Girlhood (1878), Records of Later Life (1882), Notes on some of Shakespeare's Plays (1882), Far Away and Long Ago (1889), and Further Records (1891).
Her various volumes of reminiscences contain much valuable material for the social and dramatic history of the period.⁵

          Henry James Vincent Kemble, son of Charles Kemble and Marie Therese De Camp, was born in December 1812.¹
     He lived with his brother-in-law, Edward John Sartoris and sister Adelaide, in 1851 at Knuston Hall in Irchester, Northamptonshire, England.²
     Henry James Vincent was an army captain in 1851.²

          Pearce Mease Butler was born in 1810.¹
     Pearce married Frances Anne "Fannie" Kemble, daughter of Charles Kemble and Marie Therese De Camp, on 7 June 1834.¹ Pearce Mease Butler and Frances Anne "Fannie" Kemble were divorced on 22 September 1849.¹

          Sarah Butler, daughter of Pearce Mease Butler and Frances Anne "Fannie" Kemble, was born on 28 May 1835 in Butler Place, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.¹

          Frances Anne Butler, daughter of Pearce Mease Butler and Frances Anne "Fannie" Kemble, was born on 28 May 1838 in Butler Place, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.¹

          Solen Kemble, son of Thomas Kemble and Ellen C. Homesley, was born in 1852 in Missouri.¹
     He lived with his parents, Ellen and Thomas, in 1860 at Prairie Township in Lincoln County, Missouri.³
     Solen was enumerated with his parent Thomas Kemble under the name of "George S. Kimble" on the 1860 U. S. Census for Prairie Township, Missouri. He was listed as an eight year-old boy born in Missouri, he was attending school.³
     He lived with his parents, Ellen and Thomas, in 1870 at Bear Creek Township in Montgomery County, Missouri.²
     Solen married Alice (?) circa 1875.¹
In 1880 Solen Kemble farmed at Bear Creek Township in Missouri.¹
     Alice and Solen Kemble lived in 1880 at Bear Creek Township in Missouri. Residing with them were, their children Thomas and Walter.¹

          Alice (?) was born in 1856 in Missouri.¹
     Alice married Solen Kemble, son of Thomas Kemble and Ellen C. Homesley, circa 1875.¹
     Alice and Solen Kemble lived in 1880 at Bear Creek Township in Montgomery County, Missouri. Residing with them were, their children Thomas and Walter.¹
     Alice lived in 1900 at 1425 Missouri Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri, residing with her were, her children Thomas, Walter and George.²
     Alice was a landlady in 1900.²
     Alice is a head of household, under the name of "Alice Kemble", on the 1900 U. S. Census for ward 13, St. Louis, Missouri. She was identified as a single 36-year-old woman born in Missouri, her father was born in Kentucky and her mother in Maryland. She was renting a home and had three children all still living. Enumerated with her were:, her sons Thomas, Walter and George S..²

          Walter Kemble, son of Solen Kemble and Alice (?), was born in January 1879 in Missouri.^1,2
     He lived with his parents, Alice and Solen, in 1880 at Bear Creek Township in Montgomery County, Missouri.¹
     He lived with his parent, Alice, in 1900 at 1425 Missouri Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri.²
     Walter was a machinist in 1900 at St. Louis, Missouri.²
     He was enumerated as the son of Alice (?) on the 1900 U. S. Census for ward 13, St. Louis, Missouri. He was listed as a single 21-year-old man born in Missouri as were his parents.²

          George S. Kemble, son of Solen Kemble and Alice (?), was born in March 1881 in Missouri.¹
     He lived with his parent, Alice, in 1900 at 1425 Missouri Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri.¹
     George S. was a U. S. soldier in 1900 at St. Louis, Missouri.¹
     He was enumerated as the son of Alice (?) on the 1900 U. S. Census for ward 13, St. Louis, Missouri. He was listed as a single 19-year-old man born in Missouri as were his parents.¹
     George married Lillian (?) in 1914.²
     George S. was a fireman in a factory in 1920.³
     Lillian and George S. Kemble lived in 1920 at 17th Street in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. Residing with them were, their child, Edward.³
     George is a head of household on the 1920 U. S. Census for ward 10, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, under the name of "George Kimble". He was identified as a married 38-year-old man born in Michigan as were his parents (Birth places appear to be incorrect). He owned a home which was mortgaged. Enumerated with him were: his wife, Lillian, his son Edward.³
     George S. was a switchman for a railroad in 1930.² Lillian and George S. Kemble lived in 1930 at 721 17th Street in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.²
     George is a head of household on the 1930 U. S. Census for ward 20, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. He was identified as lia 48-year-old male born in Missouri as was his mother, his father was born in Kentucky. He was married for the first time at the age of 32 and was a veteran. He owned a home valued at $36,000.00 and a radio.. Enumerated with him was his wife, Lillian.²

          Thomas Kemble, son of Thomas S. Kemble and Elizabeth Brockman, was born in 1824 in Kentucky.¹
     He lived with his parents, Elizabeth and Thomas, in 1830 in Warren County, Kentucky.²
     Based on age, Thomas Kemble was probably listed on the 1830 U.S. Census at Kentucky as a free white male, five and under ten years old and residing with Thomas S. Kemble.²
     Ellen and Thomas Kemble lived in 1850 at district 49 in Lincoln County, Missouri. Residing with them were, their nephew, Frederick Homesley, their nieces, Jerusia "Rusia" Homesley, Mary A. "Molley" Homesley and Frances Homesley.³
From 1850 to 1870 Thomas Kemble farmed at Bear Creek Township in Montgomery County, Missouri.^1,3,4
     Thomas married Ellen C. Homesley, daughter of Joseph Homesley and Barbary (?), on 26 February 1850 at Lincoln County, Missouri.^5,6
     Ellen and Thomas Kemble lived in 1860 at Prairie Township in Lincoln County, Missouri. Residing with them were, their child, Solen, their nephew, Frederick Homesley, their nieces, Jerusia "Rusia" Homesley, Mary A. "Molley" Homesley and Frances Homesley and other relatives Nancy Skinner.⁴
     Thomas is a head of household, under the name of "Thomas Kimble", on the 1860 U. S. Census for Prairie Township, Missouri. He was identified as listed as a 35-year-old male born in Kentucky. He owned real-estate balued at $3,625.00 and personal property valued at $4,131.00. Enumerated with him were: his wife, Ellen C., his son Solen, his nephew Frederick Homesley, his neices Jerusia "Rusia" Homesley, Mary A. "Molley" Homesley and Frances Homesley. Also enumerated with him but with no known relationship was Nancy Skinner. Also enumerated with him but with no known relationship was Nancy Skinner.⁴
     Ellen and Thomas Kemble lived in 1870 at Bear Creek Township in Missouri. Residing with them were, their children Frances and Solen and other relatives T. S. Kembal.¹
     Thomas died on 6 May 1882.⁷ His obituary was published in the Montgomery City Standard on 12 May 1882.⁷

          Ellen C. Homesley, daughter of Joseph Homesley and Barbary (?), was born in 1822 in Virginia.¹
     Ellen and Thomas Kemble lived in 1850 at district 49 in Lincoln County, Missouri. Residing with them were, their nephew, Frederick Homesley, their nieces, Jerusia "Rusia" Homesley, Mary A. "Molley" Homesley and Frances Homesley.³
     Ellen married Thomas Kemble, son of Thomas S. Kemble and Elizabeth Brockman, on 26 February 1850 at Lincoln County, Missouri.^2,4
     Ellen and Thomas Kemble lived in 1860 at Prairie Township in Lincoln County, Missouri. Residing with them were, their child, Solen, their nephew, Frederick Homesley, their nieces, Jerusia "Rusia" Homesley, Mary A. "Molley" Homesley and Frances Homesley and other relatives Nancy Skinner.⁵
     Ellen was enumerated with her husband, Thomas Kemble under the name of "Eleanor C. Kimble" on the 1860 U. S. Census for Prairie Township, Missouri. She was listed as a 37-year-old woman born in Virginia.⁵
     Ellen and Thomas Kemble lived in 1870 at Bear Creek Township in Montgomery County, Missouri. Residing with them were, their children Frances and Solen and other relatives T. S. Kembal.¹

          Joseph Homesley was born between 1775 and 1784 in Virginia.¹
     Joseph married (?) (?) circa 1805.¹
     Joseph married Barbary (?) circa 1810.
     Joseph died before 1840.¹