Wood & Torbert Families - Jasper Lee Kemp

Jasper Lee Kemp

b. 11 February 1887, d. 15 April 1935

Jasper Lee Kemp was born on 11 February 1887 in Mississippi possibly in Shannon, Lee County (town not quite legible on WWI draft registration card).
He was known as Lee.
Henry R. Hamilton appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Jasper Lee Kemp, Elgetha Garner, Willie D. Kemp and Charles Boyd Kemp.
He was working on the farm, according to the 1900 census.
He married Lila Ethel Smith, daughter of John Owen Smith and Lou Chester McCune, on 12 September 1915 in Grimes County, Texas.
Jasper Lee Kemp registered for the draft on 5 June 1917 in Grimes County, Texas, while living with his wife in Anderson, and self-employed there farming.
Jasper Lee Kemp and Lila Ethel Smith appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Elgetha Garner.
He was a farmer, according to the 1920 census.
Jasper Lee Kemp and Lila Ethel Smith appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Richards, Grimes County, Texas.
He was working on a farm, according to the 1930 census.
Jasper Lee Kemp died on 15 April 1935 at age 48 in Richards, Grimes County, Texas.
His wife Lila Ethel Smith became a widow at his death.
He was interred at Fairview Cemetery, Grimes County, Texas, near Richards.