Ancestry of
Ellie Kemper

TV and Movie Actress

James Madison Kemper

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• • Great-grandfather of Ellie Kemper — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 8 
  • Father:
  • William Thornton Kemper 
  • Mother:
  • Lottie Crosby   
  • Birth Date:
  • 14 Nov 1894 
  • Birth Location:
  • Kansas City, Missouri 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 22 Jul 1965 
  • Death Location:
  • Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Santa Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Co., California 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Gladys Woods Grissom
  • Marriage Date:
  • 24 Jul 1917 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Excelsior Springs, Missouri 
  • Child:

  James Madson Kemper Jr. (Ahnentafel No:4 )

  • Notes: 

  • World War I veteran

    James Madison Kemper died of a gunshot wound to the right temple.

• Sources for James Madison Kemper

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A128923.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/13/2021).
  • ³ Kentucky Advocate (Danville, Kentucky), 18 JUL 1917, p. 4, Wedding of James Madison Kemper and Gladys Woods Rubey.
  • ⁴ Macon Chronicle-Herald (Macon, Missouri), 31 JAN 1948, p. 4, Wedding engagement of son James Madison Kemper Jr and Mildred Lane.
  • ⁵ Missouri, U.S., Death Certificates, 1910-1969, Death certificate for spouse Gladys Woods Kemper.
  • ⁶ The Valley Falls New Era (Valley Falls, Kansas), 13 APR 1916, p. 5, Obituary for grandmother Nettie Kendall.
  • ⁷ U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current, Obituary record for son James M Kemper Jr.
  • ⁸ Christensen, Lawrence O., et. al., Dictionary of Missouri Biography, Columbia and London: University of Missouri Press (1999), 813.
  • ⁹ Missouri Digital Heritage, Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1973, Death certificate for James Madison Kemper Sr.

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