Joseph Kemp
The grandfather of the above (Lewis Kemp) was born in Maryland, and came to Ohio in 1806, and located where Dayton now is. Here he helped to lay out the town, and build the first house. He remained in Dayton until he died at the age of ninety-six years. Jacob Kemp, the father of Joseph L., was born in Maryland; in 1788 came with his father to Ohio. Here, in 1809, he married Mary Musselman. By this marriage there were six children, who lived to become men and women. Of this family Joseph L. was the fifth. He was born in Montgomery County in 1821. He lived with his parents, and brought them to Shelby County in 1847, and located on section 11, where he now lives. The same year he married Rachel J. Elliott, with whom he lived until 1873, when she died, leaving four children, viz., Mary M., Margaret V., Martha M., and Joseph O. The mother of Mr. Kemp was a daughter of Peter Musselman, Sen., and sister of Peter Musselman, Jr., who built the first saw-mill in Perry 'I‘ownship.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883