Benjamin F Kemp

Chickasaw, was born in December, 1832, the son of Jackson and Eliza (Carter) Kemp. In 1855 he lived in the Chickasaw District with Rhoda in his household. In 1878 he lived in Panola County. He was district judge In Panola County in 1894— 1896, representative from that county in 1897 (resigned), a voter at Colbert In 1898, a candidate for senator in Tishomingo County in 1902. and a voter in Pontotoc County in 1903. His third wife was Penelope Catherine Price (born 1844), who he married in 1886. By Rhoda, he had a son, Joe, born In 1871 (1). Joe was the father of Henry (1895), Lenora (1897), Robert Lemuel (1899), and Joseph Franklin (1901) (2).

(1)Chickasaw Dawes Card 1158; Applications for Enrollment, Chickasaw Nation, Cases 913, 1652.

(2)Chickasaw Dawes Cards 1158, 913.

Judge for the Chickasaw Nation. Created with being a founding father of Tishimingo and the Methodist church there. Listed on the Dawes roll # 2709-#1158-#913 1/4 Chickasaw