HENRY BLUFORD KEMP FAMILY
Henry Bluford Kemp was the youngest child of Asa & Mary Ann (Polly) Williams Kemp.
Henry Bluford Kemp was born February 19, 1865 and married Eula Jane Allen b. Jan. 10, 1869,
daughter of James T. and Talitha Cornwell Allen. They were married November 03, 1889 by
J.B. Jordon at James T. Allen's home.
Pictured l to r are:
Bluford, Robert Lester Kemp b. Oct. 1891, Eula Jane Allen Kemp, infant son Carcie Allen
Kemp, b. May 29, 1894 and died in Gallatin November 02, 1956. They had a son Drury H.
Kemp b. June 30, 1899 and died December 23, 1899. Tuberculosis claimed the lives of these
young and loving parents. First Eula Jane January 27, 1902 and then Bluford on August 10,
1903. They are buried together, along with their sons, Lester (married Florence Matthews
d/o Rev. T.W. Matthwes on Mar. 05, 1913) and Drury in the Kemp Cemetery on Salt Lick Road.
Little Salt Lick Road
CARCIE ALLEN KEMP FAMILY
Carcie Allen Kemp was the son of Henry Bluford Kemp. This photo was taken about 1916 as
Bluford, the baby was born June 13, 1916. Carcie and Nell had three sons. Bluford Arris b. June
13, 1916 d. October 06, 1959 and Glen Allen Kemp b. November 19, 1920 d. May 28, 1982
and Harris Dale Kemp b. April 18, 1924 and died January 11, 1997. Carcie was a Chevrolet car
dealership in Smith and Sumner counties. Nellie Ethel McCall Kemp was a charter member of
the Capt. Henry W. Hart Chapter of the United Daughters of The Confederacy in Carthage, Tenn.
in 1928. She claimed her paternal grandfather Hugh Lawson McCall when she applied for membership.
Harris Dale & Glenn Allen Kemp served in WWII and their Service pictures are on this website:
CARCIE & NELL McCALL KEMP FAMILY Ca. 1930
Standing before their home in Bellwood, near Lebanon, Tennessee are Carcie, Nell,
Bluford Arris, Harris Dale, and Glen Allen Kemp. The pony was Glen's. This home
remains beautiful today and I'm told the wallpaper in the dinning room is original.
Go to the WWII Veteran Sons Picture
Bluford Arris Kemp was a respected businessman, owning men's clothing stores
Bluford Arris Kemp 1916 - 1959
Bluford Arris Kemp was named for his two grandfathers. Henry Bluford Kemp and
Arris Thomas McCall. As a child he contracted rheumatic fever, damaging his
heart and preventing him from serving in WW11 with his younger brothers, Glen
and Harris. He married Ethel Claiborne Tyler of Richmond, Virginia Nov. 09, 1942.
First marriages for both. Their much awaited child, Mary Ethel Kemp, was born
March 23, 1948. They named her for her grandmothers, Mary William Smith Tyler
and Nellie Ethel McCall Kemp. Mary Smith Tyler's (Mrs. John Pittman Tyler) family
can be found in "John Pankey of Manakin Town, Virginia and His Descendants",
Volume Three, pages 56 & 57, descending from Captain Daniel Hankins. Nellie
Ethel McCall Kemp's (Mrs. Carcie Allen Kemp) family can be found in Volume
Three, as well, on pages 111 and 112, descending from Ozyeah Pankey.
in Emporia, Virginia and Murfreesboro, N.C.. The latter being where he died of
a heart attack. Bluford and Ethel's only child, Mary, married July 25, 1970
to Ivan Gleenwood Ricks Jr. Her uncle, Harris Dale Kemp, gave her away. Mary
teaches Spanish and French in a middle school in Richmond and remains a devoted
mother to their four grown children and three grandchildren. Mary lost her
beloved mother December 14, 2001. She is buried beside the love of her life
(she never remarried after Bluford's death) in Richmond's Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Kemp Chevrolet Gallatin - 1934.
First cousins, Tom T. Kemp and Carcie Allen Kemp, in front of their Chevrolet
dealership in Gallatin, Tennessee. Tom is on the left, unidentified lady in
middle and Carcie on the right. This picture was dated June 15, 1934.
Tom's father was Peyton Taylor Kemp and Carcie's father was Henry Bluford Kemp.
Both sons of Asa Kemp and Polly Williams Kemp. When Carcie was around eight years
of age his parents died of TB and Peyton & Belle Kemp took Carcie to raise.
Another uncle and aunt, John and Virgie Kemp, took Carcie's brother Lester
to raise. Both Tom and Carcie had been successful businessmen in Carthage
before moving their families to Gallatin. Tom with a hardware store and Carcie
with a Chevrolet dealership.
Tom's daughter Majorie told me that her brother was promised a horse in
order to make the move to Gallatin easier for him. Her brother being Otis
Kemp, a noted Tennessee Walking Horse showman all his adult life. She
said he brought her many of his blue ribbons and asked her to make a quilt
for him using these ribbons, which she did. Otis joined his father in the
car dealership business and later owned his own Oldsmobile dealership in
Gallatin for many years. In his later years Otis served as one of Gallatin's
mayors. Otis married Opal Allen of Hartsville and they had two daughters.
The Obituary of Florence Matthews Kemp is in the obits section of this website:
ROBERT "LESTER" KEMP
Beloved brother of Carcie Allen Kemp, and son of Henry Bluford & Eula Jane Allen Kemp. He was
born October 1891 and married Miss Florence Matthews, d/o Rev. T.W. Matthews, March 05, 1913.
Picture taken ca. 1908. They are buried in the Kemp family cemetery on Little Salt Lick Creek Road.