Kempf Family
Three of the children of Quirin and Apolonia Seibert Kempf are buried at Black Walnut Cemetery. This includes Laura Margaret Kempf who was born on 25 June 1869 and died at the age of 6 years old on 10 Aug 1875, Anna Louise Kempf who was born on 18 Jan 1860 and died on 23 Nov 1869, and France Sigel Kempf who was born on 20 Oct 1863 and died on 11 Mar 1864. Susan Meyer let us know that it is likely that young France was named after Franz Sigel (1824-1902) who was a German American military officer, revolutionary and immigrant to the United States who was a teacher, newspaperman, politician, and served as a Union major general in the Civil War. His ability to recruit German-speaking immigrants to the Union armies received the approval of President Abraham Lincoln. (this from Wikipedia)
A review of the History of Portage Des Sioux – the Mincke book – found information about the Kempf family on page 72: “Quirin Kempf, from Baden, Germany, moved with his family onto Survey 307 on the Missouri River south of Musick Ferry and farmed. He and his wife Appolonia, arrived in New Orleans aboard the Minnesota, with a son and daughter on 13 March 1852. A daughter born in Portage des Sioux, Philomena, married Louis Arth. His brother was Anton Arth, the husband of Catherine Kollman Pfeiffer, the “Katie Art” later known in Portage. The two Arth brothers were first cousins of the local Weber families, all from Eberbach, Alsace. The Arths and Kempfs moved to Lafayette County, Missouri, before 1900.”
photo by Jerry Prouhet 2021
photo by Jerry Prouhet 2021
photo by Jerry Prouhet 2021
Kempf family tree on Ancestry