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Kemp's wife, Menette, was one of the three sisters of the Louisiana[[Cajun]] [[chef]] and humorist]] Justin Wilson (1914-2001), also of Amite. Their father, Harry D. Wilson (1869-1048), served for thirty-two years from 1916 until his death in January 1948 as the commissioner of the state Department of Agriculture and Forestry. Kemp had one foster son named Richard Tipton.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=_8rx9WjAE9MC&pg=PA10&lpg=PA10&dq=Bolivar+Kemp+and+Justin+Wilson&source=bl&ots=lnv8phJKqr&sig=8LkWL-aQR3hXk0MrKu_Miz6-heU&hl=en&ei=QHiKTPKBFIGBlAe4sJTNCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CCIQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Justin Wilson's Cajun Humor|author=Justin Wilson|publisher=Pelican Publishing (Gretna, Louisiana)|date= January 31, 1974 |accessdate=September 10, 2010}} p. 10</ref>

Kemp's wife, Menette, was one of the three sisters of the Louisiana[[Cajun]] [[chef]] and humorist]] Justin Wilson (1914-2001), also of Amite. Their father, Harry D. Wilson (1869-1048), served for thirty-two years from 1916 until his death in January 1948 as the commissioner of the state Department of Agriculture and Forestry. Kemp had one foster son named Richard Tipton.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=_8rx9WjAE9MC&pg=PA10&lpg=PA10&dq=Bolivar+Kemp+and+Justin+Wilson&source=bl&ots=lnv8phJKqr&sig=8LkWL-aQR3hXk0MrKu_Miz6-heU&hl=en&ei=QHiKTPKBFIGBlAe4sJTNCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CCIQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Justin Wilson's Cajun Humor|author=Justin Wilson|publisher=Pelican Publishing (Gretna, Louisiana)|date= January 31, 1974 |accessdate=September 10, 2010}} p. 10</ref>

Kemp graduated in 1897 from [[Tulane University]] Law School in [[New Orleans]]; his classmates included later [[United States Senator]] John Holmes Overton (1875-1948) and [[E. L. Stewart]], a lawyer in [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] and a state representative for Webster Parish from 1904 to 1908<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yag4AAAAMAAJ&pg=RA3-PA148&lpg=RA3-PA148&dq=Edmond+Lee+Stewart+will+in+Louisiana&source=bl&ots=tKPKKwwUYK&sig=u_jmEmZ7KymiW5uCOOa16cVkWQE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=0CQDVf2SDMqgNoargqgI&ved=0CEYQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=Edmond%20Lee%20Stewart%20will%20in%20Louisiana&f=false|title=May 17, 1897|page=28|publisher=The Register of Tulane University|accessdate=March 13, 2015}}</ref>

Kemp graduated in 1897 from [[Tulane University]] Law School in [[New Orleans]]; his classmates included later [[United States Senator]] John Holmes Overton, Sr. (1875-1948), and [[E. L. Stewart]], a lawyer in [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] and a state representative for Webster Parish from 1904 to 1908<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yag4AAAAMAAJ&pg=RA3-PA148&lpg=RA3-PA148&dq=Edmond+Lee+Stewart+will+in+Louisiana&source=bl&ots=tKPKKwwUYK&sig=u_jmEmZ7KymiW5uCOOa16cVkWQE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=0CQDVf2SDMqgNoargqgI&ved=0CEYQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=Edmond%20Lee%20Stewart%20will%20in%20Louisiana&f=false|title=May 17, 1897|page=28|publisher=The Register of Tulane University|accessdate=March 13, 2015}}</ref>

In 1933, at the time of his father's sudden death, Kemp was an assistant United States district attorney in New Orleans.<ref name=usgwarchives/> In 1943, at the time of his mother's death, Kemp was the district attorney for Tangipahoa Parish.<ref name=lalliek/>

In 1933, at the time of his father's sudden death, Kemp was an assistant United States district attorney in New Orleans.<ref name=usgwarchives/> In 1943, at the time of his mother's death, Kemp was the district attorney for Tangipahoa Parish.<ref name=lalliek/>