| − | Kemp was the son of [[U.S. Representative]] Bolivar Edwards Kemp, Sr. (1871-1933) of Amite City, the seat of government for Tangipahoa Parish, one of the Louisiana ["Florida Parishes" east of the capital city of Baton Rouge]]. His mother was the former Esther Edwards Conner (1875-1943), known as "Lallie" Kemp.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000085|title=Bolivar Edwards Kemp, Sr.|publisher=bioguide.congress.gov|accessdate=Februry 28, 2021}}</ref> Kemp's paternal grandparents were Judge William Breed Kemp, Sr., and the former Elizabeth Newsom.<ref name=kempsrobit>Obituary of Bolivar E. Kemp, Sr., ''The Ponchatoula (Louisiana) Enterprise,''June 23, 1933.</ref> His maternal grandparents were Sidney Simonton Conner of Statesville, [[North Carolina]], and the former Orra Anna Edwards of Tangipahoa Parish. Kemp had a younger sister, Eleanor Ogden Kemp (born 1909), later Eleanor Ellis, married to Louisiana District Court Judge Robert S. Ellis, Jr.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157345380/eleanor-ogden-ellis|title=Eleanor Ogden Kemp Ellise|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=February 28, 2021}}</ref> | + | Kemp was the son of [[U.S. Representative]] Bolivar Edwards Kemp, Sr. (1871-1933) of Amite City, the seat of government for Tangipahoa Parish, one of the Louisiana "Florida Parishes" east of the capital city of Baton Rouge]]. His mother was the former Esther Edwards Conner (1875-1943), known as "Lallie" Kemp.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000085|title=Bolivar Edwards Kemp, Sr.|publisher=bioguide.congress.gov|accessdate=Februry 28, 2021}}</ref> Kemp's paternal grandparents were Judge William Breed Kemp, Sr., and the former Elizabeth Newsom.<ref name=kempsrobit>Obituary of Bolivar E. Kemp, Sr., ''The Ponchatoula (Louisiana) Enterprise,''June 23, 1933.</ref> His maternal grandparents were Sidney Simonton Conner of Statesville, [[North Carolina]], and the former Orra Anna Edwards of Tangipahoa Parish. Kemp had a younger sister, Eleanor Ogden Kemp (born 1909), later Eleanor Ellis, married to Louisiana District Court Judge Robert S. Ellis, Jr.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157345380/eleanor-ogden-ellis|title=Eleanor Ogden Kemp Ellise|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=February 28, 2021}}</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=February 28, 2021|page-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=February 28, 2021|page-10}}</ref> |