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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=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>

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=148|publisher=The Register of Tulane University|accessdate=February 27, 2015}}</ref>

Kemp graduated in 1897 from [[Tulane University]] Law School in [[New Orleans]]; his classmates included later [[United States Senator]] [[John H. Overton|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=148|publisher=The Register of Tulane University|accessdate=February 27, 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=kempsrobit/> In 1943, at the time of his mother's death, Kemp was the district attorney for Tangipahoa Parish.

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