Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Tillman Francis Kemper 1   
       Also known as: Francis Kemper 2
                Born: ca 1866              in Lewis Co, WV  1
              Census: 1920                 in Manhattan, New York, NY  
              Census: 1910                 in Salem, WV  3
             Resided: 1900                 in Harrison Co, WV  1
              Census: 1870                 in Willey District, Lewis Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1910                 bookkeeper for oil supply company  3
              Father: Tilman F. Kemper   (1831 - 1897) 
              Mother: Eliza Simmons   (1831 - 1891) 
Notes 
                Wife: Daisy Lowther   2  
             Married: Aug-22-1900          in Harrison Co, WV  1
                Born: ca 1879              in Doddridge Co, WV  4,1
              Census: 1920                 in Manhattan, New York, NY  
              Census: 1910                 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Thomas Harris Lowther   (1847 - 1922) 
              Mother: Ellen Jane Davis   (1859 - 1884) 
           F Child 1: Ruth Kemper      
                Born: Jul-19-1902          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  5
                Died: Dec-31-1985          in New York City, NY  6
             Resided:                      in New York City, NY  5
          Occupation:                      violinist and conductor of international reknown  2,5

Sources:
(1) Harrison County WV Marriages 1895-1912, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Feb 2001) 
(2) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 250. 
(3) 1910 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(4) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District). 
(5) Obituary. 
(6) Obituary - At home, Ruth Kemper, a violinist, teacher, conductor and the executive director of the Turtle Bay Music 
School from 1956 to 1969, died Dec. 31 at her home in New York City. She was 83 years old.  
Miss Kemper was born in Clarksburg, W. Va., on July 19, 1902, and began her career as a violinist at the age of 5, later 
studying with Eugene Ysaye and Georges Enesco, and at the Salzburg Orchestral Academy, where she won the Lilli Lehmann 
medal for distinguished scholarship.  
She made several appearances as a violinist in the New York area during the 1920's, before turning to conducting. In 
1935, she served as the music director of the WPA Music School Orchestra in New York.  
Miss Kemper, who joined the Turtle Bay Music School in the 1930's as an instructor, also helped found the National Guild 
of Community Music Schools; she served as the Guild's president from 1955 to 1957.  After her retirement from Turtle 
Bay, she taught violin at the School for Strings in Manhattan. 
(New York Times, Jan 11 1986) 







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