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DeWitt, Ruth Leila Kempe, 1880-1943

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1880 - 1943

biographical statement

Citation:
FindAGrave.com, accessed May 6, 2013. (born in Richfield, Utah; went to Flagstaff and Tempe Normal and summer school at the University of Utah; died July 7, 1843 in Modesto, California.)

MSS 8196; L. Tom Perry Special Collections; BYU, Provo, UT. (born Richfield, UT on July 29, 1880; born to Christopher Jensen Kempe and Anna Dorthea Johnson; moved to St. Johns, Arizonja; educated there, attend BYA in Provo; became teacher and lived in Mesa; met and married Abel Alexander DeWitt, Jr, in 1911; moved in 1921.)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Kempe family diaries

 Collection — Carton 1: [Barcode: 31197233632436]
Identifier: MSS 8196
Scope and Contents

Contains diaries belonging to the Kempe and DeWitt families. Includes a diary of Christopher Jensen Kempe about his missions, time in the Detroit penitentiary, and marriages. Also contains diaries of Abel Alexander DeWitt, Jr. about his mission from 1901-1903. Finally, contains an autograph book and diary of Ruth Leila Kempe DeWitt as well as a short biographical history of her descendendants and ancestors. Dated approximately 1860-1996.

Dates: approximately 1860-1996
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Kempe family diaries

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