Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. ************************************************ File contributed for use by: Dori Leekly & Margie Glenn Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878. Fred KEMPE, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Frankfort Station; was born in Germany, April 14, 1826; came to the United States in 1854, and to Illinois in the same year; he has been a resident of Frankfort for the past fifteen years; his farm consists of 325 acres valued at $15,000. He was married to Miss Lottie HAEMYN who was born in Germany; they have had nine children, four of whom are living - Mary, Johnnie, Fred and Katie; deceased, Christian, Doretta, Willie, Lottie and Henry.