Kemp, James

ID
4179
Nationality
American
Occupation
Student
Pupil
Summary
A member of the first class (1855) in what is now the Iowa School for the Deaf. Attended the Illinois institution for the deaf for 2 years, then transferred to the new Iowa institution, but was there only a few months before he died of cholera at age 17 during the summer of 1855
References
The Legacy of Iowa School for the Deaf, p.42.
Dates
1838?-1855