Birth: 1814, Feb. 21
Death: 1886, Sep. 6
Occupation: doctor
Associated Counties
- Baltimore City
US Census
| Year | Occupation | County | Ward/District | Post Office | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850 | physician | Baltimore City | 14 | 456 |
Directories
| Date | Name | Occupation | Address | City |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1842 | Wm. M. Kemp | doctor | 43 Eutaw st. | Baltimore City |
| 1865-1866 | William M. Kemp | doctor | 55 N Greene | Baltimore City |
| 1877 | William M. Kemp | doctor | 55 N. Greene St. | Baltimore City |
| 1867-1868 | William M. Kemp | doctor | 55 N Greene | Baltimore City |
| 1863-1864 | William M. Kemp | doctor | 55 N Green | Baltimore City |
| 1881 | William M. Kemp | doctor | 55 N. Greene | Baltimore City |
| 1843 | William M. Kemp | doctor | 24 N. Eutaw St. | Baltimore City |
Additional Information
- Dates: 1814-1886
Notes: Born in Frederick County, Md., February 21, 1814. Educated at Mount St. Mary’s College, Emmitsburg, Md.; M.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1834; located at Frederick City, but moved to Baltimore, 1839; Vice-President, Medical and Chururgical Faculty, 1859-70; City Physician and President of the Board of Health, Baltimore, 1855-61; President, National Quarantine and Sanitary Association, 1858; President, Medical and Chirurgical Faculty, 1882-83. Died at Baltimore, September 6, 1886.
Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 466 - Dates: 1842/06/07
Notes: Obituary, Elizabeth, daughter of Dr. W. M. & Susan W. Kemp, aged 20 months. Died June 7, 1842
SOURCE: Sun (Baltimore) June 20, 1842
Source: - Dates: 1847-50
Notes: Served as Baltimore City School Commissioner
Source: Quinan, John Russell, Medical Annals of Baltimore from 1608 to 1880, including Events, Men and Literature to which is added a Subject Index and Record of Public Services Baltimore: Press of Isaac Friedenwald: 249 - Dates: 1855/01/11
Notes: The Board of Health, composed of Dr. Wm. M. Kemp, City Phyisician; Dr. Jacob W. Houck, Commissioner of Health,and Dr. Judson Gilman, Asst. Commissioner and Secretary, visit Norfolk to investigate the yellow fever; they think it due to local causes, and non-contagious, and having cleansed Baltimore the year before, they determine to open her ports to refugees from Norfolk.
Source: Quinan, John Russell, Medical Annals of Baltimore from 1608 to 1880, including Events, Men and Literature to which is added a Subject Index and Record of Public Services Baltimore: Press of Isaac Friedenwald: 41 - Dates: 1855-1861
Notes: City physcian, Board of Health
Source: Quinan, John Russell, Medical Annals of Baltimore from 1608 to 1880, including Events, Men and Literature to which is added a Subject Index and Record of Public Services Baltimore: Press of Isaac Friedenwald: 263 - Dates: 1859/04
Notes: Dr. Wm. M. Kemp elected President of the National Quarantine Convention at New York.
Source: Quinan, John Russell, Medical Annals of Baltimore from 1608 to 1880, including Events, Men and Literature to which is added a Subject Index and Record of Public Services Baltimore: Press of Isaac Friedenwald: 42 - Dates: 1886
Notes: Died, Baltimore City, September 6, 1886, age 72.
Source: Arps, Walter E., Jr., Maryland Mortalities 1876-1915 from the (Baltimore) Sun Almanac Westminster: Family Line Publications: 130
Medicine in Maryland, 1752-1920 