When Jacob Kemple was born in 1782, in Mount Pleasant, Alexandria Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States, his father, Wilhelm Kempel, was 48 and his mother, Elisabeth Myers, was 29. He married Lucretia Thatcher on 30 January 1804, in Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Marshall, West Virginia, United States in 1850 and Ohio, Virginia, United States in 1850. He died on 8 March 1868, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
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"Also referred to as the Small State Plan, the New Jersey Plan was an important piece of legislation that William Paterson presented during the Constitutional Convention. The plan was created because states with smaller populations were concerned about their representation in the United States government. The New Jersey plan proposed, among other things, that each state would have one equal vote. This was in contrast to the Virginia Plan, which suggested that appointment for Congress should be proportional to state population. The Connecticut Compromise merged the two plans, allowing for two ""houses"" of congress: one with proportional representation, and the other with equal power from each state (as the New Jersey Plan had suggested)."
On June 25, 1788 Virginia became the 10th state.
The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.
Americanized form of German Kempel or of South German Kempfle, a Swabian pet form of Kempf .
English (Lancashire) and Irish (Galway): variant of Kemble .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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