Bios: EDWARD J. KEMM, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens
  
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      EDWARD J. KEMM,
  
  [p. 468] auditor for Lawrence County, and a leading citizen of New
  Castle, where he occupies a comfortable residence at No. 330 Pittsburg
  street, was born in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, December 30, 1858. His
  parents were John and Margaret (Parry) Kemm.
  
  John Kemm was born in Leicestershire, England, and came to America in
  1844, subsequently settling in Lake Township, Mercer County, where he
  engaged in farming for many years. His death took place there in
  December, 1879. He married Margaret Parry, of Mercer County, and six of
  their children survive, namely: Thomas P., residiirig in Cool Spring
  Township, Mercer County; Edward J.; Samuel H., residing in Lake
  Township, Mercer County; Ida M., and Amy J., both residing in Mercer
  County, and Ella, wife of Frank Ringer residing in New Castle.
  
  Edward J. Kemm spent his youthful days in his native township and
  attended the public schools with his brothers and sisters, none enjoying
  the advantages now offered on every side to the children of modern days.
  He was not very old when he started to learn the plastering trade, later
  became a contractor in the same and followed it for twelve years after
  he discontinued farming in Mercer County. In 1896 he came to New Castle
  from New Wilmington, to which place he had moved from Plain Grove
  Township. In 1905, Mr. Kemm was elected to the important office of
  county auditor and at the present writing is completing his first term.
  In politics, he is a zealous Republican and is a faithful and
  influential party worker. He is a member of the order of Modern Woodmen
  of America, at New Castle.
  
  On September 30, 1884, Mr. Kemm was married to Mary Galloway, who was
  born in Venango County, Pennsylvania, and is a daughter of John M. and
  Nancy (De France) Galloway. John M. Galloway was born in Belfast,
  Ireland, and was brought to America by his parents when two years of
  age. He resided many years in Mercer County and died in 1888. The mother
  of Mrs. Kemm was a daughter of one of the oldest settlers of Mercer
  County. Mrs. Kemm has one brother, Emmet D., who resides at Leesburg,
  Mercer County. Mr. and Mrs. Kemm have had three children: Claude C.,
  Edith N. and Beulah B., the latter being the only survivor.
  
  For a number of years Mr. Kemm has been a man of prominence in Lawrence
  County and has served as president of the Board of Auditors. He is a
  member of the Epworth Methodist Episcopal Church at New Castle.
  
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  20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and
  Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing
  Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
  
  Updated: 25 Oct 2001