Kemp and Rogers

by Carolyn Paul Branch

More than 400 years of history of the Kemp Family and the Rogers family, beginning in England, through Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, Illinois and Missouri. The ancestors and descendants of Thomas Henry and Dora Birch Kemp are followed, along with the ancestors and descendants of William Riley Rogers and Martha Belle Horner Rogers.

Kindle Edition

First published September 5, 2013

About the author

Carolyn Paul Branch learned storytelling from her mother and started writing down both family stories and "made-up" tales when she was twelve. She worked with the Callaway County Public Library's local history and genealogy collection for more than thirty years and developed a deep love and respect for the human stories buried in old records.
She is the author of six books of local and family history.
Snakes in the Kitchen is her first memoir. The title chapter won the top non-fiction Award from Midwest Writer's Workshop 2013 in Indiana. The second chapter, The Day Grandma Called the Doctor won the same award in 2015. Other chapters have won various literary awards in Arkansas and Missouri.
Tangled Roots is a mystery novel set amid the small towns, bluffs, and trails of Central Missouri.
Branch's next novel, The Sanity of Strawberries, is a murder mystery set within a hospital for the criminally insane.