Jenny (Twitchell) Kempton (1835 - 1921)

Born 4 Oct 1835 in Dublin, New Hampshire, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James Monroe Kempton — married 1 May 1860 in New York, United States

Died 13 Mar 1921 at age 85 in Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Jenny (Twitchell) Kempton is Notable.

Jenny was born in 1835. She passed away in 1921.

Jenny Twitchell Kempton was an American contralto opera solo singer who had an active career spanning over fifty years starting in 1850. Twitchell Kempton sang in hundreds of performances across the United States and Europe during her long career.^[1]

She became lifelong friends with Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. By 1855, she was described as "the favorite contralto of Boston"..^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Twitchell_Kempton

• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWYP-2NS : 24 May 2018), James M. Kempton and Jennie E. Twichell, 1 May 1860; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,433,018.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6J1-T4T : 12 April 2016), Jane Twitchell in household of Reuben W Twitchell, Bath, Lincoln, Maine, United States; citing family 1090, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Find A Grave: #99352244