Joshua Sewell Kemp

"JOSHUA SEWELL KEMP, physician and druggist, Littlestown, was born March 29, 1835, in Baltimore County, Md., and is a son of John and Eleanor (Caples) Kemp, the former a farmer by occupation. He remained with his father until twenty-two years of age, in the meantime completing his literary studies by attending the Franklin Academy at Reisterstown, Md. When twenty-two he began reading medicine with Dr. J. L. Gibbons of Pikesville, Md., and subsequently was graduated at the medical college of the University of Maryland, March 10, 1858. That same year he began to practice at Trenton, Baltimore Co., Md., and in 1860 located at Littlestown. In July, 1862, he was appointed assistant surgeon of the Ninetieth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and was with it at the battles of Cedar Mountain, Second Bull Run and Chantilly, and in several skirmishes. In November, 1862, on account of sickness, he resigned and returned to Littlestown, where he has been in constant practice since, and from February, 1885, has also carried on a drug store. The Doctor was married, July 20, 1859, to Miss Susan Algire, daughter of George Algire, of Baltimore County, Md. They have three children: Scott Bernard, C. McK. and Lorain. The Doctor affiliates with the Democratic party, and has served in local offices in the vicinity. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Church. "