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Christopher Kemper, son of Toens and Anna M. (Rehm) Kemper, was born in Lippe-Detmold, Germany, in 1828. Both parents were born in the same place where they spent their lives. The father was a farmer by occupation, and lived to an advanced age. The mother died while still quite young. Of their family of nine children, seven came to the United States. Christopher was the seventh child, and at the age of eighteen began learning the carpenter’s trade, at which he worked until he came to the United States, in 1848. He then learned the cooper’s trade in Cincinnati, Ohio, and, in 1850, came to Gasconade County, Mo., where he purchased the place he now owns, which consists of 240 acres, two of which are in grapes. For several years after moving on his farm he followed carpentering and mill building, but since then has turned his attention exclusively to agricultural pursuits. In 1855 he married Miss Johanna Berger, a native of Prussia, born in 1835, and who was brought to America when about twelve years of age. To this union seven children were born, four sons and three daughters. For thirty-eight years he has been a resident of this county, and is a man well known and much respected. He is a Republican in politics, and both he and wife are members of the Evangelical Church.