Kemper, Jackson, 1789-1870
Bishop Jackson Kemper was born David Jackson Kemper on December 24, 1789 to Daniel Kemper and Elizabeth Marius. He later dropped the name “David” and just used Jackson. He attended Columbia College at the age of 15 and studied Theology, graduating in 1809. In 1811, after moving to Philadelphia, he was ordained as a deacon of the Episcopal Church and a full priest by 1814. In 1835, he was consecrated as a bishop and was sent as a missionary to the west of settled lands. He founded Nashotah House, an Episcopal seminary, and Racine College in Wisconsin and founded the mission parish that eventually became the Cathedral Church of All Saints in Milwaukee. He married his first wife was Jerusha Lyman in 1816 and his second wife, Ann Relf in 1821. He had at least three children. Bishop Jackson Kemper died on May 24, 1879 at the age of 80.