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MRS. LUCY (KEMPER) DORMAN, a native of Owen County, Ky., was born March 17, 1814. Her father, Jonathan Kemper, native of Fayette County, Ky., was born near Lexington, about the year 1789, and was a well-to-do farmer. He removed with his family to New Liberty, Owen County, where he spent the greater part of his life, and died at Poplar Grove about 1872. He married Fannie Chowning, daughter of Robert Chowning, of Fayette County, who bore him eight sons and two daughters, the subject of this sketch being the third child. Tilman Kemper, grandfather of our subject, a native of Virginia, was one of the earliest settlers of Fayette County. Robert Chowning. maternal grandfather, was also a native of Virginia, and an early settler of Kentucky. Our subject was united in marriage to Peter Dorman, a native of Somerset County, Md., who was born September 3, 1803, and died January 3, 1873. He represented Gallatin County in the Legislature in 1853-54. Five sons and six daughters were born to their union, viz.: James H., John W., Fannie (deceased), Liza, Martin L., Elizabeth, Emily, Lucy, Henry F., Peter and Atta. Mrs. Dorman was educated principally at New Liberty, Owen County, although she obtained but a limited knowledge of the English branches. She is a member of the Oakland Baptist Church, and owns a farm of 230 acres near Glencoe.