Immigration to Salt Lake

“Charles Kemmish, about the year 1852, decided, after mature deliberation and a careful weighing of the pros and cons, based upon all he had heard and read of the opportunities which awaited the man of diligence in the new country across the Atlantic, to come to America.

“Bringing his family with him, he immigrated from the crowded babel of London to seek a new location in this county. Attracted by the possibilities which seemed to be offered in such profusion in the then far west, he went to Salt Lake City, Utah, where for several years he followed the vocation to which he had been devoted in his home city, that of basket maker.”

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~Michael Crichton

“Becoming convinced, however, that upon the farms of the great prairie lands of Iowa there awaited fortune and favor for whoever would properly apply his endeavors thereto, he decided upon another step in his quest for home and fortune in the new country, and, following this determination, came to Harrison county about the year 1859 and bought a farm in Union township, where he passed the remainder of his days, his death occurring in 1896, his wife, the mother of the subject of this biographical sketch, having preceded him to the grave in 1879.

“Charles Kemmish was a man of much industry and found his farming venture both profitable and pleasant, he and his good wife early becoming among the best known and most popular residents of that section of the county.”

~Harrison County Iowa Album of Biographical History