Battle, Kemp P. (Kemp Plummer), 1831-1919

Kemp Plummer Battle (1831-1919) of Chapel Hill and Raleigh, N.C., was a lawyer and president of the Chatham Railroad. He was active in state affairs during the Civil War and served as state treasurer and as University of North Carolina president, 1876-1891, and professor of history, 1891-1907.

From the description of Kemp P. Battle Montgomery Ward Catalog Competition papers, 1915, 1962-1966. WorldCat record id: 56417388

Kemp Plummer Battle (1831-1919) of Chapel Hill and Raleigh, N.C., was a lawyer and president of the Chatham Railroad. He was active in state affairs during the Civil War and served as state treasurer and as University of North Carolina president, 1876-1891, and professor of history, 1891-1907. His father was William Horn Battle (1802-1879) of Louisburg, Raleigh, and Chapel Hill, who was a lawyer, legislator, judge of the North Carolina superior and supreme courts, and trustee and professor of law at the University of North Carolina. Kemp P. Battle's mother was Lucy Martin Plummer, daughter of a prominent family in Warren County, N.C.

Kemp P. Battle married his cousin, Martha Ann Battle (Pattie). Their son was William James Battle (1870-1955), University of North Carolina and Harvard student; professor of classics, dean, and acting president of the University of Texas, 1893-1917 and 1920-1955; and professor of classics at the University of Cincinnati, 1917-1920.

From the guide to the Kemp P. Battle Montgomery Ward Catalog Competition Papers, 1915, 1962-1966, (Southern Historical Collection)