You might also try the quilt museum in LaConner
https://www.qfamuseum.org/
Mostly my quilt ladies were here on the western side, but they of course did know folks and have relations on the eastern side of the state too. I'll bring it up next Tuesday.
Kemp is a pretty common name out here... Bellingham the wrong side (western) but Metaline Falls more likely to go with the otehrs.
edit if in time: My aunt's second husband after her first passed, was a Kemp!