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Kilbourne-Kilbourn family of Worthington, Ohio

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  James Kilbourne (1770-1850) — of Worthington, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in New Britain, Hartford County, Conn., October 19, 1770. Democrat. Surveyor; merchant; U.S. Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1813-17; Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1820 (voted for James Monroe and Daniel D. Tompkins); member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1823. Episcopalian. Died April 9, 1850 (age 79 years, 172 days). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Church Burying Ground, Worthington, Ohio.
  Relatives: Son of Josiah Kilbourne and Anna (Neal) Kilbourne; married, November 8, 1789, to Lucy Fitch; married 1808 to Cynthia Goodale; father of Byron H. Kilbourn; grandfather of James Kilbourne (1842-1919); second cousin once removed of Charles H. Eastman; second cousin twice removed of Robert Cleveland Usher; second cousin four times removed of James Warren Driver; third cousin of John Taintor, Roger Taintor, Solomon Taintor and Jonathan Stratton; third cousin once removed of John Adams Taintor and Henry G. Taintor; third cousin twice removed of Lemuel Stetson, Samuel Lount Kilbourne and George Eastman; third cousin thrice removed of Warren Walter Rich and Charles Dudley Kilbourn; fourth cousin of Jonathan Brace, Samuel Clesson Allen and Greene Carrier Bronson; fourth cousin once removed of Gold Selleck Silliman, Benjamin Silliman, Thomas Kimberly Brace, Theodore Davenport, Millard Fillmore, Eliphalet Adams Bulkeley, Elisha Hunt Allen and William Alfred Buckingham.
  Political family: Kilbourne-Kilbourn family of Worthington, Ohio (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Byron H. Kilbourn (1801-1870) — of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis. Born in Granby, Hartford County, Conn., September 8, 1801. Democrat. Mayor of Milwaukee, Wis., 1848-49, 1854-55. Died in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis., December 16, 1870 (age 69 years, 99 days). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
  Relatives: Son of Lucy (Fitch) Kilbourn and James Kilbourne (1770-1850); married, December 25, 1827, to Mary Henrietta Cowles; married, June 15, 1838, to Henrietta Maria Karrick; uncle of James Kilbourne (1842-1919); third cousin of Charles H. Eastman; third cousin once removed of John Taintor, Roger Taintor, Solomon Taintor, Jonathan Stratton and Robert Cleveland Usher; third cousin thrice removed of James Warren Driver; fourth cousin of John Adams Taintor and Henry G. Taintor; fourth cousin once removed of Jonathan Brace, Samuel Clesson Allen, Greene Carrier Bronson, Lemuel Stetson, Samuel Lount Kilbourne and George Eastman.
  Political family: Kilbourne-Kilbourn family of Worthington, Ohio (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Samuel Lount Kilbourne (1838-1925) — also known as Samuel L. Kilbourne — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Ontario, April 15, 1838. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for mayor of Lansing, Mich., 1885; member of Michigan Gold Democratic Party State Executive Committee, 1899; member of Michigan Gold Democratic State Central Committee, 1899. Died June 11, 1925 (age 87 years, 57 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Henry Kilbourn and Susan (Hughes) Kilbourne; married, March 8, 1862, to Frances Louisa Burchard; married, November 5, 1874, to Cornelia W. Truax; third cousin once removed of Charles Dudley Kilbourn; third cousin twice removed of James Kilbourne; fourth cousin of Lemuel Stetson; fourth cousin once removed of Millard Fillmore and Byron H. Kilbourn.
  Political family: Kilbourne-Kilbourn family of Worthington, Ohio (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
James Kilbourne James Kilbourne (1842-1919) — of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, October 9, 1842. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; founder and president, Kilbourne & Jacobs Manufacturing Co., maker of wheelbarrows; director, Columbus, Hocking Valley & Toledo Railway; director, Hayden-Clinton National Bank; president, Columbus Children's Hospital; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1892, 1896, 1900 (delegation chair); candidate for Governor of Ohio, 1901. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion; Sons of the American Revolution. Died in Worthington, Franklin County, Ohio, April 24, 1919 (age 76 years, 197 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Lincoln Goodale Kilbourne and Jane (Evans) Kilbourne; married, October 3, 1869, to Anna Bancroft Wright; nephew of Byron H. Kilbourn; grandson of James Kilbourne (1770-1850); third cousin once removed of Charles H. Eastman; third cousin twice removed of John Taintor, Roger Taintor, Solomon Taintor and Jonathan Stratton; third cousin thrice removed of David Sears; fourth cousin of Robert Cleveland Usher; fourth cousin once removed of John Adams Taintor and Henry G. Taintor.
  Political family: Kilbourne-Kilbourn family of Worthington, Ohio (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, August 1901

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