Biography of Thomas Kilbury
From HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY
W. H. Beers [Chicago, 1883]
Page 1077
THOMAS KILBURY, farmer, P.O. Plain City, was born in Windom county, Vt., July 16, 1797, and emigrated to Ohio at the age of seventeen years. He commenced blacksmithing with his father, Richard Kilbury, who was a blacksmith, and continued in it until about 1847, when he turned his entire attention to farming. On February 3, 1820, he married Martha B. Finch, who was born in New York State October 16, 1800, and died in Madison County, December 18, 1840. Ten children blest this union, viz.: Ira, born March 25, 1821; Richard, born July 21, 1823, and died in infancy; Orson, born April 19, 1825; Armenius, born June 12, 1827; Thomas T., born June 6, 1830; Sarah H., born September 10, 1832; John F., born November 28, 1835; James M., born January 25, 1837, died August 16, 1880; Thomas McD, born May 5, 1839, died July 22, 1840; and Martha M., born December 11, 1841. On the 15th of March, 1842, Mr. Kilbury married for his second wife Polly (Clark) Summers, daughter of Thomas and Rachel (Harris) Clark, and widow of James Summers, deceased. She was born in this county August 22, 1819, and by her first marriage had one child, Ruth, born October 18, 1838. By her marriage to Mr. Kilbury, five children were born, namely: Isaac, born December 9, 1842, died October 22, 1863; Emily O., born December 1, 1844; William H., born October 10, 1847; Levi A., born November 3, 1849; and Onina, born November 28, 1853, died July 21, 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Kilbury are members of the church, he of the Christian and she of the Baptist. In his farm operations, he has been very successful, and as a reward for his well-directed labor, he now has 150 acres of land in Franklin County, 151 in Union County, and 523 in Madison County. He is a Republican, and has filled several township offices. A singular incident in the history of this family is that the father and all the brothers of Mr. Kilbury were blacksmiths, and all the sisters married blacksmiths with one exception.
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Fall Genealogy Seminar
For anyone in your area who is interested in genealogy that they are invited to
the Annual Fall Seminar of Ohio Chapter Palatines to America:
Researching German Immigration in the 18th Century
Columbus, Ohio, Saturday, October 16, 2010, 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
Ramada Hotel and Conference Center
Four presentations by Marianne S. Wokeck, Ph.D., on Indentured Servitude
and Immigration to America in the 18th Century
Renowned author of Trade in Strangers
Registration Fee $45; Ohio Chapter PalAm Members Discounted Fee $39; Students ages 17-21 $20
Includes morning coffee or tea, Lunch and Gratuity.
Deadline October 4, 2010; For Late Registration add $5.
The seminar is the Culmination of German Heritage Week in Columbus
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Richard E. Hartle,
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