The Kilbourne Family

of Ingham County, Michigan · from Bennington, Vermont · documented from the public record

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Joseph H. Kilbourne

childrenSamuel L. Kilbourne

Source: Representative Men of Michigan

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Father of Hon. Samuel L. Kilbourne.
Native of Bennington, Vermont.
Removed to Canada before the Patriot War.
Active partisan captured and imprisoned by the British at Toronto.
Escaped in disguise and crossed the river to Detroit.
Later resided at Okemos, Ingham County, Michigan.
Twice a member of a Legislature and instrumental in getting the state capital moved to Lansing.
Wife (name not given) was a native of Bennington, Vermont.

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