of near Toronto, Ontario, Canada · documented from the public record
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Samuel L. Kilbourne b. 1839
parentsJoseph H. Kilbourne
Samuel L. Kilbourne⚭ Frances L. Burchard, Nina W. Truax
childrenMary L. Kilbourne
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Hon. Samuel L. Kilbourne of Lansing, Michigan.
Born April 15, 1839 near Toronto, Canada.
Lawyer.
Studied at Agricultural College 1857-58, graduated law dept.
Michigan University 1860.
Editor of the Lansing State Journal (1861), Clerk of the Supreme Court 1864-65, twice City Attorney of Lansing, elected to State Legislature fall 1874.
Author of the liquor tax law.
Married Frances L. Burchard March 8, 1862 (she died 1872).
Married Nina W. Truax of Lansing November 5, 1874.
One child, Mary L. Kilbourne, by first marriage.
None by second.
Source: Representative Men of Michigan (biographical).
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