Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Kilgore, James W. 1822 - about 1891
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

JAMES W. KILGORE.

   James W. Kilgore was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, October 23, 1822.
He came to Carroll county, Indiana, in 1846. He formed a partnership with
William Dunkle, and manufactured plows, wagons and other agricultural implements
for many years. This firm constructed a portable engine, one of the first in use
in this country.

   Mr. Kilgore served as county commissioner in 1880. He was married to Mrs.
Mary A. Witherow, April 7, 1852, Three sons were born to this union.   He died
about twenty-five years ago.


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HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana

CHAPTER IX.
BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF DECEASED PIONEERS OF CARROLL COUNTY.


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