Kenton County KyArchives Biographies.....Spilman, James March 7, 1830 - 
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Author: The Biographical Encyclopaedia of Kentucky, J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878, Cincinnati, Ohio

James Spilman, Merchant and Banker, was born, March 7, 1830, in Culpeper County,
Virginia, and is the son of George and Elizabeth (Norris) Spilman. His parents
were both Virginians. His father followed agricultural pursuits, and moved, with
his family, to Kenton County, Kentucky, in 1843. James Spilman received a good
English education, and, at the age of seventeen, began clerking in a store in
Covington, where he has since resided, and taken a position among its most
enterprising and successful business men. In 1871, he organized the German
National Bank, which is still under his management. From 1862 to 1871, he was a
Director in the Northern Bank of Kentucky; was City Treasurer in 1856, '57, and
'58; has been actively identified with the best interests of his community; is
an earnest working member of the Presbyterian Church, and is one of the most
influential and enterprising members of the community. Mr. Spilman was married,
March 4, 1845, to Arabella S. Chowning, daughter of John Chowning, of Harrison
County, Kentucky. He has five children. 


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