Biographical Sketch of Perley W. Kilbourne, Johnson County, Missouri
Jefferson Township
>From "The History of Johnson County, Missouri," 
Kansas City Historical Co. 1881

PERLEY W. KILBOURNE,

P.O. Windsor, is among the enterprising and industrious citizens of the
township.  He was born August 8, 1832, in the state of Maine, and is of
Scottish ancestry.  His father and grandfather bore the name Thomas.
His mother's father was Maj. Samuel Warren, an officer in the army, and
a worthy citizen.  Dr. Wm.  Warren, of the same family, was a prominent
congregationalist minister, and was at one time District Agent of the
American Board of Missions.  The subject of this sketch was one of
eleven children, eight boys and three girls.  He was liberally educated
at the public schools of his old home.  On November 26, 1862, he was
united in holy wedlock to Miss Phebe J. Gould, a lady of high culture
and good family of North Bridgton, Maine.  She was born April 28, 1837.
They came to Missouri in December, 1869, and purchased, and improved
afterwards the very attractive and beautiful farm they now own in
section 27, township 44, range 24.  The residence stands upon a
beautiful elevation on the southern slope of High Point, overlooking a
vast country to the east and south.  The farming land is a very deep
soil of black limestone and can never be worn out, also never failing
springs burst from the ground in several places.  The land is very
productive and equal if not superior to any in the county for agronomy.
Around the handsome cottage grow thrifty forest trees and evergreens,
many of them have an astonishing rapid growth.   The fruit trees do
well.  This is close by the apex of High Point, about 8OO feet above the
Mississippi River at St. Louis, and is the second highest place in the
state.  The land is underlaid with coal veins from one to five feet.  In
fact, this is a superb place, and Mr. Kilbourne is still improving and
adding to the beauty of his hillside home.  In politics he is a
republican, and in religion he and his devoted wife are members of the
Windsor Congregational church. They stand high in their community, and
are among the leading and industrious citizens.

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