John Kilgore
John Kilgore, a native of Westmoreland County Penn., with his wife Jane and his family, emigrated to Ohio, and settled in Ross County in 1797; thence, about 1809, they removed to Madison County and settled on Three-Mile Run, about one and a half miles west of Big Darby, where he died soon after. His wife subsequently moved to Union County, where she remained till her death at an advanced age. Their children were as follows: Thomas, who was eighteen years of age when they settled in Madison County, and here in 1812 he married Jane Patterson, who was born in Botetourt County, Va., October 8, 1792, they settled on the place where his son Harvey now resides, and here remained till his death, February 11, 1872, aged eighty-one years. His wife died June 3, 1862. They had eleven children, six now survive. Those deceased were William, Eliza, Rebecca, Sarah and Lucinda; and those living are John, who married Maloney Beach, William, married Mary Boyd; Harvey, married Judith Sherwood; Simeon, married Elizabeth Cary, and resides in Union County, Ohio; Elizabeth, married Chauncey Leach, and resides in Franklin County; and Rebecca, married Jacob Taylor. Mr. Thomas Kilgore lived a long and useful life in Canaan Township, having at the time of his death, been a resident here over threescore years and on the same farm where he first settled. He was one of the true pioneers, and performed his full share in developing the country and bringing it from its primeval state to its present beautiful condition. He was a man of great moral worth and integrity of character, and had a great influence in molding the general character of the community, both politically and religiously, as during his life he held most of the offices of importance and trust in his township, and religiously had been a devoted member of the Methodist Church from his young manhood, or a period of sixty years. His example before his family and the community was one worthy of admiration and imitation. And of his consort we may add, she possessed all the many virtues of kindness and religious devotion which rendered her a true helpmeet; and their lives were a true blessing to their family and community, and have left behind them recollections of esteem and respect not soon to be forgotten. Of the other children of John Kilgore, James, married and moved to Missouri, where he died; Jane, married Thomas Patterson, and settled in Illinois, where they died; John, removed West, where he died unmarried; and Betsey, married Judge Dodge, who died and she is now a widow residing at Marysville, Union County, Ohio.
From History of Madison County - W. H. Beers [Chicago, 1883]
John Kilgore, a native of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, emigrated, with his wife Jane and family, to Ohio and settled, as was the usual custom of emigrants to this portion of the state of Ohio, in Ross county in 1797; thence, albout 1809, they removed to Madison county and settled on Three-Mile run, about one and a half miles west of Big Darby, where he died soon afterwards. His wife subsequently moved to Union county, where she remained until her death, at an advanced age. Thomas Kilgore, their eldest son, was about eighteen years old when the family settled on Three-Mile run. In 1812 he married Jane Patterson, who was born in Botetourt county, Virginia, October 8, 1792; they settled in Canaan township, on the Kilgore farm, and here remained until their deaths. He died at the advanced age of eighty-one, February 11, 1872; his wife died on June 3, 1862. They were the parents of eleven children: William, Eliza, Rebecca, Sarah, Lucinda; John, who married Maloney Beach; William, who married Mary Boyd; Harvey, who married Judith Sherwood; Simeon, who married Elizabeth Cary; Elizabeth, who married Chauncey Beach, and Rebecca, who married Jacob Taylor. Thomas Kilgore lived a long and useful life in Canaan township, having been, at the time of his death, a resident of that township for over three score years and on the same farm on which he first settled. He was one of the true pioneers and did his share nobly in the development of the county. He was a man of great moral worth and character and exerted a great influence in molding the general character of the community, both politically and religiously, as during his lifetime he held most of the important offices of trust within the gift of the people of the township, and, religiously, had been a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal church from his manhood. His example before his family and community was one worthy of admiration and imitation.
From History of Madison County, Ohio, Chester E. Bryan, Supervising Editor, B.F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis (1915)