Robert B. Kilbury
Robert B. Kilbury, farmer, P.O. Plain City, was born in Canaan Township April 22, 1846; he is the son of Asa and Ruth Kilbury, the former a native of Vermont and the latter of Ohio. Their nationality was Irish. They were among the early settlers of this county. Our subject has followed the occupation of farming through life; he is in politics a Republican; he is a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge at Plain City. He was married, April 12, 1868, to Rena, daughter of E. D. Smith, a son of Capt. E. C. Smith, and Lavina (Bailey) Smith. Mr. Kilbury has one daughter, Minnie, born June 19, 1869. His wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He resides four and a half miles south of Plain City, on the middle pike.
From HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY - W. H. Beers [Chicago, 1883]