James Kilbourne was an American

United States

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 surveyor and politician from Ohio

Ohio

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Kilbourne was born in New Britain, Connecticut

New Britain, Connecticut

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, and moved his family to Ohio in 1803, when he founded the city of Worthington, Ohio

Worthington, Ohio

-Dissolution of the Company:By August 11, 1804 the plat maps were completed, payments or notes promising payments collected and deeds prepared for all sixteen thousand acres of the Scioto Company's purchase...

. In 1805 he was appointed United States surveyor of public lands. During the War of 1812

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, Kilbourne served as colonel

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 of a frontier

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 regiment

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In 1991, Worthington Kilbourne High School

Worthington Kilbourne High School

Worthington Kilbourne High School is located in Columbus, Ohio and is part of the Worthington City School District. The school had an enrollment of approximately 1,357 students in the 2009-2010 school year. Kilbourne was named after James Kilbourne, the founder of the city of Worthington. The...

 and Kilbourne Middle School, named after James Kilbourne, opened in the Worthington City School District

Worthington City School District

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Kilbourne was elected as a Democratic-Republican

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 to two terms in the United States House of Representatives

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, representing Ohio's fifth district from 1813 to 1817. He was also a member of the Ohio House of Representatives

Ohio House of Representatives

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 in 1823, 1824, 1838 and 1839.

Ohio Presidential elector in 1820 for James Monroe

James Monroe

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He was the father of Byron Kilbourn

Byron Kilbourn

Byron Kilbourn was an American surveyor, railroad executive, and politician who was an important figure in the founding of Milwaukee, Wisconsin....

, also a surveyor, who was a founder and mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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