JOHN F. KILBURY

    John F. Kilbury, a farmer, was born in Canaan Township, Madison County, Ohio, in 1834, and is a son of Thomas and Martha (Finch) Kilbury, both natives of Vermont, who joined the pioneer settlements of Madison County at an early time.  His wife died after bearing him eight children, seven of whom survive.  He was again united to Mrs. Polly Somers, widow of James Somers, by whom he had five children.  Three by this union are living, and the respected and aged pioneer is at this time, 1882, in the eighty-sixth year of his age.  The subject of this sketch was reared on the homestead, and when nearly of age moved to Franklin County, Ohio, where he was married December 1856, to Miss Lydia A., daughter of Jonathan Norton, a native of Franklin County. Three years afterward, he returned to Madison County, and in 1866 purchased the land of his present farm, seventy acres, upon which he settled, and has since made it his home. He is connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church of Plain City, and has a family of seven children, all of whom are living, viz.: George E., Della J., Laura, Annette, John S., James S. and Charles F.