Kilbourne, James Gilliam, 1828-1893.

Dates:
Birth 1828
Death 1893

Biographical notes:

James Gilliam Kilbourne, planter, jurist, Louisiana legislator, Confederate captain, and member of the law firm Fuqua and Kilbourne, was born in Hinds County, Miss. He moved to East Feliciana Parish, La., in 1838, attended Centenary College in Jackson, La., married Almena Leonora Perkins in 1851, and had ten children. The Kilbourne family resided in Clinton, La., at their residence Bonnie Burn.

From the description of James Gilliam Kilbourne correspondence, 1855-1859, 1865-1866. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 180878094

The Kilbourne family resided in Clinton, Louisiana, at their residence Bonnie Burn. James Gilliam Kilbourne, planter, jurist, Louisiana legislator, Confederate captain, and member of the law firm Fuqua and Kilbourne, was born in Hinds County, Mississippi, moved to East Feliciana Parish in 1838, attended Centenary College in Jackson, Louisiana, and married Almena Leonora Perkins in 1851.

They had ten children: Mary Octavia (1852-1881), James (1854-1924), Charles (1856-1937), Henry Gilliam (1858-1888), Lewis Perkins (1860-1912), Emma (b.1862), Susan Gilliam (1864-1913), Lillian (1868-1949). James became a doctor, Charles a teacher, newspaper editor, and jurist, Lewis a pharmacist, and Mary a teacher.

From the description of James Gilliam Kilbourne family collection, 1838-1899. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 244206276

The Kilbourne family resided in Clinton, Louisiana, at their residence Bonnie Burn. James Gilliam Kilbourne, planter, jurist, Louisiana legislator, and Confederate captain, was born in Hinds County, Mississippi, moved to East Feliciana Parish in 1838, attended Centenary College in Jackson, Louisiana, and married Almena Leonora Perkins in 1851.

They had ten children: Mary Octavia (1852-1881), James (1854-1924), Charles (1856-1937), Henry Gilliam (1858-1888), Lewis Perkins (1860-1912), Emma (b.1862), Susan Gilliam (1864-1913), Lillian (1868-1949), Almena Fuqua (1870-1961), Margaret Gayden (1873-1949). James became a doctor, Charles a teacher, newspaper editor, and jurist, Lewis a pharmacist, and Mary a teacher.

From the description of James Gilliam Kilbourne family papers, 1817, 1869-1939 (bulk 1869-1939). (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 244205880

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Subjects:

  • Actions and defenses
  • Education
  • American fiction
  • American poetry
  • Family life
  • Law offices
  • Postal service
  • Practice of law
  • Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)

Occupations:

  • Lawyers
  • Lawyers
  • Plantation owners

Places:

  • Clinton (La.) (as recorded)
  • Bonnie Burn Plantation (La.) (as recorded)
  • Louisiana--Baton Rouge (as recorded)
  • Louisiana (as recorded)
  • Louisiana--Clinton (as recorded)
  • Baton Rouge (La.) (as recorded)
  • Louisiana (as recorded)
  • Southern States (as recorded)
  • Jackson (La.) (as recorded)
  • Louisiana--East Feliciana Parish (as recorded)
  • Comite Plantation (La.) (as recorded)