James Gilliam Kilbourne family papers, 1817, 1869-1939 (bulk 1869-1939).

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James Gilliam Kilbourne family papers, 1817, 1869-1939 (bulk 1869-1939).

Collection consists of letters, newspaper clippings, writings, and, bills, receipts, and miscellaneous documents. Letters to Almena Kilbourne from her children relate local and family news. Newspaper clippings of family members' accomplishments and deaths, poems, musical compositions, and short stories by Margaret G. K. Breedlove, and items relating to the succession of Peter Gilliam, are included. Commencement addresses given by J.G. Kilbourne at Silliman Female Institute, Clinton, and Millwood Institute, Jackson, Louisiana, and a bibliography of the Kilbourne library are also included.

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Kilbourne, Almena Leonora Perkins.

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Silliman Female Collegiate Institute (Clinton, La.)

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Kilbourne, James Gilliam, 1828-1893.

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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. (Lou...

Kilburn family.

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Gilliam, Peter.

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Millwood Institute (Jackson, La.)

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