Excerpt from The Family Memorial: A History and Genealogy of the Kilbourn Family, in the United States and Canada From the Year 1635 to the Present Time, Including Extracts From the Ancient Records, Copies of Old' Wills, Biographical Sketches, Epitaphs, Anecdotes, Etc;, With an Engraving The printing of this volume was commenced in 1845, and has necessarily progressed slowly, in consequence of the dif ficulties and delays in obtaining authentic materials, occasion ed often by the tardiness of correspondents and the indifference of those who Should have been interested in the matter. The author takes pleasure in commending it to those for whom it is especially designed - the kilbourn Family of America. Though he cannot flatter himself that his work is destitute of errors, he still believes it to be freer from them that the gener ality of books of the kind. He would here express his ac knowledgments to the Hon. James kilbourne, of Worthing ton, Ohio austin kilbourn and geo: goodwin, Esqrs., of Hartford, Conn. Maj. Edward kilbourne, of Fort Madison, Iowa Hon. Ira kilburn, of Lawrenceville, Pa; Rev. Wm. S. Porter, of Farmington, Conn., and others, for their valna ble assistance in collecting genealogical and other facts. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.