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THOMAS B. KILGORE Biography


THOMAS B KILGORE, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec 26; P.O. Lexington; born in Franklin Co., Ohio, 
March 23, 1840, where he resided until 1867, removing to Illinois in March of that year, locating 
in Lawndale Township, this county. Mr. Kiser has served as Superintendent three terms, and has held 
other minor offices; owns 480 acres of farm lands in Lawndale Township. Married in April, 1867, to 
Miss Mary E BATTERTON, who was born in Lawndale Township; her father, Martin BATTERTON, was one of 
the early settlers; three children by this union -- John M. and Maud B. Mr. Kilgore enlisted in Co. K, 
1st Ohio C., in August, 861, and served until the expiration of his term of service, and was mustered 
out in October, 1864; he participated in the following battles: Corinth, Perryville, Stone River, 
Chickamauga, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach-tree Creek, Atlanta and many other 
skirmishes. Member of Bethesda Lodge, No. 661, A., F. & A. M., at Potosi.