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BIOGRAPHIES
(Transcribed by Sharon Wick)
 Source:
History of Ashland County, Ohio
with Illustrations and Biographical
Sketches,
by George William Hill, M.D. -
Published by Williams Bros.
-1880 -
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Lake Twp. -
HENRY KAYLER, was born in Ellsos, France,
in 1790, came to America in 1829, and first settled in New York,
where he remained seven years, when he moved to Holmes county,
Ohio, where he bought a farm and remained until his death, which
occurred in 1813. He was the father of eight children, all
of whom are living.Source:
History of Ashland County, Ohio with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches, by George William Hill, M.D. - Published
by Williams Bros. 1880 - Page 288 |
Lake Twp. -
JACOB KAYLER, son of Henry Kayler,
was born in Ellsos, France, in 1823, and came to America with
his father, and first settled in Ashland county in 1846.
He was a distiller by trade and was engaged in that business
twenty years, but gave it up on account of the Rebellion, and
has since been engaged in farming. In 1842 he married
Charlotte Hans, a native of Baier, Germany. He has
been township trustee two terms, supervisor four terms, and
school director fourteen years; is a member of the old Lutheran
church, in which he has been trustee for ten years. When
he commenced life he had comparatively nothing, but by industry
and economy, has accumulated a large fortune and is highly
respected by all who know him. In politics he is a
Democrat. He is the father of ten children, viz.:
Jacob H., who died when twenty-three years old; George
who married Sallie Long; Matilda C., who is the wife of
John Wolf; John, who married Sarah Rominger; Daniel
who died when six years old; Emeline, Adam, Solomon
(deceased), Charlotte M., Jonas P. (deceased0.
Source:
History of Ashland County, Ohio with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches, by George William Hill, M.D. - Published
by Williams Bros. 1880 - Page 288 |
JAMES
KILGORE, was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania,
Dec. 21, 1795. He removed, with his parents, to Fairfield
county, Ohio, in Dec., 1809, when about fourteen years of age.
In 1810, his father located in Franklin county, on Alum creek,
about two miles east of the present site of Columbus. He
resided in a cabin, at this point, when the city of Columbus was
surveyed and numbered in lots, and helped erect the first cabin,
in 1811. This cabin was owned by Adam Hare, and
stood on the corner of Broad and High streets. The
Kilgores helped cut the trees and roll the logs on Broad and
High streets, and hauled the stone for the foundation of the old
capitol building from Black Lick, nine miles east of Columbus.
In 1812, after the surrender of General Hull at
Detroit, a great panic took place in the county of Delaware, and
extended to Franklin, resulting from what was then known as
Drake's defeat, in the southern part of what is now Marion
county. Captain Drake was leading a new company of
pioneer settles from Delaware county, to recruit some advanced
station near Upper Sandusky, to prevent surprise by the Indians,
then largely in the interest of the British. By way of
testing the courage and steadiness of the new troops, after the
company had encamped, and placed a guard about the camp, and
retired to rest, the captain managed to send out a few soldiers,
who were to return from the forest in a short time, crying,
"Indians! Indians!" and fire in quick succession, and thus
arouse the soldiers from their slumber. In due time the
false alarm took place. The new soldiers were greatly
terrified, many taking the back track, and giving the alarm all
along the road to Delaware, while the settlers immediately
became panic-stricken, and, almost in a body, fled toward the
settlements in Franklinton and Chillicothe. John
Bickel, who was engaged on the upper branches of the Scioto,
six miles above Columbus, in the milling business, and others in
the neighborhood, fled to Franklinton, then the capital of the
State, to the stockade. A requisition was immediately made
for the service of all able-bodied men and youth, who were
notified to report for duty at the stockade. James
Kilgore, then about seventeen years of age, took his
father's old gun and obeyed the call. In crossing the
Scioto, at a ford near the site of the present National bridge,
he overtook a woman and three children on their way to the
stockade. He remained at the stockade a few weeks on guard
duty, and when the excitement over the Drake stampede had
subsided, southern Ohio and Kentucky having sent forward a large
number of troops, to recruit the army of the northwest, he
returned home. At the close of the war, the Kilgores
reoccupied their old cabin on Alum creek, and continued their
improvements for six or eight years.
After Columbus became the fixed capital of the State,
the growth of the new city was quite rapid. The
Kilgores participated in its improvement, and Mr. James
Kilgore often stated that he saw the erection of the first
cabin, in what is now the most valuable part of the city, and if
nature had endowed him with a sufficient foresight, he might
have owned some of the most valuable locations. Like
General Cass (when asked how he made so much real estate in
Detroit, responded: "Buy a farm, young man, and have them build
a city on it"), he long since felt that the only mistake that he
did not purchase in the city, instead of in Ashland county.
In 1818, he located in Stark county, where he married in 1821.
In 1827, he purchased a half-quarter of land, then in Richland,
but now of Ashland county, and removed to it, and continued to
reside there until his decease.
In 1873 he had the misfortune to lose, by death, his
excellent lady. She deceased at the age of seventy-six
years. At the time of her death their family consisted of
one son and five daughters. One son fell in the battle of
Chickamauga, in the war of 1862-5. The other, Silas,
lives on the homestead, and with whom the old gentleman resided
at the time of his demise, July 4, 1878. Mr. Kilgore
is believed to have been a member of the Presbyterian church for
more than fifty years. In politics he was an old time Whig
of the strictest order. He was in full possession of all
his faculties to the last, and was very fond of relating his
pioneer experiences. Upon the organization of the Ashland
County Pioneer and Historical society he became an active
member, and retained a high regard for the society. Thus
one by one, the pioneers pass away. May their exemplary
lives and great sacrifices long impress the rising generation. Peace to their ashes.
Source:
History of Ashland County, Ohio with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches, by George William Hill, M.D. - Published
by Williams Bros. 1880 - Page 232 |
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