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CS71 .K483 1970 |
LCNO |
75-112738 |
Summary |
Part I of the Descendants of Austin and Alice Kilham covers the direct line descendants of Austin and Alice. In addition, it contains photographs of people and houses, important biographical dates, several family trees, and information and stories about the direct line descendants it covers. Related families named Betts, Bridge, Chadwick, Chilton, Coffin, Gookin, Myrack (McMerrick), and Winslow are also included in Part I. Part II contains mainly charts of all the descendants of Alice and Austin Kilham who are not direct line descendants. There are forty seven charts total in Part II with family trees including names, births, marriages, and deaths. Part II also includes short biographies of two family members and a photograph of Horace Wilson Killam. Part I has thorough descriptions of some of the members it covers, especially influential figures. One such figure was Daniel Kilham, who was born in Wenham in 1753 and graduated from Harvard College in 1777. He studied medicine with Edward Augustus Holyoke, an early innovator of smallpox inoculations and vaccinations who lived to one hundred years old. Kilham became an apothecary in Newburyport and befriended the future president John Quincy Adams, who praised Kilham in a letter to his mother. In addition to his work in medicine, Kilham was also a founding member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences, a member of both brances of the state legislature and on the governor's council. He then returned to Wenham and became an active member of the Committee of Correspondence and Committee of Safety as well as a representative to the General Court. Ill health forced his retirement from public service, but he continued working on his orchard until his death in 1841. Joseph Chadwick Kilham was born in 1846 in Beverly and worked his way up the banking corporate ladder, eventually earning $1,200 per year by 1868. He quit because he believed indoor life was having an adverse effect on his health and headed west to seek his fortune. Kilham failed to obtain that fortune until returning to Beverly, but claimed to be the first white man to discover Yellowstone Park's Mammoth Spring. He worked as a shoe manufacturer in Beverly and became very successful. After his retirement, he served as director of Beverly Hospital, Beverly Public Library, Beverly National Bank, and The United Shoe Machinery Corporation. In spite of his tremendous professional success, Kilham always made time for outdoor activities such walking, hunting, fishing, and canoeing. He walked daily to woods and swamps miles around and became very knowledgeable about local plants and animals, especially flowers. He also visited Heald Pond in Jackman, Maine every year with friends and family for a lengthy respite from his indoor work. His time outdoors may have contributed to his health after all, as he lived to age ninety. Another prominent Kilham was Dr. Eleanor B. Kilham, who described her experiences as a World War 1 civilian medic in Letters from France 1915-1919. |
Object Name |
Book |
Author |
Austin D. Kilham and Fannie M. Clark |
Title |
Notes on the Descendants of Austin and Alice Kilham and Related Families Part I |
Publisher |
Bailey Printing |
Published Date |
March 1, 1970 |
Catalog Number |
CS71 .K483 1970 |
People |
Kilham, Austin D. Clark, Fannie M. Kilham, Alice Kilham, Austin Kilham, Eleanor B. Killam, Horace Wilson Kilham, Daniel Holyoke, Edward Augustus Adams, John Quincy Kilham, Joseph Chadwick Betts Bridge Chadwick Chilton Coffin Gookin Myrack (McMerrick) Kilham, Louisa Bridge Kilham, Abraham Conant, Hannah Fisk Kilham, Charles Abraham Kilham, Austin Daniel Chadwick, Susan Coffin Kilham, Daniel Abraham Kilham, Charles Harrington Kilham, Florence Kilham, Mary Bridge Kilham, Elizabeth Helen Kilham, Bessie Lovett Kilham, Henrietta Bridge |
Search Terms |
Genealogy Part I Part II Family Tree Photographs 8 Thorndike Street Cabot-Lee-Kilham House Doctor Apothecary Smallpox Inoculation Vaccination Centenarian Harvard College Wenham, Massachusetts Newburyport, Massachusetts President Academy of Arts and Sciences State Legislature Governor's Council Committee of Correspondence Committee of Safety General Court Bank Teller Yellowstone Park Mammoth Spring Beverly Hospital Beverly Public Library Beverly National Bank The United Shoe Machinery Corporation USMC Outdoor Life Hiking Woods Hunting Fishing Heald Pond Jackman, Maine World War 1 Civilian Medic |
Accession number |
CS71 .K483 |
Spine Label |
Kilham |