Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography

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Kieffer, Henry Martyn – Kille, Joseph

Kieffer, Henry Martyn

clergyman, author, was born in 1845 in Pennsylvania. He is a German reformed clergyman of Norristown, and subsequently of Easton, Pa.; and the author of The Recollections of a Drummer Boy.

Kieffer, Moses

clergyman, college president, was born May 5, 1814, in Letterkenny, Pa. In 1855 he became president of Heidelberg college of Tiffin, Ohio, which post he held till 1864, serving as professor in the theological department from 1855 till 1867. He is now a pastor in Gettysburg, Pa.

Kieft, Wilhelm

was the third governor of New York.

Kiekhoefer, H. J

educator, clergyman, college president, was born Aug. 10, 1849, in Germany. He attended the Galesville university, in which institution he subsequently filled the chair of ancient languages. He also attended the North Western college of Naperville, Ill., of which institution he is now president and professor of intellectual and moral philosophy. For many years he filled the chair of systematic theology in the Union Biblical institute.

Kiernan, James Lawlor

soldier, educator, journalist, physician, surgeon, was born in 1837, in New York city. He was appointed brigadier-general of volunteers in 1863. He served as surgeon of the United States pension bureau; and after the war became United States consul to Chin Kiang, China. He died Nov. 26, 1869, in New York city.

Kilbourn, James

merchant, manufacturer, clergyman, state legislator, congressman, was born Oct. 19, 1770, in New Britain, Conn. From 1813 to 1817 he was a representative in congress from Ohio.

In 1823 he was elected to the Ohio legislature, serving on fourteen committees; and was re-elected in 1838. He died April 24, 1850, in Worthington, Ohio.

Kilbourne, James R

manufacturer, state legislator, was born Dec. 24, 1870, in Columbus, Ohio. He is a successful manufacturer of Columbus, Ohio, and was elected and served with distinction as a member of the seventy-second general assembly of Ohio.

Kilbourne, John

author, publisher, was born Aug. 7, 1787, in Berlin, Conn.

He published a Gazetteer of Vermont, a Gazetteer of Ohio, a map of Ohio, a volume of Public Documents Concerning the Ohio Canals; and a School Geography.

He died March 12, 1831, in Columbus, Ohio.

Kilbourne, Payne Kenyon

journalist, author, was born July 26, 1815, in Litchfield, Conn. He was a journalist of Connecticut and the author of The Skeptic and Other Poems, History of the County of Litchfield; and Chronicles of Litchfield. He died July 19, 1859, in Litchfield, Conn.

KILBURN, CHARLES LAWRENCE, soldier, was born Aug. 9, 1819, in Lawrenceville, Pa. He served with distinction through the civil war; was brevetted brigadier-general; and retired from active service in 1882.

Kilgore, Damon Young

lawyer, author, was born in 1827. He was a lawyer of Philadelphia, and the author of Dangers Which Threaten the Republic; and Questions of the Day. He died in 1888.

Kilgore, Daniel

congressman, was born in Virginia. During 1835-39 he was a representative in congress from Ohio.

He died Dec. 12, 1851, in New York.

Kille, Joseph

congressman, was born in New Jersey. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1839 to 1841,

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