G. F. KILBURN
The Twelfth General Assembly convened in January, 1868. The ninth senatorial district was made up of Pottawattamie, Mills, Cass and Fremont, and J. P. Cassady, of Council Bluffs, was the senator. Galen F. Kilburn, of Adair, was the representative from the sixty-sixth district which was composed of the counties of Adair, Cass and Montgomery.
Galen F. Kilburn was a native of New Hampshire, and moved to Fontanelle, Adair county, from Des Moines, in the summer of 1858. He was an attorney, and entering on the practice of his profession, soon gained a considerable patronage. His principal business was the collection of debts, and in real estate transactions. He was a sociable gentleman and a most excellent citizen. He was married to a daughter of the Rev. Mr. Mather, but the estimable lady was burned to death by an explosion of kerosene in 1875. Shortly after this sad event, Mr. Kilburn removed from Adair county to Creston, Union county, where he died on the 29th of April, 1883. He served the county of Adair for two years in the treasurer's office.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 346.
