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Note for: Capt. Daniel Abraham Kilham, 18 Jul 1840 - 26 Jan 1915 Index

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Model of a sailing ship was made by Capt. D. A. Kilham and given to Austin Daniel Kilham (b.1890). It is now owned by Alfred Chadwick Kilham (b. 1920). Walter Kilham Sr. took down the story of Daniel A. Kilham and wrote up "The Recollections of Daniel Abraham Kilham." The original typed copy is owned by Walter H. Kilham, Jr. (b. 1904); a copy (Deposit No. 3230) is deposited in the Manuscript Dept. in Alderman Library, Charlottesville, Va.

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Note for: Lucy Kilham, ABT 1844 - Index

Nickname: Lizzie

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Note for: Hannah Fisk Conant, 27 Aug 1822 - 17 May 1921 Index

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Hannah Fisk Conant (Aunt Hannah) was born in Andover Aug. 27, 1822 d. May 17, 1921. She was the daughter of Major Nathaniel Conant, a descendant of Roger Conant, founder of Salem in 1623 (see his statue near Common in Salem) and of Elizabeth Kilham Conant (daughter of Major Jonathan Dodge, Jr., by his wife Rebecca Kilham, 107). Hannah was widowed with a comfortable inheritance at age 43 and raised her six children in the old Cabot-Lee-Kilham House on Cabot Street in Beverly. “Aunt Hannah” will always be remembered by her family and friends in her white cap and dress, the object of the devoted care of her daughters, in the fine old mansion and beautiful garden where she presided until her death at age 99.

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Note for: Mary Bridge Kilham, 14 Feb 1849 - 28 Sep 1922 Index

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Mary Bridge Kilham attended Wheaton College, studied art in Boston, was contralto soloist with Boston Orotorio Society, and taught music and art in Beverly.

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Note for: Anna Fisk Kilham, 10 Apr 1851 - 18 Sep 1925 Index

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The family housekeeper; plump and cheerful.

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Note for: Charles Austin Kilham, 18 Dec 1853 - 21 Jun 1916 Index

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Charles was a member of the firm of Carter, Carter & Kilham and later President of Armstrong Manufacturing Co., both in Boston and both concerned with drugs and chemicals .

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Note for: Bessie Lovett Kilham, 24 Dec 1855 - 14 Apr 1916 Index

Nickname: Betsey

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Attended Wheaton; was a tutor and member of the Beverly School Board and the most dominant of the sisters.

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Note for: Elizabeth Helen Kilham, 12 Feb 1858 - 25 Nov 1953 Index

Nickname: Lizzie

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Had a kindergarten at 115 Cabot Street and later did tutorial work. She was the last of this large family to die and in later years was a close friend of her cousin Frances Rogers Kilham.

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Note for: Henrietta Bridge Kilham, 24 Dec 1862 - 31 Dec 1944 Index

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She was the first woman court stenographer in Essex County, which position her mother forced her to resign, in an era when teaching was considered the only calling for a woman; consequently she did tutorial work. Later became a Christian Scientist.

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Note for: Henry Austin Dodge, 23 Sep 1846 - 23 Jan 1901 Index

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Henry Austin Dodge, Sr., was the son of Albert Dodge and Olive Fairfield Dodge. He lived much of the time in the south, joined the Confederate Army accompanied by a black and tan dog and a colored boy to attend him. After the war he returned to the north where he completed his education and married his cousin. His married years were spent in Norfolk County, Virginia, and Elizabeth City, N. C., where he was in the lumber business.