BIO:  D. P. Kilmore, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Fairview Township, Pg 98

D. P. KILMORE was born in Fairview Township, February 12, 1836, son of Joseph and 
Eve (Peterman) Kilmore, also natives of the same township, and parents of the 
following children:  Henry, David P., Mary J., John (deceased), Susanna, Adeline 
(deceased), Joseph, William and Elizabeth (deceased).  His great-grandfather 
Kilmore, came from Germany at an early date to America, settling in Adams County, 
Penn., and engaged in farming.  He was a member of the Lutheran Church and a 
soldier in the Revolutionary war.  Subject’s grandfather, David Kilmore, was born 
in 1767, in Adams County, Penn.; followed farming chiefly, owning 200 acres of 
land in Fairview Township, and died in 1853.  He was a member of the Lutheran 
Church, and in politics a Democrat.  Joseph Kilmore, subject’s father, followed 
farming all his life, and owned a farm of 136 acres in Fairview Township.  He was 
a Democrat and a member of the Lutheran Church.  D. P. Kilmore, at the age of 
twenty-two years, began farming for himself, and has since followed that 
occupation.  In 1872 he bought a farm of 115 acres in Fairview Township, where he 
now resides.  In 1864, he married Sarah J. Nailor, daughter of Jacob Nailor, of 
Fairview Township.  They have two children, Ira J. and Ray.  Mrs. Kilmore is a 
member of the Church of God.  Mr. Kilmore is a Democrat and has held several 
township offices.