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GEORGE MILBOURN. There are few more worthy of honorable mention in this biographical work than the subject of this memoir. While he has not achieved what the world calls greatness, he has gained the highest regard of his townsmen, and those with whom he is intimately associated. He is the son of Jacob Milbourn, a native of Virginia, born in 1792. Jacob first moved to Ohio, settling in Carroll county, and thence to Columbiana county. He was for some time foreman of the Davis mills, after which he purchased the Chambersburgh mills. Mr. Milbourn was a whig in politics. He was married in 1823 to Miss Marie Monohan, a native of Carroll county, Ohio. She was a member of the Quaker society, and continued a devout adherent to the faith until death. Seven children were born to them — Enos, Abigail, Jane, Henry (died in infancy), George, Samuel (deceased) and Washington, who was born in Carroll county, Ohio, and from there, with his parents, moved to Columbiana county and thence to Stark county. He there learned the blacksmith trade. He then moved to Woodford county, Ill., and there enlisted in the Union service, in the Eighth Illinois infantry; was in the engagement at Mobile and was mustered out at New Orleans in 1865. In 1872 he located in Nebraska, settling in section 26, township 9, range 18, in Elm Creek township, Buffalo county. He married Susan Phflassheim in 1850, a native of Germany. Mrs. Milbourn has been a member of the Presbyterian church for years. They are the parents of six living children — George F., William F., Abraham L., Addie L., Dora, Rosa Ann, and Emma (died in infancy).

George, the subject of this notice, was born in Ohio, in 1831; he migrated, with his parents, to Woodford county, Ill., in 1861 and there farmed till 1862. Being true to the impulses of a patriotic nature, he enlisted in the Hundred and Twelfth Illinois infantry, in 1862, at Galva, Henry county, Ill. He was one hundred and twenty-two times under fire, and was in twenty-two principal engagements and one hundred skirmishes, and passed through them all without receiving a wound. Following is a list of the engagements in which he participated: Monticello, Ky.; Richmond, Ky.; Calhoun, Philadelphia, Campbell Station, Knoxville, Beard’s Station, Dandridge, Mud Creek and Kelley’s Ford, all in Tennessee; Pine Mountain, Ottoy Creek, Atlanta, Rough and Ready and Jonesboro, all in Georgia; Columbia, Franklin and Nashville, all in Tennessee; Fort Anderson, Town Creek, Wilmington and Goldsboro, all in North Carolina. He was mustered out at Greensborough, N. C., and thence went to Chicago, and from there to Ohio, and in 1867 he returned to Illinois. He remained there till 1871, at which date he came to Nebraska, settling on section 26, township 9, range 18 west, in Elm Creek township, Buffalo county. Mr. Milbourn is a supporter of the republican ticket, and is one of the most enthusiastic members of the G. A. R. organization.

Mr. Milbourn was united in marriage in 1868 to Miss Martha Moore, a native of White Oak Grove, Ill. She is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and possesses congenial, motherly characteristics, which make her so beloved and admired by all who are intimately associated with her. To Mr. and Mrs. Milbourn have been born thirteen children — L. M., James, Lucy, Mary E., Johnny, Reson (deceased), Enos, Eddie, Reuben (deceased), Eunice M. (deceased), Allie, Carrie (deceased), and Lottie V.