James Kilbourne / Worthington Hotel

James Kilbourne

1770 - 1850

Founder of Worthington, 1803

Surveyor, Deacon, Innkeeper,

Publisher, Mayor, Legislator,

Militiaman, Manufacturer,

Educator and Explorer.

Married Lucy Fitch, then

Cynthia Goodale Barnes.

Fathered twelve children.

“Admired by all...with a

genial smile and a courtly

bow for everyone he met.”

Worthington Hotel

Sign of the Sun

Public Entertainment

“To friends both old ...