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 and new, accommodations are tendered as good as the best; should anyone doubt this, he is respectfully requested to come and see.”
James Kilbourne, Proprietor
Dec 1, 1845
Marker is on High Street, on the right when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
