2004-10-30/2019-09-18 - Note from the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1991). - Born October, 1851 in New Jersey; son of George Kilgen Sr, brother of Charles C. Kilgen Sr.; established his own firm in St. Louis, Missouri; listed 1874-1879, 1882-1896; last listed 1905; died July 30, 1918. Sources: United States Census [year not given, see Editor's note below*] The Diapason, September, 1918, 2. One or more local directories for the place and time. Piano and Organ Purchaser's Guide, Purchaser's Guide to the Music Industries, (New York: Music Trades) Elizabeth Towne Schmitt. John Speller. *This could have been the Census of 1880, 1900, or 1910; almost all of the data from the 1890 Census was destroyed by fire in 1921. -Ed.
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