From: KyArchives [Archives@genrecords.org] Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 5:15 AM To: Ky-Footsteps Subject: Spilman.James.1830.Kenton.BIOS James Spilman March 7, 1830 - Kenton County KyArchives Biography Author: The Biographical Encyclopaedia of Kentucky, J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878, Cincinnati, Ohio James Spilman, Merchant and Banker, was born, March 7, 1830, in Culpeper County, Virginia, and is the son of George and Elizabeth (Norris) Spilman. His parents were both Virginians. His father followed agricultural pursuits, and moved, with his family, to Kenton County, Kentucky, in 1843. James Spilman received a good English education, and, at the age of seventeen, began clerking in a store in Covington, where he has since resided, and taken a position among its most enterprising and successful business men. In 1871, he organized the German National Bank, which is still under his management. From 1862 to 1871, he was a Director in the Northern Bank of Kentucky; was City Treasurer in 1856, '57, and '58; has been actively identified with the best interests of his community; is an earnest working member of the Presbyterian Church, and is one of the most influential and enterprising members of the community. Mr. Spilman was married, March 4, 1845, to Arabella S. Chowning, daughter of John Chowning, of Harrison County, Kentucky. He has five children. Submitted by: Sandi Gorin http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00002.html#0000404 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/