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.