Background
Kilbourne, Charles Evans was born on January 17, 1844 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Lincoln and Jane (Evans) Kilbourne.
Kilbourne, Charles Evans was born on January 17, 1844 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Lincoln and Jane (Evans) Kilbourne.
Graduate West Point, 1866. Under instruction Artillery School, Fort Monroe, Virginia, 1869-1870 (honor graduate, 1870).
Appointed Second lieutenant 2d artillery, June 18, 1866. First lieutenant, December 3, 1868. Captain signal corps, December 20, 1896.
Major in pay department, November 6, 1893.
Served in signal corps, 1871-1884 and 1890-1893.
Married Ada J. Coolidge, April.