Marcellus Dennison KILBURN

3/18/1840 - 1909

• Name	Marcellus Dennison KILBURN
  Birth	3/18/1840	Canada
  Gender	Male
  Death	11/5/1909	Coaticook, Quebec, Canada
  Person ID	I103975944	The Briggman Family Genealogy
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Father	Otis KILBURN,   b. 12/13/1804, Alstead, NH d. 3/24/1881, Barnston, Quebec, Canada
  Family ID	F46360793	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  at age 17, decided to go to sea and on July 5, 1857 joined the crew of the "Metacom" at New Bedford, Maa bound for a whaling voyage. The ship was wrecked in December 1860 on the Island of Tutuila, one of the navigator group in the south seas; 700 barrel of oil were saved and send home. June 25, 1862 he enlisted in the American Army as fifth sergeant to Capt. Bartlett's Co. E, 9th Regiment of Infantry, Vermont Volunteers. He was discharged 3/14/1863 at Chicago for disability, having weak lungs and loss of hearing in one ear. He received a pension thereafter. Marcellus was a photographer for 40 years in Coaticook, Quebec. His hobbies were music, played vilin and composed music; and phrenology. Some of his music was published. His son John carried on the photography studio for some time but later became a machinist.