La Crosse & Milwaukee Railroad Company failed in the aftermath of the scandal and subsequent investigations. In 1868, a decade after the railroad scandals, Kilbourn moved to Jacksonville, Florida to relieve arthritis symptoms. He died there December 16, 1870, age 69, and was buried in Jacksonville. Historic Milwaukee, Inc. worked to have him re-interred in Milwaukee because he was the only one of the three Milwaukee founders not buried in there. In late 1998 Kilbourn's remains were returned to Milwaukee for interment at Forest Home Cemetery. References Bibliography External links Kilbourn, Byron (1801-1870) at Wisconsin Historical Society Members of the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature Wisconsin city council members Mayors of Milwaukee Businesspeople from Milwaukee American surveyors 19th-century American railroad executives American city founders People from Granby, Connecticut People from Worthington, Ohio 1801 births 1870 deaths 19th-century American politicians