Selmes, Tilden Russell

Title: Selmes, Tilden Russell
Gender: Male
Biography: "Tilden was born in Hannibal, Missouri, to Tilden and Sarah Benton Selmes. A graduate of Yale, he moved to St. Paul to practice law. It was there that he met and married Patty Flandrau. The couple moved to Tilden’s ranch near Mandan, Dakota Territory, where they befriended Teddy Roosevelt. Tilden was diagnosed with stomach cancer at the age of forty-one and died at the Dinsmore farm. " --Cathy Callopy
Member: Selmes family
Birth date: 10 Nov 1853
Place of birth: Hannibal (Mo.)
Father: Selmes, Tilden
Mother: Benton, Sarah
Life event(s): Marriage: 7 Jun 1883; Boone County (Ky.); Boone County (Ky.)
Spouse(s): Flandrau, Martha Macomb
Child(ren): Greenway, Isabella Selmes
Death date: 1 Aug 1895
Place of death: Dinsmore Homestead Farm (Boone County, Ky.)
Death and burial information: Dinsmore Cemetery (Boone County, Ky.)
Occupation(s): Lawyer (Assistant Counsel)
Resided in: St. Paul (Minn.); Dakota Territory
Bibliographic citation(s): FindAGrave.com, memorial #107322106; North Dakota, Territorial and State Censuses, 1885
Source(s): Eighth Census of the United States, 1860; Ninth Census of the United States, 1870; Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965; Find A Grave.com; Dinsmore Homestead Foundation

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