Selmes, Tilden Russell

Item

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.)

Spouse(s)

Child(ren)

Death date

1 Aug 1895

Place of death

Death and burial information

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

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Greenway, Isabella Selmes Father Person