James Milton Kilmer

Brief Life History of James Milton

When James Milton Kilmer was born on 13 July 1839, in Columbia, New York, United States, his father, Peter Benjamin Kilmer, was 25 and his mother, Elisa Maria Snyder, was 23. He married Melissa McDowell on 9 March 1869, in Sarpy, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Washington Township, Harrison, Iowa, United States in 1910 and Washington, Washington, Iowa, United States in 1915. He died on 28 November 1919, in Yorkshire, Harrison, Iowa, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Yorkshire, Harrison, Iowa, United States.

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James Milton Kilmer
1839–1919
Melissa McDowell
1846–1882
Marriage: 9 March 1869
Minnie Kilmer
1873–1877
Rose Kilmer
1876–1877
Harry Edmund Kilmer
1878–1963
Hattie M Kilmer
1879–1941

Sources (19)

  • J M Kilmer, "Iowa State Census, 1915"
  • James Milton Kilmer, "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962"
  • James Milton Kilmer, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"

World Events (8)

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

1846

Historical Boundaries: 1846: Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Iowa, United States 1847: Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

German: variant of Gilmer , from the medieval personal name Gildemir or Gilmar.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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