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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- 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"
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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.
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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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