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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