======Martha Macomb Flandrau Selmes, 1866-1923======
//By Cathy Callopy//

The eldest daughter of Charles and [[isabella_ramsay_dinsmore_flandrau|Isabella Dinsmore Flandrau]], Patty, as she was called, was born on the Dinsmore farm.  After her mother’s death in [[1867]], she came to Boone County to live with her grandpa and [[julia_dinsmore|Aunt Julia]].  She attended Miss Nourse’s school in Cincinnati where her interest in writing and drawing was encouraged.  At the age of twenty-one Patty married [[tilden_russell_selmes|Tilden Selmes]] and the couple had one child, [[isabella_d._selmes_ferguson_greenway_king|Isabella]].  After [[tilden_russell_selmes|Tilden]]’s early passing, Patty ran a ham business on the farm.  Her intelligence and wit attracted men like Teddy Roosevelt and Gutzon Borglum. 

====Related Topics====
  * [[dinsmore_family|Dinsmore Family]]
  * [[dinsmore_homestead|Dinsmore Homestead]]
  * [[dinsmore_cemetery|Dinsmore Cemetery]]