======Tilden Russell Selmes, 1853-1895======
//By Cathy Callopy//

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 [[martha_macomb_flanrau_selmes|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.  

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