Robert Tilford & Anna Creighton Scott Gilmer family

From a footnote in Annals of Iowa, April, 1922- William Simpson was a Scotchman, quite an original character and considered a wonderful teacher.  It is said he could have several classes on the floor reciting at the same time and detect any error made.  He was studying medicine and was betrothed to one of the older Scott girls, who was broken-hearted at his untimely death at Lexington, Kentucky, April 9, 1842.  Since her sisters Dorinda, Lucinda, and Malinda were far too young, her sisters Nancy and Elizabeth A. were both married in the 1830's, and Anna did not marry until age 38, this almost certainly refers to Anna.

Yes, Anna's middle name was Creighton (or Crayton), proving again that John Wilson Scott's mother's maiden name was Creighton, not Wilson.

Robert & Anna also adopted a boy, Ralph Waldo Gilmer, born 7 May 1885 Iowa, m. 3 Spt 1908 Fairfield, Jefferson co. Iowa  Marie Ethel Tierney b. 1889/90 Iowa

Robert & Anna had three children, but only one survived:

• infant daughter- b. 28 Feb 1857 Jefferson co. Iowa  d. 17 Mar 1857 Jefferson co. Iowa
• infant daughter- b. 28 Feb 1857 Jefferson co. Iowa, died young, exact date not known
• Frank- b. Mar 1858 Jefferson co. Iowa; d. 11 Jun 1939, probably Fairfield, Jefferson co. Iowa   m. 1891 Susan Katherine "Susie" Hughes  b. Jun 1851/61 Kentucky  d. 9 Jan 1904, probably Fairfield, Jefferson co. Iowa; 7 children, 2 died young.  Frank was a medical student in 1880 but working as a farmer in 1900 (and living with his aged parents as well as his family).  After 1900, he and his children lived at 500 East Burlington Street in Fairfield.   Both buried in Evergreen cemetery.