Nelson
SALISBURY
(b.
31 December 1812
,
Marathon, Cortland, New York, USA
d.
14 September 1880
,
Whitewater, Walworth, Wisconsin, USA
)
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Nelson SALISBURY was born 31 December 1812 in Marathon, Cortland, New York, USA
Nelson SALISBURY was the child of Silas SALISBURY and Lydia DODGE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Thomas SALISBURY and Sarah NEWSAM? (maternal) Elisha DODGE and Silena CHAPMANNelson SALISBURY died 14 September 1880 in Whitewater, Walworth, Wisconsin, USA.
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1812 Birth 31 December 1812
Marathon, Cortland, New York, USA
From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.
1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
1880 Death 14 September 1880
Whitewater, Walworth, Wisconsin, USA
He died at the age of 67.
Biography
Nelson Salisbury was born December 31, 1812, at Marathon; came to Wisconsin in 1839; married Esther, daughter of Propsper Cravath and Miriam Kinney. She died April 16, 1845, leaving a child Helen (mrs. Luther L. Clark). In January 1880, he married Mrs. Julia Hemenway and died September 14, 1880.
Nelson Salisbury.—A brother of Ansel Salisbury. Born in Marathon, N.Y., Dec. 31, 1812. In 1828, he and his brother Ansel worked on the Delaware and Hudson Canal, he as steersman and Ansel as driver. At the age of sixteen, he came to Cortland, N.Y., and resided in the family of Deacon Prosper Cravath, along with his brothers Oliver and Ansel. For five years, he worked as a farm laborer and saved up six hundred dollars. In 1834, he commenced peddling dry goods and notions with a horse and wagon. In 1839, or thereabouts he, with his brother Oliver, made a trip to Wisconsin Territory, selling goods from a pedlar's wagon. One incident of this venture was the acquisition of a considerable amount...Read MORE...
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Nelson Salisbury was born December 31, 1812, at Marathon; came to Wisconsin in 1839; married Esther, daughter of Propsper Cravath and Miriam Kinney. She died April 16, 1845, leaving a child Helen (mrs. Luther L. Clark). In January 1880, he married Mrs. Julia Hemenway and died September 14, 1880.
Nelson Salisbury.—A brother of Ansel Salisbury. Born in Marathon, N.Y., Dec. 31, 1812. In 1828, he and his brother Ansel worked on the Delaware and Hudson Canal, he as steersman and Ansel as driver. At the age of sixteen, he came to Cortland, N.Y., and resided in the family of Deacon Prosper Cravath, along with his brothers Oliver and Ansel. For five years, he worked as a farm laborer and saved up six hundred dollars. In 1834, he commenced peddling dry goods and notions with a horse and wagon. In 1839, or thereabouts he, with his brother Oliver, made a trip to Wisconsin Territory, selling goods from a pedlar's wagon. One incident of this venture was the acquisition of a considerable amount...Read MORE...
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