James W SALISBURY

Born

November 1825 , New York, USA

Died

8 January 1904 , Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

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Cummings (Cummins) (Cumins) (Benjamin) SALISBURY Harriet SMITH

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Born: November 1825 in New York, USA

Father: Cummings (Cummins) (Cumins) (Benjamin) SALISBURY

Mother: Harriet SMITH

Paternal grandparents: Unknown SALISBURY , Unknown UNKNOWN

Maternal grandparents: Gideon SMITH , Martha IVES

James W was a soldier in the U.S. Civil War.
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Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

James W married Lydia Minerva MOON abt. 1868 . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Lydia Minerva MOON was born 26 January 1827 in Monroe, New York, USA. Lydia Minerva died 2 September 1898 in Hudson, Lenawee, Michigan, USA. Lydia Minerva was the child of Reuben MOON and Alice GROVER.

James W SALISBURY died 8 January 1904 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA.

Salisbury, James W.

REGIMENT NAME:5th Regiment, Michigan Infantry
SIDE:Union:
COMPANY:H
SOLDIER'S RANK IN:Private
SOLDIER'S RANK OUT:Private
ALTERNATE NAME:
FILM NUMBER:M545 roll 36
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Recorded occupation: butcher

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James W SALISBURY married

Lydia Minerva MOON
Marriage date: abt. 1868
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Lydia Minerva MOON was the child of Reuben MOON and Alice GROVER

Children of James W SALISBURY and Lydia Minerva MOON

Blanche SALISBURY

Born: abt. 1867, , Michigan, USA
Died: abt. 1870, Hudson, Lenawee, Michigan, USA

Loe SALISBURY

Born: 9 September 1868, Hudson, Lenawee, Michigan, USA
Died: 26 September 1868, Hudson, Lenawee, Michigan, USA

William SALISBURY

Born: abt. 1869, , Michigan, USA
Died: abt. 1870, Hudson, Lenawee, Michigan, USA

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Birth — 1825
November 1825
New York, USA

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 - Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

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.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

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)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 Hudson, Lenawee, Michigan
Name: James W Salsbury
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1850
Event Place: Hudson, Lenawee, Michigan, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Marital Status:
Race (Original):
Race:
Birthplace: New York
Birth Year (Estimated): 1826
House Number: 409
Family Number: 409
Line Number: 19
Affiliate Publication Number: M432
Affiliate Film Number: 355
GS Film number: 443571
Digital Folder Number: 004200030
Image Number: 00229
Household Gender Age Birthplace
James W Salsbury M 24 New York
Gideon Beebee M 44 Pennsylvania
Betsey A Beebee F 24 Connecticut
Hiram M Beebee M 12 Michigan
Lewis M Beebee M 10 Michigan
Cornelia L Beebee F 8 Michigan
Harrett Beebee F 4 Michigan
1850 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

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Name: James Sailsbury
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1860
Event Place: Springport Township, Jackson, Michigan, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 36
Race: White
Race (Original):
Birth Year (Estimated): 1824
Birthplace: New York
Page: 1
Household ID: 5
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
GS Film Number: 803547
Digital Folder Number: 004232700
Image Number: 00523

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
James Sailsbury M 36 New York
Malinda Sailsbury F 34 New York
Clarance Sailsbury M 10 New York
Ella Sailsbury F 8 New York
William Sailsbury M 5 Michigan
John Sailsbury M 24 New York

'United States Census, 1860,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ MWDY-BSK : accessed 10 March 2015), James Sailsbury, Springport Township, Jackson, Michigan, United States; from '1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population,' Fold3.com; citing p. 1, household ID 5, NARA microfilm...Read full story

1860 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

Civil War
Name: James W Salisbury
Residence: Hudson, Michigan
Age at Enlistment: 36
Enlistment Date: 31 Aug 1862
Rank at enlistment: Private
Enlistment Place: Hudson, Michigan
State Served: U.S. Volunteers
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Enlisted in Company C, U.S. Volunteers 1st Sharp Shooter Regiment on 10 Sep 1862.Mustered out on 23 Dec 1864.Transferred to on 23 Dec 1864.Mustered out on 31 May 1865 at Washington, DC.
Birth Date: abt 1826
Sources: Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers 1861-65

Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.
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New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900 1st Regiment United States Sharpshooters
Name: James W Salisbury
Enlistment Year: 1862
Enlistment Location: Hudson, Michigan
Muster Year: 1862

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New York State Archives, Cultural Education Center, Albany, New York; New York Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900; Archive Collection #: 13775-83; Box #: 719; Roll #: 375
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James W SALISBURY - Name: James W Salisbury Residence: Hudson, Michigan Age at Enlistment: 36 Enlistment Date: 31 Aug 1862 Rank at enlistment: Private Enlistment Pla

Name: James W Salisbury
Residence: Hudson, Michigan
Age at Enlistment: 36
Enlistment Date: 31 Aug 1862
Rank at enlistment: Private
Enlistment Place: Hudson, Michigan
State Served: U.S. Volunteers
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Enlisted in Company C, U.S. Volunteers 1st Sharp Shooter Regiment on 10 Sep 1862.Mustered out on 23 Dec 1864.Transferred to on 23 Dec 1864.Mustered out on 31 May 1865 at Washington, DC.
Birth Date: abt 1826
Sources: Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers 1861-65

Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the 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.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

James W SALISBURY - Name: James W Salisbury Enlistment Year: 1862 Enlistment Location: Hudson, Michigan Muster Year: 1862 New York State Archives, Cultural Educatio

Name: James W Salisbury
Enlistment Year: 1862
Enlistment Location: Hudson, Michigan
Muster Year: 1862

New York State Archives, Cultural Education Center, Albany, New York; New York Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900; Archive Collection #: 13775-83; Box #: 719; Roll #: 375

1865
Salisbury, James W.
Lenawee
Mustered out May 31, 1865

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1868 Birth of Child
Loe SALISBURY was born 9 September 1868, Hudson, Lenawee, Michigan, USA

James W was 42 years old.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 Hudson, Lenawee, Michigan
Name: James Salsbury
Birth Year (Estimated): 1827
Gender: Male
Age (Original): 43y
Race: White
Birthplace: New York
Event Place: Michigan, United States
Household Gender Age Birthplace
James Salsbury M 43y New York, butcher
M Lydia Salsbury F 42y New York, tailoress
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1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1880 Hudson, Lenawee, Michigan
Name: James Salisbury
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Hudson, Lenawee, Michigan, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 54
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Farmer
Race (Original): W
Ethnicity: American
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Birthplace: New York, United States
Birth Date: 1826
Spouse's Name: Lydia Salisbury
Spouse's Birthplace: New York, United States
Father's Name:
Father's Birthplace: New York, United States
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace: New York, United States
Page: 235
Page Letter: D
Entry Number: 990
Affiliate Film Number: T9-0591
GS Film number: 1254591
Digital Folder Number: 004241731
Image Number: 00154
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self James Salisbury M 54 New York, United States
Wife Lydia Salisbury F 53 New York, United States
1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1890
Name: James W Salisbury
Spouse's Name:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1890
Event Place: , Lenawee, Michigan, United States
Affiliate Publication Title: Schedules Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War,1890.
Affiliate Publication Number: M123
Affiliate Film Number: 17
GS Film number: 338176
Digital Folder Number: 004679081
Image Number: 00620

'United States, 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ K8SL-PLH : accessed 27 Jun 2013), James W Salisbury, 1890.
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1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 Death of Spouse/Partner
Lydia Minerva MOON died 2 September 1898, Hudson, Lenawee, Michigan, USA

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

1900
Name: James Salesbury
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1900
Event Place: Hudson city Ward 1-3, Lenawee, Michigan, United States
District: 49
Gender: Male
Age: 75
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Relationship to Head of Household: Boarder
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Boarder
Number of Living Children:
Years Married: 20
Birth Date: Nov 1825
Birthplace: New York
Marriage Year (Estimated): 1880
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Mother of how many children:
Sheet Number and Letter: 24B
Household ID: 668
Line Number: 97
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T623
GS Film Number: 1240725
Digital Folder Number: 004120237
Image Number: 00548

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Teaple Pursel Head M 71 New York
Mary E Pursel Wife F 58 New York
James Salesbury Boarder M 75 New...Read full story

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1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

Death
Name: James W Sailsbury
Gender: Male
Age: 77
Race: White
Birth Year: 1826
Death Date: 8 Jan 1904
Death Place: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA
Father: Cummings Sailsbury
Mother: Harriett Sailsbury

Ancestry.com. Michigan, Death Records, 1897-1929 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
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Obituary
Remains of Jas. Salisbury were brought to Hudson last Mon. Died at the Soldier's Home at Grand Rapids. He was 78. A bro from Peoria, Ill., attended the funeral.

Hudson Post
Hudson, Michigan
January 15, 1904

Grave

Maple Grove Cemetery Hudson Lenawee County Michigan, USA

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Death

Official Death Certificate

Cheap Coffins - For Which the State Probably Pays Well - Are Used to Send Dead Away from Soldiers' Home.
Hudson, Mich., January 15. - That all the 'graft' in Grand Rapids is not confied to the water scandal was shown when the body of James Saulsbury arrived here from the Soliders' Home. The outside box appeared to be made of old packing boxes, and when the coffin was lifted from the box it required very careful handling to prevent its falling to pieces. The brother of the deceased thought it a shame and bought a better one. No doubt the state pays for good coffins, but those who furnish them evidently depend on the occupants making no kick.

'Verily where the hen scratcheth there be the bug also.' One day this week a young man drove into town with two ladies in his cutter. At the corner near the Comstock house the driver wanted to go one way and the horse wanted to go the other. Consequently, an overturned cutter, the air filled with feminine screams and in less than one minute four doctors and one undertaker, had rushed to the scen of the accident. No damage.

Albert Saulsbury, of...Read full story

The Adrian Daily Telegram
Adrian, Michigan
January 16, 1904