Ansel SALISBURY
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Ansel Salisbury was born May 15, 1809; came to Spring Prairie in 1837; married Olive Dame at Northport, Michigan, in 1843; went to LIma in 1846; to Whitewater in 1854; owned the branch mill 1858-1865; died November 24, 1884. His children were: Egbert (married Jean Galbraith); Edgar (died aged 13); Winfield Scott (married Mary Earll); Stella (Mrs. Clarence J. Partridge); Effie (Mrs. Mannering DeWolf); Willard (married Atlanta Schrom); Jessie (married Fred Hurlbrut, Jr.).


Ansel Salisbury.—Was born in Cortland County, New York, May 15, 1809. Son of Silas Salisbury and Lydia Dodge. In May, 1837, he came to Spring Prairie, Walworth County. He was married at Northport, Mich., in 1843, to Olive Dame. They had seven children, Egbert and Edgar, twins, W. Scott, Stella (now Mrs. C. J. Partridge), Effie (now Mrs. Mannering DeWolf), Willard, and Jessie.

In 1846, Mr. Salisbury moved to Lima, where he engaged in farming until 1854, when he moved to Whitewater. In 1858, he purchased the Branch Mill property, which he owned for seven years. He died Nov. 24, 1884. He was a man of good judgment and had labored hard in his earlier years, thus securing a competence. His sense of honor and justice was simple but very keen. He was never known to take advantage of ignorance nor claim a legal right at the expense of honor. A single example out of many may illustrate this. Having mistakenly set the figures on some property at $1,000.00 less than it was worth, he went to the purchaser, before any papers were drawn or any legal obligation on his part had arisen, and offered him $1,000.00 for a cancellation of the verbal agreement. The purchaser not being inclined to forego his purchase, even on such terms, Mr. Salisbury deeded the property to him at the original figures. Integrity and he were one.

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