Biography

George Salisbury was born April 10, 1819; came to Spring Prairie in 1840; to Lima in 1841; married in 1849 Philena Matilda, daughter of Levi Kinney and Adah Cravath; moved to Whitewater in 1854; died April 7, 1889. His wife was born July 22, 1839; died July 9, 1902.

George Salisbury.—Of the three Salisbury brothers who became residents of Whitewater, George was the youngest. He was born in Marathon, N.Y., April 10, 1819, and moved, with his family, to Spring Prairie, Wis., in 1840. The following year, he removed to Lima, when he engaged in farming, living, for a time, in the household of Deacon Prosper Cravath. In 1849, he married Philena Kinney, daughter of Levi Kinney and Adah Cravath Kinney. In 1854, he moved to Whitewater, purchasing a small farm just out of town on the Janesville road, where he resided until his death, on April 7, 1889. Of a family of twelve brothers and sisters, he was the last survivor except one sister, Mrs. Lydia Joslin. His only child was Howard S. Salisbury, well known to this community, and whose untimely death still saddens the memory of so many warm friends.

If any man has lived without making an enemy, it may have been George Salisbury. His genial, warm-hearted, neighborly nature kept him from all intolerance or unfairness, though he was a man interested in all public affairs and unhesitating in pronouncing his opinion. Professing no particular creed, his life was a practical illustration of Christian virtues.