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ELIZABETH F. SALMON
ELIZABETH F. SALMON, manager
of a farm in Castoria Township, was born in Grant County, Wisconsin, 1845. Her
father came across the plains in 1859, and she left her old home with her
mother for California in 1860, coming by water on the vessel Northern Light as
far as the Isthmus, and from there on the Sonora; they were three weeks on the
voyage. She was married to John Salmon, a native of Wisconsin, born 1836, and
died on their ranch in 1882. He was a good provider for his family and left
them a ranch containing 400 acres of choice land, well improved, and
principally devoted to the raising of grain and stock.
They had six children, three sons and
three daughters, namely: Mary A., Edmond C., Arthur H., Everett E., Clara A.
and Almeda P.
Mrs. Salmon was a daughter of Edmond and
Mary Ann Harelson; the former was born in Kentucky, in 1806, and died in San
Joaquin County, in the fall of 1864; the latter was born in Tennessee, October
11, 1818, and is still living in San Joaquin County.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
An Illustrated History of San Joaquin County,
California, Page 253. Lewis Pub. Co.
Chicago, Illinois 1890.
© 2008 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
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