Kit Carson County, Colorado
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Kit Carson County Pioneers:
Charles N. and Drucilla (Kirkby) Saltus , 8 South 51 West
Charles Napoleon Saltus was born in Springfield, Massachusetts
on April 11, 1877. His father was Edward A. Saltus
of Brattleboro, Vermont, mother Mary Field.
In 1880 Springfield, Edward "Salters" is 42,
Mary Salters 41,
Oliver L. Salters 17, Metilda L. Salters 14,
Ellen L. Salters 12, Edwerd L. Salters 9,
Emma Salters 14, Minnie Salters 11,
George Salters 9, Edwerd Salters 7,
Charles Salters 3, and Lilley Salters 8/12.
Charles Saltus and Drucilla Kirkby married in Lake County, Indiana on November 10, 1903.
Drucilla was in Avon, Pembina County, North Dakota, teaching, born May 1878 in Canada.
She's also listed with her parents in Pembina
County, born May 1879 in Canada. Mayor Kirkby is 55, Annie 49,, both born in Canada, with Mahalest 27, Andrew R. 25 Drucilla E. 21, all born in Canada.
Mable 16, May L. R. 15, Asher 10 and Mildred 8 were born in North Dkota.
June 1907 Elbert, Colorado "At a meeting of the Elbert School Board
held Tuesday evening, Miss Minnie Reed, whose parents recently came
here from Nebraska and bought property in Bijou Basin, was elected to
the position of primary teacher for the ensuing year, and Mr. Chas. N.
Saltus of Flaglar, Colorado, formerly of Spriug field, Mass.,
was elected principal."
Charles claimed a quarter in section 15, 8S 51W in 1909.
In 1910 Fremont County, Colorado, Charles is teaching school, 33, born in Massachusetts.
He's married six years to Drusilla E. 31 born in Canada. Morton 4 was born in Illinois.
September 1911 
1911 Sterling, Colorado 
March 1916 " Mr. Chas. N. Saltus, A. B.,
former principal of the schools at Portland and Flagler, Colo.,
and at Moline, I11., is at present principal of the High School division.
Professor Saltus who is a native of Springfield. Mass., has been in
school work all his adult life with the exception of three years
in the Spanish-American war, in which he enlisted in the
Ninth U. S. V. infantry at Utica, N. Y., spending three years in
the Phillipines. During school vacation months he finds wholesome exercise
in attending post-graduate courses at the University of Wisconsin."
August 1916 the northeastern Colorado teachers met in Sterling for the Normal "Arrangements have been made to have lunch served in the gymnasium of the school. The system will be of cafeteria type under the direction of Mrs. Saltus, domestic science teacher. "
1917 
January 1918, making ambulance pillows "Under the supervision of Mrs. C. N. Saltus of the high school domestic science department, yound ladies of the junior and senior classes did the sewing and did it rapidly and well. "
1918 Sterling, Colorado Journal-Advocate
In 1920 Sterling, Charles 39 and Drucilla 38, both teachers, have Merton 13.
September 1920 "C. N. Saltus, teacher of English in the Logan county
high school for the
past several years, left Friday for Colorado Springs, where he has accepted
a position in Colorado College. Mr. Saltus will begin his new work Monday."
Charles N. and Druscilla E. Saltus divorced in Logan County in 1923.
1925 Bismarck, Nerth Dakota 
In 1930 Charles is teaching in Madison, Wisconsin, divorced, in a lodging house.
Charles N. Saltus and Elenor M. Chapple married in Northwood, , Worth County, Iowa on October 24, 1931.
Elinor was in Bathgate, North Dakota in 1920, 14, born in Minnesota,
with Benjamin P. Chapple 56 and Ernestine S. 39. Bell P. (ELIZABETH) is 12, Jean M. 8, Philip K. 7, and Mary C. 3.
Benjamin is buried in Oshkosh, Wisconsin 1864-1942 # 182184344, with Ernestine 1880-1964.
Thanks to the Saltus family for the nice 1939 photo of Charles.
In 1940 Duluth, Minnesota, Charles is teaching English at the state college,
54, born in Massachusetts, now married to Elinor 34 born in Minnesota. Carol Slvia is 6, Janet 2, both born in MIsnnesota.
1950 University of Minnesota, Duluth 
Charles died on December 25, 1967, wife Elinor, children Richard and Janet. He was residing at 2030 E. Helen in Tucson, Arizona.
DRUCILLA AFTER CHARLES
"Mrs. Annie E. Kirkby, aged 70 years, a resident
of Bellingham for the past fifteen years, passed away
Wednesday, April 4, 1923 after an illness extending over
several years. Mrs. Kirkby was a member of the Seventh Day
Adventist church. She is survived by three sons,
Joseph F. Kirkby, Andrew R. Kirkby and Arthur Kirkby,
of Stoughton, Canada; six daughters, Mrs. M. A. Leonard,
Blaine; Mrs. Margaret Campbell and Mrs. Mildred Metz,
of Seattle; Mrs. Matilda Watson, Bathgate, N.D.;
Mrs. Drucilla Saltus, Sterling, Colo., and Mrs. Mabel Erickson, Brootem, Minn.; also one sister living in Canada. Funeral services will be held Friday, April 6, at 11 o'clock a.m., from the O. R. Hollingsworth funeral home, 120 Prospect street, with Rev. Davis, of the Seventh Day Adventist church, officiating. The remains will be shipped to Seattle for cremation."
1924 Sterling " Mrs. Drusilla Saltus left Sunday evening for Greeley, where she will attend summer school for the next six weeks."
1950 Bellingham, Washington "CAMPBELL, Margaret Jane, 1509 E. Victor St., age 93, passed away Monday, September 19, (1966). A forty-five year resident of this city, Mrs. Campbell was a milliner before retiring, and was a member of the First Baptist Church. Survivors are a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Margaret Stafford of Orange, Calif.; a brother, Arthur Kirkby in Canada; three sisters, Mrs. Tillie Watson, Cavalier, North Dakota; Mrs. Drucilla Saltus, city; Mrs. Mildred Foster, Seattle; seven grandchildren; fifteen great-grandchildren; a cousin, Mrs. Maud K. Brown of this city. Graveside services will be conducted by Rev. Max Oliphant Thursday, September 22 at 3 p.m. at Bay View Cemetery under the direction of Jones Funeral Home. "
Drucilla Saltus, born May 29, 1878, died in March 1970, last residence Bellingham.
Lavone ws also divorced, 22, born in Sweetwater, Nebraska, daughter
of Clyde A. Tisdale and Laura Patterson, both born in Nebraska.
MERTON
Merton Kirkby Saltus, divorced, 35, born in Rock Island, Illinois to Chas N. Saltus and Drucilla Kirkby
married Lavone Tisdale on January 10, 1942 in Skagit County, Washington.
Merton died June 24, 1992 in Everett, Washington.
Lavone's father Clyde A. Tisdale 1891-1965 is buried in Everett # 100989585.
So is Laura A. Tisdale 1895-1977 # 100989584.
RICHARD
1963 Tucson, Merit Scholarships included " Richard Saltus, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Saltus, 2130 E. Helen St.;"
ELINOR
University of Illinois Alumni 1931 "Eleanor Chappie,
'30-'31, was recently married to Mr. C. N.
Saltus. Their home will be in Duluth, Minn. "
Elinor Marian Saltus, born January 13, 1906 in Faribault, Minnesota
to Benjamin P. and Ernestine Chapple, died June 21, 1996 in Burlington, Vermont.
JANET
1957 Medford, Oregon " Paul D. Reinhardt, instructor in the drama
department of the school of speech at Northwestern university,
Evanston, Illinois, and former costumer and actor at the Oregon
'Shakespearean Festival, will attend the national convention of the
American Educational Theatre association in Boston, Mass.,
August 25 through 29. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Reinhardt and daughter,
Anne. Mr.. Reinhardt will be one of the speakers on a panel discussion,
"Color in Theatrical Design: Organisation for Expressive and Aesthetic
Values." His particular topic is "A Costume Designer's Approach."
Mrs. Reinhardt, the former Miss Clara Daniels, is a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Daniels, 407 Park street, Medford. She was a
leading actress with the Festival for several years in Ashland.
Prior to the convention the Reinhardts plan to visit with
Miss Lucy Barton,' costumer at the University of Texas',
at her summer home in Sandwich, Mass. Another guest of Miss Barton's
at that time will be Ted van Griethuysen who is returning to the
United States after a year's study in England. Mr. van Griethuysen
was with the festival company last-season. After the convention
they plan to visit Miss Janet Saltus, a former Ashland resident and
member of the Oregon Shake spearean Festival company.
Miss Saltus is spending the summer at Eagles Mere, Pa.,
where she is a member of a theatrical stock company.
The group presents several plays every summer in that resort area
and has as its nucleus some of the leading actors and actresses
of Northwestern university. Miss Saltus begins her junior year
this fall at Carleton college, Northfield, Minn. Among her roles at Eagles Mere this summer have been Ophelia in "Hamlet" and Alma, the leading feminine role in Tennessee Williams' "Summer and Smoke.""
Both Janet and Carol S. Saltus were attending Carleton College, Northfield,
Minnesota in the 1950's.
"Phi Betta Kappa initiation. Seated: senior Janet Saltus, Tucson, Ariz.; standing, Peter Thurnauer, senior from St. Paul, MN., Dr. Ernest J. Simmons, and Dr. Ada Harrison, professor of Economics.
17 April 1959"
1959 "Janet Saltus, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles N. Saltus, of Tucson, has received a Fulbright
Fellowship for one year of graduate study in drama at the
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in England.
Miss Saltus, who attended high school in Oregon,
will graduate this spring from Carleton College in Minnesota. "
Janet, per one tree, married a Whatley.
"Janet Whatley joined the Department of Romance Languages, University of Vermont, in 1973
and retired in 2010. The literature courses she taught were mainly in the sixteenth,
seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries, including subjects such as "Fables of Feminine Experience:
Early French Women Writers:" "Power and Desire in French Classical Drama;" "Society Reimagined: the Literature of the French Enlightenment;" and "Joan of Arc in History, Image and Legend."
A sabbatical at the John Carter Brown Library gave her the opportunity to pursue an interest in the first decades of European contact with the Americas. This research produced courses taught at both the first-year and the graduate level: "The New World: Early Images and Encounters (writings by Columbus, Cortez, Montaigne, Shakespeare, among others). Another product was a translation of Jean de Léry’s classic work of early ethnography, (1582) Histoire d’un Voyage en Terre de Brésil.
Her study of pre-Revolutionary women writers led to a translation, with Malcolm Whatley,
of the correspondence of Isabelle de Charriere, a Dutch writer who wrote in French, and who
is now recognized as a major voice in the European Enlightenment: There Are No Letters Like Yours:
The Correspondence of Isabelle de Charriere and David-Louis Constant d'Hermenches.
Janet Whatley served as chair of the Department of Romance Lanaguages (1980-1984) and as Coordinator
of the M.A. program (1996-2008).
Since her retirement, she has worked with people from other countries needing help in developing their English skills. Under the auspices of the Alliance Française she has been leading a French literature reading group, exploring with her co-readers a wide range of subjects: among others, Montaigne, Proust, Victor Hugo, the French experience of the German Occupation. "
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