THOMAS' FAMILY
In 1850 Lucas County, Iowa, Christian Wetter is 25, Mary Wetter 36, Hannah Knight 16, Lewis Knight 14, Thomas Salisbury 10, Isaac Salisbury 7, John Salisbury 4, and Nancy Salisbury 2.
THOMAS AND ELIZABETH
Thomas Salsbury, 29, and Elizabeth J. Woodson married 29 Sep 1869 in Nemaha County, Nebraska.
In 1880 Gage County, Nebraska, Thomas Salisbury is farming, 39, Jemirna Salisbury 37 Wife, Wilbert B. Salisbury 8 Son, Collistia Salisbury 6 Daughter, Alfred Salisbury 4 Son, and Forrest C. Salisbury 1 Son.
In 1885 Weld County, Colorado (then including Sterling) T. J. Salisbury is 45 , Elizabeth Salisbury 42 Wife, Bunyon Salisbury 14 Son, Lettie Salisbury 12 Daughter, Alfred Salisbury 9 Son, and Forest Salisbury 7 Son.
"T. J. Salisbury, one of the county's pioneers, freighted up the Platte in 1860, and he informed the writer that a telegraph line ran up the river to Denver even then. Its nearest station on the eastward was Fort Kearney, Nebraska, and Denver on the west, so it is probable the inhabitants of Logan county did not send or receive any messages." (written in 1908.)
"One of the oldest denominational organizations in the city is the First Baptist, situated at the comer of South Second and Beech streets. The church had its organization under the pastorate of Rev. T. J. Salisbury in 1883, with but a small flock of seven members." (Written in 1916.)
November 1885 Sterling items "T. J. Salisbury and family, who have been living at Springdale this summer, have removed to their home ranch."
(Possibly the Springdale that was a post office in Boulder County 1881-1911.)
Thomas cash-claimed forty acres in section 17, 8N 52W in 1892.
In 1895 T.J. was the Democratic candidate for Logan County Surveyor.
March 1900 "T. J. Salisbury is a very busy man these times. He is feeding 100 head of cattle without assistance. The bunch he is feeding belongs to himself and two of his sons."
In 1900 Logan County, Thomas Salisbury is 59, Elizabeth Salisbury 57 Wife, Alfred Salisbury 24 Son, Forrest Salisbury 21 Son, and May B. Fisk 5 Granddaughter.
July 1900 Sterling "The following party leave for Grand Lake Wednesday morning for an extended outing: W. H. Salisbury, H. T. Sutherland, F. Salisbury, A. P. Crofts, Earl Sutherland, Chas. Silver, Len Sherwin, A. Salisbury. Misses Florence Boyce, Lyda Sherwin, Belle Harris, Ellen Sutherland, Alice Browns and Nettie Beattie. Several others talk of joining them."
February 1909 Sterling "On last Sunday morning a memorial service in honor of the late H. M. Simms was held at the Baptist church. The occasion of the service was the presentation of a beautiful memorial pulpit desk, the gift of Mrs. Simms, in loving memory of her husband. An appropriate and able presentation address was made by Mr. S. E. Naugle, to which Mr. T. J. Salisbury responded in a most fitting manner. Pastor Geo. L. Boroughs also spoke a few tender words. Music such as Mr. Simms used to like was rendered by the choir and congregation."
In 1910 Sterling, on State Street, Thomas J. Salisbury is 69, born in Illinois, Janiny Elizabeth Salisbury 67 Wife, born in Missouri, and May Belle Fiske 15 Granddaughter .
Thomas J. Salisbury BIRTH 1841 DEATH 1908 (that year is likely incorrect) BURIAL Riverside Cemetery Sterling, Logan County, Colorado, PLOT 1-140 lot 044 space 3 No headstone MEMORIAL ID 236093492.
June 1910 "Mrs. T. J. Salisbury and granddaughter, Maybelle Fisk, returned home Sunday a visit of several days at Proctor. "
Jamina Salisbury BIRTH 1843 DEATH 1918 BURIAL Riverside Cemetery Sterling, Logan County, Colorado, PLOT 1-140 Lot 044 space 02 no headstone MEMORIAL ID 236093532.
Thursday, November 14, 1918 Sterling: "Mrs. Elizabeth Salisbury died at the home of her son Forrest in Denver at 2 o'clock Saturday morning. Mrs. Salisbury would have been seventy-six years old on November 15, and death was due to debility of old age. Mrs. Salisbury wus one of the pioneer residents of Logan county, coming here with her husband at an early date. She is survived by two sons, Forrest of Denver, and Alfred of Sterling. Her husband. T. J. Salisbury, died about four years ago. The body waa brought here for burial. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Sterling cemetery."
LETTIE
June 1893 Denver Press " We were well pleased to receive a call Wednesday, from our old friend N. T. Fisk. of Sterling. He was up attending to business and other 'little things like that.'"
Nelson T. Fisk and Lettie C. Salisbury married on 6 Jul 1893 in Logan, Colorado.
September 1897 Pueblo, Colorado "The Bare Hills Times, which has evidently been away on a summer vacation, once more makes its appearance, published by J. H. Clark and N. T. Fisk, and is full of interesting news of upper Fremont county. From the persistence of the publishers and their accounts of good ore in the paper, it is evident that they have great faith in Bare Hills as a coming mining district. They speak of several shafts over a hundred feet deep."
Nelson T. Fisk cash-claimed 80 acres in section 25, 9N 52W and section 30, 9N 51W in 1896.
October 1897 Pueblo, Colorado "W. L. Fisk is in the city from Bare Hills."
October 1897 Canon City, Colorado "Editor Fisk, of the Bare Hills Times, has been in the city for several days. Mr. Fisk assures us that of the hundred voters in the Bare Hills, the Republican candidates will get not less than seventy-five. This confirms the opinion we have long held that Bare Hills is all right."
May 20, 1898 Cripple Creek, Colorado
"The remains of Lettie Fisk, who was killed by being thrown from a horse at Bare Hills City yesterday, were brought here this afternoon and the body embalmed. The remains were shipped tonight to Sterling, Colo., her old home, for interment. The father of the unfortunate woman, T. J. Salisbury, is a prominent ranchman residing near Sterling."
May 19, 1898 Rocky Mountain News " Mrs. Lettie C. Fisk was instantly killed this morning by being thrown by a bucking horse. She started from her home for a ride and had scarcely got into the saddle when the horse became unmaageable. He started at top speed, bucking at every jump. The horse had gone about 300 feet when Mrs. Fisk was thrown and her neck was broken in the fall.
The deceased was the wife of Nelson Fisk, editor of the Bare Hills Times. She was about 24 years of age and leaves one child, 2 years of age. The unfortunate accident has spread a gloom over the entire Bare Hills district, as Mrs. Fisk was well known and popular among all the people of the camp. The remains will be taken to Cripple Creek for burial."
January 1899 Goldfield items in the Victor Record "N. T. Fisk is nursing J. H. Clark, who is suffering with inflammatory rheumatism."
November 1899
In 1900 St. Lawrence County, New York, Edward Fisk is 65, Mary A. Fisk 64 Wife, Nelsen Fisk 39, Son, widowed a jeweler, and George Bemis 23 Servant.
November 1907 Sterling, Colorado
Nelson is single, living alone, in 1910.
April 1918 Sterling "Nelson T. Fisk, et al, to Alfred R. Salisbury, N 1/2 of Lot 7, Block 1, Lot 8, Block 1, Packard's Addition to Sterling. Lot 3, H. B Davis' subdivision of Lots 1 to 4. Block 40, K. & S. Addition to Sterling.
Nelson T. Fisk, et al, to Forrest G. Salisbury, Lot 8, Block 5, Town of Sterling."
In 1920 St. Lawrence County, New York, Nelson "Fish" is a watch repairman, 59, March Blanch Fish 38 Wife, Walter Fish 7 Son, Edward Fish 1 Son, and Marita Taylor 80 Mother-in-law .
Nelson T. Fisk BIRTH 1860 Massena, St. Lawrence County, New York, DEATH 9 Sep 1931 Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, New York, BURIAL Fairview Cemetery Brasher Falls, St. Lawrence County, New York, MEMORIAL ID 89919193.
" Nelson T. Fisk BIRTH 1860 Massena, St. Lawrence County, New York, DEATH 9 Sep 1931 Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, New York, BURIAL Fairview Cemetery Brasher Falls, St. Lawrence County, New York, MEMORIAL ID 89919193.
" He was a son of the late Edward and Mary Fisk. He grew up in Massena and attended local schools.
When a young man he went to the gold fields of Colorado in company with the late Joseph H. Clark, of Massena, where they remained several years. Mr. Fisk returned east and opened a jewelry store in Brasher Falls.
After returning to Brasher Falls, he married Miss Martha B. Taylor, daughter of the late James G. Taylor, of that plac.
Surviving was his wife and a son, Ronald, 14.
A son, Walter, died in 1930."
In 1950 Onondaga County, New York, Ronald Fisk 32 is a television design engineer for G.E. Mable Fisk 30 Wife.
Ronald E. Fisk BIRTH 16 Jul 1917 DEATH 12 Jan 2007 Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, BURIAL Quincy Memorial Park Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, PLOT Devotion, Lot # 181A W 1/2, Grave #2 MEMORIAL ID 243808796 .
June 1910 "Mrs. T. J. Salisbury and granddaughter, Maybelle Fisk, returned home Sunday a visit of several days at Proctor. "
May 18, 1916 " Miss Maybelle Fisk, who has been seriously ill for some weeks in the hospital, where she was operated on for an advanced stage of appendicitis, died Saturday morning. Deceased was 22 years of age. She was born and raised in Sterling by her grandmother, Mrs. T. J. Salisbury, with whom she made her home. Her mother has been dead for some time, and her father resides in New York.
She was a graduate of the Logan County High school and the Colorado Women's College in Denver.
The funeral was held Monday afternoon from the Baptist church."
WILBERT
September 1896 Florence, Colorado "W. B. Salisbury, of the Bare Hill Times, was in thecity on Wednesday. Mr. Salisbury came down out of the hills to transact some business in Florence and to wait on the county commissioners with reference to better roads from the valley to Bare Hills. The REFINER believes Bare Hills is entitled to the consideration of the board in this matter."
(Barehills was a post office in Fremont County 1896-1901.)
December 1896 Fort Morgan, Colorado "W. C. Harris and W. B. Salisbury, two young business men from Sterling spent Saturday in Fort Morgan."
October 1897 Denver " W. B. Salisbury of Sterling registered at the Albany last evening."
September 1898 "W. B. Salisbury was up from Harris cattle camp this morning. Bunch is strictly all right in the cattle business."
October 1898 Sterling "John McRoberts, J. T. McRoberts, J. J. Cheairs and son, Sam, W. C. Harris, W. B. Salisbury, and Gene Buchanan left for Omaha last night over the B & M. "
Wilbert B. Salisbury cash-claimed 160 acres in sections 23 and 24, 9N 51W in 1900.
Pueblo, Colorado, August 10, 1904
August 10, 1904 Pueblo, Colorado "In the lobby of the Maine hotel yesterday afternoon were at one time five men. The faces of all were shrouded in worry and gloom, dejection was visible in every movement. They are in the city looking for their dead, lost in the Eden wreck. The five men were W. C. Harris and T. J. Salisbury, of Sterling, Colo.; Lawrence Messinger and J. F. Reynolds, of Central City, and E. L. Klug, of Washington, D. C. None have found a trace of those they are looking for, and all are certain they are lost in the wreck.
T. J. Salisbury and W. C. Harris are two business partners of Sterling, wealthy stockmen. The former has lost a son in the wreck, W. B. Salisbury, a young man of thirty, whose loss has not hitherto been reported. The latter was with Harold Page, of Denver, and Albert Moshler, of Iliff, Colo. The body of young Moshler has been recovered; the others are lost in the sands. The three started together from Denver, and it is therefore certain that all were on the train when the accident occurred. They were traveling together on a trip of pleasure.
T. J Salisbury, the father, is an old man of sixty. He is clear-eyed, vigorous and erect. He strives hard to hide the sorrow held sacred, and makes a picture the more pathetic. His partner, W. C. Harris, is here to offer what help he can in the search and to be a comfort, if possible. Together they have spent two days wandering frem morgue to morgue, going to the scene of the disaster, and doing all else possible to get some trace. They are certain he is dead, and their only hope is to find the body. A sorrowing mother is awaiting the news in Sterling."
" Considerable sharp criticism has been heard from outsiders who came in to find their relatives over the way the undertakers have made money out of this wreck. While the undertakers here in Pueblo have had an immense amount of work and have had to undergo a great strain themselves, some of those who came in from outside the city state that the undertakers have refused them permission to have the bodies of their relatives until a large sum was paid them.
A case of this kind was that of T. J. Salisbury of Sterling, Colo., whose son, W. B. Salisbury, was killed in the wreck, and found this morning, and who is mentioned in the foregoing. When Mr. Salisbury arrived, he went at once to one of the undertaking rooms and discovered the body of his son. He at once asked to have it removed to another place where he desired it, and was informed that he could not have the body until he had paid down $25. He did not have the money with him, and, despite all his tearful pleadings and protests, the undertakers refused to give up the body. He then went out and secured the money, but when he returned, he was informed that the body had been placed in a coffin and prepared for burial, and that more charges would be necessary. This was almost too much, and Mr. Salisbury went after the undertakers in a very decided style. He at last secured the body of his son, but was very bitter in his criticism of the course which the undertakers employed."
August 14, 1904 " The case of the friends of W. B. Salisbury of Iliff, Colo., who was with Harold Page and A. L. Mosier when he lost his life, is one instance. The body of Mr. Salisbury was taken to the morgue of McMahon & Collier in Pueblo, and friends, learning of the fact, asked to have it removed to the rooms of J. H. Loor, a friend of the family. They had a permit from Coroner A. L. Fugard for the removal, but McMahon & Collier declined to permit it unless they paid them $l5O, which they alleged was to cover the cost of a coffin, a plain pine. Not until the money was paid was the removal permitted, despite all the efforts of the friends. Many other similar cases are cited. "
August 12, 1904 Julesburg, Colorado
Wilbert B. Salisbury BIRTH 6 Nov 1872 DEATH 7 Aug 1904 Eden, Pueblo County, Colorado, BURIAL Riverside Cemetery Sterling, Logan County, Colorado, PLOT 1-140 Lot 0044 space 01 MEMORIAL ID 58197484.
ALFRED
December 1908 "Alfred Salisbury is building a good residence of cement blocks on his farm just west of town."
Alfred's wife was in Lane County, Kansas in 1900, Thomas Linn, 51, Sarah J. Linn 46 Wife, Daniel E. Linn 20 Son, Nancy Linn 18 Daughter, Mary Linn 14 Daughter, Laura Linn 14 Daughter, William Linn 11 Son, and John Linn 7 Son.
November 20, 1930 Healy, Kansas " Thomas Linn, son of John and Nancy Linn, was born at Bluffton, 1847, and departed this life at Plymouth, Illinois, Nov. 21, 1930, age 83 years and 2 months. In 1870 he went to Homer, I11., where he remained several years. On Oct. 7, 1874, he was united in marriage to Sarah Jane Munyon.
To this union were born 7 children, three boys and four girls. They moved to McPherson couniy in 1878. In the next year 1879 he came to Lane county, locating three miles southeast of the present site of Healy, when the nearest place to buy provisions were Grainfield and Garden City; at one time their nearest neighbor lived about 9 miles from them. At one time the Linns and one other family were the only families living in Lane, county. This records the passing of another "pioneer." They played the greatest game, and have been in their srtan of years, Kansas carved from the rough, a garden blooming in the wilderness. They have lived to see miracles come to pass and dreams come true. The world has never witnessed such a growth to power and prosperity as those who came west in the early days achieved. When Mr. Linn came here buffalo and wild horses roamed over these plains. In early manhood he became a Christian and in the early days when there was no church he gathered his family for worship daily. Later uniting with the Methodist church of Healy. Brother Linn departed while visiting his oldest son. He leaves to mourn his departure his wife and one brother and the following children Daniel Edward Linn, Plymouth, Nancy Ann Salisbury, Merino, Colo. Mary Catherine Phillips of Healy, William Linn of Healy; and John W. Linn; two daughters departed this life a few years ago. He also leaves 18 grand children and 3 great grand children and many friends to mourn his departure. Inez Hamilton, a grand daughter, accompanied the body here. The funeral service was conducted by Rev. Stanley S. Welch."
November 1910 Sterling
In 1930 Atwood precinct, Logan County, Alfred R. Salisbury 53 is farming, Anna N. Salisbury 48 Wife, Agnas T. Linn 11 Niece, Thomas U. Linn 9 Nephew, and Danial D. Linn 6 Nephew.
Alfred Salisbury BIRTH 1876 DEATH 1934 BURIAL Riverside Cemetery Sterling, Logan County, Colorado, PLOT ES LOT 0958 No headstone MEMORIAL ID 236093744.
In 1940 Lane County, Kansas, Anna N. Salisbury is 58, widowed, Daniel D. Linn 16 Nephew, and Thomas N. Linn 19 Nephew.
March 3, 1960 Galesburg, Illinois " Funeral services for Mrs. Anna N. Bruce, 78, of 1586 E. North, who died Wednesday at 2:55 p.m. will be conducted Saturday 1:30 p.m. at Hinchliff and Pearson Funeral Chapel, where friends may call Friday evening. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Bruce was born Nov. 28, 1881, in Healy, Kan. She lived for the past .. years in Galesburg with a niece and a nephew, Mrs. Inez Hamilton and Charles Linn. She was first married in Sterling, to Alfred Salisbury and a second time to Walker Bruce at Wichita. Both husbands preceded her in death.
Surviving is a sister, Mrs. Mary Phillips, in the State of Oregon."
September 8, 1975 Lompoc, California
"Services for Thomas U. Linn, 54, were held 3 p.m. today at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery with the Rev. Kenneth R. Boyd officiating.
Born in Kansas in 1921, Mr. Linn died Friday at his home, 12773 Santa Ana Place in Chino, where he had resided for the past 22 years. He had been a ranch manager for Bodger Seed Co. Mr. Linn had lived in Lompoc from 1945 through 1952, being employed by Johns-Manville Corp. and the American Sugar Crystal Company. He was a World War II veteran.
He is survived by his wife, Barbara, of the home address; his mother, Mrs. Eva Jones of Kansas; a stepson, Gary A. Salzman of Berkeley; a brother, Daniel Linn of Missouri; three sisters, Mrs. Agnes Dennis of Oklahoma and Mrs. Mary Butcher and Mrs. Virginia Brewster, both of Kansas; and two grandchildren.
Services were under the direction of Starbuck Mortuary. "
Thomas U. Linn BIRTH 3 Jan 1921 DEATH 5 Sep 1975 BURIAL Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery Lompoc, California, MEMORIAL ID 8509712.
March 12, 1991 Parsons, Kansas "Eva Myrtle (Ruth) Jones 96 died Monday March 11 1991 in the Highland Park Manor nursing home Enid Okla She was a former longtime Parsons resident where she had lived at 2210 Crawford She had moved to Enid in about 1975 She was bom Nov 18 1894 in Scott City Kan to Ulysses and Florence (Sparks) Ruth She grew up in the Garden City and Scott City area Her first marriage was to John Linn on April 4 1915 in Scott City He died She was married to George William Jones on Feb 14 1932 He died in June 1971 Mrs Jones was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was a foster grandparent. Survivors include: two sons Robert Jones of Parsons and Dean Linn of Belton, Mo., two daughters, Mary Butcher of Emporia, and Virginia Brewster of Independence, 13 grandchildren, and 16 greatgrandchildren. Two children, Thomas Linn of Chino, Calif., and Agnes Dennis of Enid, Okla., preceded her in death.
A graveside service will be at 2 pm Thursday at Memorial Park Cemetery Enid with Bishop Peter Gorshc officiating."
