From the book History of Walworth County Wisconsin, by Albert Clayton Beckwith, publ. 1912 - Page 554 SILAS SALISBURY was born Mary 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 HURLBUT, Jr.). Submitted By: Carol (carolann612@charter.net)