(aka Sallsury, Saulsbury & Saulsbery)

Levis Township, Clark Co., Wisconsin

William W. Salisbury was born May 15, 1818 in the State of New York, the son of Lawrence and Orfa.  He moved to Wisconsin in 1847 to farm.  In 1861, he enlisted in Union Army of the Civil War as a Corporal.  He was assigned to Company H & I, 16th Wisconsin Infantry and served two years and nine months.  He was discharged as a private with a disability and resided in Waushara County, Wisconsin.  In 1876, he moved to Clark County, Wisconsin and remained there the rest of his life.

William died November 19, 1890 and was buried in the Levis Township Cemetery, Clark Co., Wisconsin.

SALISBURY family

Benjamin Bacon Crockett (born 24 Nov 1824) and Lucy R. (born 13 March 1836) nee Wilbur Crockett were married on 22 April 1850 at Lewiston, Maine. Benjamin Crockett served three and one half years in the Civil War in the 16^th Maine Regiment. On 20 March 1872 he homesteaded forty acres in Washburn Township section 18 and in 1894 moved to sec 6 in Washburn township. Benjamin and Lucy Crockett operated the Carlyle Store and Post Office.  Lucy nee Wilbur Crockett died in 1896.

On 21 November 1897 the widower Benjamin Crockett married Lucretia nee Foote Salisbury, widow of William Salisbury. In 1900 Benjamin and Lucretia moved to Merrill, WI where he died on 27 January 1909.

Foote family Levis news items

January 14, 1897: Miss Grace Foote is teaching school in district one, town of Levis. Miss Reben having resigned.

April 8, 1897: Grace and Blanche Foote commenced teaching school in district one and four respectively last Monday.

June 22, 1897: Grace and Blanche Foote each closed a very successful term of school in this town last Friday.

Mary Salisbury, daughter of William and Lucretia Foote Salisbury, was born in 1876 in Heloesha, WI. Mary Salisbury married Albert Hanks on March 15, 1897. Albert Hanks, born c1870, was the son of Orin and Ruth nee Clark Hanks. (The Orin Hanks family homesteaded 20 June 1867 in section one of Levis township.) Albert and Mary nee Salisbury Hanks had two children: Orin, born in 1901, and Gladys, born and died in 1905. Mary nee Salisbury Hanks deserted her husband Albert and son Orin and went west with the hired man. Albert and son Orin Hanks, some time later also moved out west were they later died.

Elnora Wilhelmina Salisbury, daughter of William and Lucretia Foote Salisbury, married Frank D. Short on 22 March 1891 in Neillsville.  The marriage certificate does not list Frank’s parents, but it is believed that he was Frank DeWillet Short, son of Washington and Lydia nee Green Short, born 17 February 1859 in "Pine Valley", Clark Co., WI.  The Salisbury farm was located in Levis section 22 and 23 and the J.W. Short (brother of Frank) farm was located in Levis section 3 and 4 on the 1893 Plat Map. Frank DeWillet Short rented the John O’Brien (O’Brien died in 1906) farm in Levis section 5 and lived there c1910 with "Nancy and a bunch of kids from her prior marriage" in a common law marriage. Apparently Elnora and Frank Short were no longer together, perhaps she had died by then. By 1919 when Frank’s mother Lydia nee Green Short Haner died Frank was living in Illinois. Frank DeWillet Short died in Quincy, Adams Co., IL on 26 February 1940. His death certificate states that he was the widower of Anna Jump Short. (No information found on Anna Jump or their marriage.)

May 1, 1917: Clarence Salisbury (1889-1994) married Bernice, adopted daughter of Dr. James P. Baker (c1861 –1941). Bernice, born in 1898, was the daughter of Mrs. Wren who did farm chores. Mrs. Wren broke her leg and washed only that leg and put the other under a blanket. The Doctor told her he had never seen such a dirty leg. She said he should see the other one and pulled off the blanket. Dr. Baker traded a dog for Bernice. Bernice and Clarence Salisbury (who was crippled) had Genevieve, Bill, Ella, Frances and maybe Harvey, about eight or nine children all together. (Cemetery records give Bernice’s maiden name as "Darling" but no connection to the Darling family could be found.)

Census Records

Military

U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Name: William W. Salisbury
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Wisconsin
Regiment Name: 16th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry
Company: H & I
Rank In: Corporal
Rank Out: Private
Alternate Name: William W./Salsbury
Film Number: M559 roll 26