Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Salesberry, A. 1834 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  A. SALESBERRY, merchant, Palestine, first beheld the light of this world May
1, 1834, in La Motte Township, Crawford Co., Ill. His father was James
Salesberry, who was born, 1810, in Virginia, a farmer by occupation. He came to
Palestine at an early age, and for awhile ran a ferry across the Wabash River.
He died in 1848. His wife's maiden name was Elizabeth Harden, born in 1805, in
Kentucky. She died in 1879 in La Motte Township. She was the mother of five
children. Our subject went to school in Merom, Ind.; was a farmer in early life.
In 1875, in partnership with A. J. Plough, he started a general store in
Hutsonville; continued in that till 1880, when they dissolved partnership, and,
after dividing the stock, Mr. Salesberry came to Palestine, where he opened a
general store. Our subject has been married three times. His first wife was
Sarah Mackey, who was born in Kentucky, and died in La Motte Township. She had
three children-Andrew C., Ida Bell and Anna. His second wife was Miss Sarah
Stratton, born in Crawford County, died in Hutsonville. She was the mother of
one child named Lucy. His third wife was Mrs. P. A. Hasselbach, who was born in
1829, in Kentucky; her father was a farmer in Indiana. Mr. Salesberry has been
connected with the Democratic party. He is a member of the Christian Church.

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HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS.
EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN.

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS,
LAKESIDE BUILDING.
1883.


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