Mr. Salisbury came West and bought 280 acres in Clinton (moved onto the farm in spring 1856).

The evidence

• “Salisbury was successfully engaged in hotel business in Preble, Cortland Co, N. Y., seven years, and then in Oswego Co. till fall of 1855, when he came West, and finally bought 280 acres in Clinton, and moved on to the farm in spring of 1856; now has about 85 acres under best of cultivation. Mr.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/20-bios-clinton.md, PDF p. 782 / book p. 786

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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