In about the year 1843 MR. PAUL SALTER and family emigrated to Henderson county from the old oyster bay of New Jersey, where he had up till that time in his life followed the vocation of fishing and oyster raising. At the time of his arrival in this county he bought a tract of 800 acres of land, of John McKinney, in and about what is now known as Salter's Grove, locating in the cabin first built by Mr. McKinney, on Sec. 25, T. 10, R. 4. To his first purchase he kept adding till he became the owner of 1200 acres of land. This honorable and energetic citizen was born on Staten Island September 11, 1788; was a soldier in the war of 1812. After his eight children were born in New Jersey he, with his wife, ELIZABETH CUBBERLY, and their children, removed to Ohio and soon after to this county. After growing old in years he divided his large estate with his children and retired to private life in the village of Kirkwood, where he died in 1863. JOHN SALTER, his second son, was born in New Jersey August 24, 1815, between Bergen Point and Jersey City, where he spent the greater part of his life, as did his father, engaged in oyster culture and fishing.
In 1839 he married MISS JANE VRELAND, also a native of New Jersey, and a daughter of HENRY and LUCINDA (JEROLMAN) VREELAND, of Holland and English ancestry. In 1855 they removed to Henderson county, Illinois, and settled on the home of his father, where he still resides, having since become the owner of that part of the old home on Sec. 25, T. 10, R. 4. He has since settling here carried on the business of farming and stock raising. he also owns a home in Kirkwood, where he contemplates moving in the near future. Of his eight children seven are still living: ELIZA J. (now MRS. JACOB ACKERMAN), HENRY, LUCINDA, MARY A. (wife of THOMAS SALTER), JOHN, SARAH (wife of ISSAAC MUNDORF), EMMA (wife of JOHN SHOOK), the one deceased was RACHEL C., who was drowned while skating on the lake at Peoria when thirteen years old. Mrs. Salter is a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Source: History of Mercer and Henderson Counties ~ Chicago: H. H. Hill and Company, Publishers ~ 1882
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In about the year 1843 MR. PAUL SALTER and family emigrated to Henderson county from the old oyster bay of New Jersey, where he had up till that time in his life followed the vocation of fishing and oyster raising. At the time of his arrival in this county he bought a tract of 800 acres of land, of John McKinney, in and about what is now known as Salter's Grove, locating in the cabin first built by Mr. McKinney, on Sec. 25, T. 10, R. 4. To his first purchase he kept adding till he became the owner of 1200 acres of land. This honorable and energetic citizen was born on Staten Island September 11, 1788; was a soldier in the war of 1812. After his eight children were born in New Jersey he, with his wife, ELIZABETH CUBBERLY, and their children, removed to Ohio and soon after to this county. After growing old in years he divided his large estate with his children and retired to private life in the village of Kirkwood, where he died in 1863. JOHN SALTER, his second son, was born in New Jersey August 24, 1815, between Bergen Point and Jersey City, where he spent the greater part of his life, as did his father, engaged in oyster culture and fishing.
In 1839 he married MISS JANE VRELAND, also a native of New Jersey, and a daughter of HENRY and LUCINDA (JEROLMAN) VREELAND, of Holland and English ancestry. In 1855 they removed to Henderson county, Illinois, and settled on the home of his father, where he still resides, having since become the owner of that part of the old home on Sec. 25, T. 10, R. 4. He has since settling here carried on the business of farming and stock raising. he also owns a home in Kirkwood, where he contemplates moving in the near future. Of his eight children seven are still living: ELIZA J. (now MRS. JACOB ACKERMAN), HENRY, LUCINDA, MARY A. (wife of THOMAS SALTER), JOHN, SARAH (wife of ISSAAC MUNDORF), EMMA (wife of JOHN SHOOK), the one deceased was RACHEL C., who was drowned while skating on the lake at Peoria when thirteen years old. Mrs. Salter is a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Source: History of Mercer and Henderson Counties ~ Chicago: H. H. Hill and Company, Publishers ~ 1882
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