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Born 1839
From The history of Henry and St. Clair counties, Missouri, containing a history of these counties, their cities, towns, etc. etc., biograhical sketches of their citizens, general and local statistics, his (1883), Encyclopedia of the history of Missouri (v. 5) (1901)
HARVEY W. SALMON was born January 26, 1839, in Greenville District, South Carolina. His father, Ezekiel J. Salmon, was a native of the same place, and by occupation a farmer. He removed to Missouri in 1839 and settled near Versailles, in Morgan County, where he was engaged in farming and stock raising. H. W. spent his early life on his father's farm, attending school until thirteen years of age, when he commenced his mercantile experience as a clerk in a store in Versailles, Morgan County. In 1859 '"" embarked in business with his brothers in that city, and continued therein until May 13, 1861. The great civil war was then being waged and the Salmon brothers espoused the confederate cause, locked their store doors, leaving their stock of goods to the chance of the times, and enlisted in the southern army. Harvey volunteered in Company F, Robert McCullough's regiment, and participated in the battles of Carthage, Wilson Creek, Dry Wood and Lexington. The following October he was commissioned captain. In November, 1861, the term of enlisting having expired, he returned to Morgan County on recruiting service, and was there taken prisoner and confined ten months in St. Louis, Alton and Johnson's Island. He was then exchanged and joined Brigadier-General Parsons in Arkansas, and served on his staff as chief of, ordnance until the close of the war. After the surrender he returned to St. Louis, and in November, 18G6, came to Clinton and commenced with his brother, G. Y. Salmon, and D. C. Stone in the banking business. In 1871 he and his brother purchased the interest of D. C. Stone in the Clinton Bank, and have since conducted the business, under the firm name of Salmon & Salmon. In 1872 Mr. S. was elected state treasurer, and while occupying the office reduced the state debt over $1,000,000, a fact for which men of all parties in Missouri have given him great credit, his financial ability resulting in so great a good Governor Woodson, in one of his messages to the legislature, stated he was worthy of high commendation for the honesty, perseverance and energy with which he had transacted the arduous duties of his office. He was married November 16, 1 87 1, to Miss Kate Kimbrough, a daughter of J. S. Kimbrough, one of Henry County's prominent citizens. Their family consists of four sons and one daughter. No man in the county has a more honorable business record, and none are more deserving of the success which has crowned his efforts.,3
As printed in The history of Henry and St. Clair counties, Missouri, containing a history of these counties, their cities, towns, etc. etc., biograhical sketches of their citizens, general and local statistics, his (1883). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Salmon, Harvey Wallis, banker and financier, was born January 26, 1839, in Greenville District, South Carolina. His father, Ezekiel J. Salmon, also a native of that State and a farmer by occupation, removed to Morgan Coynty, Missouri, in 1839, and engaged in farming and stock-breeding. The son, Harvey W. Salmon, passed his boyhood upon his father's farm, in the winters attending such schools as were then maintained in an agricultural country. When thirteen years of age he engaged in a store at Versailles, in Morgan County, and there laid the foundation for a substantial business career. In 1859, in the same city, he became a partner with his brothers in a general store, and was so engaged until May, 1861, when the firm closed their doors, leaving their goods as they were, to enter the service of the Confederate States, to which they gave their hearty aid and sympathy from the outset. Harvey W. Salmon became a member of Company F, of Colonel William Brown's regiment, afterward Colonel Robert McCullough's regiment of Missouri State Guards, and with this command took part in the battles of Carthage, Wilson's Creek, Dry Wood and Lexington. In October, 1861, he was commissioned captain of his company. On the expiration of his term of service, in November following, he went to Morgan County to engage in recruiting service, and was there made prisoner by the Federals, and endured confinement for ten months at St. Louis, Alton, Illinois, and Johnson's Island, Ohio. After being exchanged, he joined the Confederate forces in Arkansas, and was assigned to duty as chief of ordnance upon the staff of Brigadier General Parsons, and served in that capacity until the close of the war. He sojourned for a time in St. Louis, and in November, 1866, located at
Clinton, in Henry County. Here he was associated with his brother, G. Y. Salmon, and D. C. Stone, in the organization of the Salmon & Stone Bank, which opened for business November ist of that year, it being the first bank in Henry County. In 1873 Mr. Stone retired, and since that time the business has been carried on under the firm name of Salmon & Salmon. In 1872 Mr. Harvey W. Salmon was elected State Treasurer of Missouri. During his term of office the public debt was reduced more than $1,000,000, and this was done at a time when it required upward of $1,000,000 to pay the annual interest on the State debt. This handsome result brought to Major Salmon the hearty commendation of Governor Woodson, who, in a message to the General Assembly, testified to his sagacity, honesty and indefatigable industry. For a number of years he served as chairman of the executive committee of the Democratic central committee of Missouri, his term covering the important and bitterly contested campaigns when Cleveland and Bryan were the presidential candidates. In later years he has been prominent in the inner councils of the State and national Democracy, and has been the close personal and political friend of Colonel William J. Bryan, now the distinguished leader of that party. Cherishing in affectionate remembrance the memories of those companions who contended with him for the "lost cause," he has always been an earnest supporter of and liberal contributor to all measures designed to promote the comfort of living indigent Confederate soldiers, or their dependents, and to perpetuate the memories of the dead. He was most active in assisting toward the erection of the monument in the Confederate Cemetery at Springfield. Mr. Salmon was married, November 16, 1871, to Miss Katherine Kimbrough, daughter of J. S. Kimbrough, a leading citizen of Henry County. Their children are four in number, Harvey W., Jr., a graduate of Harvard University and now engaged on the St. Louis "Republic"; Merritt K., a graduate of the State University of Missouri and now engaged with the Wetmore Tobacco Company at St. Louis; Louise, a graduate of Baird College, and Warren, a student in the Clinton high school, the last two named residing at home. Major Salmon is one of the substantial and progressive citizens of Clinton, and is a. leader in all enterprises conducive to the prosperity of the city and county.
Salt Creek.— See "Mendon."
Salt Manufacture in Ste. Genevieve County. — A small stream in the southeastern part of Ste. Genevieve County, emptying into the Mississippi River, is called Saline Creek. Salt springs along its banks are numerous, and the earliest settlers of the county made salt by evaporating the water in large kettles. The latter half of the eighteenth century salt-making in this way was considerable of an industry, the product being disposed of at Ste. Genevieve, New Bourbon and Kaskaskia. The advent of cheap river transportation and the subsequent bringing into the country of salt from New Orleans caused the abandonment of the salt pits along the Saline.
Salt River.— A stream 150 miles in length, composed of the North Fork, South Fork and Middle Branch, which rise, respectively, in Adair, Audrain and Macon Counties, and unite in Monroe County, the main stream flowing thence through Ralls and Pike Counties into the Mississippi, four miles above Louisiana.
Salvage Corps.— The Underwriters' Salvage Corps of St. Louis had its origin in a meeting of the underwriters of the city, held at the office of the St. Louis Insurance Company, May 19, 1874, at which sixty-three fire insurance companies were represented. At that meeting the initiatory steps were taken for creating a fire patrol, to be owned and operated by the insurance underwriters. May 29th, following, George T. Cram was made president, and Lewis E. Snow secretary and treasurer of the organization. Charles Evans, of Chicago, was unanimously selected to take charge of the organization and equipment of the St. Louis Fire Patrol. In 1873, before the Salvage Corps was organized, the percentage of loss to the amount of insurance on the property damaged by fire was 37.37, while in 1896 it had dropped to 13.40 per cent. The cost of maintaining this fire patrol is borne by the insurance companies. In 1897 there were three salvage corps in the city, each under
As printed in Encyclopedia of the history of Missouri (v. 5) (1901). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: G. Y. Salmon (b. 1827)
Their biographies name Harvey W. Salmon: John Oechsli
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