Matthews / Conner / Covey / Salts [Solt] Family History - Person Sheet
Matthews / Conner / Covey / Salts [Solt] Family History - Person Sheet
Birth PlaceCorydon, Harrison County, Indiana
Death Date20 Mar 1926 Age: 72
Death PlaceKnob Noster, Johnson County, Missouri
MemoHe had cancer of the stomach and practically starved to death. There was no treatment for it at that time. Lena cared for him at his home until his death.
Burial Date22 Mar 192630
Burial PlacePleasant Grove Cemetery, Knob Noster, Johnson County, Missouri
FatherLeland Arthur SALTS , M (1818-1896)
MotherMary Jane McGINNIS , F (1824-1855)
Spouses
1Alice B. GRAHAM, F
Birth PlaceMissouri
Death Date30 Apr 18825 Age: 23
Death PlaceKnob Noster, Johnson County, Missouri
Burial PlacePleasant Grove Cemetery, Knob Noster, Johnson County, Missouri
FatherJames D. GRAHAM , M (1821-1858)
MotherMary E. STULL , F
ChildrenHarlow Arthur “Uncle Doc” , M (1879-1968)
Francis Victoria Ann “Annie” (Died as Infant), F (1882-1882)
Birth PlaceDeepwater, Henry County, Missouri
Death PlaceKnob Noster, Johnson County, Missouri
Burial PlacePleasant Grove Cemetery, Knob Noster, Johnson County, Missouri36
FatherCharles E. RUCKER , M (~1831-1862)
MotherMargaret Ann "Mary" BRIM , F (1833-1862)
ChildrenCharles Lee “Charlie” , M (1885-1969)
Lena Alice , F (1887-1959)
Notes for Daniel Napoleon SAULTS
1850 - Subdivision 10, Greene County, Tennessee Census38
SALTS, Leland 32 bridge keeper TN
SALTS, Mary 24 TN
Davis 6 TN
Frances 3 TN
Elmira 10/12 TN
From D.N.’s own biographical sketch, we know that he was born in Corydon, Indiana. However, to date, no documents have been found recording his birth in this state, or varify the family's movements after they left Tennessee -which was sometime after the 1850 census was taken.
Descendants of Leland’s third marriage who are still living in Galesburg, Illinois area, knew of this family's time in Corydon, but said that their time in Indiana was only a ‘stopover’ while Leland searched for work. They soon made their way up to Springfield, Illinois -before migrating up to Knox County, Illinois. Each move was associated with looking for work and associated with stops along the trails that were heading west.
1855, August 24th - While living in Mercer, Illinois, D.N.’s mother, Mary Jane McGinnis Salts, became ill with TB and later died in Knox County on August 24th of 1855. She is buried in the Henderson Township, Knox County, Illinois Cemetery alone and in a single grave. But the family did not stay in Illinois.
Knowing that she was going to die, Mary Jane asked Leland to take the children back to Tennessee where they could be raised by her mother. This same story has been passed down through each different branch of Leland’s three Salts families -from three different states. The last name of Mary Jane’s mother has never been found. She has only been referred to in the different family notes and letters as “Grandmother McGinnis.”
It is not known how long the four children lived with their Grandmother McGinnis or if they were directly handed out to other households upon their return to Tennessee. On the 1860 census, the following information has been found.
1860, August 4th - United States Federal Census: Tennessee, Washington County, Swinney’s District #7, Jonesboro Post Office, dwelling #724, family #724 taken on the 4th of August in 1860
MCGINNIS, Hannah 65 f seamstress TN
SALTS, Daniel 7 m IL
1860, October 1st - On the 1st of October in 186039, D.N. was bound out to William Harvey Britton of the Blackfox area of Greene County, Tennessee29. Harvey’s brother, Daniel Britton, was named as security. It is not known why Daniel Britton was the security for D.N., but documents prove that he handed this child over to his brother to raise. The Britton family history does not show D.N. living with Daniel Britton -only with his brother, Harvey. It is here, with Harvey Britton, that D.N. lived until he was the age of 21. This is the time that his bounding agreement was completed.
While living with Harve Britton’s family, D.N. was taught the trade of horse shoeing and black-smithing. We know that Harvey and D.N. had a very good relationship. This is evident in the communication that continued between D.N. and Harvey -and between Daniel and Harvey's children later on. Also, through letters written to D.N.’s daughter, Lena, later in life, we know that D.N. took his children down to Tennessee to see family and to visit with Harvey and his family. D.N. also sent photographs to the Britton family which they still have -alone with a post card that was sent to Harvey from Knob Noster. We also know that Harvey Britton, gave D.N. a new suit and a razor to help him get started in life. This would have been in the year 1878 -the same year D.N.’s bounding agreement ran out with Harvey. (It is not known if this was a leaving / Christmas gift, but the next written record for D.N. has connects him to North Henderson, Illinois on February 15, 1878.)
After he left Harvey Britton’s, D.N. travelled up to McComb, McDonough Co., Illinois trying to find employment as a blacksmith. It is not known how long he stayed there, but his granddaughter, Marian Virginia Saults Cassing, thought it was only for a short period. We know from D.N.’s own notes and stories passed down to his Knob Noster Saults family, that there was a bit of resentment towards his father. Through D.N.’s own notes and from the letters written by his sister, Ella’s daughters, we know that D.N. and his sister Ella never saw their father again after he took them all back to Tennessee when their mother died.
Also, McComb, Illinois is located only 25 to 30 miles south of North Henderson where D.N.’s father was living at that time with his second wife and his new family. While working in McComb where he shoed race horses, D.N. must have gone up to visit his father for the first time in eighteen yeas. It was during this visit that he would have probably visited his mother’s grave and visited his father. Also during this visit on February 15th in 1878, D.N. took notes about his Saults family history and family name.
The letter written during his visit with his father said it was “indited by Leland” and has left many thinking that it was written by a third person. However, after many years of studying it and learning more about Leland and D.N., it is now concluded that the letter was written by D.N. The name Salts is written as Saults. Although both men could write, D.N. was the only one of Leland’s children to spell his name that way. Also, other samples of D.N.’s handwriting have been compared to this letter and the conclusion is that it was D.N. who was taking notes on this visit with his father.
There is also a bit of confusion on the dates of D.N.’s arrival year in Missouri. In his own notes, he wrote down the year 1876 for the year that he first came to Knob Noster. However, he also said that he never saw his father again until Leland was much older and near death. If Leland did arrive in Knob Noster in 1876,30 then he would have gone to Illinois to visit his father on a special trip. It is this author’s belief that this did not happen. It is my belief that D.N. did not arrive in Knob Noster until the year of 1878.
After leaving Illinois, D.N. migrated to Missouri looking for employment with the railroad. He had a brother all ready living there who was working on the railroad in Sedalia. Jim Salts, D.N.’s half brother, was in Knob Noster. His marriage to Dorsey Smith has been recorded on the 28th of July 1887. There have been no records or notes found showing that Davis B. had ever visited his brother in Missouri. Jim was from Leland’s second marriage to Eunice Fenton. He is the only child known that survived.
While waiting on a job with the Railroad in Sedalia, D.N., somehow made his way to Knob Noster and found work as a blacksmith40 with Mr. Jonathan Shockley. He worked there for many years and earned enough money to buy out the business when Mr. Shockley retired. With the money he earned from his business, D.N. then equipped and educated himself as a veterinarian by correspondence courses and was soon known to all in the community as “Doc Saults”40.
In 1887 D.N. bought a four room cottage in Knob Noster, MO. He purchased it from Dr. Lee C. Miller of Quantrell’s Raiders. D.N. and Dr. Miller became friends to death. Two of D.N.’s children were named after Dr. Miller - Charles Lee and Lena.41
D.N.’s first wife was Alice B. Graham. She was an orphan girl of Scotch decent and lived about 3 1/4 miles south west of Knob Noster. It has been passed on by people who remembered her, that she, and Victoria Ray, a cousin of hers, were both outstanding dancers of the neighbourhood, and that dancing was given as the cause of Alice’s illness. As the story has been passed on, she went to a dance one cold night and danced all night long. But during the evening she became very warm and went to the window, opened it and took a severe cold. People that knew her said that she never saw a well day after that night. It was after contracting this cold that she was later diagnosed with Tuberculosis.
Once their son Harlow was born, at the attending doctor’s suggestion, the family moved from East Lynn where they were currently living near Knob Noster and moved to Colorado Springs -but later, on to Pueblo, Colorado. Alice’s health did not improve; however, and she asked to be taken back home to Missouri. She died at the home of Gilbert Koontz, about 6 miles south of Knob Noster. It was a log cabin with a big fireplace. Alice was laid to rest in the cemetery close by. It was at this point that D.N.’s sister Fannie left Washington Co., Tennessee and came to Knob Noster to keep house for her brother. It is also known that D.N. was so poor at this time in his life, that he couldn’t afford two beds. From Harlow’s own notes, he remembered sleeping on the floor with his Aunt Fannie, while their father slept in the only bed they owned.
At this point in D.N.’s life, it is recorded that he was working for Valoris Hughes. Mr. Hughes wanted to retire, so a partnership was formed with Robert Ford and a man named Vanasdill. D.N. and his family then lived north of the tracks in Knob Noster. From this house, son Harlow remembers moving several more times -they moved to the south part of town to the 2nd house east of the Methodist Church, but later moved to the first house south of Shockley Blacksmith shop. It was there that the baby Francis died in infancy. The next move Harlow remembered was again in the south part of town, but on same street. It was the last move they made and this is the house that D.N. stayed in until his final days. D.N. bought this house and started working to pay his debts. It is about this time that Harlow remembers starting school.
The family does not seem to have much money at this time. Harlow’s memories of his early school days were of many incidents that happened for him at school. “I was often made fun of for the hand me downs I wore. I did look ridiculous.”42
On October 8, 1857, D.N. married his second wife, Elizabeth Jane Rucker and Fannie left for Kansas City to find work. It was at this little house where Charles Lee and Lena Alice were born. Harlow’s memories were good his new stepmother was that she was a good wife and step mother but soon after Lena’s birth she took sick and died. In 1899 we decided I could attend medical school if I could go through on a shoe string."43
“D. N. Saults with his family moved to this site in Knob Noster, Missouri. on October 1st, 1887—there being here at that time, a four roomed cottage. The little house was torn down and this one built in the summer of 1904. This was home as long as Father lived, he having died here on March 20th 1926, and Aunt Fannie before him on August 4th 1925.”44
His sister, Fannie Saults who never married, kept house for her brother after he had lost two wives and was left with three children to raise. "She was more like a mother to the children than an aunt.”45
For 17 years D. N. Salts and his son Charles operated a grocery, furniture, and undertaking business. Lena worked there as well for a time doing the booking and helped run the store. D.N. was on the School Board and the Town Board a good many years.46
“…D. N. Saults came to Missouri from Tennessee in 1876 and located at Knob Noster. Mr. Saults was a blacksmith by trade and for thirty years was associated in partnership with Robert Ford in the blacksmithing business at Knob Noster. He retired from that vocation In 1910 and has been engaged in the mercantile business at Knob Noster, associated with his son, Charles L. The father is now probably sixty eight years of age and he is still active and alert both physically and mentally and assumes the full control of all his business affairs and extensive financial interests, which in Knob Noster alone amount in value to a considerable sum, in addition to a valuable farm, comprising one hundred forty acres, located south of Knob Noster. D. N. Saults has long been considered one of the most important promoters of business and builders of Knob Noster. As a business man and financier, Mr. Saults holds precedence in his community and possessing a strong mentality, invincible perseverance, and a marked individuality, hi is looked upon as a natural leader of men, a director of opinion in matters relating to financial and industrial affairs. Fraternally, D. N. Saults has been a mason of the Third Degree for many years. Politically, he is a stanch Democrat.…”47
For seventeen years he was associated with his son Charles, in the grocery, furniture and undertaking business, under the name of Saults and Co., in Knob Noster.
1870 - US Federal Census for Greene County, Tennessee
William Britton 35 Blacksmith TN
Louisa 29 keeping house TN
Catherine 3 dau TN
Salts, Daniel N. 16
[He is listed as David V. Salts, age 16 b. TN]
1880, March 18th - Letter from Alice to Fannie (D.N.’s sister)31
March 18, 1880 post marked from South Pueblo, CO.
1880, June 3 - United States Federal Census: Missouri, Cass County, East Lynn Township, District 89, dwelling #35, family #36, taken June 3, 1880.
SAULTS, D.N. w m 26 blacksmith IN TN TN
SAULTS, Alice B. w f 22 wife keeps house MO MO MO
SAULTS, Arthur H. w m 11/12 June son MO IN MO
GORDEN, Wm B. w m 21 blacksmith 10/12 blind in one eye WVA WVA WVA
1880, December 26th - Letter - from Alice to Fannie (D.N.’s sister)31
December 26, 1880 post marked from CO.
1881 - Letter, postmarked July 18, 1881 from Colorado Spring, El Paso County, Colorado.
1882, October 5th - After the death of their daughter, D.N. moved his family back to Colorado Springs, CO for his wife’s health -- she had Tuberculosis. But they didn’t stay long for the sickness didn’t improve and Alice died. D.N. shoed western horses to make money while they lived there. He then returned to Knob Noster, MO.
1887 - In 1887 D.N. bought a four room cottage in Knob Noster, MO. He purchased it from Dr. Lee C. Miller of Quantrell’s Raiders. D.N. and Dr. Miller became friends to death. Two of D.N.’s children were named after Dr. Miller - Charles Lee and Lena.41
1900, June 4th - United States Federal Census: Missouri, Johnson County, Washington Township, Knob Noster, District 119, State Street, dwelling #103, family #104, taken on the 4th of June 1900.
SAULTS, Daniel head w m May 1853 47 Wd IN TN TN blacksmith
SAULTS, Fannie A. sister w f Mar 1847 43 s TN TN TN
SAULTS, Harlow A. son w m June 1879 20 s MO IN MO
SAULTS, Charley L. son w m Nov 1885 14 s MO IN MO
SAULTS, Lena A daughter w f Aug 1887 12 s MO IN MO
1910 - United States Federal Census: Missouri, Johnson County, Knob Noster, Ward 2, district 122 [corner of Wimer and State streets], lines 55-57, dwelling #119, family #122
SAULTS, D.N. head m w 56 wd IN TN TN mechanic, blacksmith
SAULTS, Fannie sister f w 63 s TN TN TN none
SAULTS, Lena daughter f w 22 s MO IN MO teacher, music teacher
1912, March 1st - Knob Noster Gem Newspaper - Chickens Stolen - D. N. Saults lost 9 big fat chickens one night last week. The intruder left no trace of his work only on the hen roost. This is hard luck for “Doc’ as chickens are worth something now. The same night a board was pried off the hen- house of James Lemmley, but for some reason the thief got cold feet and quit the job.
1917, October - Knob Noster Gem Newspaper - D.N.Saults left Saturday for Dallas, Texas where he is visiting his Cousin Neal and Rev. L. P. Smith
1920 - United States Federal Census: Missouri, Johnson County, Knob Noster, Washington Township, dwelling #16, family #16, image 1082, page 1A
SAULTS, D.N. head w m 66 wd IN TN TN retired
SAULTS, Lena daughter 32 MO IN MO book keeper, store
SAULTS, Fannie sister 67 TN TN TN none
SALTS, Leland 32 bridge keeper TN
SALTS, Mary 24 TN
Davis 6 TN
Frances 3 TN
Elmira 10/12 TN
From D.N.’s own biographical sketch, we know that he was born in Corydon, Indiana. However, to date, no documents have been found recording his birth in this state, or varify the family's movements after they left Tennessee -which was sometime after the 1850 census was taken.
Descendants of Leland’s third marriage who are still living in Galesburg, Illinois area, knew of this family's time in Corydon, but said that their time in Indiana was only a ‘stopover’ while Leland searched for work. They soon made their way up to Springfield, Illinois -before migrating up to Knox County, Illinois. Each move was associated with looking for work and associated with stops along the trails that were heading west.
1855, August 24th - While living in Mercer, Illinois, D.N.’s mother, Mary Jane McGinnis Salts, became ill with TB and later died in Knox County on August 24th of 1855. She is buried in the Henderson Township, Knox County, Illinois Cemetery alone and in a single grave. But the family did not stay in Illinois.
Knowing that she was going to die, Mary Jane asked Leland to take the children back to Tennessee where they could be raised by her mother. This same story has been passed down through each different branch of Leland’s three Salts families -from three different states. The last name of Mary Jane’s mother has never been found. She has only been referred to in the different family notes and letters as “Grandmother McGinnis.”
It is not known how long the four children lived with their Grandmother McGinnis or if they were directly handed out to other households upon their return to Tennessee. On the 1860 census, the following information has been found.
1860, August 4th - United States Federal Census: Tennessee, Washington County, Swinney’s District #7, Jonesboro Post Office, dwelling #724, family #724 taken on the 4th of August in 1860
MCGINNIS, Hannah 65 f seamstress TN
SALTS, Daniel 7 m IL
1860, October 1st - On the 1st of October in 186039, D.N. was bound out to William Harvey Britton of the Blackfox area of Greene County, Tennessee29. Harvey’s brother, Daniel Britton, was named as security. It is not known why Daniel Britton was the security for D.N., but documents prove that he handed this child over to his brother to raise. The Britton family history does not show D.N. living with Daniel Britton -only with his brother, Harvey. It is here, with Harvey Britton, that D.N. lived until he was the age of 21. This is the time that his bounding agreement was completed.
While living with Harve Britton’s family, D.N. was taught the trade of horse shoeing and black-smithing. We know that Harvey and D.N. had a very good relationship. This is evident in the communication that continued between D.N. and Harvey -and between Daniel and Harvey's children later on. Also, through letters written to D.N.’s daughter, Lena, later in life, we know that D.N. took his children down to Tennessee to see family and to visit with Harvey and his family. D.N. also sent photographs to the Britton family which they still have -alone with a post card that was sent to Harvey from Knob Noster. We also know that Harvey Britton, gave D.N. a new suit and a razor to help him get started in life. This would have been in the year 1878 -the same year D.N.’s bounding agreement ran out with Harvey. (It is not known if this was a leaving / Christmas gift, but the next written record for D.N. has connects him to North Henderson, Illinois on February 15, 1878.)
After he left Harvey Britton’s, D.N. travelled up to McComb, McDonough Co., Illinois trying to find employment as a blacksmith. It is not known how long he stayed there, but his granddaughter, Marian Virginia Saults Cassing, thought it was only for a short period. We know from D.N.’s own notes and stories passed down to his Knob Noster Saults family, that there was a bit of resentment towards his father. Through D.N.’s own notes and from the letters written by his sister, Ella’s daughters, we know that D.N. and his sister Ella never saw their father again after he took them all back to Tennessee when their mother died.
Also, McComb, Illinois is located only 25 to 30 miles south of North Henderson where D.N.’s father was living at that time with his second wife and his new family. While working in McComb where he shoed race horses, D.N. must have gone up to visit his father for the first time in eighteen yeas. It was during this visit that he would have probably visited his mother’s grave and visited his father. Also during this visit on February 15th in 1878, D.N. took notes about his Saults family history and family name.
The letter written during his visit with his father said it was “indited by Leland” and has left many thinking that it was written by a third person. However, after many years of studying it and learning more about Leland and D.N., it is now concluded that the letter was written by D.N. The name Salts is written as Saults. Although both men could write, D.N. was the only one of Leland’s children to spell his name that way. Also, other samples of D.N.’s handwriting have been compared to this letter and the conclusion is that it was D.N. who was taking notes on this visit with his father.
There is also a bit of confusion on the dates of D.N.’s arrival year in Missouri. In his own notes, he wrote down the year 1876 for the year that he first came to Knob Noster. However, he also said that he never saw his father again until Leland was much older and near death. If Leland did arrive in Knob Noster in 1876,30 then he would have gone to Illinois to visit his father on a special trip. It is this author’s belief that this did not happen. It is my belief that D.N. did not arrive in Knob Noster until the year of 1878.
After leaving Illinois, D.N. migrated to Missouri looking for employment with the railroad. He had a brother all ready living there who was working on the railroad in Sedalia. Jim Salts, D.N.’s half brother, was in Knob Noster. His marriage to Dorsey Smith has been recorded on the 28th of July 1887. There have been no records or notes found showing that Davis B. had ever visited his brother in Missouri. Jim was from Leland’s second marriage to Eunice Fenton. He is the only child known that survived.
While waiting on a job with the Railroad in Sedalia, D.N., somehow made his way to Knob Noster and found work as a blacksmith40 with Mr. Jonathan Shockley. He worked there for many years and earned enough money to buy out the business when Mr. Shockley retired. With the money he earned from his business, D.N. then equipped and educated himself as a veterinarian by correspondence courses and was soon known to all in the community as “Doc Saults”40.
In 1887 D.N. bought a four room cottage in Knob Noster, MO. He purchased it from Dr. Lee C. Miller of Quantrell’s Raiders. D.N. and Dr. Miller became friends to death. Two of D.N.’s children were named after Dr. Miller - Charles Lee and Lena.41
D.N.’s first wife was Alice B. Graham. She was an orphan girl of Scotch decent and lived about 3 1/4 miles south west of Knob Noster. It has been passed on by people who remembered her, that she, and Victoria Ray, a cousin of hers, were both outstanding dancers of the neighbourhood, and that dancing was given as the cause of Alice’s illness. As the story has been passed on, she went to a dance one cold night and danced all night long. But during the evening she became very warm and went to the window, opened it and took a severe cold. People that knew her said that she never saw a well day after that night. It was after contracting this cold that she was later diagnosed with Tuberculosis.
Once their son Harlow was born, at the attending doctor’s suggestion, the family moved from East Lynn where they were currently living near Knob Noster and moved to Colorado Springs -but later, on to Pueblo, Colorado. Alice’s health did not improve; however, and she asked to be taken back home to Missouri. She died at the home of Gilbert Koontz, about 6 miles south of Knob Noster. It was a log cabin with a big fireplace. Alice was laid to rest in the cemetery close by. It was at this point that D.N.’s sister Fannie left Washington Co., Tennessee and came to Knob Noster to keep house for her brother. It is also known that D.N. was so poor at this time in his life, that he couldn’t afford two beds. From Harlow’s own notes, he remembered sleeping on the floor with his Aunt Fannie, while their father slept in the only bed they owned.
At this point in D.N.’s life, it is recorded that he was working for Valoris Hughes. Mr. Hughes wanted to retire, so a partnership was formed with Robert Ford and a man named Vanasdill. D.N. and his family then lived north of the tracks in Knob Noster. From this house, son Harlow remembers moving several more times -they moved to the south part of town to the 2nd house east of the Methodist Church, but later moved to the first house south of Shockley Blacksmith shop. It was there that the baby Francis died in infancy. The next move Harlow remembered was again in the south part of town, but on same street. It was the last move they made and this is the house that D.N. stayed in until his final days. D.N. bought this house and started working to pay his debts. It is about this time that Harlow remembers starting school.
The family does not seem to have much money at this time. Harlow’s memories of his early school days were of many incidents that happened for him at school. “I was often made fun of for the hand me downs I wore. I did look ridiculous.”42
On October 8, 1857, D.N. married his second wife, Elizabeth Jane Rucker and Fannie left for Kansas City to find work. It was at this little house where Charles Lee and Lena Alice were born. Harlow’s memories were good his new stepmother was that she was a good wife and step mother but soon after Lena’s birth she took sick and died. In 1899 we decided I could attend medical school if I could go through on a shoe string."43
“D. N. Saults with his family moved to this site in Knob Noster, Missouri. on October 1st, 1887—there being here at that time, a four roomed cottage. The little house was torn down and this one built in the summer of 1904. This was home as long as Father lived, he having died here on March 20th 1926, and Aunt Fannie before him on August 4th 1925.”44
His sister, Fannie Saults who never married, kept house for her brother after he had lost two wives and was left with three children to raise. "She was more like a mother to the children than an aunt.”45
For 17 years D. N. Salts and his son Charles operated a grocery, furniture, and undertaking business. Lena worked there as well for a time doing the booking and helped run the store. D.N. was on the School Board and the Town Board a good many years.46
“…D. N. Saults came to Missouri from Tennessee in 1876 and located at Knob Noster. Mr. Saults was a blacksmith by trade and for thirty years was associated in partnership with Robert Ford in the blacksmithing business at Knob Noster. He retired from that vocation In 1910 and has been engaged in the mercantile business at Knob Noster, associated with his son, Charles L. The father is now probably sixty eight years of age and he is still active and alert both physically and mentally and assumes the full control of all his business affairs and extensive financial interests, which in Knob Noster alone amount in value to a considerable sum, in addition to a valuable farm, comprising one hundred forty acres, located south of Knob Noster. D. N. Saults has long been considered one of the most important promoters of business and builders of Knob Noster. As a business man and financier, Mr. Saults holds precedence in his community and possessing a strong mentality, invincible perseverance, and a marked individuality, hi is looked upon as a natural leader of men, a director of opinion in matters relating to financial and industrial affairs. Fraternally, D. N. Saults has been a mason of the Third Degree for many years. Politically, he is a stanch Democrat.…”47
For seventeen years he was associated with his son Charles, in the grocery, furniture and undertaking business, under the name of Saults and Co., in Knob Noster.
1870 - US Federal Census for Greene County, Tennessee
William Britton 35 Blacksmith TN
Louisa 29 keeping house TN
Catherine 3 dau TN
Salts, Daniel N. 16
[He is listed as David V. Salts, age 16 b. TN]
1880, March 18th - Letter from Alice to Fannie (D.N.’s sister)31
March 18, 1880 post marked from South Pueblo, CO.
1880, June 3 - United States Federal Census: Missouri, Cass County, East Lynn Township, District 89, dwelling #35, family #36, taken June 3, 1880.
SAULTS, D.N. w m 26 blacksmith IN TN TN
SAULTS, Alice B. w f 22 wife keeps house MO MO MO
SAULTS, Arthur H. w m 11/12 June son MO IN MO
GORDEN, Wm B. w m 21 blacksmith 10/12 blind in one eye WVA WVA WVA
1880, December 26th - Letter - from Alice to Fannie (D.N.’s sister)31
December 26, 1880 post marked from CO.
1881 - Letter, postmarked July 18, 1881 from Colorado Spring, El Paso County, Colorado.
1882, October 5th - After the death of their daughter, D.N. moved his family back to Colorado Springs, CO for his wife’s health -- she had Tuberculosis. But they didn’t stay long for the sickness didn’t improve and Alice died. D.N. shoed western horses to make money while they lived there. He then returned to Knob Noster, MO.
1887 - In 1887 D.N. bought a four room cottage in Knob Noster, MO. He purchased it from Dr. Lee C. Miller of Quantrell’s Raiders. D.N. and Dr. Miller became friends to death. Two of D.N.’s children were named after Dr. Miller - Charles Lee and Lena.41
1900, June 4th - United States Federal Census: Missouri, Johnson County, Washington Township, Knob Noster, District 119, State Street, dwelling #103, family #104, taken on the 4th of June 1900.
SAULTS, Daniel head w m May 1853 47 Wd IN TN TN blacksmith
SAULTS, Fannie A. sister w f Mar 1847 43 s TN TN TN
SAULTS, Harlow A. son w m June 1879 20 s MO IN MO
SAULTS, Charley L. son w m Nov 1885 14 s MO IN MO
SAULTS, Lena A daughter w f Aug 1887 12 s MO IN MO
1910 - United States Federal Census: Missouri, Johnson County, Knob Noster, Ward 2, district 122 [corner of Wimer and State streets], lines 55-57, dwelling #119, family #122
SAULTS, D.N. head m w 56 wd IN TN TN mechanic, blacksmith
SAULTS, Fannie sister f w 63 s TN TN TN none
SAULTS, Lena daughter f w 22 s MO IN MO teacher, music teacher
1912, March 1st - Knob Noster Gem Newspaper - Chickens Stolen - D. N. Saults lost 9 big fat chickens one night last week. The intruder left no trace of his work only on the hen roost. This is hard luck for “Doc’ as chickens are worth something now. The same night a board was pried off the hen- house of James Lemmley, but for some reason the thief got cold feet and quit the job.
1917, October - Knob Noster Gem Newspaper - D.N.Saults left Saturday for Dallas, Texas where he is visiting his Cousin Neal and Rev. L. P. Smith
1920 - United States Federal Census: Missouri, Johnson County, Knob Noster, Washington Township, dwelling #16, family #16, image 1082, page 1A
SAULTS, D.N. head w m 66 wd IN TN TN retired
SAULTS, Lena daughter 32 MO IN MO book keeper, store
SAULTS, Fannie sister 67 TN TN TN none
Notes for Daniel Napoleon & Alice B. (Family)
They were married by J.P. Wallace. Witnesses were Alfance Ray and W.W. Koontz.
Notes for Elizabeth Jane (Spouse 2)
Documented birth years
1860 - 1858
1870 - 1858
1880 - 1859
Family Bible - 1857
Gravestone - 1858
1860 — Deep Water Twp, Henry County, Missouri - next door to brother Willis T. Rucker.34
Charles Rucker 29 Farmer 1440 285 KY
Margaret A. 26 KY
James H. 6 KY
Mary F. 4 KY
Elizabeth 2 MO
Judith 6/12 MO
1870 - found with a family named William Wells in Ionia City, Elk Fork Twnp, Pettis County, MO48
Wells, William 49 farmer TN
Wells, America wife 49 keeping house KY
Rucker, Betsy 12 MO
Galeon, George 9 MO
1880 - Washington Twp, Johnson County, MO33
Wells, William 59 head farmer TN SC TN
Wells, America 58 wife keeping home KY KY KY
Rucker, Eliza [Elizabeth] 21 boarder KY KY KY
Byland, Mary 20 Boarder
Byland, Edw [Edward] 9 Boarder KY KY KY
Byland, Evaline 4 Boarder KY KY KY
After the death of her parents, Elizabeth moved in with the family of William Wells where she lived until she married. It is thought that the Wells family who took Elizabeth were related in some way. Family notes handed down from her son say that there was a Wells daughter about the same ages as Elizabeth and the two girls were cousins. However, I’m yet to actually see the connection.
Elizabeth was one of the first chartered members of the Knob Noster Methodist Church when it was organised in 1865. This information can be found in the Johnson County History book by Cockriel.
1860 - 1858
1870 - 1858
1880 - 1859
Family Bible - 1857
Gravestone - 1858
1860 — Deep Water Twp, Henry County, Missouri - next door to brother Willis T. Rucker.34
Charles Rucker 29 Farmer 1440 285 KY
Margaret A. 26 KY
James H. 6 KY
Mary F. 4 KY
Elizabeth 2 MO
Judith 6/12 MO
1870 - found with a family named William Wells in Ionia City, Elk Fork Twnp, Pettis County, MO48
Wells, William 49 farmer TN
Wells, America wife 49 keeping house KY
Rucker, Betsy 12 MO
Galeon, George 9 MO
1880 - Washington Twp, Johnson County, MO33
Wells, William 59 head farmer TN SC TN
Wells, America 58 wife keeping home KY KY KY
Rucker, Eliza [Elizabeth] 21 boarder KY KY KY
Byland, Mary 20 Boarder
Byland, Edw [Edward] 9 Boarder KY KY KY
Byland, Evaline 4 Boarder KY KY KY
After the death of her parents, Elizabeth moved in with the family of William Wells where she lived until she married. It is thought that the Wells family who took Elizabeth were related in some way. Family notes handed down from her son say that there was a Wells daughter about the same ages as Elizabeth and the two girls were cousins. However, I’m yet to actually see the connection.
Elizabeth was one of the first chartered members of the Knob Noster Methodist Church when it was organised in 1865. This information can be found in the Johnson County History book by Cockriel.
Notes for Daniel Napoleon & Elizabeth Jane (Family)