John had no middle name as did his father. John and Mary came to Phelps Co., MO. In 1859. He apparently died shortly after going to Missouri.158 They came with three small children of their own and two other children and one adult. One child, a daughter died in 1860.213

Notes
John died in the Civil War and left no will.

The family is recorded twice in the 1860 census.

1860 census, Rolla township, Phelps County, Missouri, page 26
No date listed, recorded by John Clark, Ass't Marshall, family 179
John Salts 30 M farmer TN
Mary A. Scott 25 F NC
N.J. Salts 5 M TN
M.E.Salts 3 F TN
P. Salts 2 M TN
S.C. Salts 2/12 F MO
P. Parker 48 M TN
John Hectrick 16 M TN
Wesly White 8 MO [name was transcribed as Wesly, but could be Wily]

1860 census, Green, Phelps, Missouri, page 66
No date listed, recorded by ?? Clark (is not John), family 433
John Salts 30 M TN
Meary Salts 25 F NC
Wd Salts 6 M TN
Meary E.Salts 4 F TN
P.A. Salts 2 M TN
S. C. Salts 4/12 F MO [the baby is two months older]
J. Hedick 16 M TN
J.W. White 8 M TN
In 1860, the household before John's is:
432 P. Parker 48 no real estate, 2900 personal property, TN
[What is his relationship to the John Salts family?]

1870 Census, Rolla Township, Phelps, Missouri
Family 199, page 39
Parks, Phillip 58 M TN farmer 1600 330
Parks, Mary 36 F NC
Salts, Wm 15 M TN
Salts, Alex 12 M TN
Salts, Sarah 10 F TN [she must be the baby in 1860, TN is wrong]
White, Mary 16 F Ark
Family 200
Hedric John 27 M TN farmer 0 100
Hedric Nancy 16 F TN

[How do we know that this John Salts did not die in the war?]
Sarah Salts married James Bowen 25 Jun 1876 in Phelps County, Missouri.
Philipp A. Salts married Sarah J. Fields 24 Dec 1876 in Phelps County, Missouri.

I could not find any of the family in the 1880 census.