Matthews / Conner / Covey / Salts [Solt] Family History - Person Sheet
Matthews / Conner / Covey / Salts [Solt] Family History - Person Sheet
NameJohn SALTS, M
Birth Date7 Apr 1892
Birth PlaceWashington County, Tennessee
Death Date5 Sep 19181293 Age: 26
Death PlaceEmbreeville, Washington County, Tennessee
FatherWilliam “Billie” SALTS , M (~1857-)
MotherMargaret STARNES , F
Notes for John SALTS
From Connie - 3 February 2009
Here are my thoughts on John Salts b. April 7, 1891 and died Aug/Sept 5, 1918.
I think he was the younger brother of William M. Saltz Jr. He would be a grandson of Jesse Salts. He would be the second son of William Salts and Margaret Starnes. Junior Bill told me his father (William M. Salts Jr.) had a brother, but the brother died young ( he would have been 28).
I also think Frank Salts, 3 years old in the 1920 census, and living with John White and Rebecca Starnes, is the son of this John Saltz. From the WWI registration card of John Salts dated June 5, 1917, he states he had a wife and 1 child.
Both John Saltz and his wife may have died of the Spanish Flu. The year 1918 was the peak of the flu outbreak. John White and Rebecca Starnes took in John to raise when his mother died and then took in Frank when John died. The question remains - where is Frank in 1930? Also, if this is an accurate description of what happened, why were the two boys separated?
I ordered John Saltz's death certificate today, so hopefully we will know more in a week or so.
Connie
1918 - Death Certificate
John Salts/Saltz Death Certificate
State of Tennessee
State Board of Health
Certificate of Death
County – Washington
Civil District – 6
Village or City – Embreeville, Tenn
Full Name – John Salts
Sex – Male
Race – White
Single, Married or Widowed – Married
Date of Birth – April 7, 1892 [on his WWI registration, date of birth is April 7, 1891]
Age – 26 years, 4 months and 10 days
Occupation – left blank
Birthplace – Tenn
Name of Father – Billie Salts
Birthplace of Father – Tenn
Name of Mother – Maggie Starnes
Birthplace of Mother – Tenn
Informant – left blank
Date of Death – Sept 5, 1918
Cause of Death – Bright’s Disease
Signed – A.J. Willis M.D., 9-6-1918, Embreeville, Tenn
Place of Burial – left blank
Undertaker – left blank
Note: There was no place on this Death Certificate to list the spouses’ name. He was listed as married, so his wife was still alive at the time of his death. John was in the Army and may have married where he was stationed. On his WWI registration card, his name is typed at the top as John Salts. He signed at the bottom as John Saltz
Here are my thoughts on John Salts b. April 7, 1891 and died Aug/Sept 5, 1918.
I think he was the younger brother of William M. Saltz Jr. He would be a grandson of Jesse Salts. He would be the second son of William Salts and Margaret Starnes. Junior Bill told me his father (William M. Salts Jr.) had a brother, but the brother died young ( he would have been 28).
I also think Frank Salts, 3 years old in the 1920 census, and living with John White and Rebecca Starnes, is the son of this John Saltz. From the WWI registration card of John Salts dated June 5, 1917, he states he had a wife and 1 child.
Both John Saltz and his wife may have died of the Spanish Flu. The year 1918 was the peak of the flu outbreak. John White and Rebecca Starnes took in John to raise when his mother died and then took in Frank when John died. The question remains - where is Frank in 1930? Also, if this is an accurate description of what happened, why were the two boys separated?
I ordered John Saltz's death certificate today, so hopefully we will know more in a week or so.
Connie
1918 - Death Certificate
John Salts/Saltz Death Certificate
State of Tennessee
State Board of Health
Certificate of Death
County – Washington
Civil District – 6
Village or City – Embreeville, Tenn
Full Name – John Salts
Sex – Male
Race – White
Single, Married or Widowed – Married
Date of Birth – April 7, 1892 [on his WWI registration, date of birth is April 7, 1891]
Age – 26 years, 4 months and 10 days
Occupation – left blank
Birthplace – Tenn
Name of Father – Billie Salts
Birthplace of Father – Tenn
Name of Mother – Maggie Starnes
Birthplace of Mother – Tenn
Informant – left blank
Date of Death – Sept 5, 1918
Cause of Death – Bright’s Disease
Signed – A.J. Willis M.D., 9-6-1918, Embreeville, Tenn
Place of Burial – left blank
Undertaker – left blank
Note: There was no place on this Death Certificate to list the spouses’ name. He was listed as married, so his wife was still alive at the time of his death. John was in the Army and may have married where he was stationed. On his WWI registration card, his name is typed at the top as John Salts. He signed at the bottom as John Saltz