of Mills County, Iowa · from Kentucky · documented from the public record
The family in the record
James Salmons d. 1879
parentsRandolph Salmons
James Salmons⚭ Sarah Silkett
childrenSalmons
Source: A biographical history of Fremont and Mills Counties, Iowa
Their story
What the record says
Born in Kentucky, farmer.
Came to Iowa in 1851 and located in Mills County.
Died there 1879.
Wife Sarah Silkett born in Virginia.
His son (unnamed in this text, b. 1857) became a prominent farmer near Emerson.
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