Here is another Saltar with a similar story. Here is Edwin Salter's biography. As you can see I am digging the OCR features of my new scanner. This is from the same book as the article. Quote: Edwin Salter died at Forked River, N. J., December 15, 1888, aged sixty-four years. He was the son of Amos Salter and Sarah Frazier, and was descended from some of the oldest families of Monmouth county-the Bownes, Lawrences and Hartshornes. His original ancestor in America emigrated from Devonshire, England, and settled at Middletown previous to 1687. He was a lawyer, a man of distinguished ability, which was illustrated in the part which he took as counsel with Captain John Bowne in the controversies of the people with the Lords' Proprietors. Edwin Salter was born in Bloomingdale, Morris Co., February 6th, 1824. While a youth, he removed with his parents to the more northern part of the State. At the age of fourteen, he became a member of a Presbyterian Sunday school in Newark; three years later he made a profession of his faith in Christ, in a church of the same order. He subsequently removed to Philadelphia and was there employed as a clerk in a book-store, but afterwards removed to Forked River and taught school. For a time he led a seafaring life, being master of a schooner in the coasting trade. In 1857 he was elected by the Republicans of Ocean county as their representative in the Assembly of New Jersey, the first Free Soil member in that body. He was returned for the two following years and in the session of 1859 he was elected Speaker and filled the position with great ability. In 1861 he received an appointment in the United States Treasury Department, which he held for five years, when he resigned. He was reappointed shortly afterwards to a clerkship in the Fourth Auditor's office, where he remained till 1886, when he returned to Ocean County. He had a taste for historical research, especially in the study of genealogical lines. He spent much of his time in his later years in prosecuting his researches into the history of the early families of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, his residence at Washington affording him peculiar facilities for the work, through his ready access to the National Archives. The information here obtained was supplemented by searches of the public records of States and counties, north and south. At the time of his death he had accumulated a vast amount of historical and genealogical matter-the work of years of patient and laborious research-for a history of Monmouth and Ocean counties, which he had long contemplated publishing. Referring to notices he had prepared of the principal families now represented in Monmouth, he wrote in a letter to a friend on the 14th of November, 1888, only a month before his death, "Take the matter altogether, I believe it will be the most complete account of the early settlers (and settlement) ever published of any county in the United States settled previous to 1700." Mr. Salter was the author of a series of historical sketches published in the Monmouth Democrat, 1873-'74, entitled "Old Times in Old Monmouth." His frequent contributions to the journals of Monmouth and Ocean over the signatures of "Selah Searcher" and "Pilot," bear testimony among others to his zeal in historical study and his readiness to give the fruits of his research to his fellow citizens. Edwin Salter's name stands enrolled as a member of a Presbyterian Sunday-school at Forked River, in 1831. In 1860, he was superintendent of the same school, beside teaching the Bible-class. He married, in 1852, Margaret Bodine, of Barnegat, who survives him. Their son, George W. Salter, a most estimable young man, died at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 27th, 1880, of typhus fever, while stationed at that port as paymaster's clerk of the United States Naval Depot. Mr. Salter was a man of great force of character, generous, open-hearted and strong in the maintenance of the right. He had no sympathy with lawlessness or lowness of aim. Without pretension, he aspired to the best in personal, domestic and social life. In his religious life there was no affectation or cant. A genuine heartiness and catholicity of spirit moulded his creed and his conduct. His manners were genial, his spirit was broad and liberal. He was a simple-hearted, earnest Christian gentleman. He filled a large place in the affections of his friends and acquaintances, by whom his death is most sincerely mourned. He was elected a member of the New Jersey Historical Society on May 21st, 1863, and was esteemed one its most valuable members in promoting the purposes of its organization. His remains were laid in the Masonic Cemetery at Barnegat, after a funeral service held at the Presbyterian Church. John S Wilkinson, Rome, New York "Grandchildren are God's reward for not strangling your teenagers." -----Original Message----- From: nyoneida-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nyoneida-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Alicedenny@aol.com Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 7:16 PM To: nyoneida@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NYONEIDA] More town histories for New York (oneida andOnondagaCounties) EGAD! This is an example of the old saying that "haste DOES make waste!" I rushed that off when I saw that more town histories in New York - especially Oneida - were available! William Saltar (1757-1853) moved to the area in around 1802. A source said that he was an officer in the U. S. Bank in Utica, but they have no record of that. His son-in-law - Benjamin Walker - aide and adopted son of the Baron von Steuben was the president. My source (HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MISCELLANY by John Stillwell) also said that in 1796 the condition of the Indians was so unsatisfactory that Joseph Saltar (Wm.'s father) was with others appointed to attend to the lands assigned to the Indians. Wm. Saltar and two other men were appointed commissioners to sell their lands. I haven't found that anywhere else, either! <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYONEIDA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message