ASHTABULA COUNTY OHIO 
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Transcribed by Cherre Loftus Flynn.

THE HISTORY OF ASHTABULA COUNTY, OHIO
            WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
              OF ITS PIONEERS AND MOST PROMINENT MEN
              Published in Philadelphia by Williams Brothers in 1878

  "Captain Oney Salisbury is the youngest of a family of six children.  He was
  born in Cortland County, New York, in the year 1812.  His parents wre Olender
  and Rebecca Tolbert Salisbury, the former of whom was born in Gloucester,
  Rhode Island, October 19, 1772, and the latter in Killingly, Connecticut.  The
  family removed to Ohio, and located in Conneaut Township, in October 1822.
   The father died here in 1850, and the mother some three years previous.
   Captain Salisbury was educated prior to his removal to Ohio.  At the age of
  fourteen he commenced his seafaring life as a cook on the "Conneaut Packet";
  was on her two seasons, then  went "before the mast" on the "New Connecticut"
  two seasons.  The season of 1834 he was in command of the sloop "Dart", and
  the following spring sailed as captain of the schooner "Commercial"; and from
  this time until the year 1865, when he retired to his farm, he sailed as commander
  on eight sail- and eleven steam-vessels.  Two years of this time, however, viz.,
  1849 and 1850, he remained ashore, and during this time built the Empire
  flouring-mill at Conneaut.  This was a fine mill.  During the entire time the captain
  sailed he never met with any serious misfortune, and never cost an insurance
  company one dollar; and when he retired he was well and favorably known
  throughout the entire chain of lakes.  On December 10, 1837, Captain Salisbury
  was married to Miss Sarah Benjamin.  The children of this marriage are as
  follows:  Loren G., born November 19, 1838, married Ellen Castle, resides in
  Conneaut; Ellen A., born May, 1840, married Theron A. Macumber; Frank D.,
  born December 3, 1843, married M.E. Griswold, - he, with Milo O., who was born
  December 24, 1844, and married Ida Parker, resides on the old homestead.
   The next three children are deceased. viz., Sarah B., Mary E., and Oney W.  The
  Captain and his estimable wife are regular attendants at the Christian Church at
  Conneaut.  Politically, Captain Salisbury is staunch and true to the teachings of
  the Republican Party, as are his sons.  He was an Odd-Fellow from the
  commencement of a lodge in Conneaut til its close, and is at present a member
  of Evergreen Lodge, F. and A. Masons, of Conneaut, Ohio."