Jerry is looking for info on: JAMES R. SALTER BORN IN 1791 IN DEVON , WAS MARRIED IN 1816 AT BANDON COUNTY CORK, AND EVENTUALLY BROUGHT HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN TO PHILADELPHIA. He also provided the following info: SAMUEL SALTER, BORN 1768, DIED JULY 7, 1834, THE SON OF A CLERGYMAN OF THE SAME NAME IN SALTERTON, ENGLAND, WAS A MEMBER OF THE EAST INDIA CO. AND ALSO ALMACKS (A FASHIONABLE, EXCLUSIVE CLUB) IN LONDON. HE STIDIED BOTH LAW AND MEDICINE, THE FORMER THOROUGHLY. HE LEFT LONDON PROPERTY IN HIGH HOLBORN AND OWNED A INTEREST IN A LARGE HOTEL THERE. WHEN HE CAME TO AMERICA HIS FORTUNE WAS ESTIMATED AT $300,000 DOLLARS. THE ENGLISH PROPERTY WAS LEFT IN THE CARE OF A BROTHER, JOHN SALTER. THERE WERE TWO BROTHERS, A CLERGYMAN AND A ARMY OFFICER. IN PHILADELPHIA SAMUEL SALTER OWNED PROPERTY ON FOURTH STREET, FIFTH ST., CHESTNUT ST, LIBRARY ST AND PINE STREET. ALSO ONE IN CHESTNUTHILL AND OTHERS ON FRONT ST. AND CHERRY ST. HIS FIRST PHILADELPHIA OFFICE WAS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF LIBRARY ST., NOS. 403 AND 405. S. SALTER, CARVER AND GILDER WAS INSCRIBED IN OLD BOOKS IN HIS LIBRARY. WHEN A RESIDENCE WAS BEING PREPARED FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IN PHILADELPHIA ( THE CAPITOL FROM 1800 TO 1810) SAMUEL SALTER AS A MAN OF TASTE, WAS ASKED TO SELECT THE FURNISHINGS OF THE HOUSE. HE WENT ABROAD FOR BETTER SELECTION AND IT MAY HAVE BEEN AT THIS TIME THAT HE IMPORTED SOME FINE FURNITURE, AN INLAID PIANO. EMPIRE MIRRORS AND THE PAINTINGS ON IVORY WHICH WERE PART OF THE DECORATION OF HIS OWN HOME., FIRST ON SOUTH FIFTH ST. AND LATER ON RICHMOND STREET. ONE ACCOUNT SAYS HE WAS AMONG THE FOUNDERS AND FIRST MEMBERS OF THE CITY TROOP, OR MILITIA, WHICH HAD FREQUENT JOVIAL DINNERS, TO WHICH SAID THE NARRATOR ,"THE GENTLEMEN RODE OUT BUT THEIR HORSES BROUGHT THEM HOME". MUSICAL, FOND OF SINGING" THE BONNIE BOAT" AND "THE PLOWBOY" INTELLIGENT, WELL EDUCATED AND FULL OF ANECDOTE, SAMUEL SALTER WAS MUCH SOUGHT AFTER BY PROMINENT MEN. STEPHAN GIRARD WAS ONE OF HIS FRIENDS AND FREQUENTLY HAD TEA AT THE SALTER HOME. DID THEYCONVERSE IN FRENCH? IT SEEMS PROBABLE SINCW S. SALTERS EDUCATION INCLUDED A READING KNOWLEDGE OF GREEK AND LATIN; AND HE HAD TRAVELED MUCH. CIRCUMNAVIGATED THE GLOBE TWICE. ONE OF THOSE TRIPS WAS COMPULSORY, AS HE WAS SHANGHAIED ! (COPY OF A HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM MRS. MICHAEL HART) SAMUEL A. J. SALTER BAPTIZED AND CHRISTENED MARCH 9TH AND 13TH, 1870 AT AGE 37 AT HOLY INNOCENTS CHURCH- TACONY ,PHILA. PA. HE WAS BORN IN 1833 BURIED IN LAUREL HILL CEMETERY 3822 RIDGE AVE. PHILA. PA. 19132 1.H.A. SALTER BORN 9/17/1811 DIED 3/1/1878 2. CONSTANTIA SALTER 1873-1938 3.PHILENA L. YERKES 1870-1943 4. RICHARD YERKES 1868-1954 5.CELESTINA SALTER 1825-1851 6.ANGELINA JONES 1817-1850 7. LAURA MARIE WENZEL 1815-1849 8. CATHERINE SALTER 1788-1862 9. CONSTANTIA BAGGS 1825-1858 10.LAURA T. WENZEL 3 WKS. BURIED 12/21/1865 11.PHILENA SALTER 1832-1916 12.THEO SALTER 9 MONTHS BURIED 10/2/1862 13. CELIA B. SALTER 20 YRS BORN 1860 TACONY ROAD NEAR BRIDESBURG BURIED 7/17/1880 REMOVED 11/12/1881 TO WEST LAUREL HILL. CEM. 14. SERENA SALTER 1 YR. BORN 5/1869 DIED 5/5/1870. 15.SAMUEL K. SALTER 11 MOS. BORN 7/1865 BURIED 7/16/1866 16. CELESTINA SALTER 26 YRS 1825-1851 17. ANGELINA WIFE OF MERDITH JONES 1819-1852 18.CATHERINE SALTER 1787 -1862 19. LAURA MARIE WENZEL BURIED APRIL 28, 1852 20.ELIZABETH GARDNER 1786-1858 21. MRS. CONSTANTINA BAGGS 1829-1858 22.YERKES CHILD OF RICHARD M. AND PHILENA YERKES 1539 BUTLER ST. (stillborn)BURIED SATURDAY 12/21/1901 23. CONSTATINA SALTER 65 YR. CHICAGO ILL. 1873- APRIL 28. 1938 24. RICHARD YERKES 85 YRS 1869-1954 25. HARRY SALTER 26 YRS. 3643 N 15 TH ST. 1875-1901 26. PHILENA L. YERKES 73 YRS. CHICACO ILL. 1870-1943 MOTHER OF LOUISE YERKES KAIN. WEST LAUREL HILL CEMETERY LOT. NO. 257 LOT HOLDER SAMUEL A. J. SALTER 1. LILLIAN SALTER 1 ROMAINE C. SALTER 4 MOS. 1907 2. MARY ROMAINE SALTER 1833-1916 2. SAMUEL A.J. SALTER 1833-1917 3. EMMA AUGUSTINE SALTER BURIED MAY 27, 1931 72 YRS.LIVED IN SAN FRANCISCO. 4. ALICE TOWNSEND SALTER BURIED 8/1/1944 4. EDMUND SALTER BURIED 3/1/1963 LIVED AT 2839 HAVERFORD RD. ARDMORE PA.