Notes for: Joshua Salmon
"Bodine Branches" says he was "of Southold, Suffolk, New York and the son of Peter, Jr. and Priscilla (Stephens) Salmon ("Early Germans of NJ," p. 477). They had four children.
From Ronny Bodine:
The marriage of Joshua Salmon of Roxbury to Jane Bodine of Chester appears in the records of Mt. Olive Presbyterian Church, Morris County.
From New Jersey Federal Census Records:
1850 (25 Aug) Roxbury Twp., Morris County: Joshua SALMON 50 NJ farmer, Jane 47 NJ, Nelson 22 NJ, Clarenda 21 NJ, Angeline 19 NJ, Elmira Y. 11 NJ.
1860 (14 July) Roxbury Twp, Morris County: Joshua SALMON 59 NJ farmer, Jane 56 NJ, Almira J. 15 NJ, Henry 23 NJ farm laborer, Elner 10 NJ.
1870 (19 July) Roxbury Twp., Morris County: Joshua SALMON 71 NJ farmer, Jane 67 NJ, Elizabeth CORWIN 62 NJ.
1880 (19 June) Mt. Olive Twp., Morris County: Joshua SALMON 80 NJ farmer, Jane 76 NJ wife, Elizabeth CORWIN 73 NJ.
New Jersey Deaths
Jane Salmon, died 22 March 1888 at the age of 86 at Mt. Olive, Morris County.
Joshua Salmon, widower, died 24 Feb 1889 at the age of 90 at Mt. Olive, Morris County.
Union Cemetery, Mt. Olive Township, Morris County
SALMON, Jane BODINE, wife of Joshua SALMON 1802 - 1889
SALMON, Joshua 1800 - 1890
Children: Nelson (13 Oct 1827), Clarinda S. (23 Nov 1828), Angeline (5 April 1831), Almira Jane (9 Sept 1838).