SALISBURY
SALM SALM
the diocese of Yincennes on the death of Bishop
Bazin, April 23, 1848; was precanonized, Oct. 3,
1848, aud was consecrated bishop of Yincennes,
Ind., Jan. 14, 1849. by Bishop Niles of Nashville,
assisted by Bisliops Spalding of Louisville, aud
Hypolite Dupoutance of Madison, Ind. He erected
many churches and two orphan asylums; per-
suaded the Benedictines to send a colony to
Indiana in 1849, and twice visited Europe in the
interest of his diocese. He attended the Yatican
council iu 1869 and established the Franciscan
Fathers at Oldenburg, and at Indianapolis.
Many female orders owe their admission into the
diocese to his administration. He died at St.
Mary's of the Woods, Yigo co.. Ind.. June 28, 1877.
SALISBURY, Edward Elbridge, orientalist, was
born in Boston, Mass., April 6, 1814; son of Josiah
and Abby (Breese) Salisbury: grandson of Samuel
and Elizabeth (Sewall) Salisbury and of Samuel
and Elizabeth (Anderson) Breese, and a descend-
ant of John Salisbury of Boston, Mass., about
1689. and his second wife, Bridget Williams; also
of Sidney Breese. who was in New York as early
as 1733-34, and his wife, Elizabeth Penkethman.
He was graduated from Yale, A.B., 1832, A.M.,
1835; attended Yale Divinity school. 1832-35,
and studied Oriental languages under Silvestre de
Sacy. Garcin de Tassy and Franz Bopp, 1836-39.
He was married, first, April 27, 1836, to Abigail
Salisbury, daughter of Edward and Mary (Salis-
bury) Phillips of Boston, Mass.; and secondly,
Nov. 23, 1872. to Evelyn, daughter of Judge
Charles Jo!uison and Sarah Ann (Lord) McCurdy
of Lyme, Conn. H; was professor of Arabic and
Sanskrit languages and literature at Yale, 1841-
54, which chair liad been created for him, and in
]8r)4 he divided the chair with William Dwight
Wliitney, retaining the professorship of Arabic
language and literature. He was corresponding
secretary of the American Oriental society and
its president in 1863; was elected a member of
the Asiatic society of Paris in 1838; correspond-
ing member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences
and Belles Lettres at Constantinople in 1855,
and of the German Oriental society in 1859. The
honorary degree of LL.D. was conferred on him
by Yale in 1869, and by Harvard in 1886. He
presented Yale with his unequalled Sanskrit
library in 1870. He conducted the Journal of
the American Oriental society for several years,
and contributed many articles. He is the author
of: Account of the Diodati Family (printed
privately, 1875); Principles of Domestic Taste,
a lecture delivered before the Yale School of the
Fine Arts (1877); Family Meviorials (1885); and
Family Histories and Genealogies (1892), the lat-
ter in collaboration with his wife, Evelyn Mac-
Curdy Salisbury. He died in New Haven, Conn.,
Feb. 5, 1901.
SALLEV, Alexander Samuel, Jr., author, was
born in Orangeburg county. S.C., June 16. 1871;
son of Alexander McQueen and Sallie (McMichael)
Salley; grandson of Alexander Samuel and Julia
Eliza (Murrowe) Salley and of Cephas Manly and
Rachel Elizabeth (Jennings) McMichael, and a
descendant of Capt. John Salley (1740-1794), of
the Revolution. He attended Sheridan's classical
school. Orangeburg. S.C., 1881-87; was graduated
from the South Carolina Military academy. 1892;
served on the engineer corps of the World's
Columbian exposition, August-September, 1892;
was private secretary to William Elliott, repre-
sentative, 1896; employed on the Neics and
Courier, Charleston, S.C., 1896-99; admitted to
the bar in the latter year, and also elected sec-
retary and treasurer and librarian of the South
Carolina Historical society. His publications
include: History of Orangeburg County. S.C.
(1898); Bibliography of William Gillmore Simms
(1897), and Henry Timrod (1899) for the South-
ern History association of Washington, D.C.. and
other bibliographies, reports and articles on
historical subjects. He also edited The South
Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine
(Yols. 1. 2. 3 and 4. 1900-1903).
SALLMON, William Henry, educator, was born in London. Ontario. Canada, Sept. 6. 1866; son of Christopher and Mary (Mcilurdoch) Sall- mon. He was engaged in mercantile business in London, Ontario, 1884-85; was secretary of the Young Men's Christian association, Port Henry, N.Y., 1886-87; Newburgh, N.Y., 1887-89, and was graduated from Yale, A.B,, 1894, A.M.. 1897. He was traveling secretary of the Australasian Student Christian union. 1897-1900; traveled in Egypt, Palestine and Southeastern Europe. 1900; was a member of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 1897-1900; pas- tor of the South church, Bridgeport, Conn., 1902, and in January, 1903, became president of Carle- ton college, Northfield, Minn. He was married, Feb. 17, 1903, to Alice Bussey. daughter of Fred- erick and Mary (Baldwin) Trubee of Bridgeport, Conn. He is the author of several studies in the life of Jesus and of other religious publications.
SALM SALM, Agnes, Princess, philanthro- pist, was born in S wanton. Yt., or Phillip.s- burg, Quebec, Dec. 25,1840; daughter of William L. and Julia (WiUard) Joy. She was married, Aug. 30, 1862, in Washington, D.C.. to Prince Felix Salm Salm, then colonel and chief of staff to Gen. Louis Blenker, and became his insepa- rable companion throughout his varied and rom- antic career. During the civil war her unfailing cheerfulness, warm sympathies and womanly ministries endeared her to the men confined in the Federal hospitals. Her husband reached the rank of l)rigadier-general by brevet, April 13,
