Kern County Obituaries

John Salsberry

Submitted by Don Stowell; 13 Feb 2008

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Source Unknown; 17 Jun 1943

John Salsberry Early Settler Is Buried	
After a long illness which confined him to his bed for the past seven months, John
Salsberry passed away at his home in Mojave, Tuesday, May 8th. Mr. Salsberry was 
the son of  the late Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Salsberry and a brother of the late Adah 
Salsberry Belmay, all of Norwalk, Ohio, where he was born
Mr. Salsberry came west to Tonopah, Nev., as a very young man, where he engaged 
in operating and developing mines with his late partner, A. J. Crocker, of San 
Francisco later he organized the Verdi Lumber Company Tonopah, being president 
and half owner, which he operated for many years; it was his lumber teams which 
pioneered the roads from Tonopah through Mojave to Death Valley.
Mr. Salsberry developed and owned the Carbonate Lead Mine in Death Valley, 
where he mined and shipped ore for years. During World War I the late President 
Woodrow Wilson called on the mining men of the west to donate as much as they 
could of the money realized from a given shipment of ores for a war chest and Mr. 
Salisberry was the first to send his check for $10,000 to President Wilson for the war 
fund for which he received a personal letter from the President thanking and 
commending him for his prompt and patriotic response.
In Death Valley, going out to the Carbonate Mine, you will find Salsberry Pass, 
which was named after him in recognition of his work in developing Death Valley. 
Mr. Salsberry was engaged mining up to shortly before his last illness. He was for 
many years a member of the Boston Yacht Club, also many civic organizations. 
Many beautiful flowers and wires were received from old friends in Boston, New 
York City, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Washington, D. C., Tonopah, San Francisco, 
Bakersfield, Hollywood and Beverley Hills, California.
Interrment took place in Valhalla Cemetery, Burbank. Mr. Salsberry leaves his 
widow, Mrs. Helene M. Salsberry.