Salmon Child (1765-1856) was born September 19, 1765, in Woodstock, Connecticut. The family moved to New York, then back to Connecticut, and to New York again during 1778. Salmon's father, Captain Increase Child, served as an officer in Colonel DuBois' New York Regiment from 1776 to the end of the war. Eleven year-old Salmon served initially as a "waiter" to his father. In 1781, at the age of 16, Salmon enlisted as a private in Captain Holtham Dunham's Company of Colonel Marius Willett's New York Regiment. From August 1781 to April 1782 Child served as a "waiter" to Dr. Calvin Delano, a surgeon. Besides his duties as a "waiter," Child was able to go on several "alarms" against the British.

After the war Salmon Child and his wife, Olive Rose, moved to Greenfield, Saratoga County, New York where he served as First Judge of the County Court for a number of years. In 1848 he moved to Walworth County, Wisconsin with his son William Salmon died January 28, 1856, and is buried in the Honey Creek Cemetery, Section 6, Town of Rochester, Racine County, Wisconsin-Lot 30, Block 5. A stone upright headstone marks the grave. Attached o the headstone is a DAR plaque. A bronze government marker is also located at the site.

The cemetery can be located by taking Highway 83 south to Honey Creek Road, then west. Drive to Highway 20 and go south approximately a half mile and pick up Honey Creek Road again (off to the left) and take it to County Highway D. Take D to the left. The cemetery is two blocks down the street on the right. The stone is located in the north part of the cemetery about half way in. The headstone is on the left is fairly large, but almost illegible.

GPS coordinates -- N42.74799°; W088.30611°

(Portions reprinted from Solders of the American Revolution Buried in Wisconsin by Robert G. Carroon, who was Curator of Research Collections for the Milwaukee Country Historical Society in 1975.)