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SALOT, George
SALOT, George. (Aibre, France, Mar. 15, 1837--Dubuque, IA, Mar. 7, 1922). Salot and his mother came to America in 1853 and settled on a farm near Dubuque. Agriculture was not his interest, however, so he entered the mercantile business in Buncombe, Dubuque County. He operated a general store for eleven years before selling it to begin a real estate and abstract business in Dubuque in association with A. Cain. This partnership lasted for one year. (1)
In 1869 Salot was appointed City Recorder to fill a vacancy and the following year was appointed Harbor Master. In 1872 he was appointed Deputy Sheriff. Salot retired from office in 1882.
He resumed his real estate, insurance, and abstracting business from a block of brick buildings known as the Salot Block at 715 Clay opposite the DUBUQUE COUNTY COURTHOUSE. (2)
In 1898 Salot was the chairman of the Citizens' Non-Partisan Party. (3)
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Source:
1. Portrait and Biographical Record of Dubuque, Jones and Clayton Counties, Iowa. Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company, 1894, p. 213
2. Ibid.
3. "City Convention," The Dubuque Herald, March 19, 1898, p. 5