Harvey Wallis Salmon

Harvey Wallis Salmon (January 26, 1839 – April 27, 1927) was an American politician. He served as State Treasurer of Missouri from 1873 to 1875.

Biography Salmon was born on January 26, 1839, in Greenville County, South Carolina, the son of farmer Ezekial J. Salmon. In 1859, he moved to Morgan County, Missouri, where he worked in general stores. During the American Civil War, he served in the Missouri State Guard and fought in the Battle of Carthage, Missouri; the Battle of Wilson's Creek; the Battle of Dry Wood Creek; and the First Battle of Lexington. In November 1861, he left active service and continued as a recruiter. He spent ten months imprisoned by the Union Army, and after being released, worked under Mosby Monroe Parsons. He was ranked Major.

Salmon married Mary Katherine Kimbrough on November 16, 1871; they had four children together. dying there on April 27, 1927, aged 88, at the Missouri Baptist Medical Center. He had fallen and broken his arm prior to being admitted to the hospital.