Salmon Child, born on September 19, 1765, in Woodstock, Connecticut, enlisted as a private in the Revolutionary War at age 16. He took part in several alarms against the British while serving in Colonel Holtham Dunham's Company of Colonel Marius Willett's New York Regiment. At eleven years old, he initially served as a waiter to his father, a captain in Colonel DuBois' New York Regiment. From August 1781 to April 1782, Child served as a waiter to Dr. Calvin Delano, a surgeon. After the war, he and his wife, Olive Rose, moved to Greenfield, Saratoga County, New York, where he served for a number of years as First Judge of the County Court. In 1848, Judge Child moved to Walworth County, Wisconsin, with his son, William Salmon Child, who died January 28, 1856, and is buried in Honey Creek Cemetery.