Joseph Salyards

Life

Born: 9 April 1808

Died: 10 August 1885, New Market, Virginia

Biography

Teacher, poet, and author in Shenandoah County, Virginia. He taught for more than fifty years, mostly in and around New Market.

View the Wikipedia article on Joseph Salyards.

Reference

• Henkel, Elon O. 1893. Memorial Address on the Life and Character of Joseph Salyards. New Market, Virginia: Henkel and Company. 32 pp.

Publications

• Salyards, Joseph. 1874. Idothea, or the Divine Image: A poem. New Market, Virginia: Henkel, Calvert, and Company. 308 pp.

External websites:

• Short biography at James Madison University
• Scan of Henkel 1893 at Arichive.org