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WILLIAM H. SALM, tobacco dealer, of Troy, is a native of Spencer County, born May 13, 1856. He was a small child when his parents came to Troy, where he has since resided. He attended the Indiana State University at Bloomington, and the business college at Evansville. He clerked in his father’s store previous to engaging in his present business, which he did in 1880. A year later M. A. Eberhard became his partner, and the firm is now doing a good business, handling about 300,000 pounds of tobacco yearly. He married Hettie S. Connor, a native of Perry County. In politics he is a Republican, and has held various local offices as town clerk, treasurer and member of council. Mr. Salm’s parents, Solomon and Margaret A. (Evans) Salm are natives of Germany. The father, who is of Jewish descent, was born February 6, 1816, and came to the United States about 1847. He soon after engaged in merchandising at New Boston, Spencer Co., Ind., where he remained about ten years. He has since been a resident of Troy, where he owns a store, now conducted by his son Frank.