George Nelson Salisbury was born in Saratoga, Minnesota on 16 September 1859. He married Lila Pearl White on 3 February 1904, in Auburn, Washington. George Nelson Salisbury died from a stroke on 12 June 1925 in Seattle, Washington, at the age of 65 and was buried in Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, Washington.

George Nelson Salisbury and
Lila Pearl (née White) Salisbury

Lila Pearl White, known to the family as "Nana," was born 28 February 1877 in Columbus Junction, Iowa, to John Hancock White (b. 1846 in Union County, Indiana)) and Elizabeth Anne Laverie (b. 1847 in Maryland)

Nana lived to be 101 years old, being laid to rest in Seattle on Feb 10, 1978.