When Saloma Wilkinson was born in 1818, in Maine, United States, her father, Ichabod Wilkinson, was 28 and her mother, Nancy Peavy, was 25. She married Allison Libby Bryant in 1836, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, United States in 1850 and Fremont Township, Tuscola, Michigan, United States for about 10 years. She died on 18 May 1894, in Mayville, Tuscola, Michigan, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Mayville, Tuscola, Michigan, United States.