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WAS good and Samuel Hill and John Mcneil pres
emily erected a store building of logs. They sold
tea, coffee sugar, salt and whisky In the grocery
line, and blue calico, brown muslin. cotton chain
and straw hats. with few ladies' hats and other
ornamental feminine apparel in their dry goods
department.
John McNeills right name was John McNamer.
He quickly made a fortune" Of about $4,000 and
wooed and won Ann Rutledge Then he left to
bring his mother and sisters from New York.
long delay broke off the engagement and Lincoln
then won Ann McNamer returned to find Ann
dead OF fever.
Town Gets Postoffee
"On Christmas day in 1879" the historian goes
to say, "a post Office established In New
Salem and Samuel Hin made postmaster
George Warburton then built store building ana
put in stock Of goods, but soon sold out to the
Chrislnan Brothers, one of whom, Isaac r., be-
came postmaster November "a 1881 William
Clary, the brother Of John, who gave his name 10
the grove where he settled in 1919. erected ana
became proprietor of Clnry's grocery. Then came
Doctor Allen, who erected dwelling across the
street south from the Hill & McNeill store.
In addition his professional duties Doctor
Allen conducted a Sunday school. He
ardent temperance man and formed the first tenn
perance society in the community. The place of
meeting in his residence or in the log school
house erected shortly before this time the hill
cred to whether it right or wrong to en-
gage in the practice of his profession Sundays
and compromised the matter by relieving the sick
but giving his earnings that day wholly to the
work of the Lord.
- Then, during the summer Of 1890 Henry On
stOtt moved from Sugar Grove, erected Il dwelling
and established cOopers shop, supplying the
kegs and barrels for the flour and meal made M
the mill. and the containers for the cured pork
shipped by fatboat to the markets of the South
generally from Beardstown. to which place 1t was
hauled in wagons.
Denton ofut Arrives
During the summer Of 1881, Denton OTut on
his return from aatbont excursion to New Or
leans, contracted for lot IA north of Main street
and erected a store building, the deed tbereto ~.
Ing dated September of that year Then cana
a rush of other settlers-Philcmon Morris n to-
ner erected dwelling and established n tnn
yard; Joshua Miller blacksmith and wayon
maker, built n residence and established , sbn, +.
Alexander Furgeson and Peter Lukins the sbna
makers; Robert johnson, the wheelwriebt ,yb,
made looms. spinning wheels and furniture, Mar.
tin Waddell the halter, who made hats out n,
rabbit fur. wool and the fur of other animals the
Bale family, headed by Jacob Bale who hon,h,
and operated HIS carding machine and store
house for wool the HerndOn Brothers sbonkean
ers, who established store west OF tb. lance
Rutledge residence and inn, and In IA mart of th.
house of Joshua Miller. which was double lived
his brother-in-law. Jack KeIso. whose wife kept
boarders occasionally and who himself was tho
champion hunter and fisherman of the viii, ga
Henry since came in the fall of 1881 and sold out
Ut 'he ehd or a year to Doctor RegnIer. Also
came Doctor Duncan, David Wherry Isaac Rur
ner, Edmond Greer, Isaac Goamer Robert and
william McNeely. Caleb Carmen moved there
from Rock Center after Trent left and made
shoes
Thus the town soon became self-supportInp
ana had 1t not been for the fact that II was almost
inaccessible except from the west there il no rea.