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was good, and Samuel Fill and John McNeill pres
emily erected 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 McNeill's right name was John McNamer
He quickly made fortune Of about $4,000 and
wooed and won Ann Rutledge. Then he left to
bring his mother and sisters from New York. A
long delay broke off the engagement and Lincoln
then won Ann. McNamer returned to find Ann
dead Of fever.
Town Gets a Postoffice.
"On Christmas day in 1922" the historian goes
on to say, "a post Office was established in New
Salem and Samuel Hill was made postmaster
George Warburton then built store building and
put in stock of goods, but soon sold out TO tne
Chrisman Brothers, one of whom, Isaac r. De-
came postmaster on November "a, 1881 William
Clary, the brother Of John, who gave his name 10
the grove where he settled in 1919, erected and
became proprietor of Clary's grocery. Then came
Doctor Allen, who erected dwelling across the
street south from the Hill & Mcneil store.
"In addition to his professional duties Doctor
Allen conducted Sunday school. He was an
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 on the HILL
side south of New Salem. Doctor Allen was both
cred as to whether it was right wrong to en-
gage in the practice of his profession on Sundays
and compromised the matter by relieving the sick
but giving his earnings on that day wholly to the
work of the Lord.
"Then, during the summer Of 1880, Henry On
stott moved from Sugar Grove erected dwelling
and established a cooper's shop, supplying the
kegs and barrels for the -four and meal made at
the MILL and the containers for the cured pork
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generally from Beardstown to which place it was
hauled in wagons.
Denton Offut Arrives.
During the summer of 1881, Denton Offut on
his return from fatboat excursion to New Or
leans contracted for lot IA north of Main street
and erected store building the deed thereto be-
ing dated September 2 of that year. Then came
a rush of other settlers-Philemon Norris tan
ner. erected dwelling and established a tan
yard; Joshua Miller a blacksmith and wagon
maker, built residence and established a shop;
Alexander Furgeson and Peter Lukins, the shoe
makers; Robert Johnson, the wheelwright who
made looms, spinning wheels and furniture: Mar
tin Waddel the halter, who made hats out of
rabbit fur, wool and the fur of other animals; the
Bale family, headed by Jacob Bale who bought
and operated Hills carding machine and store
house for wool; the Herndon Brothers, shopkeep-
ers, who established store west of the James
Rutledge residence and inn, and in part of the
house of Joshua Miller, which was double lived
his brother-in-law, Jack Kelso, whose wife kept
boarders occasionally and who himself was the
champion hunter and fisherman of the village
Henry Since came in the fall of 1884 and sold out
at the end of a year to Doctor Regnier Also
came Doctor Duncan David Wherry, Isaac Bur-
ner, Edmond Greer, Isaac Goiamer, Robert and
William McNeely. Caleb Carmen moved there
from Rock Center after Trent left and made
Shoes
Thus the town soon became sef-supporting
and had not been for the fact that 1t was Almost
inaccessible except from the west there Is no rea-