Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-04-21
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was good, and Samuel Hill and John McNeill pres.
entity erected store building of logs. They sold
tea, coffee, sugar, salt and whisky In the grocery
llne 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 McNeirs 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.
long delay broke off the engagement and Lincoln
then won Ann McNamer returned to ind Ann
dead Of fever.
Town Gets Postofhce.
"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 a store building anu
put In a stock of goods but soon sold OUT 10 .ie
Chrisman Brothers. one Of whom, Isaac I. De
came postmaster on November "a, 1881. Wiliam
Clary, the brother of John, who gave his name 10
the grove where he settled In 1919, erected anu
became proprietor of Clarys grocery. Then came
Doctor Allen, who erected a 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 was 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 II was right or wrong to en-
gage in the practice of his profession on 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 dwelling
and established coOper's shop, supplying the
kegs and barrels"for the flour and meal made at
the mill, and the containers for the cured pork
shipped by hatboat to the markets of the South,
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hauled In wagons.
Denton offut Arrives.
During the summer of 1881, Denton ofrut on
his return from a fatboat excursion to New Or.
leans, contracted for lot IA north of Main street
and erected a store building the deed thereto be-
ing dated September OF that year. Then came
a rush of other settlers-Philemon Morris, a tan.
ner. erected dwelling and established tan
yard Joshua Miller, 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 Waddell, 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 cardng machine and store
house for wool the Herndon Brothers, shopkeep-
ers who established a store west of the James
Rutledge residence and inn, and In a part of the
house Of Joshua Miller. which was double, lived
his brother-in-law, Jack keso whose wife kept
boarders occasionally and who himself was the
champion hunter and fisherman of the village.
Henry Since came in the fall Of 1881 and sold out
at the end Of year to Doctor Regner Also
came Doctor Duncan, David Wherry, Isaac Bur-
ner. Edmond Greer, Isaac Goilamer, Robert and
William McNeey. Caleb Carmen moved there
from Rock Center after Trent left and made
shoes. :.
THUS the town soon became self-supporting
and had II not been for the fact that IL was almost
inaccessible except from the west there is no