The first white man that settled in Newburg Township was Daniel Husang, who made improvements on Section 23, and
built the first house, in 1832, which was a log cabin. Hiram Reed, Nicholas Criss and Hockins Judd made improvements
on the same Section about the same time. A. R. Quimby, John Duran, Jacob Heavender, Meral Ratton, Benjamin Westlake
and Peter V. Stringham were among the early settlers. E. W. Hickerman made improvements on Section 22, quite early.
The first sermon was preached by the Rev. E. I. Allen, of the Baptist denomination, about the year 1830, in a log
school house (that has long since been removed). The first school house was built on Section 15, in 1835. Daniel
Foster taught the first school. The first church was built in 1835, and called the Bethel church, it was of the
Methodist faith. Robert Kerr, Emery Scott and the two Misses Criss (sisters and daughters of Nicholas Criss), were
the first parties married, the ceremony was performed by M. E. Ratton, Esq. Of Pittsfield. The first death is suppose
to be that of Geo Westlake (the father of the Hon. Benjamin Westlake). L. E. Haden was the first Justice of the
Peace. Capt. Weslake and E. W. Hicherman are all of the first settlers that now remain. Newburg is about equally
divided with timber and prairie, and is well watered. It is a limestone soil, and is well adapted for both farming
and stock raising, it is under a good state of cultivation and is inhabited by enterprising farmers, some of whom
are the wealthiest in Pike County. The Township was named by Capt. Westlake, in honor of the town of his birth,
Newburg, Orange Co., New York.
NEWBURG SUBSCRIBERS
|
NAME |
Residence |
Business |
Nativity |
When came to Co. |
| Baker, James | Sec. 17 | Farmer | Kentucky | 1856 |
| Barley, Samuel | Se. 33 | Farmer | PA | 1868 |
| Barney, John | Sec. 19 | Farmer | MA | 1830 |
| Barngover, D. N | Sec. 26 | Farmer | Ohio | 1856 |
| Bissell, A | Pittsfield | Carpenter | Connecticut | 1832 |
| Brown, C. H. | Sec. 19 | Retired | New York | 1838 |
| Brown, Mrs. Mary A | Sec. 33 | Farmer | Illinois | 1842 |
| Casteel, F. | Sec. 14 | Farmer | East TN | 1832 |
| Casteel, Stephen | Sec. 9 | Farmer | East TN | 1832 |
| Chapman, C. P | Sec. 19 | Miller | Connecticut | 1847 |
| Chapman, M | Sec. 7 | Farmer | SC | 1835 |
| Conkright, John | Sec. 6 | Farmer | Kentucky | 1830 |
| Cooper, B. H. | Sec. 1 | Farmer | Kentucky | 1829 |
| Crane, Lafayette | Sec. 4 | Farmer | Ohio | 1851 |
| Davidson, I. R. | Sec. 30 | Farmer | Ohio | 1867 |
| Dolbow, David | Sec. 4 | Farmer | Illinois | 1843 |
| Duff, Mrs. A. | Sec. 4 | Farmer | East TN | 1833 |
| Dunham, J. H. | Sec. 14 | Carpenter & Saw Mill | New York | 1838 |
| Durr, G. W. | Sec. 31 | Farmer | Germany | 1844 |
| Elliott, Mrs. Ann | Sec. 10 | Farmer | PA | 1848 |
| Fenton, J. M. | Sec. 21 | Farmer | Ohio | 1856 |
| Foot, G. D. | Sec. 32 | Farmer | New York | 1837 |
| Foreman, David B | Sec. 22 | Farmer | Ohio | 1840 |
| Foreman, G. A. | Sec. 23 | Farmer | Ohio | 1840 |
| Foreman, H. C. | Sec. 14 | Farmer | Ohio | 1851 |
| Foreman, Nicholas | Sec. 25 | Farmer | Ohio | 1840 |
| Geisendorfer, Geo. L. | Sec. 33 | Farmer | Germany | 1841 |
| Harris, W. A. | Sec. 16 | Farmer & Stone Cutter | East TN | 1854 |
| Harris, Wm. | Sec. 14 | Farmer | PA | 1850 |
| Hayden, L. E. | Sec. 37 | Farmer | Kentucky | 1834 |
| Hickerson, E. W. | Sec. 23 | Farmer | Kentucky | 1833 |
| Hickerson, O. M. | Sec. 16 | Farmer | Pike Co., IL | ....... |
| Hillenbinder, Wm | Sec. 7 | Farmer | Germany | 1852 |
| Hoos, Henry | Sec. 16 | Farmer | Germany | 1857 |
| Hoos, Peter | Sec. 17 | Farmer | Germany | 1858 |
| Howland, S. C. | Sec. 23 | Farmer | Ohio | 1839 |
| Hudson, Fradrick | Sec. 33 | Brick Maker | England | 1856 |
| Hull, John | Pittsfield | Farmer | New York | 1836 |
| Johnson, W. H. | ............ | ......... | ......... | ....... |
| Kellogg, D. T. | Sec.18 | Farmer | MA | 1852 |
| Kelly, John | Sec. 26 | Farmer | Ireland | 1846 |
| Kelly, Nathan | Sec. 19 | Farmer | Ireland | 1841 |
| Kelly, Wm. | Sec. 36 | Farmer | Ireland | 1846 |
| Keys, Francis | Sec. 34 | Farmer | Ireland | 1844 |
| Kizser, Jacob L. | Sec. 13 | Farmer | Virginia | 1841 |
| Liddle, George | Sec. 35 | Farmer | New York | 1847 |
| Low, James | Sec. 17 | Farmer | Maine | 1831 |
| Manker, J. J. | Sec. 27 | Farmer | Ohio | 1851 |
| McKibben, A. R | Sec. 7 | Farmer | Ohio | 1841 |
| Mullen, John S | Sec. 31 | Farmer | Ireland | 1857 |
| Newport, A. | Sec. 11 | Farmer | Ohio | 1852 |
| Norton, E. M. | Sec. 13 | Farmer | Ohio | 1840 |
| Parker, J. I | Sec. 23 | Blacksmith | Ohio | 1871 |
| Pettis, C. E. | Sec. 14 | Saw Mill | Canada | 1850 |
| Porter, John | Sec. 24 | Farmer | Missouri | 1836 |
| Pringle, Wm | Sec. 28 | Farmer | England | 1857 |
| Pulliam, T. G. | Sec. 31 | Farmer | Ohio | 1864 |
| Richards, Stephen F | Sec. 35 | Farmer | Tennessee | 1859 |
| Rose, E. D. | Sec. 20 | Farmer | New York | 1839 |
| Ross, Wm | Sec. 19 | Retired | MA | 1820 |
| Ruble, Joseph | Sec. 30 | Farmer | Ohio | 1848 |
| Sanderson, Geo. W | Sec. 16 | Farmer | Ohio | 1856 |
| Scobey, Cicero | Sec. 9 | Farmer | Indiana | 1839 |
| Shriver, Geo. A | Sec. 14 | Farmer | Ohio | 1854 |
| Sloan, Eli | Sec. 23 | Farmer | Ohio | 1854 |
| Sloan, J. H. | Sec. 26 | Farmer | Ohio | 1857 |
| Turnbull, C | Sec. 4 | Farmer | England | 1851 |
| Walker, Wm | Sec. 30 | Farmer | Ohio | 1849 |
| Walling, James | .......... | Farmer | Tennessee | 1869 |
| Walters, Charles | Pittsfield | Carpenter | Pike Co., IL | 1866 |
| Webster, Edwin H | Sec. 6 | Farmer | Illinois | 1863 |
| Webster, J. T. | Sec. 22 | Farmer | Virginia | 1855 |
| Westlake, B. F. | Sec. 29 | Farmer | New York | 1836 |
| Westlake, Geo. W | Sec. 29 | Farmer | Pike Co., IL | ........ |
| Westlake, H. J. | ......... | Farmer | Pike Co., IL | 1846 |
| Williams, John M | Sec. 36 | Farmer | NC | 1836 |
| Williamson, James | Sec. 26 | Farmer | Ohio | 1857 |
| Winter, Williard | Sec. 23 | Farmer | Ohio | 1865 |