The first improvement and settlement was made on Section 14, by Joab Shinn, in 1830. The following year Isaac Conkright
settled with his two sons, in the southern portion of the Township, on Section 24, in the year 1831 or 1832. The
other early settlers were Nathan Swigget and Samuel Griffeth, on Section 14. Wm. School came in 1831. Wm. Crump,
on Section 23, in the year 1833. Henry Brown, on Section 33, 22 and 27, in 1835. The first death which occurred
in the Township, was a child of widow Carrington, about the year 1834. The first sermon preached, was by the Rev.
Samuel Oglesby, of the Methodist denomination, which was the funeral sermon of Sarah Tedrow. The first steam mill
was built in the winter of 1856 and 1857, by Cooper Temple, in the suburbs of New Salem. The first school house
was built on Section 15, in the year 1834, the building was also used for church purposes for several years. The
first church built, was in the village of New Salem, in the year 1844, by the Methodist denomination. The first
physician was Dr. Davis, who located in the Township in 1845, though Mr. Henry Brown frequently practiced, which
he gratuitously did.
NEW SALEM SUBSCRIBERS
|
NAME |
Residence |
Business |
Nativity |
When came to Co. |
| Allen, James R. | Sec. 5 | Farmer | Pike Co., IL | 1850 |
| Andrew, John | New Salem | Merchant | England | 1855 |
| Barber, George | Sec. 23 | Farmer | Illinois | 1844 |
| Bartlett, N. | Sec. 36 | Farmer | Kentucky | 1849 |
| Beacom, Wm. H. | Sec. 21 | Millwright | Ohio | 1858 |
| Biddle, J. S. | Sec. 9 | Nurseryman | PA | 1838 |
| Bradbury, N. B. | Sec. 21 | Farmer | Ohio | 1833 |
| Brown, R. | Sec. 22 | Farmer | Illinois | 1839 |
| Cadwell, A | Sec. 21 | Farmer | Kentucky | 1836 |
| Callahan, A. W. | Sec. 5 | Farmer & Minister | Adams Co., IL | 1850 |
| Carns, E. N. | Sec. 11 | Farmer | Ohio | 1843 |
| Chamberlin, Jefferson | Sec. 29 | Farmer | PA | 1866 |
| Chaney, Jos. E. | Sec. 20 | Farmer | Washington, D.C. | 1836 |
| Cochran, A. W. | Sec. 4 | ........... | Ohio | 1866 |
| Cochran, James | Sec. 6 | Farmer & Nurseryman | Ohio | 1848 |
| Conley, James | Sec. 10 | Saw Mill | New Jersey | 1836 |
| Cover, Daniel | New Salem | Justice of the Peace | Maryland | 1853 |
| Croninger, Geo. R. | Pineville | Merchant | Ohio | 1871 |
| Deighton, Richard | Pineville | Blacksmiith | England | 1870 |
| Doane, E. | New Salem | Miller | mA | 1837 |
| Donley & Jeffers | Pineville | Merchants | Pike Co., 1846 | 1848 |
| Dumford, J. S. | Sec. 29 | Farmer | Pike Co., IL | 1836 |
| Edom, Edward | New Salem | Hotel | England | 1855 |
| Ferguson, Jno. P | Sec. 25 | Farmer | PA | 1854 |
| Fisk, C. B. | Sec. 9 | Farmer | NH | 1840 |
| Gibson, John N | New Salem | Physician | Virginia | 1868 |
| Gray, E. E. | New Salem | Physician | Ohio | 1847 |
| Gray, Thomas | Sec. 34 | Co. Treasurer | Ohio | 1845 |
| Griffith, Justus | Sec. 25 | Farmer | Ohio | 1836 |
| Griffith, S. J. | Sec. 29 | Farmer | Ohio | 1838 |
| Hall, J. H. | Sec. 2 | Farmer | Ohio | 1863 |
| Hooper, J. | Sec. 27 | Farmer | Ohio | 1837 |
| Horner, Peter | Sec. 16 | Farmer | PA | 1859 |
| Hubbard, Augustus | New Salem | Plasterer | NH | 1851 |
| Ingalsbe, X. M | New Salem | Carpenter | New York | 1860 |
| Jeffers, Elijah | Sec. 8 | Farmer | Ohio | 1837 |
| Johnson, Ezra | Sec. 30 | Farmer | Ohio | 1840 |
| Laird, S. & W. H. | Sec. 24 | Farmer | PA | 1847 |
| Mawk, William | Sec. 10 | Farmer | Ohio | 1870 |
| McAllister, W. A. | Sec. 2 | Farmer | Ireland | 1849 |
| McCarter, Joseph | Sec. 20 | Farmer | PA | 1838 |
| McKinney, G. B | New Salem | Merchant | Ohio | 1856 |
| McKinney, G. C. | Sec. 17 | Farmer | Ohio | 1838 |
| McKinney, J. C. | Sec. 2 | Farmer | Ireland | 1840 |
| Miller, Samuel M | Sec. 12 | Farmer | PA | 1848 |
| Mink, George | Sec. 32 | Farmer | Virginia | 1850 |
| Mink, P. L. | New Salem | Carpenter | Virginia | 1869 |
| Morgan, E. C. | New Salem | Mason | England | 1853 |
| Newman, W. J. | Sec. 18 | Minister | Ohio | 1866 |
| Pine, J. W. | Sec. 6 | Farmer | Ohio | 1840 |
| Pine, Jr., William | Sec. 7 | Farmer | New Jersey | 1838 |
| Pine, Samuel | Sec. 17 | Farmer | Ohio | 1838 |
| Plummer, J. L. | Sec. 31 | Farmer | MA | 1847 |
| Potter, Francis | Sec. 18 | Farmer | Pennsylvania | 1835 |
| Potter, Thomas | Sec. 17 | Farmer | Pike Co., IL | 1839 |
| Preble, Daniel | Sec. 27 | Farmer | Ohio | 1843 |
| Preble, John | Sec. 22 | Farmer | Ohio | 1842 |
| Shrigley, A. J. | Sec. 26 | Farmer | Virginia | 1858 |
| Sigsworth, John | New Salem | Farmer | England | 1836 |
| Starkey, James | Sec. 7 | Farmer | Pike Co., IL | 1839 |
| Starkey, Jonathan | Sec. 4 | Farmer | Virginia | 1836 |
| Temple, Thomas | New Salem | Farmer | Ohio | 1857 |
| VanSlyke, Daniel | New Salem | Trader | Pike Co., IL | 1844 |
| White, John | Sec. 31 | Farmer | Ireland | 1838 |
| White, Jr., J | Sec. 30 | Farmer | Pike Co., IL | 1846 |
| Wood, D | New Salem | Farmer | Tennessee | 1840 |