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Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site is a reconstruction of the former village of New Salem in Menard County, Illinois, where Abraham Lincoln lived from 1831 to 1837. [1] While in his twenties, the future U.S. President made his living in this village as a boatman, soldier in the Black Hawk War , general store owner, postmaster, surveyor ...
In 1835, a wave of typhoid hit the town of New Salem. Ann Rutledge died at the age of 22 on August 25, 1835. This left Lincoln severely depressed. [8] Historian John Y. Simon reviewed the historiography of the subject and concluded, "Available evidence overwhelmingly indicates that Lincoln so loved Ann that her death plunged him into severe depression."
In January 1832, 23-year-old Lincoln and 21-year-old William F. Berry, a member of Lincoln's militia company during the Black Hawk War, purchased one of the three general stores in New Salem from James and Rowan Herndon. [3] The two men signed personal notes to purchase the business and a later acquisition of another store's inventory. [4]
New Salem is the name of several places in Illinois: New Salem, now also known as Lincoln's New Salem , a recreated former village in Menard County New Salem Township, McDonough County, Illinois
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Denton Offutt (1805 – 1860) was an American general store operator who hired future President Abraham Lincoln for his first job as an adult in New Salem, Illinois.. Offutt was the son of Samuel and Elizabeth Offutt and was born in Frederick County, Maryland. [1]
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In 1837, Lincoln moved to Springfield from New Salem at the start of his law career. He met his wife, Mary Todd, at her sister's home in Springfield and married there in 1842. The historic-site house at 413 South Eighth Street at the corner of Jackson Street, bought by Lincoln and his wife in 1844, was the only home that Lincoln ever owned.