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From History of Madison County, W. H. Beers & Co, Chicago, 1883

This township contains but one small village within it borders, In 1849, the land where Newport now stands was owned by Ephraim Freshour, and in that year he laid off some lots for the town, and donated one lot for school purposes. James Coberly erected the first house, in which he lived till his death. The second was buiilt by Elias Forbes as a dwelling for himself. The first blacksmith was James Jewell. He was succeeded by Henry Roland. About 1851-52, John Coberly built a stream saw mill in the town, with the old kind of upright saw, which, after some years was supplanted with a circular saw, and is now owned by Jackson Coberly. Elias Forbes was the first wagon-maker. The first store was opened by Napoleon Moore, who erected a building and put in a general stock of goods in 1854. The post office was established in 1856-57 with James Gossard as Postmaster. The present Postmaster is Thomas Durkee. The village now contains about one hundred and fifty inhabitants; has one general store, one grocery, two blacksmiths, one wagon-maker, one carriage painter; and contains two churches, and one schoolhouse with two departmentes—one for the small and one for the larger scholars.


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