This cabin was located 8 miles east of Kinmundy.  Mr. Jenkin's visited here as a small child in 1895.  An older couple by the name of Auble or Aubel lived here.  Mr. Auble was a doctor who treated with herbs.

  This building was built around 1835.  The mantle is original.  There were no nails used in the construction of the building.

  On the south side of the room there is a dual purpose piece of furniture which was popular around 1820 to 1850.  It could be made into a full size bed or the leaf could be raised to make an enclosed childs bed.

  In the late 1830's a small group of German settlers from Ohio and Pennsylvania purchased land along Hickory Creek near Loogootee, IL from the U.S. Government for $1.25 an acre.

These Sturdy pioneers with a lot of hard work, perseverance and strong faith in God, carved out their homes in the wilderness of Illinois.  For ten years this small group met on Sunday at the home of John and Barbara Schwarm to worship their God.  A Lutheran minister from Vandalia, IL came occasionally to offer the sacrament.  Later the group built a log church which was replaced many years later by a frame building.

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  Faith, perseverance and a lot of hard work!

Something that seems to be lacking today.  No one thought of asking the Government for a handout.  If more loafers would get back to their basic ideals, we would have the kind of country our forefathers had forseen for us.

MY ADDITION...............Erma A. Ingram

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