John P. Neal

NEAL, HATCH

Posted By: Diane Wilson (email)
Date: 7/29/2002 at 20:59:42

John P. Neal was born in Pennsylvania on the 4th day of April, 1846. He removed with the family in 1849 to Greene county, Wisconsin. In 1864 he came to Butler county, Iowa, and remained one year, when he returned to Greene county. In the fall of 1865 the family came to Iowa, settling at Clarksville. The father, William Neal, still lives in the county. The mother, Rebecca (Murray) Neal, died in 1868, leaving nine children – Sarah J., Lindsay E., Delila A., William A., Francis C., James E., John P., Robert J. and Thomas A. In 1873 John P. was married to Miss Alvira Wamsley, daughter of William Wamsley. They have had three children, one now living – Alice M.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Page 525