Joseph N. Neal

NEAL, MITCHELL

Posted By: Diane Wilson (email)
Date: 7/29/2002 at 21:00:11

Joseph N. Neal resides on section 16. He is one of the largest and most successful farmers in Butler county. His farm consists of about 1,100 acres. He was born in Pennsylvania, but removed to Ohio, where he lived about twenty years. He was brought up to the business of farming, and follows the occupation from choice. He has been a resident of West Point township since 1869. The improvements on his farm are among the best in the township, and were all made by himself. He devotes his attention principally to stock raising. His wife, formerly Miss Elizabeth Mitchell, is a native of Ohio. They have six children – Thomas M., Barnet, John H., Mary E., Joseph N., and Maud I. They lost one son.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Page 751