Neal, Cornelius

NEAL

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Date: 7/9/2021 at 16:28:16

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.662

NEAL, CORNELIUS, farmer, Jackson Township, Sec. 22; P. O. St. Mary's; born in Monroe county, Tennessee, May 22, 1828, where his early youth was spent; when eleven years old his father, Jesse Neal (who was a ranger in the war of 1812), removed to Van Buren county, this State, and five years after to Wapello county, improving a farm in that county; young Neal went to California in 1852, where he was engaged in mining for five years very successfully; returning to Wapello county, he was married Feb. 4, 1858, to Miss Margery J. Robinson, of that county; their family consists of nine children: Mary A., Wm. O., Geo. Albert, Eurrice E., Minnie J., John Mc., Carrie A., Amon F. and Thomas J., having lost one son, Irvin F., died Feb. 28, 1879; soon after his return from California, Mr. Neal engaged in farming and stock raising, which occupation he has followed with but little interruption since; in the spring of 1864 he concluded to try another mining operation; the gold fields of Montana seemed to offer superior inducements; he returned home in the fall of 1865, with less money and more experience than when he left; he removed to this county in 1872, improving a choice piece of land of some 200 acres; genial, courteous and kind, he is respected by all that know him.