John Flavel Neel and Susannah K. Forsythe

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Husband John Flavel Neel ^{1 2}

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           Born: 9 May 1825 2
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           Died: 31 Aug 1914 2
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         Father: James Harvey Neel (1785-      ) 1 2
         Mother: Elizabeth Brierley (      -      ) 3

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       Marriage: 10 Feb 1857 4

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   Other Spouse: Mary Ann Ramsey (1848-      ) 4 - 18 Sep 1873 4

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Wife Susannah K. Forsythe ^{1 4}

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           Born: 
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           Died: 21 Dec 1857 4
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Children

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1 M James Benjamin Neel ^{1 4 5}

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           Born: 11 Dec 1857 - Mifflin Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Sarah Crady Risher (      -      ) 1 4 5

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General Notes: Husband - John Flavel Neel

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He grew to manhood on the home farm and obtained his education in the district schools near by. He was his father's assistant for years, then he and his brother Hiram worked the farm together. Later they divided the farm, but he did not long retain his share. He had a well developed capacity for business affairs, and selling his inheritance for cash, he invested his money in different enterprises, with such good results that for many years he was able to live a retired life. He was one of the organizers of the First National Bank of McKeesport and was a member of its board of directors at the time of his death. At various times and at various places he had been interested financially in enterprises of magnitude and in his active years was regarded as one of the most capable and reliable of business men. In 1872 he purchased a small farm on the Monongahela river at Dravosburg, fifteen miles south of Pittsburgh, which was his home at the time of his death. He was an ardent Democrat and had held many local offices. He had always been careful in all his habits and while nearly a nonagenarian, might easily have passed for a much younger man.

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General Notes: Wife - Susannah K. Forsythe

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She died while still quite young.

1 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 387.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1108.

3 —, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Vol. I (Madison, WI: Northwestern Historical Assosciation, 1904), Pg 264.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1109.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1427.