Husband William Borland Neel 1 2 3
AKA: William B. Neal 4
Born: 4 Jan 1826 - near Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 2
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Father: Samuel Neel (1785-1862) 1 2
Mother: Rachel Borland (Abt 1787-1872) 1 5
Marriage: 25 Dec 1855 6
• Additional Image: William B. Neel.
Wife Nancy J. Hurst 4 5 6
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Father: Nathaniel Hurst (Abt 1800-1860) 6 7 8
Mother: Mary Jack ( - ) 4
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1 M John Jack Neel 5 6
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Spouse: Amy L. Hunter ( - ) 6
Marr: 3 Oct 1889 6
2 F Mary Neel 6
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Died: 6 Feb 1860 6
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3 M [Infant] Neel 6
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Died: 13 Nov 1860 6
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4 M Nathaniel H. Neel 6
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5 M Samuel Neel 3 6
Born: 31 Jan 1863 - near Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland Co, PA 3
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Spouse: Ella Grace Brownfield ( - ) 3
6 F Rachel Neel 5 6
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7 F Ella May Neel 5 6
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8 F Sarah H. Neel 5 6
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9 M Frank H. Neel 6
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General Notes: Husband - William Borland Neel
He acquired what education the subscription schools of those days afforded, and was reared to agricultural pursuits. Immediately after leaving the school room he engaged in farming, and came to own four hundred acres of valuable and fertile farm land, and also town property. In about 1859 he engaged in the stock droving business, in partnership with William J. Hitchman, continuing in this business for about twenty years. Mr. Neel was also largely identified with the coal and coke business of East Huntingdon township, and purchased extensive coal lands in West Virginia, which were yet to be developed. He was also connected with Mr. Hitchman in the banking and real estate business for many years. He was one of the organizers of the First National Bank of Mount Pleasant in 1865, and was a director in that institution. In politics he was a staunch Republican, and took the deepest interest in the welfare of that organization. He was also largely interested in educational pursuits, and served in his township for over ten years as school director. In matters of religion Mr. Neel adhered to the principles of the Presbyterian church, the denomination of his forefathers. He was an elder of his church beginning in 1862, and represented the Red Stone Presbytery in the general assembly at Chicago in 1877, and again at Saratoga Springs in 1890. [HWC 1906 II, 113]