John Jack Neel and Amy L. Hunter

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Husband John Jack Neel ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 5 Jan 1857 - Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland Co, PA 4
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         Father: William Borland Neel (1826-1913) 5 6 7 8
         Mother: Nancy J. Hurst (Abt 1835-1907) 1 2 3 9

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       Marriage: 3 Oct 1889 1 10

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Wife Amy L. Hunter ^{1 10}

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         Father: David Hunter (      -      ) 11 12
         Mother: Maria Shupe (      -      ) 11 12

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Children

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1 F Gertrude H. Neel ¹³

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           Born: 23 Sep 1890 13
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2 F Lydia H. Neel ¹³

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           Born: 3 Oct 1897 13
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General Notes: Husband - John Jack Neel

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He received the preliminary portion of his education in the Mount Pleasant Institute and later at Lafayette College, at which institution he matriculated after having graduated from the Mount Pleasant Institute. Having completed two years at Lafayette College, he, in 1879, associated himself with a coal and coke company, in which his father was interested for a short time only, when they sold to the Frick Coal and Coke Company, then in the autumn of the same year, where he was engaged as a clerk and assistant engineer for one year. His next place of employment was with the firm of Freed, Stoner & Company, in which he became a partner, and where he remained until 1890. He then returned to his former place of employment, the Frick Coal and Coke Company, and remained with this concern for about a year and a half as assistant engineer. In 1891 he went to Somerset County, Pennsylvania, and superintended the completion of the Markelton Sanitarium, and after its completion he remained there as treasurer of the company, which office he held for one year. He then moved back to Mount Pleasant and followed the general surveying business until 1896. In this year he was elected county surveyor, a position which he held for six years. He was engineer for Mount Pleasant borough from 1894 to 1910. In 1911 he was appointed by the county commissioners the first county engineer under the new road laws, and remained in this office for one year. Mr. Neel was engineer for the borough of Jeannette beginning in 1910, with the exception of one year, when he was employed by the county. He was also engineer for the Southeast Greensburg and Ludwick boroughs, when they were separate boroughs. Also for Southwest Greensburg, Irwin and Derry boroughs. In his political affiliations, Mr. Neel, like his father before him, was a Republican and was a member of the Council of Mount Pleasant for a number of years. Also, like his father, Mr. Neel was a Presbyterian and was a member of the Westminister Presbyterian Church of Greensburg, and was one of the ruling elders beginning in the year 1905.

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 213.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 113.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 96, 835.

4 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 96.

5 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 208.

6 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 112.

7 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 47.

8 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 96, 834.

9 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 382.

10 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 97, 835.

11 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 495.

12 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 97, 131.

13 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 97.