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Selected Families and Individuals
Notes
Alexander Neill
According to his sons biography:
John A. Neill, who was born in Morgan County, Ill., September 14, 1827, and is the son of Alexander and Martha (Wilson) Neill, both of whom were natives of Logan County, Ky., born in 1802 and
August 9, 1807, respectively. The father attained his growth in his native State, was married there, and about 1825 moved to Morgan County, Ill., where he resided until 1832, after which he moved to Northwest Arkansas, and in the spring of the following year moved to a place one mile north of Goshen. Here he remained until October. 1886. when he moved to the home of his son, John A. Neill, and remained with him until August 14, 1888, when he received his final summons. He had tilled the soil all his life, had been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church since about 1843, and was one of the most highly respected citizens of this part of the county. The mother died at the residence of her son, John A. Neill, September 13, 1884. She was also a consistent member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. They had a family of six sons and four daughters, one son and four daughters now living. The six sons served in the Confederate army, and but one, our subject, returned alive. The latter
was reared in the country, and, like the majority of farmer boys, passed his time in cultivating the soil.
Martha Wilson
According to her sons biography:
John A. Neill, who was born in Morgan County, Ill., September 14, 1827, and is the son of Alexander and Martha (Wilson) Neill, both of whom were natives of Logan County, Ky., born in 1802 and
August 9, 1807, respectively. The father attained his growth in his native State, was married there, and about 1825 moved to Morgan County, Ill., where he resided until 1832, after which he moved to Northwest Arkansas, and in the spring of the following year moved to a place one mile north of Goshen. Here he remained until October. 1886. when he moved to the home of his son, John A. Neill, and remained with him until August 14, 1888, when he received his final summons. He had tilled the soil all his life, had been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church since about 1843, and was one of the most highly respected citizens of this part of the county. The mother died at the residence of her son, John A. Neill, September 13, 1884. She was also a consistent member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. They had a family of six sons and four daughters, one son and four daughters now living. The six sons served in the Confederate army, and but one. our subject, returned alive. The latter
was reared in the country, and, like the majority of farmer boys, passed his time in cultivating the soil.
Herbert Lomax Sherrod
He was a Postal Worker.
James Gillian Williams
Was an Entrepeneur.
Edgar Beverly Sherrod
Ed moved his family out west before WW II, possibly to California.
Alexander Link
Alexander was a witness at the marriage of Hugh Alexander McInnis to his sister Eliza LinK and also appears on the 1881 Census in: Gwillimbury North, York North, Ontario, Canada
Occupation: Carpenter
Harvey "Harry" Link
Harvey does not appear on the 1881 Canadian census.
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