 1819 - 1899 (79 years)
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| Name |
Reese McNeill |
| Title |
Jr. |
| Birth |
6 May 1819 |
Pike County, OH  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
1870 |
Grand Pass Twp., Saline County, MO |
| Death |
1899 |
Malta Bend, Saline County, MO |
| Person ID |
I9889 |
Bob Juch's Tree |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
| Father |
Reese McNeill, b. 19 Aug 1785, Hardy County, WV d. 24 Jun 1823, Pike County, OH (Age 37 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Ann Renick, b. 4 Jun 1789, Hardy, West Virginia d. 2 Sep 1834, Ross County, Ohio, USA (Age 45 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
16 Jul 1809 |
Ross County, OH |
| Family ID |
F3811 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Sarah Tabitha Demoss, b. 1831, Tennessee d. Apr 1862, Malta Bend, Saline County, MO (Age 31 years) |
| Marriage |
21 Apr 1850 |
Saline County, MO |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F3847 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
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| Notes |
- Reese McNeill was born either May 5 or 6, 1819. The original date May 8 was probably determined from subtracting from a newspaper article that did not give the precise date. Although Ms. Justman indicates that Reese's birthdate was May 6, the History of Saline County indicates that "Reese McNeill, farmer. Was born in Pike County, Ohio on the 5th of May, 1819. At twenty years of age, in 1839, he moved to MO, and staked out a claim in Grand Pass township, where he continued to live until 1853, when he removed to the farm upon which he at present resides, in the same township, about two miles west of Malta Bend. Mr. McNeill was in the Confederate army from the beginning to the end of the war, being in most of the battles west of the river, and in some east of it. He is one of the oldest citizens of this township. On the 21st of April, 1850, he was married to Miss Sarah T. DeMoss, who died in April 1862. To them were born six children, all of whom are now dead. He was principally devoted himself to the raising of wheat upon his farm, and has nearly always had good crops. For many years after settling here, he drove cattle to Ohio, and in early times, sold them in Ohio at from $7 to $11 per head. Mr. McNeill is an energetic, business man, a whole-soled neighbor, and a gentleman of the old regime, a race that is just dying out. During the war, while a prisoner in the Gratiot street prison, St. Louis, he was tried by court-martial, and sentenced to be hung; the sentence passed before it was discovered that he was the wrong man. The right man was his cousin, and he had escaped from prison, and was safe in Confederate lines."
Reese McNeill, private, enlisted under Gen. Joseph O. Shelby in 1862. Rejoined Shelby and disbanded in 1865.
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