Sunday, October 28, 2018

Eli T. McNeil Bio

Eli Thomas McNeil was born on a farm near Normal, Illinois, on November 4, 1859. 
Eli's parents are William Kirkpatrick McNeil, who was born 12 May 1819 in Adams County, Ohio and mother, Susan Baird (Smith) McNeil, who was born 21 July 1818 in Ohio.

William and Susan McNeil are buried at East White Oak Cemetery in Kansas Township, Woodford County, Illinois, which is located near Peoria and Eureka, Illinois.

 
--Photos from Find-A-Grave (FAG)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34158880/william-kirkpatrick-mcneil



Above:  1860 United States Federal Census from Kansas Township in the county of Woodford in the state of Illinois.

Eli McNeil's Siblings:
John Campbell
Mary Ester
Cynthia Ann
William Lewis
Robert McElvanis
Washington Smith
Willson Dennis
Cary David

John Campbell McNeil served with Co. C. 33rd Illinois Regiment during the Civil War.
 
** Ancestry Note:  William Kirkpatrick McNeil died in Schuyler Falls, Clinton County, New York August 31, 1891. 
Wonder why he was there when he died.

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