McNeil Yaw Connection

While organizing my family files today, I found this small note.  Looks like Grandma Mildred Arnold's handwriting. 
Merlene McNeil married Donald Coulom. So Don's mother was a Yaw, her father being a Yaw of Onarga. 
Interesting as the Robbins line also ties in with the Yaws.  I believe Benjamin and Cynthia Robbin's daughter, Cynthia, married Henry Yaw.  They are buried in the Onarga Cemetery.
More Research.

Generations

Back Row Standing Left to Right.  Louise Arnold, Hattie (Arnold) McNeil, Ted Kendrick (Baby), Seba (Arnold) Linn, Marguerite (Linn) Kendrick.
Front Row Seated Left to Right:  Etta (Lee) Arnold, Ramon Arnold (Baby), Lora (Johnson) Arnold.

--K. Family Photo Album.

McNeil, Linn, Arnold

Left to Right:  Ellen McNeil, Frances Linn, Louise Arnold, Jane Woodruff, Hattie McNeil.

--K. Family Photo Album.

50th Anniversary

Left to Right:  Harriet (Arnold) McNeil, the twins Ellene (West) Bruin and Merlene (West) Coulom, Joan (Smith) Bradley.  The McNeil's 50th wedding anniversary noted by the floral arrangement in the background.  The three girls are their granddaughters.  The twins are the daughters of Merton West and Ellen (McNeil) West.  Joan (Smith) Bradley is the only child of Arthur Smith and Lora (McNeil) Smith.

--Photo from Merlene (West) Coulom. 2017.

Hattie (Arnold) McNeil

"Aunt Hattie at Her Place."

--K. Family Photo Album.

The McNeils

Eli McNeil, Lora McNeil, Robert McNeil, Ellen McNeil, Lula Pearle "Pearle" McNeil, Hattie (Arnold) McNeil.  The photo is dated 1915.

--K. Family Photo Album.

McNeil Farm

Section 8, Wall Township, Ford County, Illinois. 

On the 1884 plat of Wall Township this section is owned by C. Anderson, probably Christopher Anderson of Roberts.  The 1901 map shows Amos Arnold as the section owner.  There appears to be a small square between the H and the A in the word "Hattie" on Section 8 which would indicate a residence.  The home location does not appear on the 1981 Ford County, Illinois Rural Resident Directory.

--Historical Atlas of Ford County Illinois.  1884.

--Ford County, Illinois.  Rural Resident Directory.  1981.

RESEARCH:  Photograph this property.  Are there any buildings here?  Find a photo of the home.  

Hattie Arnold McNeil

Harriet or "Hattie" is so easy to pick out in photos.  Her hair style never changes. (Front row, in white) I am wondering if that is Mary on the right seated in the buggy.

McNeil - Arnold Wedding

Married March 18, 1885, (Possibly the 17th, I have some questions about this.) at the Methodist Episcopal Church in Roberts, Illinois.

The wedding of Hattie Arnold and Eli McNeil.  Love how they describe all the gifts.

 

--Newspaper Clipping from Susan McNeil Marshall. 

Eli Thomas & Harriet Melissa (Arnold) McNeil

 

--Newspaper Clipping from Merlene Coulom.

Mrs. Harriet McNeil

Harriet M. Arnold was born in Schuyler Falls, Clinton County, New York, July 6th, 1860, and passed from this life Tuesday morning, May 14th, 1935, aged 74 years 10 month and 8 days.
When she was six years of age she came with her parents to Ford County, Illinois, settling on a farm northwest of Roberts.  Here she grew to womanhood and here on Wednesday, March 18, 1885, she was married to Eli McNeil who survives her.
To Mr. and Mrs. McNeil were born four children: Mrs. Pearl Dillon who preceded her mother in death, Mrs. Lora Smith of Youngstown, Ohio, Mrs. Ellen West of Chicago Heights, and Robert who lives at the home in Roberts. She also leaves three grand-children.  Two brothers, Johnson and Seward, both of Roberts, two sisters, Mrs. Mary Stevens of Heber Springs, Arkansas, and Mrs. Seba Linn of Roberts, also survive.
Just two months ago the neighbors and friends from distant places gathered at the McNeil home here to spend a day of happiness at the golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. McNeil.  This was a great occasion long to be remembered.
Mrs. McNeil was a woman who will be missed by her many friends.  Of a kindly disposition, cheerful, hopeful, inspiring confidence in others, she had a host of friends who will sadly miss her.
The funeral services were held in the M. E. Church in Roberts, Thursday, Mary 16th, 1935, at 2:00 P.M., Rev. H. W. Hartman officiating. Interment was in Lyman Cemetery.
Among those from a distance who attended the funeral were William McNeil of Huron, S. D., Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Smith and daughter, Joan, of Youngstown, Ohio, Miss Alice Bunker and Miss Geraldine Cutler, of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Dillon of Pontiac, Mr. and Mrs. Merton West, Mr. and Mrs. E. Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Wilkins, Miss Louise Arnold, and Mrs. Bentonhausen and daughter Nita, of Chicago Heights, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Brown and Lee Brown of Carlock, Misses Helen and Nell Smithton of Normal, George West and daughters, Misses Mary and Lois, and Harold West of Loda, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Hardesty and Mrs. Mary Spellmeyer, of Sibley, Mrs. Bloice Shilts of Elliott, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Linn of Wilmette, Mrs. James Tarvin and family of Onarga and many others from nearby surrounding towns.

--Newspaper Clipping with no date.