Posts Tagged ‘ Kentucky ’

Captain Robbert Harreld is my 5th Great Grandfather through his daughter Sinai who married William Neal, Sr. Sinai and William Neal’s son James Preston Neal had told a story of he and his brother (my 3rd Great Grandfather William Thomas Neal) as boys having had the opportunity to meet Samuel Houston and welcomed him...
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Sinai Harreld Neal Buchanan is my 4th Great Grandmother through her son William Thomas Neal, Col. (1822-1864) who died in the Civil War. She was first married to William Neal/Neel (abt 1797-1821) who was my 4th Great Grandfather. Shortly after her first husband’s death, she married Andrew “Uncle Buck” Buchanan and moved with their...
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Thomas Ingram was my 3rd Great Grandfather through his son William N. Ingram (1855-1947) who married Mary Catherine Francis Heindselman (1860-1959) in 1897. As I was typing his family group record, I realized that there are quite a few dates and marriage/spouse entries missing for his family from my research. As genealogy goes, the...
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William N. Ingram was my Great-Great Grandfather through his son William Jr. who married Minnie Bell Nees (mentioned below as William of Silverton). The following is his obituary for his death which occurred on the 17th of May 1947 when he was 92 years old. “William M. Ingram, 92, died at his home near...
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I feel very lucky to have crossed paths online with James Preston IV who shared with me photos and family information on his namesake that I probably wouldn’t have otherwise been able to get. He granted me permission to share the items with others, and so below is the only picture he has of...
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My Great-Uncle Ray Daniels was kind enough to send me this photo to make a scan from a few years back. Previous to that I had no idea what my Great-Great grandparents looked like from my Ingram side. This is a photo of my 2nd Great Grandpa William N. Ingram, and his wife Mary...
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William N. Ingram was my Great-Great Grandfather. My family line continues through his son William Jr. (1887-1963) who married Minnie Bell Nees (1888-1962) in 1910. The names and dates contained in this family group record are current as of the time of this blog post: William N. Ingram Birth – 14 May 1855, Mt....
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My 5th Great-Grandfather Thomas “Uncle Tom” Neel and his wife Mary were the first of my Neal family to arrive in America. Born in Northern Ireland in 1760 and 1762, they arrived about 1780 and joined many of their relatives and neighbors who had preceded them to America and had settled in Pennsylvania, eastern...
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The following is the family group record for Col. William Thomas Neal. Shortly before he left for the Civil war, he fathered my Great-Great-Grandmother Anna Eliza Neal who married Steven Guthrie Nees. After William was killed in the Civil War, his brother James Preston Neal – who was also a widower – married is...
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The following is the typed-out version of the will of my 5th Great Grandfather Thomas “Uncle Tom” Neel written the 26th of October 1843. Tom’s son William Sr. (1797-1821) fathered William Jr. (1822-1864) who fathered Anna Eliza Neal Nees. I’ve left the misspellings and errors where they were included in the will. The source...
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