Kit Carson County, Colorado
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Kit Carson County Pioneers:
McNeill siblings - William S., Jr., George W., John I., Ursula, 7 South 49 West
William S. McNeill was born in Hardy county, Virginia, November 1, 1837. His parents moved to this county in 1855, and his father, John H. McNeill, was president of the first fair held in this county in 1856, and had at that time the only herd of Short-Horn Durham cattle in northwest Missouri. When the war began his father raised a company of cavalry for the Confederate army, and died November 11, 1864, from a wound received in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, while at the head of his company, known as the Partisan Rangers. The command then fell to his son Jesse, brother of William S. McNeill, who with sixty men executed one of the most daring feats of the late war. Going into the Union lines at Cumberland, in Maryland, where there were 10,000 Union soldiers, he went to the hotel where Generals Crook and Kelley were sleeping, went to to their rooms, took them prisoners, and got them safe within his own lines. He rode ninety miles in twenty-four hours in performing the deed.
William S. McNeill was educated in the common schools, supplemented by a ten months term at the State University, at Columbia, Missouri. He enlisted at the beginning of the war in his father’s company and served eight months, then returned home and served eight months in the Enrolled State Militia. In 1875 he made a trip to Oregon and the northwestern Territories. He is now one of Daviess county’s best sheep raisers, having given his attention to the husbandry of sheep for several years. In the summer of 1858 he was on the trip as wagon-master to Salt Lake with General Albert Sidney Johnson, and in 1859 and 1860, was wagon-master on the plains for Majors & Russell.
Mr. McNeill was united in marriage, November 10, 1859, to Miss Mary J. Pryor, who was born July 8, 1838. By this union they have five children: Sallie, born October 23, 1860; George W., born December 7, 1862; Ursula B., born March 21, 1866; John I. V., born September 21, 1868; and William S., born March 16, 1871.
In 1870 Daviess County, Missouri,
William McNeill is 32,
Mary J. McNeill 32,
Sally P. McNeill
9,
George W. McNeill
7,
Azolia B. Mcneill
4, and
John J. V. McNeill
.
Mary Jane Pryor McNeill
BIRTH
8 Jul 1838
DEATH
23 Dec 1910 BURIAL
Bethel Cemetery
Gallatin, Daviess County, Missouri,
MEMORIAL ID
61280766.
In 1880 Daviess County, Missouri,
William McNeill is 50,
Mary McNeill 48 Wife,
Sally McNeill
19 Daughter,
George W. McNeill
15 Son,
Bell McNeill
12 Daughter,
John McNeill
8 Son, and
William McNeill
6 Son. n
URSULA
Miss Sue McNeil
Marriage Date: 8 Oct 1893
Marriage Place: Daviess, Missouri,
Spouse:
Nathan R. Gillilan
In 1910 St. Joseph, Missouri,
Nathan R. Gillilan is a brewery laborer, 43,
Ursula B. Gillilan 44 Wife, born in Missouri,
Mary J. McNnull
71 Mother-in-law, and
Joseph Palmer
36 Boarder.
Ursula B. Gillilan McNeill
BIRTH
22 Mar 1866
DEATH
22 Apr 1916
BURIAL
Jamesport Memorial Cemetery
Jamesport, Daviess County, Missouri,
MEMORIAL ID
75926184.
The Heirs of Ursula claimed a quarter in section 25, 7S 49W in 1919.
Nathan Gillilan is in Daviess County in 1920, divorced, living with brother Lorenzo J. 51.
Nathan Reeves Gillilan
BIRTH
16 Dec 1866
Grundy County, Missouri,
DEATH
29 Mar 1931
Saint Joseph, Missouri,
BURIAL
Jamesport Memorial Cemetery
Jamesport, Daviess County, Missouri,
MEMORIAL ID
75926056.
GEORGE
Daviess County marriages "Ashbrook, Annie to
G. W. McNeill, 21 Apr 1893."
In 1900 Daviess County, George W. is farming, born Dec 1862, marrid six years to Annie E. August 1872, both born in MIssouri.
George W., John, and Straud McNeill all claimed land in Kit Carson County.
John I. McNeill claimed a quarter in 25, 7S 49W in May 1913, and another in section 24 in September 1913.
George W. McNeil cash-claimed a quarter in section 34, 17S 52W - southwest Lincoln County, Colorado, in 1909.
George W. McNeill claimed a quarter in section 6, 8S 48W in 1912, and another in 31, 7S 48W in 1916.
In 1900 Kit Carson County,
John L. McNeill is 31,
William S. McNeill 29 Partner, and
William Lane
20 Boarder.
In 1910 Vona precinct, Kit Carson County, George is 48, married 15 years to Anna E., 35, both born in Missouri.
Anna Ellen Ashbrook, born
26 August 1872
Jamesport, Daviess, Missouri,
Death
12 February 1946
Jameson, Daviess, Missouri.
George W. McNeill
BIRTH
1862
DEATH
1938
Seibert, Kit Carson County, Colorado,
BURIAL
Seibert Cemetery
Seibert, Kit Carson County, Colorado,
MEMORIAL ID
36400421.
Anna was in Daviess County in 1920 and 1930, married to James Scott.
Anna Ellen Ashbrook Scott
BIRTH
26 Aug 1872
Daviess County, Missouri,
DEATH
12 Feb 1946
Jameson, Daviess County, Missouri,
BURIAL
Antioch Cemetery
Madison Township, Grundy County, Missouri,
PLOT
MEMORIAL ID
8441285.
WILLIAM S., Jr. (Stroud)
Straud is in Vona precinct in 1910, 38, born in Missouri, a rancher, living alone.
Letter written by Andrew Boger to his son Wyatt, "Seibert August 22 1912 Wyatt I wasnt gon to sighn this note and hand to Mr. Gates Franks Baby wsas all right tuesday i was there i am stacking wheat now. A Boger." Wyatt responded, "I hope that Frank's family is getting along well again. Straud McNeill told me that Frank had a Cope doctor for the baby, so I presumed that it was not getting along well."
Straud and John share a tombstone ...
William Strother McNeill Jr.
BIRTH
16 Mar 1871
DEATH
10 Dec 1915
BURIAL
Bethel Cemetery
Gallatin, Daviess County, Missouri,
MEMORIAL ID
61280788.
JOHN
John I. McNeill and Lola Miller married on 11 Oct 1921 in Denver, Colorado.
In 1920 Kit Carson County,
John I. McNeill is 51,
Lola Miller
38 Housekeeper, and
Mabel Miller
12 Daughter.
In 1930 Kit Carson County, John is living alone, divorced, farming.
In 1940 Englewood, Colorado, John is 71, living alone, no occupation. He was in Englewood in 1935, too.
John I. 'Richard' McNeill is on a tombstone with William S., Jr.,
BIRTH
22 Sep 1868
DEATH
unknown
BURIAL
Bethel Cemetery
Gallatin, Daviess County, Missouri,
MEMORIAL ID
64430231.
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