Daughter of John and Christena Hoffman Klingaman. Wife of James O'Neaill.
"Mary Klingaman, eldest daughter, was married to James O'Neaill. She was converted in early life and joined the Methodist Episcopal Church. She was an intelligent, zealous Christian woman. In early life she would walk two miles to a prayer meeting and carry a babe when the snow was nearly a foot deep. She would read and translate the German bible to her husband and family. She was kind and generous. At a time when a camp meeting was breaking up, two boys were going around the ground inquiring at the tents for something to eat. They were sent from one part of the ground to another without receiving anything. When they came to Mary O'Neaill's tent she said, "I wish you had been here a little sooner our things are all packed away to go home, but wait a little." and away she went and soon came back with a piece of bread around the loaf, well buttered for each of them. One of the boys afterward proved to be her son-in-law, Benjamin Wainshier (sic Wamshier)."
From: The History of John and Christena Klingaman, From 1749 to 1888 (pg. 10). by Rev. John McAnulty
"Mary Klingaman, eldest daughter, was married to James O'Neaill. She was converted in early life and joined the Methodist Episcopal Church. She was an intelligent, zealous Christian woman. In early life she would walk two miles to a prayer meeting and carry a babe when the snow was nearly a foot deep. She would read and translate the German bible to her husband and family. She was kind and generous. At a time when a camp meeting was breaking up, two boys were going around the ground inquiring at the tents for something to eat. They were sent from one part of the ground to another without receiving anything. When they came to Mary O'Neaill's tent she said, "I wish you had been here a little sooner our things are all packed away to go home, but wait a little." and away she went and soon came back with a piece of bread around the loaf, well buttered for each of them. One of the boys afterward proved to be her son-in-law, Benjamin Wainshier (sic Wamshier)."
From: The History of John and Christena Klingaman, From 1749 to 1888 (pg. 10). by Rev. John McAnulty
Daughter of John and Christena Hoffman Klingaman. Wife of James O'Neaill.
"Mary Klingaman, eldest daughter, was married to James O'Neaill. She was converted in early life and joined the Methodist Episcopal Church. She was an intelligent, zealous Christian woman. In early life she would walk two miles to a prayer meeting and carry a babe when the snow was nearly a foot deep. She would read and translate the German bible to her husband and family. She was kind and generous. At a time when a camp meeting was breaking up, two boys were going around the ground inquiring at the tents for something to eat. They were sent from one part of the ground to another without receiving anything. When they came to Mary O'Neaill's tent she said, "I wish you had been here a little sooner our things are all packed away to go home, but wait a little." and away she went and soon came back with a piece of bread around the loaf, well buttered for each of them. One of the boys afterward proved to be her son-in-law, Benjamin Wainshier (sic Wamshier)."
From: The History of John and Christena Klingaman, From 1749 to 1888 (pg. 10). by Rev. John McAnulty
"Mary Klingaman, eldest daughter, was married to James O'Neaill. She was converted in early life and joined the Methodist Episcopal Church. She was an intelligent, zealous Christian woman. In early life she would walk two miles to a prayer meeting and carry a babe when the snow was nearly a foot deep. She would read and translate the German bible to her husband and family. She was kind and generous. At a time when a camp meeting was breaking up, two boys were going around the ground inquiring at the tents for something to eat. They were sent from one part of the ground to another without receiving anything. When they came to Mary O'Neaill's tent she said, "I wish you had been here a little sooner our things are all packed away to go home, but wait a little." and away she went and soon came back with a piece of bread around the loaf, well buttered for each of them. One of the boys afterward proved to be her son-in-law, Benjamin Wainshier (sic Wamshier)."
From: The History of John and Christena Klingaman, From 1749 to 1888 (pg. 10). by Rev. John McAnulty
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