Peter Neal Expires at His Home on South Deer Creek.
One of the oldest of Oregon's hardy pioneers passed into the great beyond Monday afternoon, Dec. 22, 1902, at 2 o'clock, when Peter Neal breathed his last at the Thos. Boggess place on South Deer creek. He was born in Virginia 88 years ago and with his wife crossed the plains into Oregon in 1844, taking up their home four miles from Stayton, Marion county. Later they moved to Hood River, Wasco county, and in 1888 removed to Douglas county, where they took up their residence on the Gililland place on South Deer creek. A few years later found them located on the Howe place near Roseburg, and finally they took up their residence on the Thomas Boggess place, where the faithful helpmate of Mr. Neal answered the inevitable summons some years ago. Mr. Neal's remains will be interred by her side in the I.O.O.F. cemetery at Roseburg Wednesday afternoon. Funeral services preceding the burial will be held at the Boggess place in the morning at 9 o'clock.
Two sons and several grandchildren survive. The former are Jerome B. Neal, of deer creek, and another son at Hood River.
The Roseburg Review, Roseburg, Oregon, 25 December 1902
The 1850 to 1880 censuses state that Peter was born in Tennessee. An Ancestry tree by Pamela Lyon states that Peter was born 2 March 1814 in Tennessee. He married Mahala Bilyeu, b. 1820 in Tennessee, in Arkansas in 1837.
Peter and Mahala ('Haly') had the following children:
Jessee, b. abt 1837
Milton, b. abt 1841
Martha, b. abt 1843
Julia, b. abt 1845
Diona, b. abt 1847
Amanda, b. abt 1850
Lydia, b. abt 1852
Peter, b. abt 1854
William, b. abt 1856
Jerome, b. abt 1861
Peter Neal Expires at His Home on South Deer Creek.
One of the oldest of Oregon's hardy pioneers passed into the great beyond Monday afternoon, Dec. 22, 1902, at 2 o'clock, when Peter Neal breathed his last at the Thos. Boggess place on South Deer creek. He was born in Virginia 88 years ago and with his wife crossed the plains into Oregon in 1844, taking up their home four miles from Stayton, Marion county. Later they moved to Hood River, Wasco county, and in 1888 removed to Douglas county, where they took up their residence on the Gililland place on South Deer creek. A few years later found them located on the Howe place near Roseburg, and finally they took up their residence on the Thomas Boggess place, where the faithful helpmate of Mr. Neal answered the inevitable summons some years ago. Mr. Neal's remains will be interred by her side in the I.O.O.F. cemetery at Roseburg Wednesday afternoon. Funeral services preceding the burial will be held at the Boggess place in the morning at 9 o'clock.
Two sons and several grandchildren survive. The former are Jerome B. Neal, of deer creek, and another son at Hood River.
The Roseburg Review, Roseburg, Oregon, 25 December 1902
The 1850 to 1880 censuses state that Peter was born in Tennessee. An Ancestry tree by Pamela Lyon states that Peter was born 2 March 1814 in Tennessee. He married Mahala Bilyeu, b. 1820 in Tennessee, in Arkansas in 1837.
Peter and Mahala ('Haly') had the following children:
Jessee, b. abt 1837
Milton, b. abt 1841
Martha, b. abt 1843
Julia, b. abt 1845
Diona, b. abt 1847
Amanda, b. abt 1850
Lydia, b. abt 1852
Peter, b. abt 1854
William, b. abt 1856
Jerome, b. abt 1861
Family Members
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Nancy Jane Neal Keene
1835–1897
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Jesse Neal
1837–1883
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Martha Neal
1842–1868
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Milton Neal
1843–1929
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Julia Ann Neal Divers
1845–1888
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Diona Neal O'Dell
1848–1893
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Amanda Jane "Mandy" Neal Turner
1850–1887
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Peter Neal
1851–1873
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Lydia Ann Neal
1852–1865
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William Neal
1858–1887
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Jerome Bonaparte "Boney" Neal
1861–1906
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