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159 | i. | Benjamin5 Franklin Burchfield; born circa 1850 in Pennsylvania. Note: Benjamin was a son of Jesse first wife Nancy Ann Porter. |
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160 | ii. | Isaac Duane Burchfield; born February 1859; married Augusta [—?—] in New York. In 1900, Isaac was a sucker rod merchant living in Washington, Pennsylvania with wife and (son) Max C. Burchfield, born July 1885 in Pennsylvania.208 There was a Max C. Burchfield, born in Pennsylvania, circa 1886, who was living with wife Sarah J. [—?—], born circa 1886 in Pennsylvania, in Dormont, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in 1930 (census page 7B); he was a commercial salesman for a publishing company; no children were reported. |
| + | 161 | iii. | Samuel N. Burchfield; born July 1860 in Pennsylvanika; died May 1937 in Erie, Pennsylvania; married Margaret Elizabeth Black. |
37. JOHN3 LYTLE NEILL (Mary3 McCasland, Nancy2, William1); born circa 1836; married ELIZA REED.209
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38. JOSIAH4 NEILL (Mary3 McCasland, Nancy2, William1); born 6 March 1842,210 died 1903; buried in Neilltown Cemetery; married 23 December 1886211 LETHA (ELETHA) BELL, born 16 September 1862; died 17 June 1931; buried in Neilltown Cemetery, re their stones.212 In 1900 the family was living in Harmony Township, Forest County, Pennsylvania (census page 9B—faded census page).
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| 163 | i. | Victor5 Lynford Neill; born born circa 1887. | |
| 164 | ii. | Alice Neill. | |
| 165 | iii. | Roy Neill. | |
41. NANCY4 (Nannie) NEILL (Jane3 McCasland, Nancy2, William1); born circa 1829; died, of bronchitis, 28 May 1914 in Titusville, Pennsylania;213 married, 31 August 1869, CHARLES RUPERT CHURCH of New York City; he was born 20 March 1834 in Dublin, Ireland; died 18 January 1873 in Titusville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.214
Charles and first wife Elizabeth Tilden (died 23 September 1867) probably married in the early 1860s and perhaps lived in Brooklyn, New York, before coming to Titusville in 1865 and opening a china shop during the oil excitement. Nancy was two months pregnant in 1873 when Charles died of tetanus. He was age thirty eight and Nancy had just turned forty four.
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| + | 166 | i. | Charles4 Rupert Church.; born 15 August 1873; died 21 November 1956; married Mary Irene Patterson. |
43. JOSEPH4 ANDERSON NEILL (Jane3 McCasland, Nancy2, William1); born circa 1834; died of heart failure 5 March 1896 in Washington D. C.; married ELIZABETH PENNELL, born circa 1836; died 29 January 1916; buried in Woodland Cemetery, Titusville, Pennsylvania.215
Joseph was a lawyer.216 “Joseph A Neill was financially ruined, and the wealth which William T. Neill had spent a lifetime in gathering was suddenly swept away in the crash of the fall of 1873” (from Bates, 1899), page 826). In 1880, Joseph, Lizzie, and children were living in Titusville, Pennsylvania where Joseph was listed as a retired lawyer.217
According to an obituary in the Titusville Morning Herald, 4 February 1876,218 “Mrs. Elizabeth (Bickham) Pennell [mother of Elizabeth Pennell who married Joseph A. Neill] died in her 80th year. One of her daughters was Mrs. J. A. Neill of Titusville and a son was a J. H. Pennell of Neillsburg [sic].” Elizabeth (Bickham) Pennell’s husband was William Pennell.219
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| + | 169 | iii. | William Lynnville Neill; born 18 June 1865 in Warren, Pennsylvania; married (first) Sophie Richmond; married (second) Mrs. Virginia Price Dunlap. |
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46. SAMUEL4 TATE NEILL (Jane3 McCasland, Nancy2, William1); born 16 July 1841222 in Neilltown, present–day Forest County, Pennsylvania; died of heart failure 4 August 1896 in Cape May, New Jersey, “one of the most talented and successful members of the Crawford and Warren County bar;”223 married 15 June 1871 JULIA LAURA SINCLAIR; born circa 1847 in Prince Edward Island (Canada).
In 1880, Samuel (indexed as S. F.), Julia and children were living in Titusville, Pennsylvania, where Samuel as listed as a lawyer224 Also in the household in 1880 were Samuel's unmarried sister Mary Jane, widowed sister Julia A. Berry, and unmarried brother Louis E. Neill.
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| + | 171 | i. | William |
| + | 172 | ii. | Annie Laura Neill; born 22 July 1874 in Titusville; married 7 October 1897 in Warren, Pennsylvania, Christy Payne. See Annie's picture under Jane (McCasland) Neill (#6) |
48. JOSEPH4 MCCASLAND (James3 McCasland, Nancy2, William1); born circa 1831; died 1904; buried Neilltown Cemetery, Harmony Township, present–day Forest County; married (first) JANE ANDERSON,226 born 30 April 1833; died 24 February 1863, re her stone; buried in Neilltown Cemetery.227 In 1860, Joseph and Jane were living with his parents in Allegheny Township.228 Joseph married (second) SARAH (SARRELL?) MCELHOE (a daughter of William and Barbara McElhoe), born 17 June 1848 in Clarion County, Pennsylvania; died 13 February 1934; buried in Neilltown Cemetery.229
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173 | i. | Benjamin5 McCasland; married Carrie Netcher. |
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174 | ii. | Jennie McCasland. |
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175 | iii. | Calla McCasland; married A. V. Clinger. |
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176 | iv. | J. Irvine McCasland. |
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177 | v. | Alberta McCasland;married E. L. Shattuck. |
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178 | vi. | tentative John McCasland. |
49. WILLIAM4 S. MCCASLAND (James3 McCasland, Nancy2, William1); born circa 1832 in Pennsylvania; died 7 February 1890;232 married ELIZABETH MCFATE, born circa 1836 in Pennsylvania.233 Elizabeth was a daughter of Samuel McFate, who was a son of Jane (Culbertson) McFate (see #47 of McFate Descendants Report. In 1870, the family was in Harmony Township;234 in 1880, the family was still in Harmony Township, living in Neilltown, Forest County, where William was enumerated as a laborer; also in the household in 1870 and 1880 was Elizabeth’s mother, Elizabeth (Black) McFate.
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| 181 | ii. | Roland McCasland; born circa 1870; apparently born after the 1870 federal census. | |
56. SARAH4 ANN NEILL (Nancy3 McCasland, Nancy2, William1);
born 26 August 1833 in Pennsylvania; died 10 February 1915; buried in Neilltown Cemetery; married WILLIAM WALLACE BLACK, born 28 May 1828 in Pennsylvania; died 27 September 1913; buried in Neilltown Cemetery.236 Bell (1890), page 1111, gives a biographical sketch of Sarah and William’s son, Wilbur, see below, and reports William being an early oil man in the Pithole, Allegheny Township, Venango County, area. In 1880, the family was enumerated in Neilltown, Forest County.237
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| 182 | i. | Wilbur5 Parkinson Black; born 1 March 1855 in Tidioute; died 2 December 1922; buried in Neilltown Cemetery;239 married 17 February 1885 Edith H. Harris, daughter of James Harris of Creston, Iowa. Wilbur Black was an oil producer and lived in Pleasantville, Pennsylvania, after having gone west and mined for gold and silver in Colorado and Utah. He returned to Venango County in 1886.240 | |
| + | 183 | ii. | Ida Jane Black; born circa 1856; married Nelson A. Shelmadine. |
| + | 184 | iii. | John Jordon Black; born circa 1858; married (first) Hattie Viola Dewey; married (second) Caroline Houser. |
| 185 | iv. | Robert Burlette Black.born circa 1860; married Charlotte Drew (see will of Robert Jordan Neill, #10 of “Neills”). | |
| + | 186 | v. | Martha Elizabeth Black; born circa 1862; married (first) S. N. Burchfield; married (second) H. H. Noyes |
| + | 187 | vi. | William Carl Black; born circa 1865; married Anna Merrill |
| 188 | vii. | Emma Leila Black, born circa 1868; married Frederick O. Cato;241 their children were William Cato who married Geneveive Clayton, and Dorothea Cato. | |
| 189 | viii. | Lily Mae Black, born 25 December 1869; died 3 April 1870; buried in Neilltown Cemetery.242 | |
| 190 | ix. | Clyde Vinton Black, born 11 January 1871; died 15 January 1892; buried in Neilltown Cemetery.243 | |
| + | 191 | x. | Clifton Homer Black; born circa 1874; married (first) Lyde McCabe; married (second) Edna McKalip. |
| 192 | xi. | Harry (Henry?) Black, born circa 1876; married Emma Portz. | |
61. NANCY4 ELIZABETH MCCASLAND (John3 McCasland, Nancy2, William1); born 1842; died 1920; married in 1863 HENRY JOSEPHUS DUNHAM, born 18 June 1842,244 died 5 March 1929.245 Josephus Dunham is buried in Neilltown Cemetery, with wife, Elizabeth, and infant son (no name); died 20 October 1873. Also buried in Neilltown Cemetery is a William Dunham, 1866–1939.246
There is a biographical sketch of H. J. Dunham on page 1080 of Bell (1890). Bell mentions H. J. Dunham marrying Nancy E. McCasland, daughter of John McCasland of Oil Creek Township. “ [H. J. Dunham] was ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church of Neillsburg [sic] and a member of the Knights of Maccabees.” See the section“ The Concord Cemetery and Church” at the end of Generation Three for information on Josephus’s connection to this church. Henry Josephus Dunham was William and Susan Dunham’s only child, except for their adopted daughter, Lina Steele, Mrs. G. B. Spangler.247 This G. B. Spangler was probably George W. B. Spangler, a child of George and Salinda (Renninger) Spangler, and therefore a half–brother to Deliah Spangler who married Robert M. Watson, a son of James and his first wife Susannah (McConnell) Watson. see #23 of Watson Descendants Report.”
In 1880, Henry J. and Elizabeth were in Allegheny Township, Venango County, where Henry was listed as a farmer. Living three dwelling from Henry and Elizabeth were Henry’s parents, William Dunham, born circa 1802 and Susan Dunham, born circa 1813 in New York state.248
A Henry Dunham, born circa 1837, was enumerated with apparently other siblings in the household of Edwin (born circa 1800) and Jane C. Dunham (born circa 1805) in Allegheny Township, Venango County, in 1850.249 But this would not be Henry Josephus Dunham, the only child of William and Susan Knight Dunham.
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| 193 | i. | (tentative) William5 Dunham; born 1866; died 1939; buried in Neilltown Cemetery, re his stone. | |
| 194 | ii. | infant son; died 20 October 1873; buried in Neilltown Cemetery, re his stone. | |
| 195 | iii. | Myrtle Dunham; born circa 1869. | |
| 196 | iv. | Herbert M. Dunham; born May 1875; married Connie [—?—], born April 1878 in Pennsylvania. In 1900, Herbert and Connie, no children were living in Allegheny Township, Venango County, where Herbert was enumerated as a day laborer.251 | |
| 197 | v. | Mary E. Dunham; born circa 1880. | |
| 198 | vi. | Jane (Jennie) Bell Dunham; born circa 1885; married 24 June 1908 Leo Orville Benedict, born circa 1883, a son of Orville S. and Mary E. Benedict. Both Jane and Orville were from Pleasantville.252 | |
64. JOHN4 WILSON MCCASLAND (John3 McCasland, Nancy2, William1); born circa 1847; married ADDIE (ADA) PARKER, born circa 1855.253 In 1880 William and Addie and family were living next door to his parents in Oil Creek Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania.254 Children of John and Addie (Parker) McCasland were (1) Edwin McCasland, born circa 1877; died 18 January 1896, having fallen from a derrick;255 and (2) Earl McCasland, born circa 1880.
66. JOSEPH4 MCCRUM (Sarah3 McCasland, Nancy2, William1); born 4 September 1838 in Pennsylvania; married 21 February 1860 ISABELLA BECK, born 1840 in New York state; she was a daughter of James and Margaret Beck.
Joseph was a harness maker by profession. For example, he was enumerated as a harness maker in 1870 when the family was living in Titusville, Pennsylvania.256 He went into the oil business in the early 1860s in Titusville. In 1894 he was appointed postmaster of Titusville, where he was also the deputy sheriff in 1876. In 1883–1884, Joseph was a member of the Pennsylvania state legislature.257
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| 199 | i. | Charles5 Frederick McCrum; born circa 1861 in Pennsylvania; married [—?—] Dungle. | |
| + | 200 | ii. | Daisy McCrum; married R. L. Shreve.258 |
67. NANCY4 ELIZABETH MCCRUM (Sarah3 McCasland, Nancy2, William1); born 1842, Pennsylvania; died 1923; buried in Neilltown Cemetery; married LEWIS W. BROWN, born 1840 in New York state; died 1908; buried in Neilltown Cemetery.259 Nancy and Lewis were living in Titusville, Pennsylvania, in 1870 and 1880, where Lewis was enumerated as an oil producer in 1870 and with no occupation in 1880.260
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| 201 | i. | Leona4 McCrum; (twin), born circa 1871; married J. F. Hewes. | |
| 202 | ii. | Lolo McCrum; (twin), born circa 1871; married M. Frank Neese | |
70. EMMA4 CAROLINE NEILL (Sarah3 McCasland, Nancy2, William1); born November 19 1856; died 1936; buried in Siggins Cemetery, Hickory Township, Forest County;262 married ANDREW JACKSON SIGGINS, born 12 June 1845 in West Hickory, Harmony Township, Forest County, Pennsylvania; died 11 June 1918; buried in Siggins Cemetery. In 1900, A. Jackson and Emma and daughter Alice were living in Harmony Township, Forest County, Pennsylvania, where A. Jackson was listed as a farmer (census page 10B).
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| 203 | i. | Jack5 Siggins born and died 1879; buried in Siggins Cemetery, West Hickory, Pennsylvania.263 | |
| 204 | ii. | Alice Neill Siggins, born September 1881 in Pennsylvania, died 12 April 1969 in West Hickory, Harmony Township, Forest County, Pennsylvania; buried in Siggins Cemetery, West Hickory, Pennsylvania.264 She lived in West Hickory, Forest County, Pennsylvania and was the author of the Siggins material (dated 1958) in the “Neill Papers.” Our cousin Alice Siggins had a tragic ending. On Saturday evening, 12 April 1969, Alice, age 87, was at home with her housekeeper in West Hickory when they were confronted at the door by a man with a rifle, who it turned out was distraught. He wanted money. They refused him and he shot Alice, the bullet traveling through the shoulder and chest, and Alice apparently died instantly. (The man, with a minister, shortly turned himself in to the police.) | |
| NN | iii. | May Mary Siggins, born 1 April 1883 in West Hickory, Pennsylvania; died 21 November 1897; buried in Siggins Cemetery, West Hickory, Pennsylvania. | |
| NN | iv. | Francis Siggins, born 14 April 1887 in West Hickory, Pennsylvania; died 1887; buried in Siggins Cemetery, West Hickory, Pennsylvania. | |
71. THOMAS4 A. NEILL (Sarah3 McCasland, Nancy2, William1); born February 1860 in Pennsylvania; married Hattie Whitman, born September 1865 in New York state. By the time of the 1900 federal census, Thomas, Hattie and daughter Bessie had recently moved from Pennsylvania to Paw Paw Township, Marion County, West Virginia; no occupation listed for Thomas in 1900.265
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| Contents |
| Acknowledgments |
| Photographs |
| Introduction |
| Generation One |
| Generation Two |
| Generation Three |
| Generation Four |
| Generation Five |
| Generation Six |
| References |
| End Notes |