Samuel J. McNeily

Birth Date

1839

Death Date

1932

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Matthews McNeily and Maria L. McNeily. Married to Mary Ann McNeily. Father of Paulina McNeily, Louisa McNeily, and M. E. McNeily. Student in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Princeton in 1860. Served in the 48th Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as corporal from October 26, 1863, to December 15, 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 342A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 57.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 481A.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0446.
"Samuel Johnson McNeily (1839-1932)," Find A Grave, Memorial #19026177, accessed June 3, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19026177.

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