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William Borland Neel, of Mt. Pleasant, Westmorland county, Pennsylvania, was born near there on the 4th of January, 1826, and is the only son of Samuel and Rachel (Borland) Neel. He is of pure Irish origin his ancestors on both sides having been natives of north Ireland, thence they immigrated to America settling in Pennsylvania prior to the Revolutionary War. On the paternal side John Neel, Sr., came from Erin and located in Cumberland (now Dauphin) county, where he died October 7, 1792. His children were: John, William, Robert, James, Margaret Cochran, Jane Clark. Eleanor Simpson and Agnes Fleming. Two of his sons, John and William, crossed the Allegheny mountains about 1770 and settled near the site of Mt. Pleasant, where they married two sisters of Samuel Warden, who was living on the Warden farm one mile west of the present borough of Mt. Pleasant. John Neel, the grandfather of William B. Neel, married Margaret Warden, the elder of these sisters, on the 23rd of May, 1775, and they reared a fancily of seven children, three sons and four daughters

Rabe., DM., Samuel, Eleanor Vance, Margaret, Andrew, Mar. Ma Tittle and hluy Thomason. Their first home was small round I,. In church history he is spoken of as one of the first Presbyterian elders wilt lb. mountains, and he was one of a..1. that held We first meeting of Redstone Presbytery at Pigeon creek, Pennsylvania, September 10, 1781. One of Iris sons, Samuel Neel, inherited pre of the home farm upon which he was Corn and lived until his death. His birth occurred in 1785 and he died October 28, 18d2. leaving him the owed of peaceful. quiet and well. spent life. He ma. wellm.do fanner, owning tract of one hundred and seventy acres near hlt. Pam., and in politic wee whig from Gm. Jackson's second election to the formation of the Republican party, when he became mem. her of that organization. Like his Ramhe mu an elder in Me P. bytorian film married April 1, 1812, to Ruth Jack, by whom he had two children: Lucinda Lytle and Rev. J. J. Neel, who died February 10, 1892, aged thirty-three years. Ruth Neel died in ISIS, and on We 25th of June, 1822, Samuel Neel was again Initial in marriage with Rachel Borland, whom Ether, Samuel Borland, came from Ireland to America and settled in o The 91anor,.. Westmorland county, Pm, where he followed the occupation of farming. He too, was a presbyter; his wife was Lydia Gregg, who was born in Winchester, Virginia, whence removed to Bedford, Pennsylvania. There in her youth she used to hunt down the cows in the vicinity of the springs, which had become the famous :watering place." To this union 1, 1871. with Rachel Borland were born four children W. B. Neel, Lydia G. Neel, Ruth Shields and Margaret A. Neel, the Meer of whom died November 28, 1887. After an earnest and cheerful life Rmbel Neel Mel November 0, 1872, in the eighty fifth year of her age. B. Neel as a farmer, an was reared to agricultural pursuits and received n Mir education, ostoslering the character of the Merin. tion e7.00ls of Mose days. Having left soh.] he at once engaged in farming. which Le has followed ever eines, and now holds title to four hundred acres of fertile Rod valuable hind adjoining Mt. Pleasant, including the old Lome. stead farm of his grandfather, John Neel, He km engaged in the mks bulineee red bas always been identified with every leading enterprme of his locality. He was one of the orgatti sere, in 1865, of the Pint National bank of Mt. Pima.. Besides reel mint, in Mt. Pitmen{ lir. Neel owns eh.rn in valuable coal lands in West Virginia. and is one of the successful mid progressive business men of the county. In politics he is republican and in religious mat. tem adheres to the doctrines of the Presbyterian church, the denomination of his ancestors for generations hark. He Las served his township se school director over ten years, and has been director of the First National bank of Mt. Pleasant. for a quarter of a century in business, prompt in action, intelligent in be view.. and exceptional, in life, he is citizen of whom his native county may be justly proud.

On Christmas day, 1866, William B. Neel was united in marriage with Nancy J., a daughter of the late Nathaniel Hurst, a prominent citizen of Faye county, Pennsylvania. Nine children were the fruits of this union: John Jack, who married Amy L. Hunter, October 3, 1889; Mary, who died February 6, 1860; and infant son, who died November 13, 1860;Nathaniel H., who died April 6, 1862; Samuel, Rachel, Ella, May, Sarah H., and Frank H., who died April 1, 1877.

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• William Borland Neel (1826-1913)
• Samuel Borland (1748-1811)

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