
1812 - 1880 (68 years)
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Name |
Archibald Gaston McNeely |
Relationship | with Jane Jean Stevenson
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Birth |
1812 |
,,Rowan County,North Carolina,United States |
Gender |
Male |
familyserch.org ID |
KD7C-MQ9 |
Death |
10 Feb 1880 |
Cape Girardeau County,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,USA |
Created |
06 Jun 2020 |
Burial |
Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Fruitland,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,USA |
Notes |
- Courtesy Donna McNeely Burke :
Archibald Gaston McNeely was born in North Carolina. He immigrated to Cape Girardeau County, Missouri as a teen, along with his family. His parents were Samuel and Matilda (Templeton) McNeely. He married a daughter of Ebenezer Flinn, the man upon whose land Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church was built. In the early 1850s, when Archibald Gaston McNeely was in his early 40s, he and some other men from the neighborhood formed a group and went to the California Gold Rush. They crossed the continent by wagon and the journey took several months. It's not known how long the men stayed in California or whether they had any luck there, but in 1852, Archibald returned to Missouri. This time, instead of traveling by land, he instead boarded a ship in San Francisco and sailed to Panama, which he crossed on land through the jungle. (This was many years before the Panama Canal was built.) After reaching the Caribbean, he boarded another ship and sailed to New Orleans. Upon his arrival in New Orleans, a letter from h
By Marcia Grimsley:
Correction - it was not John "Jack" Gracey McNeely who was killed in the riverboat accident, it was another brother, Robert H. McNeely (1855 - 1880)*
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Person ID |
40975424 |
robsgenealogy |
Last Modified |
27 Jul 2023 |
Father |
Samuel McNeely, b. 15 May 1784, ,,Rowan County,North Carolina,United States d. 10 Jun 1835, Cape Girardeau County,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,USA (Age 51 years) |
Mother |
Matilda Templeton, b. abt. 1787, ,,Iredell County,North Carolina,United States d. 1881, Cape Girardeau County,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,USA (Age 94 years) |
Created |
06 Jun 2020 |
Family ID |
F57128920 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 1 |
Louisa Clara Flinn, b. 7 Apr 1822, Cape Girardeau County,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,USA d. 5 Jul 1852, Cape Girardeau County,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,USA (Age 30 years) |
Marriage |
9 Sep 1841 |
,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,USA |
Age at Marriage |
He : ~ 29 years and 9 months - She : 19 years and 5 months. |
Created |
18 Jun 2023 |
Family ID |
F8838146 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
27 Jul 2023 |
Family 2 |
Margaret Elizabeth Harris, b. 1833, ,,,Missouri,USA d. 29 Jan 1879, Cape Girardeau County,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,USA (Age 46 years) |
Marriage |
11 Jan 1854 |
Cape Girardeau County,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,USA |
Age at Marriage |
He : ~ 42 years and 1 month - She : ~ 21 years and 1 month. |
Created |
06 Jun 2020 |
Children |
| 1. James Pinkney McNeely, b. 20 May 1868, Neelys Landing,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,United States d. 19 Mar 1931, Fruitland,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,USA (Age 62 years) |
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Family ID |
F78865912 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Event Map |
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 | Birth - 1812 - ,,Rowan County,North Carolina,United States |
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 | Marriage - 9 Sep 1841 - ,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,USA |
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 | Marriage - 11 Jan 1854 - Cape Girardeau County,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,USA |
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 | Death - 10 Feb 1880 - Cape Girardeau County,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,USA |
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 | Burial - - Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Fruitland,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,USA |
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