Archibald McNeal

GEDCOM Note

From the Biographical Annals of Lancaster County (published by J.H.Beers and Co 1903):

Archibald McNeal, who resided in Sadsbury township, was a plasterer by trade, and while working in 1850, when in his seventieth year, fell from a ladder, and died. His remains were buried at Georgetown. His widow, Catherine Corl, born in April, 1795, died in Gap, in October, 1886, her burial being in the Gap cemetery. The children born to this union were: Daniel, deceased; Samuel, of this sketch; Cyrus, a retired carpenter of Bart township; Jacob; John, deceased; Mary A., who died young; Henry, deceased; Archibald, a carpenter, in Philadelphia; Elizabeth, who died young; Abraham, a carpenter at Pottsville; Rebecca, who married Thomas Nixon, a blacksmith at Gap; and Margaret, wife of Jacob Wise, a farmer of Salisbury township.

Cannot find 1850 Census Record.

May have served in War of 1812 as member of PA Militia - War Dept records would seem to indicate so, but PA Veteran Burial Records have that McNeal buried up near Erie and dates on stone are wrong. Strong evidence it’s another Archibald McNeal from same area - which may complicate finding other information on him.