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About Charles Sumner Neal
Charles S. Neal, publisher of the Noblesville Daily Ledger, died this morning at Riverview Hospital. He was 87 years old.
A newspaperman of 67 years, he was still at his desk at the Ledger until 12 days ago when he was hospitalized with a kidney ailment.
A native of Deming, northwest of Noblesville, Mr. Neal taught school at Wheeler School and served as principal of 1st Ward School here before the turn of the century and while only 18 years old.
The deceased was the son of Jabez and Mary Bowman Neal. He was born April 23, 1872. He was graduated from Noblesville high school in 1889 and taught school until he entered Earlham College in 1892.
While in Richmond he joined the editorial staff of the Richmond Item and rose to city editor of the Richmond Palladium Item. An ardent Republican, he served on the Richmond City Council.
He was married in 1894 to Grace Margaret Williams, who died in 1949. They had two children, a daughter, Helen, who succumbed in 1910, and Ralph B. Neal, president of the Ledger corporation. Also surviving are four granchildren; James T. Neal, managing editor of the Ledger and Secretary of the Republican Party in Indiana; John R. Neal, Mayor of Noblesville; Mrs. Louis Cina, San Francisco, Calif.; and Mary Ann Neal, Indianapolis, and two great-grandchildren.
Mr. Neal moved back to Noblesville in 1911, when the deceased and his brother, E.E. Neal, purchased the Noblesville Enterprise, a weekly newspaper, which they published until 1914. At that time they consolidated the Enterprise with the Ledger, owned by W.H. Craig. They later bought Mr. Craig's interest. Upon the death of E.E. Neal, Mr. Neal and his son Ralph purchased full ownership of the Ledger.
He also had owned the Lebanon Reporter and the Frankfort Evening News.
Mrs. Neal was a lifetime member of the Noblesville Elks Lodge and a charter member of the Hoosier State Press Association. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
In his younger days he was active in the Republican Party but devoted most of his time to his newspaper. Living pratically all his life within a block of the courthouse square and his business, he literally worked from sun-up to sun-down until his health began to fail a few weeks ago. His newspaper career was guided throughout by one principal philosophy. The Ledger was a local newspaper for local people and local names and news should take precedence over everything else. The Ledger has never veered from this course.
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Charles Sumner Neal's Timeline
| 1872 |
April 23, 1872
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Deming, Hamilton County, Indiana, United States
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| 1896 |
January 27, 1896
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Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana, United States
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| 1959 |
October 12, 1959
Age 87
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Riverview Hospital, Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana, United States
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Crownland Cemetery, Section 14, Lot 3, Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana, United States
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