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About Henry T. Neal
HENRY T. NEAL .ex-Treasurer of Greene County, is a native of Clay County, Ind., born December 5, 1843, and is a son of Mahlon and Mary A. (Love) Neal, natives respectively of Ohio and Pennsylvania, and of Irish descent. The family settled in Clay County, Ind., in about 1838, where Mahlon Neal is yet living. His wife, after bearing and raising eleven children to years of maturity, died June, 1878, and he married Nancy Shepherd for his last wife, and this lady bore him two children. Henry T. Neal was raised on the old homestead in his native county, where he received such advantages as only were obtainable at that day. August 12, 1862, he became a private in Company K, Eighty-fifth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged May 28, 1865, with a Sergeants' chevrons. Mr. Neal's first military service was in Kentucky, but from here they were transferred to Nashville, Tenn., afterward participating in the battle of Fort Donelson. After assisting in the erection of the forts on the river at Franklin, Mr. Neal was at the battle of Thompson's Station, Tenn., where with the whole of Coburn's brigade, he was captured by Van Dorn's command. From Columbia, the prisoners were taken to Shelbyville, where for some time their rations were entirely corn. They were then paroled, sent to Tullahoma, thence to Chattanooga and Knoxville, at the latter place being shown the gallows erected for the followers of Brownlow. From here they were sent via Lynchburg and Danville to Libby Prison, where for about forty days Mr. Neal passed through all the horrors of Southern prison life during the war. He was exchanged at City Point and taken to Parole Camp at Camp Chase, where he remained until being allowed to rejoin his regiment. He was principally employed doing guard duty along the N. & C. R. R., until March, 1864, when he joined Sherman's army at Chattanooga, and participated in all its important battles and movements, including the march to the sea, the campaign through the Carolinas, and the Grand Review at Washington. Since then Mr. Neal has been engaged in various business callings, his present occupation being buying grain and looking after his mining interests. In 1879, he entered the County Treasurer's office as Principal, having been elected the preceding fall, and in 1880 was re-elected, serving four years in all. He is a Republican, a member of the F. & A. M., and was married, in 1868, to Sarah E. Wooley, by whom he is the father of two children-- Elmer E. and Ella.
Richland TWP....Source: History of Greene and Sullivan Counties, state of Indiana: from the earliest time to the present, together with interesting biographical sketches, reminiscences, notes, etc. Chicago: Goodspeed Bros. & Co., 1884 824 pgs. 348 page .
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Henry T. Neal's Timeline
| 1843 |
December 5, 1843
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Clay County, Ind, Clay County, Indiana, United States
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| 1870 |
November 21, 1870
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Greene, Jay County, Indiana, United States
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| 1877 |
March 31, 1877
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Indiana, United States
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| 1897 |
November 12, 1897
Age 53
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Greene, Greene County, Indiana, United States
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Bloomfield, Greene County, Indiana, United States
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