Illinois:  History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William 
Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, 
Chicago, 1882. Cass County.

WILLIAM A. NEILL, postmaster, Chandlerville; was born in 
Knox County, O., April 18, 1841, to William and Sarah 
(Gibson) Neill. William Neill, our subject's father, was 
born in Pennsylvania, in February 1807; removed to Ohio at 
an early day, and from Ohio to Illinois in 1848, and 
settled in Morgan County, where he is now residing; has 
followed the occupation of a farmer, but is now retired. 
His wife, and mother of our subject, was born in Ohio, in 
1812, and is still living; she is the mother of twelve 
children, of whom William, our subject, and John F., of 
Arcadia, Ill., are living. Our subject lived at home till 
he was twenty-one years of age, when he enlisted in Co. G, 
Thirty-fourth Illinois, under command of Col. Ed. P. Kirk, 
and served for seven months. He then returned to Morgan 
County, and was apprenticed to the harness maker's trade, 
and worked there for about one and a half years. In May, 
1865, he moved to Chandlerville, where he worked as a 
journeyman at this trade for several years, and in 1870 
opened a harness shop there. In 1876 he was appointed 
postmaster, which office he is now holding; he also works 
some at his trade; and also does some first class job 
printing, for the accommodation of the business men of town 
and vicinity; and also keeps a stationery and cigar store, 
in connection with his other business. On Feb. 21, 1866, he 
married Maria J. Parr, a native of Illinois, daughter of 
Oliver Parr (deceased). Mr. and Mrs. Neill are the parents 
of one child, Fred; born May 24, 1879. Mrs. Neill is a 
member of the Congregational Church, and Mr. Neill of the 
Methodist. He is a Republican, and cast his first vote for 
Abraham Lincoln, the first time he ran.

Neill Gibson Kirk Parr
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Knox-OH PA Morgan-IL