James Samuel McNeely

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J. S. McNeely

Name: James Samuel MCNEELY 
Given Name: James Samuel 
Surname: McNeely 
Sex: M 
Birth: April 13, 1869 in Mississippi, possibly Pontotoc Co. 
Death: January 21, 1963 in Lubbock Hosp / lived in Ralls, TX 
Burial: Ralls Cem. blk 4, plot/row 43, grave 1 
Note: 
James Samuel McNeely
nicknames: "Uncle Buck", "Poppy McNeely" and "Papa McNeely"

source: Lynn Trzcinski (a member and researcher of this family line)
source: cousin of the Thompson family line who assisted in searching for census records.
source: Crosby County Texas History Book, pages 30,31,32,149,351,446.
source: Crosby County Texas History Book: obits records for James Samuel and Josie (2nd wife) McNeely
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
January 1963
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1880 Pontotoc Co, Mississippi District 2 Census
FHL # 1254662; NA Film # T9-0662; Page # 40C list James age 10 of Mississippi with parents W. and Nancy McNeely and 6 other siblings and his widowed grandmother Bettie in the home.
1900 Comanche Co, Texas Census
E.D. 32; Pct 5; sheet 5A; page 192
next door to parents: dwellings: 86-87
J. S. McNeely, head,W,M,Apr 1870,30,M-9,MS,SC,MO,farmer,yes,yes,yes
?. A. wife,W,F,June 1871,25,M,9,3,2,TX,LA,MS,yes,yes,yes
Josie,dau,W,F,Dec 1894,5,S,blank,TX,MS,TX
Odie,son,W,M,Aug 1895,4,S,blank,TX,MS,TX
....... 
source: 1920 Crosby County Texas Census
E.D. 18; sheet 2B, Pct 1; dwellings: 32-35
James S. McNeely, head, M, W, 48, M, yes, yes, MS, SC, KY, yes, farmer
Allie L., wife, F, W, 47, M, yes, yes, TX, LA, MS, yes, none
Odie B., son, M, W, 21, S, yes, yes, TX, MS, TX, yes, none
Jimmie L., daughter, F, W, 19, S, yes, yes, yes, TX, MS, TX, yes, none
notes: name,relationship,sex,race,age,statues,in school,read,write,born,father born,mother born,citizen,occupation.
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source: 1930 Crosby County Texas Census
Pct 1; E.D. 54-2; sheet 7B; dwellings:
not readable top page two McNeely families:
Odie B. and then father James S. McNeely
James S. McNeely, head, M, W, 58, Wid, MS, SC, KY, yes, farmer, yes, no
Jimmie, daughter, F, W, 29, S, TX, MS, TX, yes none
Notes: name,relationship,sex,race,age,statues,born,father born,mother born,citizen,occupation,employed,military service.
Notes: son Odie B. McNeely resides next door

Father: William M. MCNEELY b: June 15, 1835 in South Carolina 
Mother: Nancy Jane SWOFFORD b: December 20, 1837 in Missouri

Marriage 1 Allie Louise KOONCE b: June 22, 1871 in Nacogdoches Co, TX
Married: October 26, 1890 in comanche Co, Texas
Children
 Jimmie R. MCNEELY b: abt 1901 in Comanche Co, TX
 Josie L. MCNEELY b: December 1894 in Comanche Co, Texas
 Odie B. MCNEELY b: August 1895 in Comanche Co, TX

Marriage 2 Josie WILLIAMS b: July 25, 1891

Submitted by Terresa Tynes

Obituary

Services for J. S. McNeely, 92

Services for James Samuel McNeely, 92, Lubbock, were held at 3 p.m. Tuesday in Tabernacle Church at Lubbock. Mr. E. L. Bynum, pastor, officiated. Mr. Ben D. Johnson, associate pastor, assisted. Burial was in Ralls Cemetery under direction of Carter Funeral Home.

McNeely died about 4 a.m. Monday in a Lubbock hospital after a long illness. He operated a farm south of Ralls until his retirement and in recent years he and Mrs. McNeely moved to Lubbock. A native of Mississippi he moved to Texas in 1870 and began farming in this area in 1916.

Survivors include his wife, two daughters, Mrs. J. E. Reid, Lubbock, and Mrs. Clyde Sessom, Ralls; a son, O. B. McNeely, Weslaco; a stepson, Nolan Mullins, Seminole; a sister, Mrs. L. L. Dukes, Gorman, seven grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren.

Lubbock Avalanche Journal, January 1963

Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
transcribed by Linda Fox Hughes

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