Husband: Floyd Neely
Born: 1823 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1,2
Died: Nov-29-1895 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 3
Buried: in Archbold Cemetery, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 4
Resided: 1883 in Doddridge Co, WV 2
Census: 1870, 1880 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Census: 1850 in West Union, Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer 5,6,7
Occupation: 1860, 1863 sheriff 8
Occupation: 1850 miller 9 (see note 1)
Military: Colonel, 180th Regt, W.Va. Militia, Civil War 10 (see note 2)
Father: Matthew Neely (1791 - 1857)
Mother: Maria Newlon (1802 - 1851)
Other spouse 1
Notes
Wife: Nannie Smith Married: Apr- 3-1883 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 2
Born: Mar-30-1839 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia 11,2,12 Died: Dec-30-1924 in Wood Co, WV 13 Census: 1900 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV (see note 3) Resided: 1883 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 2 Father: Mother:
Sources: (1) Headstone (year only) (2) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV. (3) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Floyd Neely, white male, age 73, married; died Nov 29 1895 in West Union, cause of death cardiac insufficiency, burial in Smithton (now known as Smithburg) on Dec 1 1895. (NOTE: Floyd Neely's headstone at Archbold Cemetery in Smithburg has birth-death dates of 1823-1905. In view of this death record, the death date on the headstone is clearly incorrect. It should be noted that the headstone is of a more modern type than would have been used at the time of burial.), DR p. 97 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5046745&Type=Death. (4) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (5) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (6) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union Twp). (7) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (8) H. H. Hardesty, History of Doddridge County (1883), http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wvpioneers /doddridgecountyhistory.html. (9) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (10) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999), Citing Jim Comstock's WV Heritage Encyclopedia (p. 47), this source reports Colonel Floyd Neely's military unit as the 18th WVa Infantry, which did not exist. But Col. Neely's actual military unit was the 180th Regt WVa Militia, as shown in his original correspondence on file at the West Virginia State Archives. http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory/militia/militiabox04f02.html, p. 12. (11) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. (12) 1900 Census, Wood County, WV. (13) Wood County Death Records, Parkersburg, WV. Event Notes Note (1) In the hotel of Francis F. M. Smith, his brother-in-law. Note (2) Transcription of handwritten letter from Floyd Neely to Francis P. Pierpont, dated May 30 1864: West Union, W.Va. May 30 1864 F. P. Pierpoint Esq Adjutant Genl Dear Sir, I have caused a very considerable amount of guard duty performed by the Militia of this County during the last three weeks, since the last gang of Horse thieves were discovered. We have guarded up to this time all the important passes leading South from this County. We are using every effort in our power to capture the banditties, if they make their appearance again. We have run short of Ammunitions especially Caps. We have some Cartridges yet I would like to have 500 or 1000 caps and one Box Cartridges for Austin muskets 69 in Cal. The safety of our property in this country requires a consent of action on the part of the Citizens in the absence of regular soldiers. A portion of the Militia South of the Rail Road have been very prompt in the discharge of any duty required of them, while there are another portion almost uncontrollable. That portion are of the Butternut Tribe. These are a few persons residing on the waters of the North Fork of Hughes River in Ritchie County and one in this County near the Ritchie line, all in the same section of County, who from recent developments I [am] satisfied are aiders and abetters in the horse stealing business, so far as harbouring and giving them information, and think the Country would be well rid of them. Hoping to hear from you at once, I am your Obt Servt -- Floyd Neely, Col, 180th Regt W.Va. Militia NOTE: "Butternut" was a term used prior to the war to refer to people (especially those of Sourthern origin) who lived in southern Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. During the war, the expression commonly was applied to Confederates, especially Rebel soldiers, whose clothing -- like that of the original Butternuts -- was often a light-brown color, owing to the use of dye made from butternuts or walnuts. At times, as in Letter 13 in chapter 2, it was applied to Northerners who were sympathetic to the Confederacy. SOURCE: "The Wilderness of War: The Civil War Letters of George W. Squier, Hoosier Volunteer," University of Tennessee Press, 1998. https://books.google.com/books?id=q-ZuI6W854wC&lpg=PA29&ots= MMl4i_c3ZT&dq=butternut%20tribe&pg=PA29#v=onepage&q=butternut%20tribe&f=false Note (3) Listed as sister Nannie Smith, 61, b. Mar 1839, single, in household of Kinnie (aka Kinney) Smith.