NEAL, DANIEL, was born about 1770, in Bedford county, Va. He was married there to Polly Booth, a native of the same county. They had ten children in Virginia, and moved to Franklin county, Tenn., in the fall of 1808, where one child was born. The family then moved to Bourbon county, Ky., where they had five children, and they moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving Nov. 10, 1828, in what is now Chatham township. Of their sixteen children--

ACHILLES, born about 1793, in Virginia, died in 1809 in Tennessee.

FANNY, born in Virginia, married in Kentucky to Barton Darneille, and moved to Sangamon county before her parents. He died in Macon county. His widow died, in 1852, in Chatham township, Sangamon county.

WINSTON, born in Virginia, married in Kentucky to Melinda Miller, came to Sangamon county in 1829, moved back about 1839, and died, leaving a large family.

MARY, born in Bedford county, Va., March 18, 1799, married to Andrew Starr. See his name.

NANCY, born in Virginia, married in Kentucky to Joseph Jackson, and came to Sangamon county with her father, Mr. Jackson died at Galena, and she married John Hodge, who died, and she married Andrew Steele, who was born Feb. 6, 1795, in Davidson county, Tenn. She never had children. They live in Loami township.

WILLIAM, born in Virginia, married Rachel Daisey, in Nicholas county, Ky., and lives with his third wife.

JUDITH, born in Virginia, about 1804, married in Sangamon county to Stephen Shelton. See his name.

PRUDENCE, born April 9, 1806, in Bedford county, Va., married in Sangamon county to Wm. Shelton. See his name.

CATHARINE lives with her sister, Mrs. Steele.

STEPHEN B., born Dec. 25, 1808, in Virginia, married in Sangamon county to Julia A. Wyckoff. They had four children--FIELDING M., born Oct. 29, 1832, married Leah M. Greenwood. They had seven children, JULIA A. died at two years. WILLIAM A., JOHN S., ELIZA A., RUTH, J., HENRY E. and CORA L. live with their parents, four and one-half miles west of Chatham, Illinois. SAMUEL M. enlisted in 1862, in Co. B, 11th Mo. Inf., for three years. Served to the end of the rebellion, and was honorably discharged. He was married, in 1869, in Sangamon county, to Clarissa Underwood, have three children, and live in Green county, Mo. MAHALA A. married John W. Greening. See his name. WILLIAM A. enlisted in 1861, in Co. I, 14th Ill. Inf., for three years, re-enlisted as a veteran, Jan., 1864; served to the end of the rebellion, was honorably discharged, and lives near Chatham, Illinois. Mrs. Julia A. Neal died, and S. B. Neal married Elizabeth Proctor. They had six children, four of whom, STEPHEN B., Jun., SIMON N., GEORGE W. and MARY JANE, died under fifteen years. HENRY C. enlisted, Aug. 9, 1861, in Co. B, 30th Ill. Inf., for three years. He was captured at the battle of Atlanta, Georgia, July 22, 1864, and died in Andersonville prison pen about one month later. Mrs. Elizabeth Neal died, and S. B. Neal was married, April 28, 1862, to Mrs. Lucinda Whited, whose maiden name was Bridges. They had one child, EMMA. Stephen B. Neal died, and his widow lives in Loami township, Sangamon county, Illinois.

JOHN A., born July 31, 1809, in Franklin county, Tenn. married in Sangamon county, Aug., 1837, to Eliza A. Greening. They had two children. MARY E. married James Jacobs. See his name. CAROLINE married Peyton M. McGinnis. See his name. Mrs. Eliza A. Neal died in 1846, and John A. Neal was married, Jan. 13, 1859, to Mrs. America Darneille, who had previously been Mrs. Gibson, and whose maiden name was Forrest. Mr. Neal was a member of the Sangamon county Board of Supervisors, from 1862 to 1865, and is now a justice of the peace for Chatham township, and resides in Chatham--1874. John A. Neal is authority for the statement that about three and one-half miles north of the present town of Rochester, five hogs were confined in a snow drift, about the fifth of Jan., 1831, and escaped from it the latter part of February, when the snow was going off. They had been nearly two months where it was impossible for them to obtain food. They were skeletons, but afterwards became good hogs.

GEORGE W., born in 1811, in Bourbon county, Ky., came to Sangamon county in 1828. He went to LaFayette county, Mo., was engaged to be married, bought a farm of a man named James Bowman, made one payment on it, and had some money left. He was murdered for the money by Bowman, May 6, 1846. The murderer escaped, was captured two years later, and when within six miles of the county seat, one of the guards carelessly left a pistol in a pocket of his overcoat, which he hung up while partaking of his breakfast. The prisoner watched his opportunity, took the pistol and shot himself dead.

LUCY, born in Kentucky, married Daniel Richardson, had five children, and lives in Monroe county, Iowa.

BERTHENA, born in Kentucky, has been twice married, and lives in Nebraska.

ELIJAH B., born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Mary Heredith. They had seven children, four of whom died. GEORGE W. married Carrie Greening, and lives in Chatham township. JOHN and ELIJAH also live in Chatham township. The parents both died in 1853.

BARBARA A., born Jan. 31, 1819, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Sidney S. Campbell. See his name.

Daniel Neal died, Aug. 26, 1838, and his widow, Mrs. Polly Neal, died in 1854, both in Sangamon county, Illinois.