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SAMUEL O'NEAL, deceased was born October 11, 1811, in Kentucky, and came to this county while young. He has been three times married; two of his wives are deceased. He was married to Lucy Scoot June 5, 1847, who was born in Caldwell county, Kentucky, March 3, 1825. They had six children, four of whom died under eleven years of age, two are living, Minerva E., now Mrs. W. A. Stickel, resides on the farm. Mr. O'Neal had two children by a former marriage, he died in 1863 and his wife resides on the fam with her son William. She owns two hundred acres of well-improved land worth $50 an acre. She is a member of the Methodist Church.