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Oliver Goldsmith McNeill Family

Oliver Goldsmith McNeill was the youngest of Sampson Stuart McNeill's children.

Oliver Goldsmith McNeill

BORN: December 18, 1834 in Clermont County, Ohio
DIED: May 16, 1920 in Ludlow, Kenton County, Kentucky.

Martha Jane Byar

BORN: August 16, 1838 in Bracken County, Kentucky.
DIED: December 12, 1906.

Oliver Goldsmith McNeill moved from the farm at Chilo, Ohio, to Bracken County, Kentucky, sometime after his father's death in 1851. Bracken County is right across the Ohio River from Chilo. Click here to see maps of the area.

Oliver graduated from William and Mary, the second oldest university in the United States, and afterwards taught school in Bracken County. Unfortunately, many university records before the Civil War were destroyed by fire.

Oliver and Martha were married February 19, 1859, in Bracken County, at the home of Martha's father, John Byar. The minister was Elkhanah Johnson, and the witnesses were Jas W. Staton, John W. Summers and Wilfred Monohon.

Children of Oliver and Martha

  1. Leonard Sampson McNeill, Born December 5, 1859, Bracken County, Kentucky. Died February 26, 1860.
  2. Jacob Rufus McNeill, Born January 8, 1861, Bracken County, Kentucky. Died February 26, 1860.
  3. Evora McNeill, Born January 4, 1862, Bracken County, Ky. Died January 8, 1862.
  4. Bruce McNeill, Born November 21, 1864, Clermont County, Ohio. Died May 3, 1917, in Fayette County, Kentucky.
  5. Eva McNeill, Born December 9, 1866, Graves County, Kentucky. Died September 1, 1945, in Scott County, Kentucky.
  6. Olma McNeill, Born April 15, 1869, Bracken County, Kentucky. Died June 20, 1944.
  7. Grace McNeill, Born April 13, 1871, Bracken County, Kentucky. Died 1960.
  8. Ernest Byar McNeill, Born March 2, 1875, Bracken County, Kentucky. Died June 11, 1966.
  9. Bain McNeill, Born December 22, 1876, Bracken County, Kentucky. Died September 1, 1879.
  10. Martha Jane McNeill, Born July 16, 1879, Bracken County, Kentucky. Died January 12, 1883.

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