Cleburne County AlArchives Biographies.....Neal, W. A. 1858 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
    DR. W. A. NEAL, a rising young physician of Heflin, was born in Georgia in
1858, and is a son of Thomas and Margaret (Ash) Neal, both natives of Georgia.
The father was a soldier in the late war. He was a son of William and Evaline
(Conley) Neal. The mother was a daughter of Alex. and Miss (McCracklin) Ash,
also of Georgia. The doctor was reared on the farm and received a common school
education, but in 1878 entered the Augusta Medical college and graduated in
1881; he located at Banksville, Ga., and remained until 1883, when he came to
Alabama and located at Heflin, where he began the practice of his chosen
profession and has since that time built up a large and lucrative practice, to
which he added in 1890, the hotel and livery business. In 1886, he married Ella
Pinson, daughter of Mark and Jane (Dianold) Pinson, the father a native of South
Carolina and the mother, of Ireland. The father was also a soldier in the late
war. To this union, three children were born: Pinson, Clifford and Harrold. The
mother was born in Alabama. The doctor is a member of the Presbyterian church
and his wife a member of the Baptist. The doctor was once also a member of the
I. O. O. F. Grandfather Ash was a soldier in the war of 1812 and the Indian war,
and was once a representative of Franklin county, Ga. The doctor came to Alabama
with but little money, but has succeeded well and now owns good property and is
one of the leading and representative citizens of the county.



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from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 652-653

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