Biography of R. C. McNeil, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 19 Nov 2008
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A successful planter of Round Pond, R. C. McNeil is widely known in St. Francis
County. The son of R. C. and Thirza McNeil Sr., he was born in Centerville,
Miss. After attending Centerville High School, he attended a boy's private
school in Woodville, Miss., then Millsaps College in Jackson, Miss., and later
he went to Mississippi State College, in Starkville, Miss. On Jan. 1, 1917 he
moved to St. Francis County from Boliver County, Miss., and has since been a
successful landowner, building his plantation using well planned scientific
farming techniques.


SOURCE:
HISTORY of ST. FRANCIS COUNTY, ARKANSAS, 1954 - Robert W. Chowning

Copyright, with Permission: Weston McCollum Lewey, Publisher
-Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas