Fulton-Cherokee County GaArchives Biographies.....Neese, W.P. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carole Johnson ammcj@bellsouth.net March 10, 2005, 4:38 pm Author: Carole Johnson NEESE FAMILY There are two Neese family graves [Pleasant Hill/Darter Chapel/Birmingham Methodist] . The first grave is that of W.P. Neese, Born October 1, 1846 and died November 16, 1908. I recall that Mrs. Chassie Rucker told me that her uncle was buried in the cemetery. In checking the 1850 census I found William P. Neese in the household of Jacob P. Neese age 37 and Minerva, age 32. The family was living in Franklin County, Georgia. Also in this household was Jacob P. Neese, age 2. Since Mrs. Chassie's father was Joseph Neese and he is listed with these parents in later census as Joseph, the census taker of 1850 must have listed the 2 year old's name incorrectly as Jacob. William P. Neese was living with his younger brother in the 1880 census. I have not found him in the 1900 census. The second is for Lena May Neese. Her tombstone is inscribed: "Lena May daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.P. Neese, May 7, 1893. February 16, 1900." I can't identify which family this child belongs to. It would be likely that she was the daughter of Aurelia Hook Neese and Jacob Neese since Aurelia's parents are buried in the cemetery. By the time of the census in 1900 they were living in Buford, Gwinnett County, Georgia. In this census she lists all of her children as living, AND she has a living daughter in January of 1892 making a birth of May impossible. The other likely candidate are Joseph and Shasta Neese. Shasta lists that she had given birth to 12 children with 11 living, EXCEPT we have the same problem with another child with a 1893 birthdate. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/fulton/bios/bs292neese.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb