Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Neal, John 1914
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New Plymouth Sentinel 5-21-1914
New Plymouth Sentinel
New Plymouth, Idaho
Thursday, May 21, 1914

OLD PIONEER PASSES AWAY

Has Lived in the Payette Valley Since 1874

John Neal, one of the oldest and most respected pioneers of the Payette valley 
died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Jessie Williams at Fruitland, on Sunday 
morning May the 17th, 1914 at the age of 78 years, 4 months, and 22 days, and 
the funeral services were held at Fruitland on Tuesday morning conducted by 
his pastor, P. Montee Smock who was assisted by the Rev. J. J. Ticknor of the 
Baptist Church of Fruitland. Internment was in the Kennedy cemetery, by the 
side of his wife who was buried just two years to the day, before the subject 
of this sketch. 

Mr. Neal was born in Little Rock, Ark., on Christmas day, 1835, and resided in 
that state until he was 29 years old. There he married to Martha Langley, with 
whom he lived for nearly half a century. This union resulted in the birth of 
seven children who survive -- two sons and five daughters as follows: Isaac 
Neal of Emmett, John Neal of New Plymouth, Martha M. Richey of Cambridge, Emma 
Youtsler of Nyssa, Oregon, Hattie Clement of Notus, Jessie Williams of 
Fruitland and B??? Branham of New Plymouth. There is also a step-son, William 
O. Langley of Auburn, Washington who survive. Deceased was a member of the 
I.O.O.F.Lodge and was senior deacon in the Baptist church of this place. His 
heart and soul had been in the church of his choice for over forty years as he 
united with that denomination in 187?. 

He came to Idaho and spent the winter of 1873 in the Boise valley and in 1874 
came to the Payette valley where he resided continuously for forty years. 

Mr. Neal was a good man, his character beyond reproach, his religious 
convictions were always positive, and everyone who knew him will learned to 
call him friend. His loved ones have the sympathy of all, and the community 
mourns the passing of one of the noble men of this generation.

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Note:  Burial at Applegate-Kennedy Cemetery. ch

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