Obituary of Ben R. Neal - Jackson County, Illinois Ben R. NEAL Former Resident, Died Christmas Word has been received here of the death of Ben. R. NEAL, of Dallas Texas, who died Christmas morning. The NEAL family lived here many years ago and will be remembered by many old friends. They owned and operated a mill here at the location now occupied by the Mid-West. The family left Murphysboro about forty years ago. He is survived by his wife and several children of Dallas, and two nephews of Murphysboro, Ralph and F.A. ALLISON. [From Murphysboro, Illinois (Jackson Co.) newspaper - no dates listed] I am listing the information below to give some idea of the timelines for Ben R. NEAL, as there are no dates listed in the obituary. I just found the above obituary in a family bible. Ben R. NEAL was the brother of my great grandmother, Mary (NEAL) ALLISON. No dates are listed in this obituary, but Mary NEAL was born in 1843 in Mississippi and died in 1920 in Birmingham, AL. [Note Mary is not listed as a survivor, so Ben NEAL died after 1920 and before 1938 - per the death dates of his nephews listed below]: Frank A. ALLISON, Jr. (b. 15 April 1862 in Mississippi; d. 16 April 1938 in Illinois) Ralph E. ALLISON (b. 11 July 1876 in Illinois; (?) d. 4 May 1950 in IL) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Karima ALLISON