Camden County, Missouri Obituaries - William B. Neely This was given to me from the research of Shirley K. I do not have the press name for it. William Burton Neely Died, at his home on route 1 Montreal, Mo.,Wednesday May 2 1916, William B. Neely ,aged, 75 years, 4 months and 27 days. There years ago he suffered a stroke of paralyses but recovered this spring. he contracted the grip and acute bronchitis which proved too severe a tax upon his vitality. He served through the war with the Rebellion in company G, 8th regiment, Mo., State militia volunteer cavalry and in the home guards. At the close of the war he was in a skirmish in Miller county, Mo., __________ where Kaiser post office now is, with some Confederates that were passing through. In this skirmish, Sam Salsman, Ben Jefferies and Joe Earp were killed. He was mounted on a fast mare belonging to James Garrison, otherwise he would have met the fate of his three comrades. He bore his suffering _______tience and was conscious last few minutes of his life. As the family were at his bedside except a son, B. R. Neely, of Ag__ Oklahoma, who was summoned by message but did not arrive until after his fathers death. The singing was lead by Rev. James Foster and a short funeral service was conducted by Rev. R D Fudge. The remains were laid to rest in Freedom cemetery ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Bev Scott Kendall ====================================================================