Biographical Sketch of Paul McNeel, Johnson County, Missouri
Jackson Township
>From "The History of Johnson County, Missouri," 
Kansas City Historical Co. 1881

PAUL McNEEL,

P.O. Odessa, who stands prominent among the citizens of this township,
was born in Nicholas county, Virginia, May 27, 1840.  Isaac McNeel, his
father, who is also a Virginian by birth, and emigrated to Missouri in
1852, was born 1814.  His mother was born in the same state, and died in
this county, 1878.   Paul's parents settled first in Davis county, this
state, where they remained until the close of the war, when they moved
to Lafayette county, and to this county in 1868.  Paul, the subject of
this notice, came to this county in l869, and purchased his present
farm, but did not move on to it until 1881.  He has just built a neat
and handsome residence on a sightly spot, with a very beautiful
surrounding.  His farm contains 140 acres of land, lying near Rock ford,
on Black Water.  In 1878 Mr. McNeel was married to Miss Minnie Yankee,
daughter of David Yankee.  They have one son, Otha.  Mr. McNeel is a
successful stock dealer as well as a feeder.  Mrs. McNeel is a worthy
member of the Baptist church.

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