Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Neely, Reuben December 22, 1825 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ny/nyfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nan Starjak http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00026.html#0006329 February 21, 2009, 9:10 am Author: Hardin & Willard Neely, Reuben, Fairfield, is one of the oldest residents of Fairfield. He was born December 22, 1825, and has lived in this county ever since. He owns 107 acres of land and a herd of thirty cows. His father settled in this place on a farm, which is now the present homestead. Captain Abram Neely of Revolutionary fame was an ancestor of his. In 1864 Mr. Neely married Mary R. E. Thompson, and they have two daughters, both married. Mr. Neely is a Mason and liberal in politics, and has been commissioner of highways and assessor. He is also a member of the Episcopal church. Additional Comments: source: History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of its citizens edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893 550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ny/herkimer/bios/neely935gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nyfiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb