Mahoning County OhArchives Biographies.....Neff, Roy John April 8, 1886 - November 18, 1967
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Author: History of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley Ohio

Roy John Neff [1886-1967] 
[At age 35 in this bio sketch]
Roy J. Neff of Canfield is in the fifth generation of the Neff family of 
Mahoning County. He was sixteen years of age [sic 18y] when the Neffs 
celebrated the centennial anniversary of their settlement in Canfield. He is a 
son of John E. Neff, whose story with that of other members of the family is 
told on other pages of this publication. No generation of the family has 
presented a man of greater enterprise and broader public spirit than Roy J. 
Neff.  He was born a mile and a quarter east of Canfield, April 8, 1886, and 
though all his life has been spent in the one township, he is by no means a 
man of provincial tastes or experiences. He was educated in the Union School. 
And on leaving school became manager of a general store, for six years. 
Impaired hearing caused him to sell out his interests and abandon the 
profession of merchandising. Since then he has maintained an office at 
Canfield handling insurance and surety bonds, though that is only one of 
numerous interests.  Doubtless his chief constructive labor was through the 
ownership and operation of what is known as the Village Farm, a tract of 
seventy-three acres entirely within the village limits. Mr. Neff either 
remodeled or built entirely anew all the notable group of buildings on the 
farm, including a good home, a large bank barn, silo and garage. A lighting 
system is carried to all the buildings. Mr. Neff sold his farm holdings in 
July, 1920, and is devoting his time principally to the handling of insurance 
and surety bonds. Mr. Neff is also a notary public, and for the past six years 
has served as township treasurer, having the responsibility of handling about 
$10,000 of public funds annually. He is a democrat and he and his wife are 
members of the Methodist Church. In Odd Fellowship he has passed all the 
chairs in the local lodge and served as noble grand twice. During the war he 
was leader in all Canfield activities for raising of funds and the prosecution 
of other war movements. July 29, 1907 [sic 1908], Mr. Neff married Laura M. 
Noll, of Pittsburgh. Their three children are Charles John, Edward Leroy and 
Robert Hudson. [When this was written Richard Calvin Neff was not yet born. He 
was born 11 Jan. 1927]

Source: 
History of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley Ohio - Vol III p 401:2 and cont. 
p 402:1
By Jos. G. Butler Jr.
Vols. I, II and III
Publishers: American Historical Society, Chicago and New York, 1921
Repository:
Canfield Public Library, Canfield United Methodist Church



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