Mahoning County OhArchives Obituaries.....NEFF, Eli August 27, 1910
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Humboldt Union, Sat, 3 Sep 1910, Humboldt, Allen Co. KS
NEFF, Eli
23 May 1821 to 27 Aug 1910
89 years
Humboldt Union, Sat, 3 Sep 1910
Humboldt, Allen Co. KS
Transcribed by Jennifer Neff, 2005
ANOTHER OLD SETTLER GONE
Eli Neff died at his home near Middletown, Sunday evening, in the 90th year of 
his age. He had been in poor health for several months, but could oversee his 
business on the farm, until a short time before his death.
Eli was born in Canfield, Mahoning county, Ohio, May 23, 1821, and came to 
Kansas in 1872. He purchased large tracts of land on the Verdigris river 
bottoms. He moved his family to Kansas in 1874. The family resided in Humboldt 
most of the time, but during the summer season for many years they lived on 
the Wilson county ranch.
Mr. Neff was an active and noted stockman and was widely known over the 
country. 
Those who survive him are his wife of this city; one son, O.P. Neff of 
California; Mrs. H.A. Brown, of Iola; and Mrs. Cora Young and Mrs. George 
McKinley of Humboldt.
The body was brought to his home in Humboldt and the funeral held at the 
residence at 4 p.m. Tuesday. Burial took place in Mt. Hope cemetery
And was attended by many old friends of the deceased and family.

Wilson County Citizen, Wilson Co. KS
Fri, 2 Sep 1910
Monday, August 24, 1910, at 2:00 a.m., of a complication of disease and old 
age, Eli Neff, aged 89 years. Interment was at Humboldt.

BURIALS
Eli Neff was buried on 30 Aug 1910 and his wife
Nancy Barnes Neff were buried on 30 Nov 1910.
Both were interred in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Humboldt, Allen Co. KS



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