BIO: Samuel NEFF, Huntingdon County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: 
Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, 
Pennsylvania, Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. 
Runk & Co., 1897, page 212.
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  SAMUEL NEFF, deceased, formerly of Alexandria, Huntingdon county, 
Pa., was born July 18, 1826, in West (now Logan) township. He was a son 
of John and Margaret (Mong) Neff, his father having been the eldest son 
of that John Neff, of Lancaster county, elsewhere mentioned as among 
the early settlers of Huntingdon county. Samuel Neff was educated in 
the common schools, and from early youth gave his attention to farming. 
In 1852, he purchased the farm upon which the remainder of his life was 
spent; it was formerly known as the Israel Crider farm. His political 
views were Republican. Samuel Neff was married, February 23, 1858, to 
Elizabeth A., daughter of Richard and Sarah (Johnson) Cunningham. They 
had the following children: John R., born November 25, 1858; Milton C., 
born April 27, 1862; Allie May, born May 11, 1863, died March 9, 1864; 
Minnie O., born February 8, 1865, was a student at Dickinson Seminary, 
Williamsport, Pa., when her health failed and she was obliged to give 
up her studies and return to her home, where she has ever since been 
confined; and Mary Elizabeth, born April 21, 1867, died December 26, 
1868. Samuel Neff died November 11, 1875; his remains are interred in 
the Neff burying ground near Petersburg. He was a member of the 
Methodist Episcopal church at Alexandria, a sincere and devout 
Christian gentleman. His loss was mourned by his family and many 
friends. John Richard Neff died March 6, 1897.
  Mrs. Elizabeth A. (Cunningham) Neff was born December 16, 1839, in 
Jackson township, Huntingdon county, where she lived until, at the age 
of eighteen, she was married. Her life since has been passed upon the 
farm, amid the many duties and interests that make up the life of the 
wife and the mother of a family. Her father, Richard Cunningham, was 
born in Jackson township, where his father, who came to this county 
from the Tuscarora valley, had settled. Richard Cunningham was a 
farmer. He died in Ennisville, Jackson township, where he had lived, 
about 1880. His wife survived him several years. Their children are: 
David S., resides on the old homestead in Jackson township, was married 
to Miss Miller, who is deceased; Mary O. (Mrs. John Gregory), of West 
township; Margaretta (Mrs. Thompson Martin), of Sioux City, Ia.; Sarah 
J., married first to George W. Pattison, who died, and she afterwards 
married Lewis Kingsbury, and resides in Washington, Washington county, 
Kas.; and Elizabeth A. (Mrs. Neff).