Joseph E. "Joe" Neely (Nealy) was born in September 1862 in Columbus County, North Carolina. Probably the son of Confederate soldier Edmund Nealy (who died from internal injuries after falling on a stump while marching near Richmond, Virginia) and Elizabeth A. Cartrette Nealy, Joseph E. Neely was a farmer who owned his farm free and clear of any mortgage.
He married Sharlotte Ada Sarvis Neely, and they had five children: Joseph Bowden Neely, Sr., Ada Catherine Neely Young (the twin of Oliver Neely who died in infancy), Ruth Beatrice Neely Wink Rogers, and a fifth child, possibly named Jane Neely.
Joe and his wife are probably buried in unmarked graves in the Pleasant Meadow Baptist Church Cemetery in Horry County, South Carolina near her Sarvis relatives. Where, when, and how did he die? Sharlotte and Joe appear in the 1900 Horry County, South Carolina census but are not on any 1910 census suggesting they both died between 1900 and 1910.
Neely/Nealy is an Irish name. The Neely family crest has the motto in Gaelic, "Lamh Dearg Eirin," or "Red Hand of Ireland." Legend has it that in sailing to Ireland from Spain, it was decided that the first to touch Irish soil would be king. So the Neely (Neeley, Nealy, Nealey, etc.) who would be king cut off his left hand and threw the bloody hand onto shore in order to be first and king. In Gaelic "Neely" means "Courage."
Thanks so much to descendants Joseph Bowden Neely, Jr. and Kay Evans for much of this information. Any errors, however, are mine alone. Please go to the "edit" link on this site with any corrections or additions. Does anyone know for sure who Joseph's parents were? (I'm 99% sure but not 100%.)
He married Sharlotte Ada Sarvis Neely, and they had five children: Joseph Bowden Neely, Sr., Ada Catherine Neely Young (the twin of Oliver Neely who died in infancy), Ruth Beatrice Neely Wink Rogers, and a fifth child, possibly named Jane Neely.
Joe and his wife are probably buried in unmarked graves in the Pleasant Meadow Baptist Church Cemetery in Horry County, South Carolina near her Sarvis relatives. Where, when, and how did he die? Sharlotte and Joe appear in the 1900 Horry County, South Carolina census but are not on any 1910 census suggesting they both died between 1900 and 1910.
Neely/Nealy is an Irish name. The Neely family crest has the motto in Gaelic, "Lamh Dearg Eirin," or "Red Hand of Ireland." Legend has it that in sailing to Ireland from Spain, it was decided that the first to touch Irish soil would be king. So the Neely (Neeley, Nealy, Nealey, etc.) who would be king cut off his left hand and threw the bloody hand onto shore in order to be first and king. In Gaelic "Neely" means "Courage."
Thanks so much to descendants Joseph Bowden Neely, Jr. and Kay Evans for much of this information. Any errors, however, are mine alone. Please go to the "edit" link on this site with any corrections or additions. Does anyone know for sure who Joseph's parents were? (I'm 99% sure but not 100%.)
Joseph E. "Joe" Neely (Nealy) was born in September 1862 in Columbus County, North Carolina. Probably the son of Confederate soldier Edmund Nealy (who died from internal injuries after falling on a stump while marching near Richmond, Virginia) and Elizabeth A. Cartrette Nealy, Joseph E. Neely was a farmer who owned his farm free and clear of any mortgage.
He married Sharlotte Ada Sarvis Neely, and they had five children: Joseph Bowden Neely, Sr., Ada Catherine Neely Young (the twin of Oliver Neely who died in infancy), Ruth Beatrice Neely Wink Rogers, and a fifth child, possibly named Jane Neely.
Joe and his wife are probably buried in unmarked graves in the Pleasant Meadow Baptist Church Cemetery in Horry County, South Carolina near her Sarvis relatives. Where, when, and how did he die? Sharlotte and Joe appear in the 1900 Horry County, South Carolina census but are not on any 1910 census suggesting they both died between 1900 and 1910.
Neely/Nealy is an Irish name. The Neely family crest has the motto in Gaelic, "Lamh Dearg Eirin," or "Red Hand of Ireland." Legend has it that in sailing to Ireland from Spain, it was decided that the first to touch Irish soil would be king. So the Neely (Neeley, Nealy, Nealey, etc.) who would be king cut off his left hand and threw the bloody hand onto shore in order to be first and king. In Gaelic "Neely" means "Courage."
Thanks so much to descendants Joseph Bowden Neely, Jr. and Kay Evans for much of this information. Any errors, however, are mine alone. Please go to the "edit" link on this site with any corrections or additions. Does anyone know for sure who Joseph's parents were? (I'm 99% sure but not 100%.)
He married Sharlotte Ada Sarvis Neely, and they had five children: Joseph Bowden Neely, Sr., Ada Catherine Neely Young (the twin of Oliver Neely who died in infancy), Ruth Beatrice Neely Wink Rogers, and a fifth child, possibly named Jane Neely.
Joe and his wife are probably buried in unmarked graves in the Pleasant Meadow Baptist Church Cemetery in Horry County, South Carolina near her Sarvis relatives. Where, when, and how did he die? Sharlotte and Joe appear in the 1900 Horry County, South Carolina census but are not on any 1910 census suggesting they both died between 1900 and 1910.
Neely/Nealy is an Irish name. The Neely family crest has the motto in Gaelic, "Lamh Dearg Eirin," or "Red Hand of Ireland." Legend has it that in sailing to Ireland from Spain, it was decided that the first to touch Irish soil would be king. So the Neely (Neeley, Nealy, Nealey, etc.) who would be king cut off his left hand and threw the bloody hand onto shore in order to be first and king. In Gaelic "Neely" means "Courage."
Thanks so much to descendants Joseph Bowden Neely, Jr. and Kay Evans for much of this information. Any errors, however, are mine alone. Please go to the "edit" link on this site with any corrections or additions. Does anyone know for sure who Joseph's parents were? (I'm 99% sure but not 100%.)
