Civil War: Company B, 40th Iowa Infantry
Andrew was a resident of Grinnell, Iowa, when he enlisted as a private on August 22, 1862. He was mustered into Co. B, 40th Iowa Infantry, on October 1, 1862. He was mustered out at Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, on August 2, 1865. He married Sarah C. Wright at Fort Smith, Arkansas, in 1865. Andrew filed for a Civil War veteran's disability pension in March 4, 1867, and received application No. 122,982 and certificate No. 91,463. He was a resident of Tombstone, Arizona, from 1878 to 1882 and appears there in the 1880 census. Andrew Neff was a charter member of Tombstone's Burnside Post, Grand Army of the Republic, in January 1882. He left Tombstone for Kansas later in 1882. The 1900 Census found Andrew and Sarah C. Neff living at Raton, New Mexico. The 1910 census found them living at Shattuck, Oklahoma, but at some point they returned to Raton, New Mexico. Sarah filed for a widow's pension at Raton January 6, 1914, and received application No. 1,019,926 and certificate No. 778,561.
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A. S. Neff, for the past eight years [1898-1906] engaged in the grocery business at Raton, New Mexico, has had an eventful life in many respects. Mr. Neff was born in Ohio, July 11, 1844, and passed his boyhood on a farm, receiving his education in the district schools. At the time the Civil War broke out he was a youth of seventeen, ambitious and patriotic, and when the call was made for volunteers he was not slow to respond. Enlisting as a member of Company B, Seventh Iowa Volunteer Infantry, he served until the close of his term, when he was honorably discharged [A record of this service was not found]. Afterward he re-enlisted, becoming a member of Company B, Fortieth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, the fortunes of which he shared until the close of the war. [Andrew was a resident of Grinnell, Iowa, when he enlisted as a private August 22, 1862. He was mustered into Company B, 40th Iowa Infantry, October 1, 1862. He was mustered out at Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, August 2, 1865.] His army service took him into many states, on hard marches and in numerous engagements, among them being the Arkansas campaign, Fort Donelson, Gainesville, siege of Vicksburg and capture of Little Rock. Three times he was wounded. To present a detailed record of his army life would be to write a history that would cover many pages and include much that has been written of the Civil War. Suffice it to say in this connection, that Mr. Neff proved himself a brave, true soldier from the time he entered the ranks until he received his final discharge at the close of hostilities. Until 1873 Mr. Neff's occupation was farming [in Nebraska]. That year he went overland to Arizona, following the old Dick Wootton trail, and for seven years he was a prospector. During this time he had many wild and interesting experiences. In 1873, while on a trip from Cimarron to Fort Wingate, he and his party rode with guns in their hands as protection against the roving Indians. The authorities at the fort would not let them proceed from that point without an escort. As a result of his prospecting, he returned to Kansas with some money, and there he again settled down on a farm; but on account of bad crops and bad luck he lost all he had accumulated. Afterward he assisted in building the first railroad line through Indian Territory; in 1883, as a grading contractor, he was located at Catskill, New Mexico, employed on a branch of the Santa Fe railroad from the main line to Catskill; next was engaged in stock raising, in Spring Canyon, near Colfax, New Mexico, and not far from the Colorado line, where he remained three years, after which he sold out and spent the next two years in the same business in Indian Territory, also doing some farming at the latter place. He returned to New Mexico in 1894 and located at Raton, where he carried on freighting business till 1897. Since the latter date he has conducted a grocery business, meeting with prosperity here and acquiring valuable real estate in the town. Mr. Neff is a member of the Raton Commercial Club, and politically has always been a Republican. He was married at Fort Smith, Arkansas, in 1865 to Miss Sarah C. Wright, and they have four children, namely: Anne E. [born 1867, Nebraska], wife of W. P. Graham, of Oklahoma; Wynona Leona [born 1871, Nebraska], wife of Abe Hixenbaugh, of Dawson, New Mexico; and Arthur S. [born April 9, 1879, Tombstone, Arizona] and Wyatt T. [born May 1883, Kansas] both of Raton.
(Anderson, History of New Mexico, 1907: pages 593-594)
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Children:
- Annie E. (1867, NE)
- Wynona Leona (1871, NE)
- Arthur Stewart (April 1879, Tombstone, AZ)
- Wyatt T. Neff (May 1883, KS)
Andrew was a resident of Grinnell, Iowa, when he enlisted as a private on August 22, 1862. He was mustered into Co. B, 40th Iowa Infantry, on October 1, 1862. He was mustered out at Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, on August 2, 1865. He married Sarah C. Wright at Fort Smith, Arkansas, in 1865. Andrew filed for a Civil War veteran's disability pension in March 4, 1867, and received application No. 122,982 and certificate No. 91,463. He was a resident of Tombstone, Arizona, from 1878 to 1882 and appears there in the 1880 census. Andrew Neff was a charter member of Tombstone's Burnside Post, Grand Army of the Republic, in January 1882. He left Tombstone for Kansas later in 1882. The 1900 Census found Andrew and Sarah C. Neff living at Raton, New Mexico. The 1910 census found them living at Shattuck, Oklahoma, but at some point they returned to Raton, New Mexico. Sarah filed for a widow's pension at Raton January 6, 1914, and received application No. 1,019,926 and certificate No. 778,561.
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A. S. Neff, for the past eight years [1898-1906] engaged in the grocery business at Raton, New Mexico, has had an eventful life in many respects. Mr. Neff was born in Ohio, July 11, 1844, and passed his boyhood on a farm, receiving his education in the district schools. At the time the Civil War broke out he was a youth of seventeen, ambitious and patriotic, and when the call was made for volunteers he was not slow to respond. Enlisting as a member of Company B, Seventh Iowa Volunteer Infantry, he served until the close of his term, when he was honorably discharged [A record of this service was not found]. Afterward he re-enlisted, becoming a member of Company B, Fortieth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, the fortunes of which he shared until the close of the war. [Andrew was a resident of Grinnell, Iowa, when he enlisted as a private August 22, 1862. He was mustered into Company B, 40th Iowa Infantry, October 1, 1862. He was mustered out at Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, August 2, 1865.] His army service took him into many states, on hard marches and in numerous engagements, among them being the Arkansas campaign, Fort Donelson, Gainesville, siege of Vicksburg and capture of Little Rock. Three times he was wounded. To present a detailed record of his army life would be to write a history that would cover many pages and include much that has been written of the Civil War. Suffice it to say in this connection, that Mr. Neff proved himself a brave, true soldier from the time he entered the ranks until he received his final discharge at the close of hostilities. Until 1873 Mr. Neff's occupation was farming [in Nebraska]. That year he went overland to Arizona, following the old Dick Wootton trail, and for seven years he was a prospector. During this time he had many wild and interesting experiences. In 1873, while on a trip from Cimarron to Fort Wingate, he and his party rode with guns in their hands as protection against the roving Indians. The authorities at the fort would not let them proceed from that point without an escort. As a result of his prospecting, he returned to Kansas with some money, and there he again settled down on a farm; but on account of bad crops and bad luck he lost all he had accumulated. Afterward he assisted in building the first railroad line through Indian Territory; in 1883, as a grading contractor, he was located at Catskill, New Mexico, employed on a branch of the Santa Fe railroad from the main line to Catskill; next was engaged in stock raising, in Spring Canyon, near Colfax, New Mexico, and not far from the Colorado line, where he remained three years, after which he sold out and spent the next two years in the same business in Indian Territory, also doing some farming at the latter place. He returned to New Mexico in 1894 and located at Raton, where he carried on freighting business till 1897. Since the latter date he has conducted a grocery business, meeting with prosperity here and acquiring valuable real estate in the town. Mr. Neff is a member of the Raton Commercial Club, and politically has always been a Republican. He was married at Fort Smith, Arkansas, in 1865 to Miss Sarah C. Wright, and they have four children, namely: Anne E. [born 1867, Nebraska], wife of W. P. Graham, of Oklahoma; Wynona Leona [born 1871, Nebraska], wife of Abe Hixenbaugh, of Dawson, New Mexico; and Arthur S. [born April 9, 1879, Tombstone, Arizona] and Wyatt T. [born May 1883, Kansas] both of Raton.
(Anderson, History of New Mexico, 1907: pages 593-594)
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Children:
- Annie E. (1867, NE)
- Wynona Leona (1871, NE)
- Arthur Stewart (April 1879, Tombstone, AZ)
- Wyatt T. Neff (May 1883, KS)
Civil War: Company B, 40th Iowa Infantry
Andrew was a resident of Grinnell, Iowa, when he enlisted as a private on August 22, 1862. He was mustered into Co. B, 40th Iowa Infantry, on October 1, 1862. He was mustered out at Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, on August 2, 1865. He married Sarah C. Wright at Fort Smith, Arkansas, in 1865. Andrew filed for a Civil War veteran's disability pension in March 4, 1867, and received application No. 122,982 and certificate No. 91,463. He was a resident of Tombstone, Arizona, from 1878 to 1882 and appears there in the 1880 census. Andrew Neff was a charter member of Tombstone's Burnside Post, Grand Army of the Republic, in January 1882. He left Tombstone for Kansas later in 1882. The 1900 Census found Andrew and Sarah C. Neff living at Raton, New Mexico. The 1910 census found them living at Shattuck, Oklahoma, but at some point they returned to Raton, New Mexico. Sarah filed for a widow's pension at Raton January 6, 1914, and received application No. 1,019,926 and certificate No. 778,561.
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A. S. Neff, for the past eight years [1898-1906] engaged in the grocery business at Raton, New Mexico, has had an eventful life in many respects. Mr. Neff was born in Ohio, July 11, 1844, and passed his boyhood on a farm, receiving his education in the district schools. At the time the Civil War broke out he was a youth of seventeen, ambitious and patriotic, and when the call was made for volunteers he was not slow to respond. Enlisting as a member of Company B, Seventh Iowa Volunteer Infantry, he served until the close of his term, when he was honorably discharged [A record of this service was not found]. Afterward he re-enlisted, becoming a member of Company B, Fortieth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, the fortunes of which he shared until the close of the war. [Andrew was a resident of Grinnell, Iowa, when he enlisted as a private August 22, 1862. He was mustered into Company B, 40th Iowa Infantry, October 1, 1862. He was mustered out at Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, August 2, 1865.] His army service took him into many states, on hard marches and in numerous engagements, among them being the Arkansas campaign, Fort Donelson, Gainesville, siege of Vicksburg and capture of Little Rock. Three times he was wounded. To present a detailed record of his army life would be to write a history that would cover many pages and include much that has been written of the Civil War. Suffice it to say in this connection, that Mr. Neff proved himself a brave, true soldier from the time he entered the ranks until he received his final discharge at the close of hostilities. Until 1873 Mr. Neff's occupation was farming [in Nebraska]. That year he went overland to Arizona, following the old Dick Wootton trail, and for seven years he was a prospector. During this time he had many wild and interesting experiences. In 1873, while on a trip from Cimarron to Fort Wingate, he and his party rode with guns in their hands as protection against the roving Indians. The authorities at the fort would not let them proceed from that point without an escort. As a result of his prospecting, he returned to Kansas with some money, and there he again settled down on a farm; but on account of bad crops and bad luck he lost all he had accumulated. Afterward he assisted in building the first railroad line through Indian Territory; in 1883, as a grading contractor, he was located at Catskill, New Mexico, employed on a branch of the Santa Fe railroad from the main line to Catskill; next was engaged in stock raising, in Spring Canyon, near Colfax, New Mexico, and not far from the Colorado line, where he remained three years, after which he sold out and spent the next two years in the same business in Indian Territory, also doing some farming at the latter place. He returned to New Mexico in 1894 and located at Raton, where he carried on freighting business till 1897. Since the latter date he has conducted a grocery business, meeting with prosperity here and acquiring valuable real estate in the town. Mr. Neff is a member of the Raton Commercial Club, and politically has always been a Republican. He was married at Fort Smith, Arkansas, in 1865 to Miss Sarah C. Wright, and they have four children, namely: Anne E. [born 1867, Nebraska], wife of W. P. Graham, of Oklahoma; Wynona Leona [born 1871, Nebraska], wife of Abe Hixenbaugh, of Dawson, New Mexico; and Arthur S. [born April 9, 1879, Tombstone, Arizona] and Wyatt T. [born May 1883, Kansas] both of Raton.
(Anderson, History of New Mexico, 1907: pages 593-594)
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Children:
- Annie E. (1867, NE)
- Wynona Leona (1871, NE)
- Arthur Stewart (April 1879, Tombstone, AZ)
- Wyatt T. Neff (May 1883, KS)
Andrew was a resident of Grinnell, Iowa, when he enlisted as a private on August 22, 1862. He was mustered into Co. B, 40th Iowa Infantry, on October 1, 1862. He was mustered out at Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, on August 2, 1865. He married Sarah C. Wright at Fort Smith, Arkansas, in 1865. Andrew filed for a Civil War veteran's disability pension in March 4, 1867, and received application No. 122,982 and certificate No. 91,463. He was a resident of Tombstone, Arizona, from 1878 to 1882 and appears there in the 1880 census. Andrew Neff was a charter member of Tombstone's Burnside Post, Grand Army of the Republic, in January 1882. He left Tombstone for Kansas later in 1882. The 1900 Census found Andrew and Sarah C. Neff living at Raton, New Mexico. The 1910 census found them living at Shattuck, Oklahoma, but at some point they returned to Raton, New Mexico. Sarah filed for a widow's pension at Raton January 6, 1914, and received application No. 1,019,926 and certificate No. 778,561.
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A. S. Neff, for the past eight years [1898-1906] engaged in the grocery business at Raton, New Mexico, has had an eventful life in many respects. Mr. Neff was born in Ohio, July 11, 1844, and passed his boyhood on a farm, receiving his education in the district schools. At the time the Civil War broke out he was a youth of seventeen, ambitious and patriotic, and when the call was made for volunteers he was not slow to respond. Enlisting as a member of Company B, Seventh Iowa Volunteer Infantry, he served until the close of his term, when he was honorably discharged [A record of this service was not found]. Afterward he re-enlisted, becoming a member of Company B, Fortieth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, the fortunes of which he shared until the close of the war. [Andrew was a resident of Grinnell, Iowa, when he enlisted as a private August 22, 1862. He was mustered into Company B, 40th Iowa Infantry, October 1, 1862. He was mustered out at Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, August 2, 1865.] His army service took him into many states, on hard marches and in numerous engagements, among them being the Arkansas campaign, Fort Donelson, Gainesville, siege of Vicksburg and capture of Little Rock. Three times he was wounded. To present a detailed record of his army life would be to write a history that would cover many pages and include much that has been written of the Civil War. Suffice it to say in this connection, that Mr. Neff proved himself a brave, true soldier from the time he entered the ranks until he received his final discharge at the close of hostilities. Until 1873 Mr. Neff's occupation was farming [in Nebraska]. That year he went overland to Arizona, following the old Dick Wootton trail, and for seven years he was a prospector. During this time he had many wild and interesting experiences. In 1873, while on a trip from Cimarron to Fort Wingate, he and his party rode with guns in their hands as protection against the roving Indians. The authorities at the fort would not let them proceed from that point without an escort. As a result of his prospecting, he returned to Kansas with some money, and there he again settled down on a farm; but on account of bad crops and bad luck he lost all he had accumulated. Afterward he assisted in building the first railroad line through Indian Territory; in 1883, as a grading contractor, he was located at Catskill, New Mexico, employed on a branch of the Santa Fe railroad from the main line to Catskill; next was engaged in stock raising, in Spring Canyon, near Colfax, New Mexico, and not far from the Colorado line, where he remained three years, after which he sold out and spent the next two years in the same business in Indian Territory, also doing some farming at the latter place. He returned to New Mexico in 1894 and located at Raton, where he carried on freighting business till 1897. Since the latter date he has conducted a grocery business, meeting with prosperity here and acquiring valuable real estate in the town. Mr. Neff is a member of the Raton Commercial Club, and politically has always been a Republican. He was married at Fort Smith, Arkansas, in 1865 to Miss Sarah C. Wright, and they have four children, namely: Anne E. [born 1867, Nebraska], wife of W. P. Graham, of Oklahoma; Wynona Leona [born 1871, Nebraska], wife of Abe Hixenbaugh, of Dawson, New Mexico; and Arthur S. [born April 9, 1879, Tombstone, Arizona] and Wyatt T. [born May 1883, Kansas] both of Raton.
(Anderson, History of New Mexico, 1907: pages 593-594)
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Children:
- Annie E. (1867, NE)
- Wynona Leona (1871, NE)
- Arthur Stewart (April 1879, Tombstone, AZ)
- Wyatt T. Neff (May 1883, KS)
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