Died: Cumberland, Maryland of pneumonia
As an aside, Neil was buried at Archer's Chapel because he was the only member of this family to fight on the Union side during the Civil War causing strife with his brother William, who fought on the Confederate side.
Neil asked his wife not to bury him in the same cemetery, the "Polly Archer" cemetery just below Archer's Chapel, where his brother, William was buried. His brothers, Arthur and William both fought in the Confederate Army.
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Heritage Windows, Apr. 1987, p. 28, "Tale of Two Cemeteries"
"Died... of cold, measles and mumps complications. His body was shipped to Wheeling on the railroad and then to Sistersville on a side wheel steamer, the Bostona No. 2."
As an aside, Neil was buried at Archer's Chapel because he was the only member of this family to fight on the Union side during the Civil War causing strife with his brother William, who fought on the Confederate side.
Neil asked his wife not to bury him in the same cemetery, the "Polly Archer" cemetery just below Archer's Chapel, where his brother, William was buried. His brothers, Arthur and William both fought in the Confederate Army.
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Heritage Windows, Apr. 1987, p. 28, "Tale of Two Cemeteries"
"Died... of cold, measles and mumps complications. His body was shipped to Wheeling on the railroad and then to Sistersville on a side wheel steamer, the Bostona No. 2."
Died: Cumberland, Maryland of pneumonia
As an aside, Neil was buried at Archer's Chapel because he was the only member of this family to fight on the Union side during the Civil War causing strife with his brother William, who fought on the Confederate side.
Neil asked his wife not to bury him in the same cemetery, the "Polly Archer" cemetery just below Archer's Chapel, where his brother, William was buried. His brothers, Arthur and William both fought in the Confederate Army.
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Heritage Windows, Apr. 1987, p. 28, "Tale of Two Cemeteries"
"Died... of cold, measles and mumps complications. His body was shipped to Wheeling on the railroad and then to Sistersville on a side wheel steamer, the Bostona No. 2."
As an aside, Neil was buried at Archer's Chapel because he was the only member of this family to fight on the Union side during the Civil War causing strife with his brother William, who fought on the Confederate side.
Neil asked his wife not to bury him in the same cemetery, the "Polly Archer" cemetery just below Archer's Chapel, where his brother, William was buried. His brothers, Arthur and William both fought in the Confederate Army.
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Heritage Windows, Apr. 1987, p. 28, "Tale of Two Cemeteries"
"Died... of cold, measles and mumps complications. His body was shipped to Wheeling on the railroad and then to Sistersville on a side wheel steamer, the Bostona No. 2."
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