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Biographical History of Cherokee County, Iowa
W. S. Dunbar & Co., Chigago - 1889

[page 607-608]

    SAMUEL W. NEVILLE - Probably no one family has contributed so much to
    the development of Diamond Township as the NEVILLE family.  The head
    of the family is WILSON NEVILLE, now living in Aurelia.  He was born
    in Holmes County, Ohio, August 5, 1816, and is a son of JOSEPH and
    MARY (BUCKMASTER) NEVILLE; his father was born in Maryland about 1795,
    and his paternal ancestors were of French stock; his mother was a
    native of Pennsylvania.  They settled in Ohio in 1812, and JOSEPH
    was drafted into the army, but as he still claimed Pennsylvania for
    his home he was not compelled to go.  They had a family of twelve
    children, eight of whom are still living.  WILSON was reared on the
    farm in Ohio, and was united in marriage April 11, 1844, in Holmes
    County, to Miss REBECCA WILSON, who was born in Holmes County,
    September 18, 1820, her parents being SAMUEL and DORCAS (MILLER)
    WILSON.  In 1853 he settled in Buchanan County, Iowa, and there he
    remained until 1876, when he came to Cherokee County and settled in
    Diamond Township.  He and his wife now live in Aurelia, are pleasantly
    situated, and taking life's declining years quietly and peacefully.
    Mr. NEVILLE cast his first vote for WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, and has
    not missed voting at a Presidential election since that time.  His
    family consisted of eight children: JOSEPH, SAMUEL W., DORCAS, wife
    of MARION LUMLEY; ANDREW; MAGGIE, the wife of DANIEL HENCH, died at
    the age of twenty-seven years; CLINTON and ELIZABETH.  SAMUEL W.
    NEVILLE, whose name heads this brief biography, was born in Holmes
    County, Ohio, December 5, 1846.  He worked at home until he was twenty-
    two years old, receiving a fair education in the common schools of
    Ohio and Iowa.  He was united in marriage April 11, 1870, in Buchanan
    County, Iowa, to Miss LYDIA A. HARRISON.  He then engaged in farming
    until the death of his companion, who passed away after little more
    than a year of wedded happiness, November, 14, 1871.  After this he
    worked for an uncle until the spring of 1873, when he came to Cherokee
    County, where his brother and sister had settled the year previous.
    He purchased some land and began farming, and since that time has
    made his home in Diamond Township.  His farm now consists of 320
    acres of choice land, which he has improved in good style; his
    farming arrangements are of the best and most convenient kind, and
    well adapted to the handling of live-stock.  Mr. NEVILLE is widely
    known as the proprietor of a threshing machine, having been suc-
    cessfully engaged in that business for a number of years.  After
    remaining single upward of ten years, he was again married March 3,
    1883, to Miss KATIE ELLIOTT, who was born in Coshocton County, Ohio,
    August 11, 1847.  The first wife left one son, DAVID ELMER, now eight
    years of age, and one child has blessed this present union, ALLEN
    LESLIE, six years of age.  Mr. NEVILLE enjoys the confidence of his
    neighbors to the fullest extent, and they have elected him trustee
    of the township three times consecutively.  Politically he is a
    Republican, but he has friends among all parties.  He is a man of
    culture and ability, and would command respect and achieve success
    in whatever field of action his lot might be cast.  He and his wife
    are liberal supporters of the Diamond Center Methodist Church, of
    which he is one of the leading members.  He is ever ready to assist
    in any worthy enterprise, and it is to such men that the prosperity
    of Cherokee County is due.

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