Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2013, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and used with permission of Fred Smoot ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ========================================================================== The Goodspeed Publishing Company, History of Tennessee, 1887 JAMES A. NEIL, was born in Scott County, Va., February 22, 1825, the son of GRIMES and ELIZABETH (BOND) NEIL, the former a Virginian of Scotch-Irish stock, the son of HAMILTON NEIL. The father, a hatter by trade, became a wealthy farmer, and died in 1839, at the age of fifty- two years, a highly esteemed man. The mother was born in this county, the daughter of WILLIAM BOND, who was of Irish origin. She was a devoted Christian, and died in 1876, at the age of eighty-nine years. Our sub- ject was educated at Emory and Henry College, Virginia, and in early life was a merchant. For the last thirty years he has been successful as a farmer, and now owns 300 acres of land. In 1853 he married MARY W., daughter of BENJAMIN CLOUD, of Sullivan County. Their children are NANNIE E., ANNA B., JAMES C. and WILLIAM D. Our subject is a Presby- terian and an earnest Republican. ===========================================================================