JOHN7 O'NEAL (ELEAZER6, SAMUEL5,
BARTON4 O'NEALE, JOHN3, PETER2, JOSEPH1) was born
January 16, 1855 in Ross County,
Ohio, and died February 24, 1931 in LeRoy, McLean County, Illinois. He
married HANNA KEZIAH REES July
01, 1875, daughter of WILLIAM REES and KEZIAH PRAY. She was born
December 28, 1856 in McLean
County, Il., and died January 18, 1929 in McLean County, Il..
GOLDEN WEDDING HELD AT LEROY
Bloomington
Relatives attend Anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. J. Oneal.
Eighty relatives of Mr. and Mrs.
John Oneal of LeRoy met at their home on Wednesday, July first and completely
surprised them on their fiftieth
wedding anniversary. A grand son had invited his grandparents to his home
to spend
the day and after all had arrived,
they were called home telling them company from a distance had come. Each
family had brought well-filled
baskets and after the bounteous repast, Rev. R. D. Brown, of Lovington,
Ill.,
delivered a brief address on
his acquaintance with the couple and presented them with the gifts of those
present,
among them being several gold
pieces.
Mr. and Mrs. O'Neal are the parents
of three daughters, Mrs. John Krieg, LeRoy (Ill.) Mrs. Ralph McNaughton,
Parnell, Ill.; and Mrs. Verne
Land, of Lilly, Ill. Two sons, Minor and Melvin, are deceased. There are
six
grandchildren and five great
granchildren. Mr. Oneal,the son of Eleasure and Margaret Oneal, was born
January
16, 1855 in Ross County, Ohio.
He was the fifth of a family of twelve children. The living brothers and
sisters are
Samuel, of Gibson City; Daniel
and William, of Saybrook; Eleasure of Bloomington R.R.; Henry, of Leroy;
Mrs.
Samuel Rees, and Mrs. Jno. Coit,
of Saybrook; Mrs. Martin Brittin, of Humeston, Ia.; and Mrs. Mary Jane
Wampler of Kansas. Two sisters,
Mrs. Simeon West and Mrs. Dan Rees, deceased.
Mrs. Oneal, the daughter of Wm.
and Keziah Rees was born December 28, 1856, in McLean County. She was also
one of a family of twelve children.
The brothers and sisters are as follows: Samuel, Lewis, Mrs. Wm. Oneal,
all of
Saybrook; Mrs. Guy Kerr, Bloomington;
Mrs. Charles Hoyt, Glenville, Neb.; Daniel of Shirley and John, of
Tallula, Ill.; two sisters,
Rebecca Oneal and Mrs. Elizabeth Rutledge and one brother, William have
departed this
life.
Mr. and Mrs. Oneal were married
near Leroy, Ill., July first, 1875, and have since resided in this vicinity,
having
retired from the farm about
fifteen years ago. After a very enjoyable day, all wished them many more
years of
happiness and departed to their
homes. Mrs. Guy Karr, sister of Mrs. Oneal; and Mrs. J. Pheiffer and Mrs.
Ernest
Cryer neices, were guests present
from Bloomington on this interesting occaision. Two cousins had arrived
from a
distance. Mrs. Hill, of Kansas
City, Kansas and Mrs. Van Horn, of Spruce, Missouri, who had not seen Mrs.
Oneal for fifty-one years. They
are now making visits with relatives in this vicinity. Other towns represented
at this
happy occasion were Saybrook,
Gibson City, Forrest, Lilly, Shirley, Deland, Parnell, Lovington, and Holder.
Source: Bev Crowe, 4/18/2001