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TOGA NEWS
Volume III,
Issue 1, January, 2003

Bennet O'Neal's  Step-Siblings Found at Long Last?

Joseph O'Neal shows up for the first time, due to the fact he got married in 1828. He has a 50-60 year woman living with him. Judah was born in 1775, she would have fifty-five years old when the 1830 census was taken.

Joseph O'Neal - 1830, Belpre, Washington County, Ohio - Roll M19_141 page 307

Schedule of the whole number of persons within the division alloted to L.H. Gates by the Marshall of the     District (or Territory) of Ohio, Belpre Township
Age
Male
Female
Under 5
1
0
5-10
0
0
10-15
0
2
15-20
0
1
20-30
1
1
30-40
1
0
40-50
0
0
50-60
0
1
Joseph O'Neal died in 1840 prior to the census. Colbert got married in 1832 and showed up for the first time on the 1840 census. He has a woman living with him 60-70 years of age.
Judah would have been 65 in 1840.

Colbert O'Neal - 1840, Belpre, Washington County, Ohio - Roll M704_433 page 14

Schedule of the whole number of persons within the division alloted toA.G. Hollister Ohio, Washington County, Belpre Township
Age
Male
Female
Under 5
1
1
5-10
1
0
10-15
0
0
15-20
0
1
20-30
0
1
30-40
1
0
40-50
0
0
50-60
0
0
60-70
0
1
Edwin Russell O'Neal was born 4 Oct 1839 to Colbert and Seraph. Russell is an interesting choice for a middle name. A greatful Colbert naming his son after his deceased step dad?
His biological father, John, had been dead 30+ years. James Russell may have been the only father he remembered.

Bennet mentions in his letter that three of the children born to his father John and John's second wife were dead by 1847. If Mary O'Neale was indeed one of the children, she died sometime between 1819-1822. We know that Joseph died in 1840. Betsey, Colbert, and Ezra were still alive. So the yet unidentified girl who would round out the six children, must have passed away.