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TOGA NEWS
Issue 9, September, 2002
 

The O'Neal Genealogy Association Expedition 2002,
Day Two, The James O'Neal Cemetery Dedication

When we first started working on the cemetery we found Catherine's stone and assumed the unreadable stone probably belonged to James, since there wasn't a stone here for him. During the process of digging holes for the fence posts I hit something hard and dug it out. I dug up two pieces of James' stone. I fit the two pieces back together as best I could and set it back in place.

The children of James & Catherine include Henry, born about 1824, Rebecca, born about 1824 and died in 1870, Samuel, born about 1825 and married Priscilla Roberson, and died about 1850. Samuel was found living in Providence Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania in the 1850 Census and his occupation was listed as shoemaker. Sarah O'Neal was born about 1828 and died after 1871. We're assuming the unreadable stone on the far side of the cemetery may be Sarah's stone, seeing as two of the other children are also buried here.

Elizabeth's stone is here on the corner. she died January 02, 1907 and according to her stone was 70 years, 3 months and 16 days old when she died. The next stone belongs to John Harvey O'Neal. He was born November 06, 1837,  and died October 03, 1917. He was listen in the 1850 census as living in West Providence Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania and in 1870 in bloody run, which is now known as Everett. His occupation was listed as a Farmer.

As for the cemetery we hope to keep it in good shape in the years to come and support it so that future generations can come here and see where their ancestors lived and died. We'd like to thank the TOGA Members who contributed to this project. One of the contributors, Marjorie England Gromme, a direct descendant of James lives in california and was not able to make it here to the cemetery. But without the generous donations of persons like her, it would have been impossible to to accomplish what we did here.

Kenneth O'Neal, James O'Neal Cemetery Project Coordinator, July 27th, 2002


One last time I must thank EVERYBODY who contributed and got involved in this worthwhile project. Thanks to your contributions and Cousin Ken's contributions,  work, sweat and blood we have assured that our descendants will have a cemetery they can visit for many years to come. I was never prouder to be a TOGA Member than while standing there at The James O'Neal Cemetery, knowing that without our intervention, our ancestors resting there would have been lost to us forever. Thank you all.