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Submitted by Ken Walling
Descendant of James F. Neville and William H. Walling
| James F. Neville: Was born on April 19, 1803 in Pennsylvania,
then they move to Ohio & later settled in Edgar County, Illinois, he married and
had a daughter Nancy Ann (later to marry Wm. H. Walling). In the 1850's
the Neville's homesteaded in Mitchell County, Iowa. James Neville enlisted
at the age of 59 as a Drummer. The story that was passed down to us is
that he was the oldest member of the Company and he was teamed with a young man
of only 15 or 16 years of age that played the Fife. On Feb. 17, 1864 James
Neville was discharged for disability at Memphis, Tenn. to which he later died
from at Wars end. |
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