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JEREMIAH NEFF, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Stanford; was born in Rockingham Co., Va,; Dec. 20, 1819; his father, Abraham Neff, and his mother, Catherine, were born in the same county. Jeremiah Neff married Catherine Kiser Dec. 22, 1846; she was born in Augusta Co., Va., June 20, 1823; her father, George Kiser, and her mother, Susan Kiser, were born in the same county. Mr. and Mrs. Neff have had seven children — John Edward, born Sept. 23, 1847 (he married Catherine Wright); George Marion, born Sept. 6, 1850, died Oct. 18, 1862, of diphtheria (all the children were attacked with the same disease, and, but for timely discovery, all would, undoubtedly, have died); Lydia Jane, born Jan. 30, 1853 (married Silas Hams); Caroline Susan, born March 15, 1855; Pleasant Harvey, born Feb. 7, 1858; William Henry, born May 26, 1860; Elizabeth Ann, born Jan. 10, 1863, and Philander Artemus, born Oct. 3, 1865. Mr. Neff came overland, direct to Allin Township, with his own team, and was five weeks and three days on the road; arrived here in October, 1856; he owns 743 acres of land in this township and Kansas. In politics, is a Democrat.