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JOHN NEAL, farmer, P. O. Surryville, was born in Brown County, Ohio, December 14, 1827, and is a son of William and Jane Neal, who were both natives of Virginia. William emigrated to Ohio and settled in Clark Township, Brown County, in 1817, where he remained until his death, which occurred in 1874; his wife is still living. They were married in 1819 and were the parents of eight children, of whom seven are living. John is the second son and fourth child. He was united in marriage with Sarah Jane Kennedy March 14, 1855. He engaged in farming for himself at twenty-three years of age; thus he continued for five years, when he was married and moved on his father’s farm. He remained there until 1876, when he bought twenty-one acres of land where he now resides, and has since added, until he owns 120 acres in the home farm, which is in a high state of cultivation, with excellent buildings erected on the same. He acquired a common school education. Mr. and Mrs. Neal are the parents of five children, of whom four survive — Charles Eugene, William B., Jessie Belle and John R. Mr. Neal is a very sociable gentleman, of pleasing address and manners, an agreeable neighbor and a good citizen.