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Hamilton Neal, farmer of Warren County, and now a resident of the Fourth Civil District, is the son of William and Hannah Neal. The father was a native Virginian, born November 10, 1777, and of English extraction. His parents immigrated to Tennessee when William was quite young, and here he married Hannah Jones, a native of Virginia born September 17, 1773. They came to White County, Tenn., in 1806, and were among the first settlers of the county. They were both members of the Baptist Church, and died in 1865 and 1860 respectively. Our subject was born in the Fourth Civil District of Warren County, Tenn., September 26, 1812, and was the eighth of ten children. He married Sallie Forrest, a native of Warren County, born April, 1806. She was a member of the Baptist Church, and died April, 1853. Their family consisted of the following children: Elizabeth, Hannah, Martha, Katherine, O. D. and John M. Those deceased are Mary Martha, and O. D.; the last named was born September 2, 1842, and in the spring of 1861 enlisted in the Confederate service, Sixteenth Tennessee Infantry, under Col. Savage. He died at Huntersville Hospital, September 3, 1861. December 11, 1854, our subject married Nancy Ann Burnett, a native of McMinn County, Tenn., born September, 1827, and a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. This marriage resulted in the birth of these children: Jennie, Nancy Ann, Hamilton, Lula, Jesse E., P. L., Joseph B. and Robert L. Our subject is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, a good citizen and a Democrat in politics.