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From: marta burns <>
Subject: [PAGREENE-L] neel, thomas, gregg
Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 18:40:42 -0800


Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County by Gresham and
Wiley, 1889, p563
Rev Joshua Thomas Neel, an able young minister of the Cumberland
Presbyterian church, was born in Cumberland township, Greene county,
Penna, January 17, 1857, and is a son of Aliff S Neel and Maria L Thomas
Neel.
Barnet Neel, his grandfather, was a blacksmith by occupation, and
resided in Greene county, where he dealt in blooded stock and fine
horses. His father was a soldier in the War of the Revolution.
Aliff S Neel was born in Cumberland township, Greene county, Penna,
where he died in the prime of life. By occupation he was a farmer.
He married Miss Maria L Thomas, daughter of Joshua Thomas, a Greene
county farmer, and to their marriage were born the following children:
Martha L Neel, Elizabeth M Neel (dead), Joshua T Neel, and Remembrance H
Neel.
Reverent Joshua T Neel was educated in Greene Academy and Waynesburg
College, and was graduated with high honors from the latter institution
in the class of 1884. Leaving college he entered the United Presbyterian
Seminary at Allegheny City, where he completed the course prescribed for
a regular graduation. On account of the death of his father, he had to
support himself, and at the same time earn the means to take his academic
and professional courses in college. This he did by teaching, and taught
eight terms in the common schools of Greene and one in Fayette county.
Immediately after leaving the Seminary, he was installed as pastor of the
Hopewell Cumberland Presbyterian church, one of the strongest and best
supported churches of the Presbyterian faith in the county. He bears the
honor of being the first regularly installed pastor of this church since
its organization in 1832. During his three years' charge of this church
there have been seventy five additions to its membership roll.
In May, 1886, he was married to Miss Rhoda Ann Gregg, daughter of Aaron
Gregg of Carmicheal's, Greene county, Penna, and they have one child,
Paul Vincent Neel.
Rev Neel, in addition to his regular theological course of reading, still
pursues his studies along the various lines of science and literature,
and is a you ng and popular divine in Presbyterian circles of Fayette
county.

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