Capt
Stanley
Basil
McNeely
Born in Petersburg, Boone County, Kentucky, USA
Ancestors 
Brother of
Claude Hamilton McNeely and Charles McNeely
Husband of
Louisa Beale (Scudamore) McNeely
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Robert Hall McNeely, Eugene Ray McNeely, Stanley Blake McNeely, Marion Scudamore McNeely and Ethel Lynn (McNeely) Baker
Died
at age 58
in Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Oct 2014
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Biography
steamboat Captain on the Mississippi- his vessels-1)Elizabeth Hyde, his first command, a railroad transfer tug. 2) Cape City (bought second hand) ferry running from Vidalia La to Natchez Ms 3) El Capitan (built for Captain McNeely)- ferry running from Vidalia La to Natchez Ms, replaced the slower, weaker Cape City. It had a landing cannon "Young Thunder" inscribed "To Captain Marcellus McNeely from his men" cast in Memphis from brass collected by his men at Shiloh. Captain Marcellus gave it to his son for his new boat. El Capitan was used to rescue people & livestock during the flooding of 1911-12. 4) Little Rufus - fast, powerful sternwheeler, built by Rufus Learned & sister ship to Betsy Ann. Later bought "oak Ridge, a farm with a large antebellum home and pecan trees at the end of Duck Pond Road, about 3 miles east of Natchez and retired from the river. He died there.
Sources
Birth Returns 1910/1921 City of Natchez, Adams Co, Mississippi Compiled by Bob and Sarah Shumway "MCNEELY, Ethel Elane 5 F W 5-Aug-1910 Natchez, Miss. Y SCUDDAMORE, Luba 38 Natchez, Miss. MCNEELY, S. B. 42 Steam Boat Captain W. H. Aikman M.D." "Papa, the River and Me" 1975 by Stanley Blake McNeely
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Ethel Lynn "Tish" McNeely born JANUARY 31, 1889 Natchez Adams County Mississippi . She married the baseball player Al Baker.