Mary (Vernon) Neal was an immigrant pioneer who participated in the westward expansion of the United States. Join the Immigrant Pioneers Project.
Birth
Mary Jane Vernon was born on 28 Dec 1863 in Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana, United States. [1][2] She was the daughter of John Judah Vernon ((age 37) and Lucinda Mary Summers (age 27).
Siblings
Alonzo Benson Vernon
Melvina "Elvin" A. Vernon
Joseph Franklin Vernon
Louanna/Loamma Vernon
George Vernon
Martha Vernon
Alonzo Hedges, Half-Brother
Residences
1863: Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana
1870: Independence Township, Jasper County, Iowa.
1880: Independence Township, Jasper County, Iowa
1881: Clear Creek Township, Jasper County, Iowa
1884: Baxter, Jasper County, Iowa,
1885: Iowa
1887: Washington
1890: Elgin, Union County, Oregon
1891, Kansas
1898, Washington
1900: Elgin, Union County, Oregon
1910: Wallowa, Wallowa County, Oregon
1920: Poweshiek Township, Jasper County, Iowa
1920: Death of daughter Mary E. Neal-Rose in California
1930: Pueblo de las Juntas, Fresno County, California
1933: Death of husband, Henry Harrison Neal
1940: American Judicial Township, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
1950: Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
1955: Milton, Umatilla County, Oregon
Mary, age 7, In the 1870 census was in Independence Township, Jasper County, Iowa.[3]
Mary J. Vernon married Henry Harrison Neal on 18 Jul 1880 in Jasper, Iowa, United States[4][5] They resided with her in-laws, John and Lucinda (Summers) Vernon in 1880.
Children:
John Alonzo Neal, son, was born on 17 Apr 1881 in Clear Creek Township, Jasper, Iowa, United States.[6]
Viaretta May Neal, daughter, was born on 17 Jun 1884 in Baxter, Jasper, Iowa, United States.[7]
Minnie I Neal, daughter, 1885, Iowa
Mary E Neal, daughter, 1887, Washington
Ledger F Neal, son, 1891, Kansas
Sadie P Neal, daughter, 1898, Washington
Lawerence Neal, 1901, Oregon
Sometime after 1885, Henry Harrison Neal moved the family west. We see the family moving around to Washington State in 1887, to Kansas about 1891 or before, and to Washington again in and around 1898.
Mary Neal, daughter, married W. J. Cook on 26 Jan 1904 in Fresno, Fresno, California, United States.[8][9]
Mary E Neal-Rose, daughter, died on either the 13th or 16th of Oct 1920 in Stockton, San Joaquin, California, United States.[10][11]
Mary Jane was residing with her husband Henry in Pueblo de las Juntas, Fresno, California in 1930. It is believed they moved to California to be closer to their children.
Henry Harrison Neal was mentioned on a memorial in East Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, United States with a death date of 18 Oct 1933.[12]
Sadie P Neal-Carlson, daughter, died on 9 Jun 1945 in Sacramento, California, United States.[13]
John Alonzo Neal, son, died on 26 Jun 1945 in Sacramento, California, United States.[14]
Mary Jane moved sometime between 1950 and 1955 to the home of her daughter Viaretta May Neal-Hunter. Her daughter took care of her the remaining years of her life. She had visits from her grandchildren and great grandchildren in those later years. She had full faculties about her to the very end as witnessed by her great-granddaughter Alice Stephens.Stephens-3929 13:23, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
"A funny story shared by great-granddaughter Alice Stephens. Great Granmother had become a diabetic and was not eating well. however, she was totally against taking alcohol herself. So the doctor had told her daughter, Viaretta May to buy some grape flavored Manischewitz Wine, and to add a little to her usual grape juice, so that was done. She would eat and enjoy her meals."
Mary Jane Neal, daughter of John Vernon and Lucinda Summers Summers, died (age 92) at her daughter, Viaretta Neal-Hunter's home, on 25 Nov 1955 in Milton, Umatilla County, Oregon.[15][16] She passed away during the funeral of her son-in-law, Thomas Newton Hunter.
Memories
Mary Jane and her daughter Viaretta May recalled to Ernest Ledger Stephens (Grandson/Son) the story of the move in Wagon drawn by oxen traveling over part of the Oregon Trail to reach Oregon. It was further related that they did "willow work" to make things along the way and to be able to use such "Willow Work" to barter for other needed goods.
Henry had a pioneer's spirit and followed his desires to come Westward. It appears that the route they traveled followed that of the Homesteaders moving to Oregon. However whether he applied for a Homesteaders Land Grant is unknown. Her father appeared to move back and forth.
Mary Jane did get to see and enjoy the beauty of crossing the country, although they were not easy times.. (related to granddaughter by father, Ernest Ledger Stephens). Alice Stephens 14:39, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
Additional Family Notes
Viaretta May Neal, daughter, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q246-WZ4T : accessed 15 January 2021), Mary Jane Vernon in entry for Viaretta May Neal, 17 Jun 1884, Baxter, Jasper, Iowa, United States; citing reference ID 125036, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines; FamilySearch digital folder 101713542.
Viarietta May Hunter, daughter, died on 12 Oct 1956 in Milton-Freewater, Umatilla, Oregon, United States.[17][18]
Lawrence Leo Neal, son, died in 1979 in Butte, California, United States.[19] Lawrence Leo Neal was buried on 2 Aug 1979 in San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California, United States.[20]
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 14 January 2021), memorial page for Mary Jane Vernon Neal (28 Dec 1863–25 Nov 1955), Find A Grave: Memorial #15462439, citing Milton-Freewater IOOF Cemetery, Milton-Freewater, Umatilla County, Oregon, USA ; Maintained by Kay Cynova (contributor 47064119.
↑1870 Census:"United States Census, 1870"
citing Page: 10; Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: M593; Line: 10; Digital film/folder number: 004263629; FHL microfilm: 000545897; Image number: 231; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N01435-7 FamilySearch Record: MDVH-X1B (accessed 11 December 2023) FamilySearch Image: S3HY-6FMS-3F4 Mary J Vernon (7) in Independence Township, Jasper, Iowa, United States. Born in Indiana, U S.
↑ "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJKV-VX6 : 10 February 2018), H. H. Neal and Mary J. Vernon, 18 Jul 1880, Jasper, Iowa, United States; citing reference p 201, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,034,509.
↑Marriage:"Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
citing Digital film/folder number: 004310140; FHL microfilm: 001034509; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: I10088-1 FamilySearch Record: XJKV-VX6 (accessed 10 May 2024) Name: Mary J. Vernon; Marriage Date: 18 Jul 1880; Marriage Place: Jasper, Iowa, United States; Record Nbr: 90; System Of Record: SLS.
↑Birth of son Neal:"Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935" citing Digital film/folder number: 004707873; FHL microfilm: 1034508; Record number: 380; Packet letter: A FamilySearch Record: Q23C-FCSF (accessed 10 May 2024) Name: Jane Vernon Neal; Source Certificate Nbr: 374.
↑Birth of daughter Viaretta May Neal:"Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939" citing Digital film/folder number: 101713542; Image number: 42 FamilySearch Record: Q246-WZ4T (accessed 10 May 2024) FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS34-49VH-K
Name: Mary Jane Vernon; Vis Status: VISIBLE; System Of Record: SLS.
↑Marriage of daughter Mary Neal:
"California, County Marriages, 1850-1953" citing Digital film/folder number: 004666552; FHL microfilm: 1548476; Image number: 63; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: M03448-9 FamilySearch Record: KZ3P-LVQ (accessed 10 May 2024) FamilySearch Image: 939V-MV48-1
Name: Mary J. Neal; Vis Status: VISIBLE; Record Nbr: 117; System Of Record: SLS.
↑Marriage of daughter Mary Neal:"California Marriages, 1850-1945" citing Digital film/folder number: 004666552; FHL microfilm: 1548476; Record number: 117; Packet letter: A FamilySearch Record: H9WX-RHMM (accessed 10 May 2024) Name: Mary J. Neal; Source Reference: Volumes L-O.
↑Death of daughter Mary E Rose:"California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
citing Digital film/folder number: 004282294; FHL microfilm: 1831878; Image number: 740; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: I01127-2 FamilySearch Record: QV37-X3RK (accessed 10 May 2024) FamilySearch Image: 3QSQ-G9SX-HS4N Name: Mary Jane; Record Nbr: 703; System Of Record: SLS.
↑Death of daughter Mary E Rose:"California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994" citing Digital film/folder number: 004282294; Image number: 740 FamilySearch Record: ZKKG-N36Z (accessed 10 May 2024) FamilySearch Image: 3QSQ-G9SX-HS4N Name: Mary Jane; Record Nbr: 0; Source Certificate Nbr: 695; System Of Record: SLS.
↑Memorial:Find a Grave (has image)
Find A Grave: Memorial #33511691 (accessed 15 May 2024) Memorial page for Henry Harrison Neal (20 Sep 1859-18 Oct 1933), citing East Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, USA (plot: Section 2 Lot 256); Maintained by Kay Cynova (contributor 47064119).
↑Death of daughter Sadie P Carlson:"California Death Index, 1940-1997" FamilySearch Record: VPQX-MB5 (accessed 10 May 2024) Name: Vernon; Event Type: Death; Original Name First: SADIE; Original Name Middle: P.
↑Death of son John Alonzo Neal:"California Death Index, 1940-1997" FamilySearch Record: VPQF-5WC (accessed 10 May 2024) Name: Vernon; Event Type: Death; Original Name First: JOHN; Original Name Middle: ALONZO.
↑Death:"Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967" citing Digital film/folder number: 107155699; Image number: 750 FamilySearch Record: ZVMK-NXT2 (accessed 10 May 2024) FamilySearch Image: 3QHV-P3FB-59Z6-R Name: Mary Jane Neal; Race: White; Birth Date: 1862; Birth Place: Kokomo, Indiana; Death Date: 25 Nov 1955; Death Place: St. Helens, Washington, Oregon, United States; Age: 92 years; Record Nbr: 0; Source Ssn: No; Source Certificate Nbr: 13780; Vis Status: VISIBLE; System Of Record: SLS.
↑Burial:"Find a Grave Index" FamilySearch Record: QVVX-2QXX (accessed 10 May 2024) Find A Grave: Memorial #15462439 Name: Mary Jane Vernon Neal; Burial Place: Milton-Freewater, Umatilla, Oregon, United States of America; Birth Date: 28 Dec 1863; Death Date: 25 Nov 1955; Age Years: 92; Photo Included Flag: Y.
↑Death of daughter Virietta May Hunter:"Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967" citing Digital film/folder number: 107155457; Image number: 631 FamilySearch Record: ZJFG-17N2 (accessed 10 May 2024)
FamilySearch Image: 3QHV-L3FB-XHCL Name: Mary Jane Vernon Vernon; Vis Status: VISIBLE; Source Certificate Nbr: 12553; Record Nbr: 0; Source Ssn: No; System Of Record: SLS.
↑Death of daughter Virietta May Hunter:"Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967" citing Digital film/folder number: 107155457; Image number: 631
FamilySearch Record: ZJFG-17N2 (accessed 10 May 2024) FamilySearch Image: 3QHV-L3FB-XHCL Name: Mary Jane Vernon Vernon; Vis Status: VISIBLE; Source Certificate Nbr: 12553; Record Nbr: 0; Source Ssn: No; System Of Record: SLS.
↑Obituary of son Lawrence Leo Neal:"California, Napa and Butte Counties, Obituaries, 1866-1992" citing Digital film/folder number: 007605326; FHL microfilm: 001819841 FamilySearch Record: Q2Q1-6L52 (accessed 10 May 2024) FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-89JG-M9GM Image number 00220 Name: Mary Neal; Note Source: Butte County obituary index 1963-1990; Relationship To Head: Parent.
↑Burial of son Lawrence Leo Neal:"California Deaths and Burials, 1776-2000" citing Digital film/folder number: 007715866; FHL microfilm: 2021971; Packet letter: M; Indexing batch: B01016-0 FamilySearch Record: HGC2-D4PZ (accessed 10 May 2024) Name: Mary Jame Varren; Birth Place: Iowa; Record Nbr: 26; Vis Status: VISIBLE; System Of Record: SLS.
↑Birth of son John Alonso Neal:"United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007" citing Digital film/folder number: DI0001099 FamilySearch Record: 6K43-2H73 (accessed 10 May 2024) Name: Jane Vernon; Source Ssn: 553188596.
↑Birth of son Ledger Franklin Neal:"United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007" citing Digital film/folder number: DI0001099 FamilySearch Record: 6KW1-SVHD (accessed 10 May 2024) Name: Jane Vernon; Source Ssn: 540168642.
↑1870 Census:"United States Census, 1870"
citing Page: 10; Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: M593; Line: 10; Digital film/folder number: 004263629; FHL microfilm: 000545897; Image number: 231; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N01435-7
FamilySearch Record: MDVH-X1B (accessed 10 May 2024)
FamilySearch Image: S3HY-6FMS-3F4
Name: Mary J Vernon; Birth Date: 1863; Birth Place: Indiana, U S; Census Date: 1870; Census Place: Independence Township, Jasper, Iowa, United States; Race: White; Age: 7; Record Nbr: 8978; Vis Status: VISIBLE; System Of Record: SLS.
↑1880 Census:"United States Census, 1880" citing Volume: 2; Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T9; Affiliate Line Number: 00084; Digital film/folder number: 005160608; FHL microfilm: 1254346; Image number: 263; Sheet number: 18; Sheet letter: D FamilySearch Record: MD2L-QJV (accessed 10 May 2024) FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GYBZ-D62
Name: Mary Vernon; Race: White; Marital Status: Married; Census Date: 1880; Census Place: Independence Township, Jasper, Iowa, United States; Birth Date: 1863; Birth Place: Indiana, United States; Age: 17 years; Source Person Nbr: 2; Father Birth Place: New York, United States; Mother Birth Place: Indiana, United States; Relationship To Head: Daughter; Vis Status: VISIBLE; Record Nbr: 9745698; System Of Record: SLS.
↑1900 Census:"United States Census, 1900" citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T623; Line: 40; Digital film/folder number: 004118826; FHL microfilm: 1241352; Image number: 722; Sheet number: 12; Sheet letter: A; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N00776-4 FamilySearch Record: MSD5-DKV (accessed 10 May 2024)
FamilySearch Image: S3HY-6SJB-G3 Name: Mary J Neal; Race: White; Marital Status: Married; Census Date: 1900; Census Place: Elgin, Union, Oregon, United States; Birth Date: December 1863; Birth Place: Indiana; Age: 37 years; Cnt Children: 10; Father Birth Place: New York; Relationship To Head: Wife; Cnt Years Married: 19; Cnt Living Children: 6; Mother Birth Place: Indiana; Marriage Date (Original): 1881; Vis Status: VISIBLE; Record Nbr: 32800; System Of Record: SLS.
↑1910 Census:"United States Census, 1910" citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T624; Digital film/folder number: 004973345; FHL microfilm: 1375297; Image number: 1178; Sheet number: 10; Sheet letter: B; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N03487-2
FamilySearch Record: MLBH-1QT (accessed 10 May 2024) FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9RV2-99BP Name: Mary J Neal; Race: White; Marital Status: Married; Census Date: 1910; Census Place: Wallowa, Wallowa, Oregon, United States; Birth Date: 1863; Birth Place: Indiana; Record Nbr: 56162; Father Birth Place: New York; Relationship To Head: Wife; Mother Birth Place: Indiana; Age: 47; System Of Record: SLS.
↑1920 Census:"United States Census, 1920" citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T625; Line: 63; Digital film/folder number: 004965874; FHL microfilm: 1820496; Image number: 485; Sheet number: 10; Sheet letter: B; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N01920-1 FamilySearch Record: M81C-4RP (accessed 10 May 2024) FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GR6K-QLZ Name: Mary J Neal; Census Date: 1920; Census Place: Poweshiek Township, Jasper, Iowa, United States; Birth Date: 1863; Birth Place: Indiana; Race: White; Marital Status: Married; Age: 57 years; Relationship To Head: Wife; Father Birth Place: New York; Mother Birth Place: Indiana; Record Nbr: 23401; Vis Status: VISIBLE; System Of Record: SLS.
↑1930 Census:"United States Census, 1930" citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T626; Line: 23; Digital film/folder number: 004950101; FHL microfilm: 2339852; Image number: 867; Sheet number: 4; Sheet letter: A; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N03989-1 FamilySearch Record: XCFM-ZSV (accessed 10 May 2024) FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GR4C-HZ1 Name: Jane Neal; Race: White; Marital Status: Married; Census Date: 1930; Census Place: Township 03, 58, Fresno, California, United States; Birth Date: 1862; Birth Place: Indiana; Relationship To Head: Wife; Record Nbr: 39378; Father Birth Place: New York; Mother Birth Place: Indiana; Age: 68; System Of Record: SLS.
↑1940 Census:"United States Census, 1940" citing Affiliate Publication Number: T627; Line: 59; Digital film/folder number: 005456345; Image number: 195; Sheet number: 2; Sheet letter: B FamilySearch Record: K942-V14 (accessed 15 May 2024) FamilySearch Image: 3QSQ-G9MT-X9G Name: Mary Jane Neal; Residence Date: 1935; Residence Place: Same House; Census Date: 1940; Census Place: American Judicial Township, Sacramento, California, United States; Birth Date: 1864; Birth Place: Indiana; Marital Status: Widowed; Race: White; Age: 76; Relationship To Head: Head; Ims Ctl File Id: 679440; System Of Record: SLS.
↑1950 Census:"United States Census, 1950" citing Page: 13; Line: 2; Digital film/folder number: 108828144; Image number: 14 FamilySearch Record: 6XG9-3GC3 (accessed 16 May 2024) FamilySearch Image: 3QHN-GQHW-MQRP Name: Mary J. Neal; Census Date: 14 April 1950; Census Place: Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States; Birth Date: 1863; Birth Place: Indiana; Residence Date: 1949; Marital Status: Widowed; Race: W; Age: 87 years; Household Continued: No; Enumerator Name: Rolon L Allred; Image Dimensions: 4069,4730; Image Folder1950Census: 43290879-California-056557; Relationship To Head: Head; Misc Code B1950Census: 032; Occupation Category: U; System Of Record: SLS.
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