According to the "History of York County, Pennsylvania (Volume v.2)" by George Reeser Prowell, William Neely received "a common school education [in Ireland], and was raised to an agricultural life. He was of the Irish gentry, and much of his time was spent in hunting foxes behind the hounds." He had three brothers; the oldest lived to be 103 years, 3 months, and 3 days old. William was the only one to come to America.
William immigrated to the United States in 1838 without his family to find a place to live. In 1840, his family followed: Jane and her father, James Frew, a sister, and five of their children - Mary, Samuel, Margaret, Thomas and Elizabeth.
William was a cattle dealer who bought and sold beef and dairy cattle at a profit. His profession on the 1850 census was recorded as "Speculator in Cattle".
The value of his real estate that year, as reported to on the census, was $1,250. The value of his real estate by the 1860 census had grown to $10,400 and his personal property was valued at $1,200.
After arriving in American, William's family first settled in Paradise, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, then moved to Gordonville, Lancaster County, where they lived for 7 years. Following that, they moved to Strasburg, Lancaster County, where they lived for 4 more years. He then bought a 131 acre farm in Colerain Township, Lancaster County, where they lived for 11 years. The farm was known as the "William Whiteside property", and was located one and a half miles west of Kirkwood, Pennsylvania. In addition to a two-story brick house, the property had two barns and four tenant houses.
He sold the property in October 1862 and acquired a property in Oxford Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, only 5 miles southeast of Kirkwood. He lived there until after 1870, at which point he and his wife retired and went to live with their son Thomas in Lower Chanceford Township, York County, Pennsylvania.
In 1876, according to an 1897 newspaper article, he returned to Ireland for 5 months, "and it gave him great joy to meet his brothers and old acquaintances, and to see the old landmarks."
In the early 1880s, he and his wife went to live with his son Dr. Shaw Frew Neely in Leavenworth, Kansas. After several years, he returned to Pennsylvania. For the last 8 years of his life, he lived with his son, John Neely, in Airville, York County.
According to George Reeser Prowell, "William, in religion, was a member of the Presbyterian Church and, in politics, was a member of the Democratic Party." There is evidence that he was active in the Lancaster County Democratic politics and was a strong supporter of James Buchanan, a native Pennsylvanian, as well as the James Polk's administration and the Mexican-American War.
William immigrated to the United States in 1838 without his family to find a place to live. In 1840, his family followed: Jane and her father, James Frew, a sister, and five of their children - Mary, Samuel, Margaret, Thomas and Elizabeth.
William was a cattle dealer who bought and sold beef and dairy cattle at a profit. His profession on the 1850 census was recorded as "Speculator in Cattle".
The value of his real estate that year, as reported to on the census, was $1,250. The value of his real estate by the 1860 census had grown to $10,400 and his personal property was valued at $1,200.
After arriving in American, William's family first settled in Paradise, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, then moved to Gordonville, Lancaster County, where they lived for 7 years. Following that, they moved to Strasburg, Lancaster County, where they lived for 4 more years. He then bought a 131 acre farm in Colerain Township, Lancaster County, where they lived for 11 years. The farm was known as the "William Whiteside property", and was located one and a half miles west of Kirkwood, Pennsylvania. In addition to a two-story brick house, the property had two barns and four tenant houses.
He sold the property in October 1862 and acquired a property in Oxford Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, only 5 miles southeast of Kirkwood. He lived there until after 1870, at which point he and his wife retired and went to live with their son Thomas in Lower Chanceford Township, York County, Pennsylvania.
In 1876, according to an 1897 newspaper article, he returned to Ireland for 5 months, "and it gave him great joy to meet his brothers and old acquaintances, and to see the old landmarks."
In the early 1880s, he and his wife went to live with his son Dr. Shaw Frew Neely in Leavenworth, Kansas. After several years, he returned to Pennsylvania. For the last 8 years of his life, he lived with his son, John Neely, in Airville, York County.
According to George Reeser Prowell, "William, in religion, was a member of the Presbyterian Church and, in politics, was a member of the Democratic Party." There is evidence that he was active in the Lancaster County Democratic politics and was a strong supporter of James Buchanan, a native Pennsylvanian, as well as the James Polk's administration and the Mexican-American War.
According to the "History of York County, Pennsylvania (Volume v.2)" by George Reeser Prowell, William Neely received "a common school education [in Ireland], and was raised to an agricultural life. He was of the Irish gentry, and much of his time was spent in hunting foxes behind the hounds." He had three brothers; the oldest lived to be 103 years, 3 months, and 3 days old. William was the only one to come to America.
William immigrated to the United States in 1838 without his family to find a place to live. In 1840, his family followed: Jane and her father, James Frew, a sister, and five of their children - Mary, Samuel, Margaret, Thomas and Elizabeth.
William was a cattle dealer who bought and sold beef and dairy cattle at a profit. His profession on the 1850 census was recorded as "Speculator in Cattle".
The value of his real estate that year, as reported to on the census, was $1,250. The value of his real estate by the 1860 census had grown to $10,400 and his personal property was valued at $1,200.
After arriving in American, William's family first settled in Paradise, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, then moved to Gordonville, Lancaster County, where they lived for 7 years. Following that, they moved to Strasburg, Lancaster County, where they lived for 4 more years. He then bought a 131 acre farm in Colerain Township, Lancaster County, where they lived for 11 years. The farm was known as the "William Whiteside property", and was located one and a half miles west of Kirkwood, Pennsylvania. In addition to a two-story brick house, the property had two barns and four tenant houses.
He sold the property in October 1862 and acquired a property in Oxford Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, only 5 miles southeast of Kirkwood. He lived there until after 1870, at which point he and his wife retired and went to live with their son Thomas in Lower Chanceford Township, York County, Pennsylvania.
In 1876, according to an 1897 newspaper article, he returned to Ireland for 5 months, "and it gave him great joy to meet his brothers and old acquaintances, and to see the old landmarks."
In the early 1880s, he and his wife went to live with his son Dr. Shaw Frew Neely in Leavenworth, Kansas. After several years, he returned to Pennsylvania. For the last 8 years of his life, he lived with his son, John Neely, in Airville, York County.
According to George Reeser Prowell, "William, in religion, was a member of the Presbyterian Church and, in politics, was a member of the Democratic Party." There is evidence that he was active in the Lancaster County Democratic politics and was a strong supporter of James Buchanan, a native Pennsylvanian, as well as the James Polk's administration and the Mexican-American War.
William immigrated to the United States in 1838 without his family to find a place to live. In 1840, his family followed: Jane and her father, James Frew, a sister, and five of their children - Mary, Samuel, Margaret, Thomas and Elizabeth.
William was a cattle dealer who bought and sold beef and dairy cattle at a profit. His profession on the 1850 census was recorded as "Speculator in Cattle".
The value of his real estate that year, as reported to on the census, was $1,250. The value of his real estate by the 1860 census had grown to $10,400 and his personal property was valued at $1,200.
After arriving in American, William's family first settled in Paradise, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, then moved to Gordonville, Lancaster County, where they lived for 7 years. Following that, they moved to Strasburg, Lancaster County, where they lived for 4 more years. He then bought a 131 acre farm in Colerain Township, Lancaster County, where they lived for 11 years. The farm was known as the "William Whiteside property", and was located one and a half miles west of Kirkwood, Pennsylvania. In addition to a two-story brick house, the property had two barns and four tenant houses.
He sold the property in October 1862 and acquired a property in Oxford Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, only 5 miles southeast of Kirkwood. He lived there until after 1870, at which point he and his wife retired and went to live with their son Thomas in Lower Chanceford Township, York County, Pennsylvania.
In 1876, according to an 1897 newspaper article, he returned to Ireland for 5 months, "and it gave him great joy to meet his brothers and old acquaintances, and to see the old landmarks."
In the early 1880s, he and his wife went to live with his son Dr. Shaw Frew Neely in Leavenworth, Kansas. After several years, he returned to Pennsylvania. For the last 8 years of his life, he lived with his son, John Neely, in Airville, York County.
According to George Reeser Prowell, "William, in religion, was a member of the Presbyterian Church and, in politics, was a member of the Democratic Party." There is evidence that he was active in the Lancaster County Democratic politics and was a strong supporter of James Buchanan, a native Pennsylvanian, as well as the James Polk's administration and the Mexican-American War.
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