Born Virginia "Jennie" Catherine Steele to Lewis Field Steele and his wife, Martha Louisa Saunders in Bossier Parish, Louisiana. Jennie became the wife of merchant and CSA veteran Benjamin Franklin "B.F." O'Neal on December 16, 1874 in Bossier Parish, La. Her father, L.F. Steele, children Mattie Steele, David, Johnie O'Neal, and her husband are buried at Bellevue Cemetery along with her. Her mother is buried in Ellis, Texas.
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The Bossier Banner.
June 8, 1899
Page 3
Death of Mrs. B. F. Oneal.
Mrs. Jennie Steele Oneal, wife of Mr. B. F. Oneal, died at her home in Benton at 2:30 o'clock A. M., June 5, 1899, aged forty-four years, two months and eight days.
Mrs. Oneal was a daughter of Lewis F. Steele, Sheriff of this parish before the war, and was born near Bellevue March 27, 1855. She was married to Mr. B. F. Oneal December 16, 1864, and joined the Baptist church at Bellevue June 4, 1883.
The death of Mrs Oneal was not unexpected, she having been sick for about two years. Although fully expected for the past few weeks, the community was none the better to give her up without grief and sorrowing hearts. Gathered about her bedside were the devoted husband whose companion she had been for twenty-five years and the children to whom she had been the most loving, kindest and sweetest of all mothers. This parting of loved ones was sad indeed, but through the darkness and sadness arose as the noonday sun the sweet consolation that at the end of this fleeting life God's children are gathered home, and that she had gone to Him whom she had loved and served.
There were many admirable traits in Mrs. Oneal's life, but nothing nobler than her brave and cheerful spirit. She met and contended with one affliction, and came out conqueror because she was faithful, courageous and calm even under the most trying conditions. Her Christian faith was sufficient to carry her through all her tribulations, and she never lost sight of the better life which she believed is certain to follow all the hardships and tossings of this brief existence. As she entered the portals of the great beyond there was undoubtedly in her heart the peace that passeth understanding and the hope that the world cannot give. Like the crystal fountain whose waters ever rise upward, heavenward, so her heart, ceaseless, inspiring ever strove to rise above the poor trail humanity which all most combat here below. And how well she succeeded it needs no pen to tell. Well may those who mourn her death be proud of the beautiful memory she has left; proud that she did her life work so truly and nobly, and left the memory of her virtues as a priceless heritage to all who knew and loved her. But if such is the esteem in which her friends held her, what can be said of her home life, that beautiful life hidden from the gaze of the world, within the shades of a happy home where love an duty reigned supreme? For it was in the bosom of her family that her Christian example and fidelity and devotion shone with untarnished luster. There, she was ever the guardian angel of the hearth stone, the pure white lily whose gentle fragrance pervaded every corner, and which will ever linger as a precious, living presence in the hearts of her bereaved husband and desolate children.
As Mrs. Oneal lived she died, a beautiful example of Christian womanhood. Without a moan, without a struggle, she yielded up her pure spirit to Him who gave it, while the smile that was ever on her lips in life lingered lovingly in death, as a pledge of greater happiness above than this world can ever bestow.
Deceased leaves a husband, six children, a mother, three sisters and other relatives and many friends to mourn her death.
The funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. S. Campbell Monday morning at the family residence, and the remains were laid to rest in the cemetery at Bellevue Tuesday, in the presence of many sympathetic friends who were present to pay the last tribute to her memory.
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B.F.'s store in Bellevue advertised: B. F. Oneal, Dealer in General Merchandise, Groceries, Plantation Supplies, Fine Wines, Liquors, Cigars, Tobacco, Etc.
From the Conover genealogy website:
B.F. O'Neal
He was the son of Stephen C. O'Neal and Sarah Crownover. Benjamin Franklin O'Neal served in R. E. Wyche's Calvary Company in the Civil War, with service in the Trans-Mississippi Department during the greater part of the war. He was was engaged in the livery business at Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. He was a farmer at Bossier Parish, Louisiana. He was a census enumerator in 1870 at North Bossier Parish, Louisiana. He held the position of of Sheriff bt 1870 - 1876. He married Jennie Steele in Dec. 1874. Benjamin Franklin O'Neal served on the Police Jury bt 1876 - 1878.
B.F. passed away on a trip to New Orleans to visit his son in 1910.
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The Bossier Banner.
June 8, 1899
Page 3
Death of Mrs. B. F. Oneal.
Mrs. Jennie Steele Oneal, wife of Mr. B. F. Oneal, died at her home in Benton at 2:30 o'clock A. M., June 5, 1899, aged forty-four years, two months and eight days.
Mrs. Oneal was a daughter of Lewis F. Steele, Sheriff of this parish before the war, and was born near Bellevue March 27, 1855. She was married to Mr. B. F. Oneal December 16, 1864, and joined the Baptist church at Bellevue June 4, 1883.
The death of Mrs Oneal was not unexpected, she having been sick for about two years. Although fully expected for the past few weeks, the community was none the better to give her up without grief and sorrowing hearts. Gathered about her bedside were the devoted husband whose companion she had been for twenty-five years and the children to whom she had been the most loving, kindest and sweetest of all mothers. This parting of loved ones was sad indeed, but through the darkness and sadness arose as the noonday sun the sweet consolation that at the end of this fleeting life God's children are gathered home, and that she had gone to Him whom she had loved and served.
There were many admirable traits in Mrs. Oneal's life, but nothing nobler than her brave and cheerful spirit. She met and contended with one affliction, and came out conqueror because she was faithful, courageous and calm even under the most trying conditions. Her Christian faith was sufficient to carry her through all her tribulations, and she never lost sight of the better life which she believed is certain to follow all the hardships and tossings of this brief existence. As she entered the portals of the great beyond there was undoubtedly in her heart the peace that passeth understanding and the hope that the world cannot give. Like the crystal fountain whose waters ever rise upward, heavenward, so her heart, ceaseless, inspiring ever strove to rise above the poor trail humanity which all most combat here below. And how well she succeeded it needs no pen to tell. Well may those who mourn her death be proud of the beautiful memory she has left; proud that she did her life work so truly and nobly, and left the memory of her virtues as a priceless heritage to all who knew and loved her. But if such is the esteem in which her friends held her, what can be said of her home life, that beautiful life hidden from the gaze of the world, within the shades of a happy home where love an duty reigned supreme? For it was in the bosom of her family that her Christian example and fidelity and devotion shone with untarnished luster. There, she was ever the guardian angel of the hearth stone, the pure white lily whose gentle fragrance pervaded every corner, and which will ever linger as a precious, living presence in the hearts of her bereaved husband and desolate children.
As Mrs. Oneal lived she died, a beautiful example of Christian womanhood. Without a moan, without a struggle, she yielded up her pure spirit to Him who gave it, while the smile that was ever on her lips in life lingered lovingly in death, as a pledge of greater happiness above than this world can ever bestow.
Deceased leaves a husband, six children, a mother, three sisters and other relatives and many friends to mourn her death.
The funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. S. Campbell Monday morning at the family residence, and the remains were laid to rest in the cemetery at Bellevue Tuesday, in the presence of many sympathetic friends who were present to pay the last tribute to her memory.
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B.F.'s store in Bellevue advertised: B. F. Oneal, Dealer in General Merchandise, Groceries, Plantation Supplies, Fine Wines, Liquors, Cigars, Tobacco, Etc.
From the Conover genealogy website:
B.F. O'Neal
He was the son of Stephen C. O'Neal and Sarah Crownover. Benjamin Franklin O'Neal served in R. E. Wyche's Calvary Company in the Civil War, with service in the Trans-Mississippi Department during the greater part of the war. He was was engaged in the livery business at Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. He was a farmer at Bossier Parish, Louisiana. He was a census enumerator in 1870 at North Bossier Parish, Louisiana. He held the position of of Sheriff bt 1870 - 1876. He married Jennie Steele in Dec. 1874. Benjamin Franklin O'Neal served on the Police Jury bt 1876 - 1878.
B.F. passed away on a trip to New Orleans to visit his son in 1910.
Born Virginia "Jennie" Catherine Steele to Lewis Field Steele and his wife, Martha Louisa Saunders in Bossier Parish, Louisiana. Jennie became the wife of merchant and CSA veteran Benjamin Franklin "B.F." O'Neal on December 16, 1874 in Bossier Parish, La. Her father, L.F. Steele, children Mattie Steele, David, Johnie O'Neal, and her husband are buried at Bellevue Cemetery along with her. Her mother is buried in Ellis, Texas.
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The Bossier Banner.
June 8, 1899
Page 3
Death of Mrs. B. F. Oneal.
Mrs. Jennie Steele Oneal, wife of Mr. B. F. Oneal, died at her home in Benton at 2:30 o'clock A. M., June 5, 1899, aged forty-four years, two months and eight days.
Mrs. Oneal was a daughter of Lewis F. Steele, Sheriff of this parish before the war, and was born near Bellevue March 27, 1855. She was married to Mr. B. F. Oneal December 16, 1864, and joined the Baptist church at Bellevue June 4, 1883.
The death of Mrs Oneal was not unexpected, she having been sick for about two years. Although fully expected for the past few weeks, the community was none the better to give her up without grief and sorrowing hearts. Gathered about her bedside were the devoted husband whose companion she had been for twenty-five years and the children to whom she had been the most loving, kindest and sweetest of all mothers. This parting of loved ones was sad indeed, but through the darkness and sadness arose as the noonday sun the sweet consolation that at the end of this fleeting life God's children are gathered home, and that she had gone to Him whom she had loved and served.
There were many admirable traits in Mrs. Oneal's life, but nothing nobler than her brave and cheerful spirit. She met and contended with one affliction, and came out conqueror because she was faithful, courageous and calm even under the most trying conditions. Her Christian faith was sufficient to carry her through all her tribulations, and she never lost sight of the better life which she believed is certain to follow all the hardships and tossings of this brief existence. As she entered the portals of the great beyond there was undoubtedly in her heart the peace that passeth understanding and the hope that the world cannot give. Like the crystal fountain whose waters ever rise upward, heavenward, so her heart, ceaseless, inspiring ever strove to rise above the poor trail humanity which all most combat here below. And how well she succeeded it needs no pen to tell. Well may those who mourn her death be proud of the beautiful memory she has left; proud that she did her life work so truly and nobly, and left the memory of her virtues as a priceless heritage to all who knew and loved her. But if such is the esteem in which her friends held her, what can be said of her home life, that beautiful life hidden from the gaze of the world, within the shades of a happy home where love an duty reigned supreme? For it was in the bosom of her family that her Christian example and fidelity and devotion shone with untarnished luster. There, she was ever the guardian angel of the hearth stone, the pure white lily whose gentle fragrance pervaded every corner, and which will ever linger as a precious, living presence in the hearts of her bereaved husband and desolate children.
As Mrs. Oneal lived she died, a beautiful example of Christian womanhood. Without a moan, without a struggle, she yielded up her pure spirit to Him who gave it, while the smile that was ever on her lips in life lingered lovingly in death, as a pledge of greater happiness above than this world can ever bestow.
Deceased leaves a husband, six children, a mother, three sisters and other relatives and many friends to mourn her death.
The funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. S. Campbell Monday morning at the family residence, and the remains were laid to rest in the cemetery at Bellevue Tuesday, in the presence of many sympathetic friends who were present to pay the last tribute to her memory.
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B.F.'s store in Bellevue advertised: B. F. Oneal, Dealer in General Merchandise, Groceries, Plantation Supplies, Fine Wines, Liquors, Cigars, Tobacco, Etc.
From the Conover genealogy website:
B.F. O'Neal
He was the son of Stephen C. O'Neal and Sarah Crownover. Benjamin Franklin O'Neal served in R. E. Wyche's Calvary Company in the Civil War, with service in the Trans-Mississippi Department during the greater part of the war. He was was engaged in the livery business at Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. He was a farmer at Bossier Parish, Louisiana. He was a census enumerator in 1870 at North Bossier Parish, Louisiana. He held the position of of Sheriff bt 1870 - 1876. He married Jennie Steele in Dec. 1874. Benjamin Franklin O'Neal served on the Police Jury bt 1876 - 1878.
B.F. passed away on a trip to New Orleans to visit his son in 1910.
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The Bossier Banner.
June 8, 1899
Page 3
Death of Mrs. B. F. Oneal.
Mrs. Jennie Steele Oneal, wife of Mr. B. F. Oneal, died at her home in Benton at 2:30 o'clock A. M., June 5, 1899, aged forty-four years, two months and eight days.
Mrs. Oneal was a daughter of Lewis F. Steele, Sheriff of this parish before the war, and was born near Bellevue March 27, 1855. She was married to Mr. B. F. Oneal December 16, 1864, and joined the Baptist church at Bellevue June 4, 1883.
The death of Mrs Oneal was not unexpected, she having been sick for about two years. Although fully expected for the past few weeks, the community was none the better to give her up without grief and sorrowing hearts. Gathered about her bedside were the devoted husband whose companion she had been for twenty-five years and the children to whom she had been the most loving, kindest and sweetest of all mothers. This parting of loved ones was sad indeed, but through the darkness and sadness arose as the noonday sun the sweet consolation that at the end of this fleeting life God's children are gathered home, and that she had gone to Him whom she had loved and served.
There were many admirable traits in Mrs. Oneal's life, but nothing nobler than her brave and cheerful spirit. She met and contended with one affliction, and came out conqueror because she was faithful, courageous and calm even under the most trying conditions. Her Christian faith was sufficient to carry her through all her tribulations, and she never lost sight of the better life which she believed is certain to follow all the hardships and tossings of this brief existence. As she entered the portals of the great beyond there was undoubtedly in her heart the peace that passeth understanding and the hope that the world cannot give. Like the crystal fountain whose waters ever rise upward, heavenward, so her heart, ceaseless, inspiring ever strove to rise above the poor trail humanity which all most combat here below. And how well she succeeded it needs no pen to tell. Well may those who mourn her death be proud of the beautiful memory she has left; proud that she did her life work so truly and nobly, and left the memory of her virtues as a priceless heritage to all who knew and loved her. But if such is the esteem in which her friends held her, what can be said of her home life, that beautiful life hidden from the gaze of the world, within the shades of a happy home where love an duty reigned supreme? For it was in the bosom of her family that her Christian example and fidelity and devotion shone with untarnished luster. There, she was ever the guardian angel of the hearth stone, the pure white lily whose gentle fragrance pervaded every corner, and which will ever linger as a precious, living presence in the hearts of her bereaved husband and desolate children.
As Mrs. Oneal lived she died, a beautiful example of Christian womanhood. Without a moan, without a struggle, she yielded up her pure spirit to Him who gave it, while the smile that was ever on her lips in life lingered lovingly in death, as a pledge of greater happiness above than this world can ever bestow.
Deceased leaves a husband, six children, a mother, three sisters and other relatives and many friends to mourn her death.
The funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. S. Campbell Monday morning at the family residence, and the remains were laid to rest in the cemetery at Bellevue Tuesday, in the presence of many sympathetic friends who were present to pay the last tribute to her memory.
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B.F.'s store in Bellevue advertised: B. F. Oneal, Dealer in General Merchandise, Groceries, Plantation Supplies, Fine Wines, Liquors, Cigars, Tobacco, Etc.
From the Conover genealogy website:
B.F. O'Neal
He was the son of Stephen C. O'Neal and Sarah Crownover. Benjamin Franklin O'Neal served in R. E. Wyche's Calvary Company in the Civil War, with service in the Trans-Mississippi Department during the greater part of the war. He was was engaged in the livery business at Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. He was a farmer at Bossier Parish, Louisiana. He was a census enumerator in 1870 at North Bossier Parish, Louisiana. He held the position of of Sheriff bt 1870 - 1876. He married Jennie Steele in Dec. 1874. Benjamin Franklin O'Neal served on the Police Jury bt 1876 - 1878.
B.F. passed away on a trip to New Orleans to visit his son in 1910.
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