| Name |
Neal McGaffey |
| Born |
Jun 26, 1794 |
Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
Jul 07, 1867 |
Kaufman, Texas, USA |
| Notes |
- He and his son, Otis, arrived in Sabine Pass, Texas about Jan of 1840. They traveled back to White Pigeon, Ohio by 1841 to get their family. He was living in a 2-room log cabin in Bevilport (Wiess' Bluff), Texas by 1842. In 1845, he and his son, Otis, and their families, visited for several days with the family of Simon Wiess, old acquaintances.
In 1839 Neal whose profession was a lawyer, came to Sabine Pass from Michigan. He built a home west of town on brother John's land.
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| Person ID |
I10215 |
mykindred |
| Last Modified |
Oct 12, 2006 |
| Father |
Samuel McGaffey, RS, b. Jan 13, 1760, Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA , d. Mar 25, 1823, Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA (Age 63 years) |
| Mother |
Lydia Sanborn, b. Dec 24, 1763, Epsom, New Hampshire, USA , d. Jun 20, 1844, Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA (Age 80 years) |
| Married |
Jun 10, 1783 |
| Notes |
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| Family ID |
F12935 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Hannah McNeil, b. Sep 03, 1801, Tiffin, Seneca county, Ohio, USA , d. Sep 08, 1862, Texas, USA (Age 61 years) |
| Married |
1819 |
Circleville, Ohio, USA |
| Married |
Nov 23, 1819 |
Sabine, Texas, USA |
| Notes |
- "Why, as I recall, Neal McGaffey killed a beef and cut it up and sent it around to the ladies to cook. Everybody was asked to bake bread, biscuits, or cake, or anything they could. Increase Burch had a fine sweet potato patch; he began to dig potatoes and cook them. Mrs. Kate Dorman got into her buggy and with Mrs. (Sarah) Vosberg (Chasteen's future sister-in-law) accompanying her, they delivered food to the fort during the thick of the battle. By the time the battle was over, the soldiers met these ladies with refreshments and ate their first meal of the day. Everything was done to honor those brave men by the citizens of the Pass, and not only then, but for as long as they remained at the fort."
... 'Uncle Joe Chasteen...", By W. T. Block; Reprinted from Beaumont ENTERPRISE, Feb. 5, 1984. Based on Chasteen's memoirs in the Confederate veteran's column of Galveston "Daily News" in 1899. (http://www.wtblock.com/wtblockjr/unclejoe.htm )
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| Children |
| | 1. Otis McGaffey, b. Aug 30, 1820, Circleville, Ohio, USA , d. May 27, 1908, Luling, Texas, USA (Age 87 years) |
| | 2. Oliver McGaffey, b. 1825, Fort Ball, Ohio, USA , d. Y |
| | 3. Julia Maria McGaffey, b. Jul 01, 1832, White Pigeon, St. Joseph county, Michigan, USA , d. Y |
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| Family ID |
F12938 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
1794 - 1867 (73 years)
