History of Independence County Arkansas United States of America

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The Biography of Robert Neill

Robert Neill, representative, was born in Independence county, Ark., Nov. 19, 1838; sen of Henry and Dorcas (Stark) Neill; grandson of Robert and Magdalene (Black) Neill, and a descendant of John and Bethia Neill of Sussex county, Del. He received a good English education in private schools and took a course in land surveying in Ohio in 1859. He was surveyor of Independence county, 1860-61; a private, lieutenant and captain in the 1st Arkansas mounted riflemen, Confederate army, 1861-65, serving in Gert. Ben. McCulloch's Army of the West and afterward in the Army of Tennessee. He was clerk of the circuit court of Independence county, 1866-68; was admitted to the bar in 1868, and settled in active practice in Batesville, Ark., in 1872. He was married, April 27, 1869, to Mary Adelia, daughter of John H. and Esther Byers, natives of Ohio. He held the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the Arkansas state guards, 1874-77, and brigadier-general of state militia, 1877-82; was a delegate and vice-president for Arkansas in the Democratic national convention at St. Louis in 1888; was a member of the Democratic state central committee, and a Democratic representative from the sixth Arkansas district in the 53d and 54th congresses, 1893-97.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

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