David Neese and Amelia Gentzel

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Husband David Neese ¹

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           Born: 28 Mar 1828 - Penn Twp, Centre Co, PA 2
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         Father: David Neese (Abt 1799-1872) 3
         Mother: Susan Kersteter (      -Abt 1872) 3

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       Marriage:  - Aaronsburg, Haines Twp, Centre Co, PA

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Wife Amelia Gentzel ²

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           Born: Abt 1841 - Penn Twp, Centre Co, PA
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         Father: Henry Gentzel (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Caroline Eppley (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 F Clara C. Neese ⁴

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         Spouse: John Witmer (      -      ) 4

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2 F Sevilla Neese ⁴

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         Spouse: Washington Tharp (      -      ) 4

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3 M James H. Neese ⁴

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4 F Ellen C. Neese ⁴

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5 F Minnie S. Neese ⁴

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6 F Nettie A. Neese ⁴

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         Spouse: Percival Tharp (      -      ) 4

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General Notes: Husband - David Neese

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He was born in Penn township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, and was seven years old when his parents acquired the family homestead, a portion of which he later owned. The schools of that time and locality were not suited to the mental development of a clever boy, and he deserved much better opportunities, but he did not even have a chance to improve fully those that he had, as his days were dedicated to farm work. When the harvest was finished at the homestead, which was a large estate, the father would permit his boys to work for other farmers and earn money for their own use, although the wages were very small. The trapping of foxes furnished another source of revenue for the boys, and Mr. Neese caught a goodly number. His outdoor life made him a strong, robust youth, capable of much labor, and until the age of twenty-seven he assisted his father and lived at home.
At the time of his marriage he was practically without money, and for five years he worked as a farm hand at fifty cents a day. During this time his devoted wife often assisted him in the field, earning twenty-five cents a day, or in raking and binding, in which she could do as much as any man, she would receive a man's wages, fifty cents per day. When they began farming on their own account they were obliged to rent, settling first on the old "Smith farm" west of Millheim, then on a farm in Penn township, and later on land in the Nittany Valley.
In 1879 Mr. Neese came into possession of an unimproved portion of the old homestead, there being no buildings whatever. He put up suitable and convenient buildings and made other improvements of a substantial kind, and made his home there. The place contained nearly 125 acres of choice land, and under his careful management it came to rank among the best farms in the locality.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 469, 495.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 469.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 451.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 470.