Ezra Neff and Lika Gibson

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Husband Ezra Neff ^{1 2}

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            AKA: Squire  Neff 1
           Born: 7 Mar 1843 - Indiana Co, PA 1 2
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         Father: Jonathan Neff (1814-Aft 1898) 1 3
         Mother: Mary Jane Farnsworth (1817/1818-Aft 1898) 3 4

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       Marriage: 1883 1

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   Other Spouse: Mary A. Neil (1847-1881) 5 - 10 Sep 1865 1 2

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   Other Spouse: Louise M. Seitz (      -      ) 1 - 5 May 1885 1

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Wife Lika Gibson ¹

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   Other Spouse: [Unk] Pearsoll (      -      ) 1

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Ezra Neff

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He obtained his education in the public schools of Indiana County, Pennsylvania, but his privileges were exceedingly limited, owing to the fact that his assistance was needed on the farm. He continued to aid in the cultivation of the fields until the progress of the war seemed to make it imperative that he go forth in defense of his country. Accordingly, in 1863, he enlisted in Company A, Second Battalion P. V. I., from which he was honorably discharged in February, 1864. Re-enlisting July 11, 1864, he was appointed quartermaster sergeant, was discharged November 11, 1864; re-enlisted March 1, 1865, and was elected first sergeant of Company B, 74th P. V. I.; and was finally discharged, at the close of the war, June 29, 1865, and returned to his home in Indiana County. He was in active service through the entire time, but fortunately escaped wounds and capture. On April 11, 1865, two days after the surrender of Lee, he lost his voice, and it was never fully restored. Until the spring of 1869 he followed farming, after which he engaged in railroading until June, 1870. He then went to Dayton, Pennsylvania, where he engaged in the livery business and also followed the same pursuit in Marion Centre until the fall of 1872. In November of that year he came to Reynoldsville, and conducted a livery until May, 1873, when he sold out to become constable, in which position he served a four-years' term, resigning March 17, 1877, to assume the duties of justice of the peace, in which capacity he served for ten consecutive years; also in connection therewith he acted as pension agent, being a registered pension attorney. Next he embarked in the grocery trade, and served as notary public for four years. In the spring of 1892 he was again elected as justice of the peace, being re-elected in the spring of 1897. In connection with his other interests he was for many years engaged in the real-estate business.
He was a member of the Presbyterian Church. Socially he was identified with the Knights of the Golden Eagle, with the American Mechanics and the Junior branch of that order; also with the Improved Order of Red Men, and with the Grand Army of the Republic. In politics he was a stanch Republican since casting his first Presidential vote on the battle-field, in 1864, for Abraham Lincoln.

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General Notes: Wife - Lika Gibson

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She lived only eight months and five days after her marriage to Neff.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1176.

2 O. S. Marshall, The Marshall Family (Kittanning, PA: Steam Press of Reichert Bros., 1884), Pg 148.

3 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 511.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 793, 1176.

5 O. S. Marshall, The Marshall Family (Kittanning, PA: Steam Press of Reichert Bros., 1884), Pg 147.