Gerard Austin "PeeWee" Neal

Gerard married Pauline Lemmie Gooch before 1950. Pauline (daughter of Robert Lawrence Gooch and Ida Youngblood) was born on 11 Aug 1925 in Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas; died on 5 Dec 2010 in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Tommy Lynn Neal was born on 4 Feb 1950 in San Augustine County, Texas; died on 10 Jun 2023 in Nacogdoches County, Texas; was buried on 14 Jun 2023 in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
2. Living

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Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1, Hemphill Town
Enumerated April 7, 1930
ED 202-2 SD 19 Sheet 1A
11-11
Neal, Austin Head 2000 M W 39 M W Tx Tx Tx Retail Merchant Grain Store
Neal, Carrie Wf F W 34 m 19 Tx Tx Tx
Neal, Willard Son M W 13 S Tx Tx Tx
Neal, Gerard Son M W 10 S Tx Tx Tx

Austin married Carra G. "Carrie" Alford. Carra (daughter of Julius Preston Alford and Martha Ella "Mattie" Williams) was born on 8 Jun 1895 in Isla, Sabine County, Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was the mother of Willard and G. A. Neal of Hemphill.

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In her sketch about Lee Smith of Sabine County, Virgie Speights notes that one of his teachers at the one room log school at Beach Grove was J. P Alford, who taught alongside Miss Belle Smith, Clint Arthur, and Miss Mattine Hines. (Speights, Old Timers of Sabine County, p. 26).

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name: J. Preston Alford
death date: 21 Sep 1962
death place: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
gender: Male
race: White
death age: 89 years
estimated birth date:
birth date: 21 Jan 1873
birthplace: Texas
marital status: Married
spouse's name:
father's name: Burtis Alford
father's birthplace:
mother's name: Lizzie Collier
mother's birthplace:
occupation: Farmer
place of residence: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
cemetery: Hemphill
burial place: Hemphill, Texas
burial date: 22 Sep 1962
additional relatives:
film number: 2117116
digital film number: 4028546
image number: 2828
reference number: cn 58153
Collection: "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," J. Preston Alford, 1962

Julius married Martha Ella "Mattie" Williams on 21 Sep 1894 in Sabine County, Texas. Martha was born on 26 Jan 1879 in Isla, Sabine County, Texas; died on 15 May 1972 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Matt Williams of the Isla community.

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Married:
"Old Timers of Sabine County, Texas" by Virgie Collier Speights
September 27, 1962

J. Preston Alford, age 89 years old, died September 21, 1962 at his home in Hemphill, Texas. It was the sixtieth-eighth wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Alford.

Mr. Alford, a member of a prominent pioneer family of Sabine County, was a retired farmer. He was married on September 21, 1894 to Miss Ella Williams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Matt Williams of the Isla community. Mr. and Mrs. Alford were both born within a mile of each other in the Isla community and lived there after their marriage until 1919. At that time they moved to Hemphill where they had lived ever since.

They had only one child, a daughter, Mrs. Carrie A. J. Neal of Hemphill. Grandsons William Neal of Pineland and G. A. Neal of Hemphill. Great grandsons, Tommy and Bobby Neal of Hemphill and Jimmy Neal of Pineland.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, November 2012)

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(Research):Census Listings:

1880 Federal Census
Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Oc
cupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Burtis ALFORD Self M Male W 31 TX Farmer AL AL
Lizzie ALFORD Wife M Female W 26 MS Keeps House MS MS
Carrie ALFORD Dau S Female W 10 TX At Home TX MS
Isam ALFORD Son S Male W 9 TX TX MS
Preston ALFORD Son S Male W 7 TX TX MS
Geo. W. ALFORD Son S Male W 1 TX TX MS
Robert ALFORD Other S Male B 16 TX Wks On Farm TX TX
Source Information:
Census Place Precinct 4, Sabine, Texas
Family History Library Film 1255325 NA Film Number T9-1325
Page Number 240D

Burtis married Elizabeth "Lizzie" Katherine Collier about 1869 in Sabine County, Texas. Elizabeth (daughter of George Washington Collier and Sarah Elizabeth Tatum) was born about 1854 in Mississippi; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]