David Cicero Neal, born May 12, 1871 in Giles County, Tennessee, and Florence Ella Mae Shelton, July 20, 1871 at Aspenhill, Tennessee, were married July 23, 1890.  One daughter, Mary Kate, was born before traveling west with the George Bevens family in covered wagons, reached Navarro County in 1892, where they lived for three years before moving on to Ellis County for one year.  The families then moved further west, reaching Trickham sometime in 1896.  Mr. Neal farmed for awhile about 15 miles south of Santa Anna after leaving Trickham and before he moved his family into Santa Anna.  While in Santa Anna, Mr. Neal was employed by the W. R. Kelly Grocery and Hardware and the S. W. Childers Company, for whom he bought and weighed cotton.  In 1913, Neal bought a farm 7 miles northeast of Santa Anna in the Longview Community.  Here they made their home for the remainder of their lives.  The farm now belongs to the D. C. Neal heirs.  The Neals were charter members of the First Christian Church of Santa Anna.  Neal hauled the lumber from Brownwood for the church building.

     The Neals had seven children:

     (1)  Mary Kate, July 25, 1891 - October 1, 1937, was married to John McPeters Oakes, January 2, 1912.  (see J. M. Oakes).

     (2)  Roy Edgar, October 18, 1893 - January 15, 1901, buried in Santa Anna Cemetery.

     (3)  David George, March 2, 1899, now lives in Santa Anna.

     (4) Stella Florence, June 30, 1902, married Jack Casey.  They have two children, Joyce and Larry.

     (5)  William Raymond, June 9, 1905, married Bonnie Jane Jolliff, October 13, 1931.  They had two children, William Raymond, Jr., May 31, 1932 and Lora Lou, October 26 1933, and died February 13, 1938.

     (6)  Alice Lamora, born in 1907, died in 1932, is buried in Santa Anna Cemetery.  She married J. Y. Brannan and they had one daughter, Kathryn, March 6, 1930.

     (7)  James Woodrow was born May 5, 1916.

     Mrs. Neal died November 3, 1949, and Mr. Neal died June 16, 1954, both are buried in Santa Anna Cemetery.