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Joseph Nealy was
born in Indiana in the early 1800's, came to
Texas with a wagon train as a scout.
He was of Indian descent. He married
and settled near Decatur, in Wise
County. After his wife's death he
married (2) Cordelia Kelly. They moved
to Grapeland. Joseph died in 1884.
buried in Dailey Cemetery at
Grapeland. Cordelia married (2)
Ratford Moorehead. She died in 1888,
buried in Milligan Cemetery in
Grapeland. Joseph and his first wife
had four children, names and places of
resident are not available. He and
Cordelia had two sons, John Wood and Phillip
U. Nealy.
John Wood, July 20,
1878 at Decatur, married and had five
children. All made their homes in Houston
County. After his first wife died, he
married Martha Lee Lewis, born April 23,
1900. They had ten children, nine that
lived to adulthood. There were five
sons: William; James; Omar Lee; Sherman
Elton; and Robert Alton; and four daughters:
Laura Mae; Linnie Marie; Wessie Lillian: and
Dorothy. John Nealy died September 23,
1969, buried Milligan Cemetery in
Grapeland. Phillip U., August 10, 1880
in Decatur, moved to Coleman where he farmed
several places as a share farmer. On
April 25, 1907, he married Edna Eliza
McQueen, born January 29, 1889 (see John
Taylor McQueen). They moved into
Coleman after his retirement in 1950.
He died November 6, 1953 and Edna, July 5,
1971, both buried at Glen Cove. They
had two children who died in childhood; Mary
Belle, March 17, 1915-June 25, 1918, and
Vernon Doyle, January 2, 1926-December 17,
1930, both died of diphtheria and Vernon
Doyle is buried at Glen Cove. They have
seven surviving children. four sons and
three daughters:
(1) Edgar, born
April 7, 1911, married Ora Jenn-ings, August
20, 1932 in Coleman. They have one daughter,
Vivian. Edgar was a farmer and rancher at
Valera until his retirement in 1982 and they
moved into Coleman;
(2) Joseph U.T.),
July 30, 1918, married Etta Blakeney.
They live in Freeport. He retired from
Dow Chemical in 1980;
(3) Olan, September
14, 1923, married (1) Mary Lou Cowden and
had one daughter, Jennifer. He lives
in Wills Point with his second wife, Willie
Thompson:
(4) Phillip, April
5, 1932, married Vernell Blakeney and has
three children: Tobey Dan, Branda and
Donna. Phillip graduated from Coleman
High School in 1950, attended the University
of Texas where he graduated with a degree in
business. He lives in Topeka, Kansas,
and is employed by Bell Telephone Com-pany;
(5) Beady, January
11, 1913, married Ralph Titsworth, July 10,
1930, in Coleman, the son of Sanders and
Fannie (Loflin) Titsworth and a brother to
Floyd (see John Taylor McQueen), Jessie (see
Rae family) and Eunice (Mrs. Preston H.)
Cude. Beady and Ralph had two sons,
Marvin and Larry. Ralph worked
fourteen years for Santa Fe Railroad before
he started to work for the City of Coleman
and worked there for 26 years before he
retired. Ralph died February 25, 1984,
buried at Glen Cove. Beady lives at
Valera.
(6) Clara, March
17, 1915, married Otis Clark in Coleman, had
two daughters, Margaret and Jean. Clara
lives in Jefferson;
(7) Callie Lois,
June 29, 1920, married J. C. (Jake) Campbell
in Coleman. They had three children: Jack,
Darrell and Nancy. Callie graduated
from Centennial High School in 1939,
attended business school in Abilene.
She worked for Western Union Telegraph. In
1959, she started to work for a woolen
textile manufacturer in Brownwood, working
there until her retirement in 1982.
She
lives in Brownwood.
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