Mahoning County OhArchives Obituaries.....NEFF, Eli August 27, 1910 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Jennifer Neff ffen@zoominternet.net May 30, 2005, 12:59 pm Humboldt Union, Sat, 3 Sep 1910, Humboldt, Allen Co. KS NEFF, Eli 23 May 1821 to 27 Aug 1910 89 years Humboldt Union, Sat, 3 Sep 1910 Humboldt, Allen Co. KS Transcribed by Jennifer Neff, 2005 ANOTHER OLD SETTLER GONE Eli Neff died at his home near Middletown, Sunday evening, in the 90th year of his age. He had been in poor health for several months, but could oversee his business on the farm, until a short time before his death. Eli was born in Canfield, Mahoning county, Ohio, May 23, 1821, and came to Kansas in 1872. He purchased large tracts of land on the Verdigris river bottoms. He moved his family to Kansas in 1874. The family resided in Humboldt most of the time, but during the summer season for many years they lived on the Wilson county ranch. Mr. Neff was an active and noted stockman and was widely known over the country. Those who survive him are his wife of this city; one son, O.P. Neff of California; Mrs. H.A. Brown, of Iola; and Mrs. Cora Young and Mrs. George McKinley of Humboldt. The body was brought to his home in Humboldt and the funeral held at the residence at 4 p.m. Tuesday. Burial took place in Mt. Hope cemetery And was attended by many old friends of the deceased and family. Wilson County Citizen, Wilson Co. KS Fri, 2 Sep 1910 Monday, August 24, 1910, at 2:00 a.m., of a complication of disease and old age, Eli Neff, aged 89 years. Interment was at Humboldt. BURIALS Eli Neff was buried on 30 Aug 1910 and his wife Nancy Barnes Neff were buried on 30 Nov 1910. Both were interred in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Humboldt, Allen Co. KS This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb