Following are the entries concerning Henry Neil(l)in 1888 History of Harrison and Mercer Counties, Missouri, published by the Mercer County Historical Society, Inc., Princeton, Missouri, September, 1972.

p. 412

"In January, 1858, the county court divided the county into six assessors districts, and appointed an assessor for each......The next year the number of districts was reduced to four, and .....Hnery Neil......were appointed assessors."

p. 435

"Secret and Other Societies
Princeton Lodge, No. 63, I.O.O.F......the town of Princeton having taken new life by the building of the Rock Island Railroad, it was thought advisable to revive the lodge, and an informal meeting was held, as which time the following survivors of the old lodge responded:.....Henry Neill......

.....reorganized and reinstituted Princeton Lodge, No. 63, on the night of April 25, 1873, with the following officers:......Henry Neill, Treas."

p. 730

"John B. Neill is a native of Mercer County, MO., was born February 18, 1857, and is a son of Henry and Hulda F. (Girdner) Neill. The father was born in County Down, Ireland, March 1, 1816, and when quite small was bound out. Before he arrived at manhood his master died, and he then left his native country and immigrated to the United States. He first went to Pittsburgh, Penn., from there to Iowa, and then, the gold fever being at its height, accompanied a company to California in search of a fortune. After two years of California life he returned to Iowa, but soon after came to Mercer County, MO. There he was married February 20, 1854, to Miss Hulda F. Girdner, daughter of Joseph and Anna(Lauderdale) Girdner. Mrs. Neill was born June 27, 1820, and is the mother of the following children: Lucy Ann (wife of Robert Owens), Harriet Ellen (deceased), John B., Catherine E. (wife of J. A. Arnott), Medora Alice (wife of R. R. Prichard). The year of his marriage Mr. Neill bought 250 acres where his son, John B., now resides, and where Henry Neill died. When he came to America, he had but 50 cents, but being of an industrious nature, economical in his habits, and possessing business ability, he afterward became one of the successful farmers of Mercer County, and owned at one time 1,080 acres of land which he divided liberally among his children. The mother still resides upon the old homestead, making her home with her son, John B., who has lived upon the same place since his birth. December 31, 1879, he married Miss M. Inez Gardner, who was born in Ashland County, Ohio, on May 8, 1858. This union has been blessed with three children: Nellie (deceased), John A., and Jesse V. Mr. Neill is one of the young and enterprising farmers and Shorthorn cattle breeders of Harrison County, and owns 330 acres of fine land. His wife is a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, near Goshen city, and in politics he is a Democrat. His first presidential vote was for Hancock in 1880."

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