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1867 - 1955 (88 years)
Generation: 1
1. | Melissa Rosetta "Zettie" Hall was born on 4 Dec 1867 in Farmersville, Collin County, Texas; died on 31 Dec 1955 in Mangum, Greer County, Oklahoma; was buried on 2 Jan 1956 in Cave Creek Cemetery, Vinson, Harmon County, Oklahoma. Melissa married Hamilton Neil on 21 May 1893 in Collin County, Texas. Hamilton (son of Robert Henderson Neil and Diannah Jane Crawford) was born on 11 Dec 1866 in Farmersville, Collin County, Texas; died in Jun 1924 in Vinson, Harmon County, Oklahoma; was buried in Cave Creek Cemetery, Vinson, Harmon County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Ila Jane Neil
was born on 17 Jan 1895; died on 13 May 1896.
- 3. Lillie May Neil
was born on 10 Aug 1896 in Farmersville, Collin County, Texas; died about 1994.
- 4. Clyde Elmon Neil
was born on 1 May 1902; died on 21 Nov 1965 in Greer County, Oklahoma.
- 5. Elmer Hamilton Neil
was born on 12 Jun 1904; died on 12 Apr 1981.
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Generation: 2
3. | Lillie May Neil (1.Melissa1) was born on 10 Aug 1896 in Farmersville, Collin County, Texas; died about 1994. Notes:
Lillie attended Southwestern Normal School at Weatherford to obtain a teachers certificate. Lillie taught six years, first at Independence (earning $45 a month), then at Union Hill southeast of Vinson, earning $100 a month. During her second year there, a tornado blew the school off the foundation, and the school was closed. Her final year of teaching was at Merritt, west of Elk City, where she lived with her uncle William HALL and family and earned $75 a month.
Lillie married Raymond Thomas Francis on 20 Mar 1924. Raymond (son of James Thomas Francis and Beulah Lee Cole) was born on 9 Sep 1895 in Sherman, Grayson County, Texas; died on 30 Dec 1967; was buried in Cave Creek Cemetery, Vinson, Harmon County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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5. | Elmer Hamilton Neil (1.Melissa1) was born on 12 Jun 1904; died on 12 Apr 1981. Notes:
Married 1rst Bonnie Lee Jackson, 2nd Clara Lee Coats and had one daughter, Linda Lee. (VINSON MEMORIES, p 280).
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Generation: 3
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