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 NEILL NEILL

English Colonization of America (1871) : Founders of Maryland (1876); Virginia Vetusta, the Colony Under James I. (1885); Virginia Caroloum (1885); A Concise History of Minnesota (1887). He died in St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 26, 1893.

NEILL, John, surgeon, was born in Philadel- phia, Pa.. July 9, 1819 : son of Dr. Henry and Martha Rebecca (Duffield) Neill. He was gradu- ated at the University of Pennsylvania. A.B., 1837. A. M. and M.D., 1840. He settled in practice in Philadelphia. He was married. Sept. 24, 1844, to Anna Maria Wharton, daughter of Samuel Hallingsworth of Philadelphia. He was assistant demonstrator and demonstrator of anatomy in the University of Pennsylvania. 1842-46: lecturer on anatomy in the Philadelphia Medical institute, 1846—50 ; professor of surgery in Pennsylvania college. Gettysburg. 1834-39, professor of clin- ical surgery in the University of Pennsylvania, 1874-77, and emeritus professor, 1877-80. He served as contract sturgeon in the U.S. army : had charge of the U.S. Military hospitals at Philadelphia. 1861-62. and organized the first eight general hospitals of that city. He was appointed medical director of the Home Guards of Phila- delphia in 1362, and was brevetted lieutenant- colonel for meritorious services in 1863. He es- tablished a military hospital at Dickinson college after the bombardment at Carlisle, and others at Hagerstown, and was post surgeon of the U.S. army at Philadelphia, 1863-76. He was a resident surgeon at Wills eye hospital, 1840-41, and surgeon there in 1847: surgeon to the Philadelphia hos- pital and Southeast cholera hospital in 1849 ; to the Pennsylvania hospital, 1852-59 : to the Penn- sylvania Institute for the Deaf and Dumb in 1865, and to the Presbyterian hospital. He was a mem- of the Philadelphia Medical society, and its vice- president in 1859 : a member of the American Medical association : the Philadelphia County Medcal association ; the American Philosophical society, and a fellow of the Philadelphia College of Physicians. He contributed to medical jour- nas and is the author of : Neill and Smith's Compound of Medicine with Prof. Francis G. Smith (1848), and Neill an the Veins (1852). He died in Philadelphia. Pa.. Feb. 11. 1880.

NEILL, Robert, representative, was born in Independence county. Ark., Nov. 12, 1838 ; son of Henry and Dorcas (Stark) Neill : grandson of Robert and Magdalene (Black) Neill, and a de- scendant of John and Bethia Neill of Sussex county, Del. He received a good English educa- tion in private schools and took a course in land surveying in Ohio in 1859. He was surveyor of Independence county. 1860-61; a private, lieu- tenant and captain in the 1st Arkansas mounted riflemen. Confederate army, 1861-65. serving in Gen. Ben. McCulloch's Army of the West and afterward in the Army of Tennessee. He was clerk of the circuit court of Independence county, 1866-63 ; was admitted to the bar in 1868, and settled in active practice in Batesville. Ark., in 1872. He was married, April 27. 1869. to Mary Adelia, daughter of John H. and Esther Byers, natives of Ohio. He held the rank of lieutenant- colonel in the Arkansas state guards, 1874-77, and brigadier-general of state militia, 1877-32 ; was a delegate and vice-president for Arkansas in the Democratic national convention at St. Louis in 1888 : was a member of the Democratic state cen- tral committee, and a Democratic representative from the sixth Arkansas district in the 53d and 54th congresses. 1893-97.

NEILL, Thonsas Hewson, soldier, was born in Philadelphia. Pa., April 9, 1826 ; son of Dr. Henry and Martha Rebecca (Duffield) Neill He attended the University of Pennsylvania, 1341—42, was graduated at the U.S. military academy and assigned to the 4th infantry, July 1, 1347. He served in the war with Mexico, 1847-43 : was promoted 2d. Lieutenant and transferred to the 5th infantry, Sept. 3, 1347, served in garrison and on frontier duty, 1843-53. He was promoted 1st Lieutenant, July 31, 1350 ; was assistant pro- fessor of drawing at the U.S. military academy, 1853-55 ; principal assistant professor of drawing, 1855-57 ; was promoted captain of the 5th infantry, April 1, 1857 ; served in the Utah expedition, 1857-60, and in New Mexico, 1860-61. He was acting assistant adjutant-general on the staff Of General Cadwalader, 1861-62 ; was commissioned colonel of the 23d Pennsylvania volunteers, Feb. 17, 1862 ; served with the Army of the Potomac, March to August, 1862, being engaged in the siege of Yorktown, the battles of Williamsburg. Fair Oaks, Savage's Station and Malvern Hill, and was brevetted major, July 1, 1852, for gallant and meritorious services at Malvern Hill. He commanded his regiment in the 3d brigade, 1st division, 4th army corps, in the Maryland cam- paign, and was promoted brigadier general, U.S. volunteers, Nov. 29, 1862. He commanded the 3d brigade, 2d division, 6th army corps, at Fred- ricksburg, after Gen. F. L. Vinton and Col. R. F. Taylor were wounded, and also in the Chancel- lorsville, Gettysburg and Richmond campaigns of 1863-64. He was promoted major of the 11th infantry, Aug. 26, 1863. and commanded the 2d division, 6th corps, at Cold Harbor, June 1, 1864. He was brevetted lieutenant-colonel. May 3. 1863, and colonel. May 12, 1864, for gallant and meritorious services at Chancellorsville and Spottsylvania. He served as acting inspector general in the Shenandoah campaign, 1864, being engaged in the battle of Cedar Creek and several skirmishes. He was brevetted brigarlier-general U. S. A. and major-general of volunteers. March 13, 1865, for