Stephan (aka Stephen) Neal

Biographical Notes for Stephan Neal

(See additional biography for Stephen Neal)

• He was a Judge in Boone County, Indiana. See biography in file from Boone County. "These Neals came from Virginia".
  Source: Boone Co, IN Book C 23, pg 19 lists ages, birthplaces of both sets of parents.
   
• He was married four times.
  Source: History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison & Nicholas Co., Ky. 1882, pg 797 found in Paris Ky. Lib.
   
• He wrote the 14th Amendment to the Constitution giving the Negro the right to vote.
   
• Minister of the Christian Church in 1855, State Legislator in 1846-47.
   
• 1840 Census, Bath Co., Ky. pg 47 lists Males: 1 under 5, 1 20-30, 1 female 15-20
   
• 1850 Census, Boone Co., Indiana on 21 Aug 1850, pg. 112 lists Stephan 32, Francis Ann 29, William H. 10, Daniel O. 8, all b. Ky.; Annette 6, Elizabeth 4, Mary 2, b. in IN.
   
• 1860 Census, Boone Co., Indiana on 2 June 1860 lists Stephan 43, b. Va., Clara D., 26 b. Ohio, Daniel O. C., 18, b. Ky. Mary 12, b. IN, Charles F. S. 1, b. IN.
   
• Note: Moved to Madison, Indiana in 1841. Settled in Lebanon, Boone Co., Indiana in 1843.
   
• See Obit. in Lebanon Pioneer in file 29 June 1905. Lived to age 88, 1 brother lived to be 114 years old, another to 96 years old and a sister to 94 years.
   
• The Neal Family of Boone Co., Indiana in Public Library photo of family lists Peter Neal, Stephan's brother at age 95; photo taken in 1895.
   
• Armistead was called "Pete".
   
• Source: Portrait & Biographical Record of Boone Co., Indiana pg. 467 , in Pub Lib. lists family of Stephan's sibs, and his 2nd, 3rd and 4th wives.

Researched & Submitted by: Mary Ann Bumgarner - October 13, 2006

Note: Comment received from Marla Vice, great-great-great granddaughter of the Honorable Stephen Neal; "The correct spelling [of his name] is 'Stephen' and not 'Stephan'". - August 22, 2007