Descendants of Charles Woolverton

John A. McNeil and Almira Wolverton

Husband John A. McNeil ¹
           Born: 3 Jan 1779 - NY
       Baptized: 
           Died: 1 Aug 1844 - Oswego, Tioga County, NY
         Buried:  - Tracy Cemetery, Apalachin, Tioga County, NY
       Marriage: 13 Aug 1803
Wife Almira Wolverton ¹
           Born: 24 Mar 1786 - Trenton, Mercer County, NJ
       Baptized: 
           Died: 9 Jun 1876 - Belvidere, Boone County, IL
         Buried:  - Belvidere Cemetery, Belvidere, Boone County, IL
         Father: Stephen Wolverton ¹
         Mother: Mercy Cox ¹
Children
1 F Cynthia A. McNeil
           Born: 13 Aug 1807 - Schoharie County, NY
       Baptized: 
           Died: 12 Mar 1873 - Meadville, Linn County, MO
         Buried:  - Belvidere Cemetery, Belvidere, Boone County, IL
         Spouse: Isaac D. Woolverton
           Marr: 25 3 1846 or 25 3 1847
2 F Delilah McNeil ¹
           Born: 10 Jun 1810 - Middleburgh, Schoharie County, NY
       Baptized: 
           Died: 15 Apr 1891 - Oswego, Tioga County, NY
         Buried:  - Waite Corner Cemetery, Owego, Tioga County, NY
         Spouse: William Wait ¹
           Marr: 31 May 1834 - Tioga, New York, United States
3 M John McNeil
           Born: 23 May 1813 - NY
       Baptized: 
           Died: 17 Jun 1881
         Buried:  - Edgewood Cemetery, Chillicothe, Livingston County, MO
         Spouse: Mary P. ?
4 M Stephen McNeil
           Born: 6 May 1817 - Middleburgh, Schoharie County, NY
       Baptized: 
           Died: 1898 - Durango, La Plata County, CO
         Buried:  - Greenmount Cemetery, Durango, La Plata County, CO
         Spouse: Mary C. Goodsit
           Marr: 8 May 1848
5 M Cyrenius H. McNeil
           Born: 23 Sep 1819
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
6 M Harvey McNeil
           Born: 8 Dec 1821 - NY
       Baptized: 
           Died: 13 Sep 1854 - Belvidere, Boone County, IL
         Buried:  - Belvidere Cemetery, Belvidere, Boone County, IL
7 F Maryan McNeil
            AKA: Mary Ann McNeil
           Born: 28 Aug 1825 - Owego, Tioga County, NY
       Baptized: 
           Died: 14 Apr 1889
         Buried:  - Angelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA
         Spouse: Isaac V. Draper
           Marr: 1 Oct 1853 - Boone County, IL
General Notes: Husband - John A. McNeil

FTM BIRT: RIN MH:IF8254

from David Macdonald

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=55658116

Birth: Jan. 3, 1780
New York, USA
Death: Aug. 1, 1844
Owego
Tioga County
New York, USA

Photo provided by Find A Grave contributor Nina Savino.

Family links:
Spouse:
Almira Woolverton McNeil (1787 - 1876)*

Children:
Cynthia A. McNeil Woolverton (1807 - 1873)*
Delilah McNeil Wait (1810 - 1891)*
John McNeil (1814 - 1881)*
Stephen McNeil (1817 - 1898)*
Harvey McNeil (1821 - 1854)*
Mary A. McNeil Draper (1825 - 1889)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Tracy Cemetery
Apalachin
Tioga County
New York, USA

Created by: CC-Genealogy
Record added: Jul 30, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 55658116
Alt. Birth: 3 Jan 1780
General Notes: Wife - Almira Wolverton

FTM BIRT: RIN MH:IF8253

from David Macdonald

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=woolverton&GSiman=1&GSpartial=1&GSby=1836&GSbyrel=before&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=71895137&df=all&

Birth: Mar. 24, 1787
Trenton
Mercer County
New Jersey, USA
Death: Jun. 9, 1876
Belvidere
Boone County
Illinois, USA

Burial is assumed to have been made next to her husband at Tracy Cemetery, Owego, Tioga Co, NY. But those who have visited the site claim there is no evidence of this.

Reading her obituary below and understanding that a daughter was married in Illinois, one must assume that the Belvidere mentioned is the one in Illinois. However there is another in NY State (and others in less likely places for this woman).

Almira McNeil Obituary:

Departed this life, Friday June 9th, 1876, Mrs. Almira McNeil, widow of John McNeil, aged 89 years, 2 months, 15 days.

Mrs McNeil was born in Trenton, New Jersey in 1787; moved with her parents to Charlton, Saratoga Co, NY when about eight years of age, were they remained for some time, and then moved to Middlebury, Schoharie CO., NY, where she remained until her marraige. After a few years they moved to Owego, Tioga Co., NY, where her husband died in 1844. Mrs. McNeil came to Belvidere in 1853, and remained with her daughter, Mrs, Isaac V. Draper until her death.

Mother McNeil was converted soon after her marraige, and lived a consistent Christian life for over seventy years. Her cheerfulness of spirit, calm trust and confidence in God, and unswerving faith in the Redeemer, made her life in these latter days a charm to all who best knew her. Her last illness (occaisioned by a fall), was attended with the most intense suffering, yet was endured without a murmur or complaint. She enjoyed the constant presence of her Saviour, and a little while before her death, said to her pastor, "How sweet it will be to meet Jesus - to know him and to be forever with him," and gently fell asleep in the arms of her Redeemer.

Her funeral sermon was preached to a large audience by Rev. T.C. Easton, from these words -- " For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain."

Oh If there be in retrospection's chain
One link that knits us with young dreams,
One thought so sweet we scarcely dare to muse again
On all the hoarded raptures it reviews;
Which seems each instant, in its backward range,
The heart to soften and its ties to change,
And every spring untouched for years to move,
It is the MEMORY OF A MOTHER'S LOVE!"

NOTE: The poem above appears unattributed in a number of different forms and within a number of different texts from at least 1840 through the 1910s. It is also unattributed in this obituary, but seems to be contrived from "The Poetical Works of E. L. Bulwer: Consisting of 'O'Neill, Or The Rebel' &etc" published 1836, Paris.

Despite knowing birth date and location, the family has been stymied for many generations about Almira's maiden name until August 2015 when we discovered that Almira's daughter Cynthia married Almira's brother's son named Isaac Wolverton/Woolverton. This means that Almira's father's name is Stephen Wolverton of New Jersey.

Family links:
Spouse:
John McNeil (1780 - 1844)

Children:
Cynthia A. McNeil Woolverton (1807 - 1873)*
Delilah McNeil Wait (1810 - 1891)*
John McNeil (1814 - 1881)*
Stephen McNeil (1817 - 1898)*
Harvey McNeil (1821 - 1854)*
Mary A. McNeil Draper (1825 - 1889)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Belvidere Cemetery
Belvidere
Boone County
Illinois, USA
Plot: Add 1 Blk 4 Lot 50 Space 7

Created by: CC-Genealogy
Record added: Jun 24, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 71895137
Alt. Birth: 24 Mar 1787 Trenton, New Jersey
Research Notes: Wife - Almira Wolverton

== Biography ==Almira was born in 1787. She was the daughter of and . She passed away in 1876.
== Sources ==
<references />* Obituary for Almira McNeil mentions her birth date and location at birth, as well as date of death and town of death. [https://www.werelate.org/wiki/MySource:CC/Obituary_for_Almira_McNeil]
* Her daughter Cynthia McNeil married Almira's nephew Isaac D. Wolverton. Cynthia and Isaac are buried at same cemetery in Belvidere, Boone County, Illinois along with son Harvey and possibly her daughter Mary Ann (McNeil) Draper.
* shown in D.A. Macdonald & N.N. McAdams, Book: "The Woolverton Family", (Rockport, ME: Penobscot Press, 2001) as a child of Stephen Wolverton.

Notes: Marriage

FTM
MARR: RIN MH:FF2300

from David Macdonald

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=55658116

Sources

1. WikiTree Wolverton Family.

Sources

1 WikiTree Wolverton Family.

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