Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2012, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== Source: Memorial and Genealogical Record of Texas Chicago: Goodspeed Bros., 1894 Pages 607 - 608 Robert L. Neeley, one of the young business men of Sealy, was born in Brazos County, Texas, November 17, 1861. His parents, Andrew G. and Louisa W. (Hodges) Neeley, were natives of Tennessee and Alabama respectively, who came to Texas in 1861 and settled in Brazos County. Mr. Neeley, Sr., brought with him 150 slaves, all of which property he lost soon after through the fortunes of war. He was a preacher of the Cumberland Pres- byterian denomination, a great believer in the inviolable character of per- sonal as well as real property, and a man of industry and foresight. The war inflicted business distasters on him, as well as upon others, and he died in May, 1869. His widow survived him many years, and died leaving eight children, namely: George A. and Jessie M., deceased; John B., a stockman of Brazos County; Ada R., wife of G. A. Parker, of this county; Joel H., deceased; Robert L., of Sealy; Lulu H., married and residing at Columbia, Tenn., and Mollie E., wife of Henry Hodges, of Brazos County, this State. The father of this large family was a prominent Mason, the best educated Cumberland Presbyterian in all Texas, and a practical business man. His neighbors were his dearest friends, and to them his death was an irreparable loss. His wife, like himself, was a practical woman, who, while aiding in the advancement of the family interests, did not lose sight of what she owed to the unfortunate and distressed of the community. The son, of whom this sketch is given, was educated at Bryant, Texas, in the public school and college. At the age of thirteen years he began life on his own account, and at fifteen years of age was employed as a stockman. During the erection of the capital at Austin he was a foreman of a gang; later entered railroading in the transportation department; then began business at Sealy, in partnership with J. B. Rice, under the firm name of Neeley & Rice. On March 15, 1894, he married Miss Ida Beyer, a native of Austin County, whose father was a German and mother of German descent. Mr. Neeley, like his forefathers, belongs to that great political party, the feathers of which were clipped so closely in November, 1894, but which grows stronger with each clipping, and comes to the front at intervals with a full fleece. ===========================================================================