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Hugo Tombstone Quarry Section of Applegate Trail
Thomas Bryant: Hugo Pioneer
Bryant Family: Federal Censuses
J.C. Cochrane Family: Early Hugo Pioneers
William A. Cox Family: Hugo Pioneers
W.M. Cox Family: Hugo Pioneers
John Davis: Warrant Locator
W.H. Flanagan Family: Hugo Pioneers
Harris: Hugo Pioneers
Lewis Heatt: Indian Fighter
Miller Family: Hugo Pioneers
Jacob Miller Family: Federal Censuses
Elizabeth F. Neely: Hugo Pioneer
Neely Family: Hugo Pioneers
Wm W. & E.J. Neely: Hugo Pioneers
Pleasant Valley School
PVC: Applegate Trail & Pleasant Valley Cemetery
PVC: Neely & Trimble Cemeteries
PVC: Pleasant Valley Cemetery: 1870s?
PVC: Tombstone Analysis
Renshaw Family: Hugo Settlers
Squier Family: Hugo Settlers
Samuel Trimble: Hugo Pioneer
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Wm W.
& E.J. NEELY: HUGO PIONEERS
Brochure 48 in Hugo's Pioneers
Brochure Series
Part of the 1.5 mile Applegate Trail Nomination to Federal Register of Historic Places
May 12, 2008
by
Hugo Neighborhood Association
Historical Society
Josephine County Historical Society
Rogue Advocates
William Wallace Neely & Elizabeth
Josephine (Fontaine) Neely
Neelys Edward Neely &
Ruth Ann (Miller) Neely were the parents of William Wallace Neely.1
- Edward Neely: 1795 - 1882
- Born: October 25, 1795
- Died: July 9, 1882 in Oregon
- Ruth Ann (Miller) Neely: 1808 - 1890
- Born: October 14, 1808
- Died: May 6, 1890 in Long Tom, Lane Co., Oregon
1841 William Wallace Neely was born December 22, 1843
in Cedar County, Missouri.1
1853 Elizabeth Josephine Fontaine was born February
18, 1853 in Boone, Missouri. Her parents were James Davis Fountaine and Matilda H. (Sims)
Fountaine.1
1871 William Neely married Elizabeth Fontaine
(Fountaine?) October 26, 1871.1
Wm W. & E. J. Neely Family Hugo
Pioneers: ca., 1875 - 1883
Children of Wm W. & E. J. Neely Most of
their children were born in Oregon. They lived in Hugo, Oregon on Jump Off Joe Creek from
at least 1875 - 1882. They were likely in partners with, or living with, the James and
Elizabeth F. Neely family. William Wallace and James were brothers.
- Name
Born
Location
- Thomas Jefferson
09/16/1872
Noti, Lane Co
- Mary Louisa
01/13/1874 Grants Pass
- Lela (Lula) Jane
05/13/1875
Jump Off Joe Cr.
- Alice Gertrude
11/18/1876
Jump Off Joe Cr.
- Franklin Jason
03/10/1877 Jump Off Joe
Cr.
- Luella Loraine
03/12/1879 Jump Off Joe
Cr.
- Matilda Ruth
12/19/1880 Jump Off Joe
Cr.
- William Ernest
07/29/1882 Jump Off Joe
Cr.
- Irma Elizabeth
05/25/1893 Seaton, Lane
Co.
Tragedy WM W. & E. J. Neely lost four
of their children from 1877 - 1882.
Neely Children
Born Died
- 2-year old Lela J. Neely
1875 1877
- 5-year old Alice Neely
1876 1882
- 4-year old Franklin Neely
1887 1882
- 9-month old Mattie R. Neely ?? 1882
1895 An "E. F." Neely identified on the 1895
Josephine County map was the owner of almost 600 acres where the Neely children and
Trimbles’ graves are located adjacent to the northern boundary of today’s
Pleasant Valley Cemetery (PVC).2
Tragedy
- 1900 Census. Mapleton Precinct, Lane Co., OR
- William W. Neely
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- 56 years
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- Elizabeth Neely
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- 47 years
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- Luella Neely
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- 20 years
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- Irma Neely
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- 7 years
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- 1900 Census. Merlin Precinct
- James Neely
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- Farmer
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- 66 years
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- Elizabeth F. Neely
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- Wife
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- 55 years
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- 1910 Census. Mapleton Precinct, Lane Co., OR
- William W. Neely
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- 61 years
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- Elizabeth Neely
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- 57 years
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- Irma Neely
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- 16 years
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- 1920 Census. Mapleton Precinct, Lane Co., OR
- William W. Neely
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- 77 years
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- Elizabeth Neely
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- 67 years
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- 1930 Census. Mapleton Precinct, Lane Co., OR
- William W. Neely
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- 87 years
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- Elizabeth Neely
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- 77 years
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1935 William Wallace Neely died November 18, 1935. He
is buried in the Mapleton IOOF Cemetery, Mapleton, OR
1937 Elizabeth Josephine Fontaine died November 6,
1937 in Mapleton, Lane County, Oregon.
Want more information? Contact an officer of the Hugo Neighborhood on how you can become
involved in your community’s history and land use.
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- 1. Hugo Neighborhood, Josephine County Historical Society,
& Rogue Advocates. 2007. Neelys: Hugo Pioneers; Elizabeth F. Neely: Hugo
Pioneer; Wm W. & E. F. Neely: Hugo Pioneers. Hugo, OR.
- 2. Koch, Joseph , Draughtsman. 1895 Official Josephine
County, Oregon. Map. Scale 1 inch = 1 mile. Meston - Dygert Book M’F’G.
Portland, OR.
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