The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-05-28

cal sketch OF orr Congressional nominee
\ HON. JOHN n. O'NEALL.
Biographical sketch or the Mex
/ Member Of Congress from the
I Second District.
There came to Amer rica in 1880. fror
Antrim, ireland, Hugh O'Neali. IN
great great grandfather Of John Henr
O'Neal:- Hugh O'Neall located 1
Christiana, . little town near Whining
ton. Delaware, where he married Ami
Cox, by whom be had seven sons, one o
whom was William, the great grand
father Of the subjec. Of this sketch. viii
liam O'Neall married Mary Frost, VII,
bore him one daughter and six sons
one OF whom, Henry. was the grand
father Of John u. O'Neall. Henry O.
NeaIl, the grandfather, was born Jan. lC
l1776, and married Mary Miles. and {.
them were born five daughters and min,
sons, one OF whom Henry Miles O'Neall
was the father OF our candidate 70
Congress. Henry Miles O'Neall, III,
father. was born Dec. 20. 1903, aud mar
ried Elizabeth Edmundson, and thre,
children blessed this union -one son snt
two daughters.
John Henry ONeali, the gentleman
nominated for Congress By the Demo
cratic Congressional Convention In thil
city last Thursday, is the Oldest child oI
Henry Miles O'Neail and Elizabeth nee
Edmundson. He was horn near New.
berry, South Carolina. October 30. 1898
His father died in December. ls43. and
bis mother in January, 1874, leaving
three little ch;ldren-the subject of this
article and two daughters. The grand
father Of Mr.. O'Neall, who about the
year 1924 had settled in Madison town
ship, Daviess county. Indiana. four miles
north OF Odon, went to South Carolina
Ind brought his grandchildren in q
'pring wagon all the way from New
berry TO his home In this (Daviess)
county, where he arrived with the little
IoIks on Friday. August 2. 1914, three
lays before the August election Of that
rear.
John Henry lived with his grandfather
n this county until the old gentleman
lied on November IL. 1851 Prior to
his time be attended four winter terms
. school. going from two to three
months each term. During the winter
4 1888 and 1884 he missed attending
chool, but attended the winter terms Of
655 s and 1856 Z.
After the death Of his grandfather,
Ohm Henry hired 10 his uncle. John v.
synum. 10 work on farm at eight dol
are per month. which salary was after
yards increased 10 thirteen dollars per
mouth.
In 1857 he made visit to his mothers
ecpIe in Tennessee. and on his return
'ent 10 school four three-month terms
an academv ~ New Lebanon, Sulii-
an county. Indiana. In 1859 he entered
ie State University at Bloomington,
% graduated in June, 1862. In Oc-
,bcr. 1862. he went into the law Office
William Mack. now Judge Of the
ircuit Court a. Terre Haute, with
HON he read law for about tenI
vn'hs, and then entered the law de-
sr'nent OF the University Of Michigan,
Ann Arbor. where he graduated in
pIil. 1864. June 8. 1864, he took upl
> residence In this city, where be CON-
enced The practice Of bis profession. i
In 1864 Morton had carried Daviess
unity over McDonsld BY four votes TOR :
,vernor. and the balance Of The ticket, I
lfe and county, was about evenly d. 4
led between the two parties, and \
,ward Crooke, Republican, was elec- :
10 the Legislature by seven votes. 7
tween 1864 and 1866 the soldiers had :,
urned, and IL was generally supposed !
4 they would vote the Republican :
ket. At any rate no one seemed 10 z
nj to make the race for the Legisla- =.
e. and under such discouraging pros !, 4,
~ Mr.. O'Neall was pressed into the =
vice, and against bis own wishes was !. !.
minated by the Democracy, in 1855. y
represent Dsviess county n the State =
gisIature- After one OF the most hot !.
contested campaigns ever witnessed a.
lie county, he was elected by 33 ma !" -
ify. leading the State ticket votes. - =
. 1873 Mr.. O'Nesll was appointed ~
scouting Attorney BY Governor Hen r.
Ike. and in 1874 he was elected 10 that "a
20. He soon resigned, however. butt
resignation was not accepted. and he
finued in the Office until October.
}, 1877.
lr. ~ NcaIl has been . member of the
school board Tor the past fifteen -
rs. He was elected once when two- X.
de Of the city council were Republic
J, and at another time BY the casting "a
Of the Mayor. who on the same oc. sn'
On voted against bis Democratic COL.
ues. and for Rogers and Barber, two the
ublicans. sec
'hn II. O'Ncall was married to Alice J
,arton. daughter Of DR.. @. G. Barton, ~
lis city, July 5, 1866. Six children gat
he fruits Of this union. ]
=. O'Neall has never been an Office mil
CT In that sense Of the term which Col
e-sceking usually implies. Nearly mes
y nomination he has received here. tale
e has come 10 him unsolicited. son
n he determined to become I candi- jou
for the Democratic nomination for
yress In this district be visited the r
ral counties In the district, in biz M,
J. unOstentatious manner, making set
fricnds wherever be went. 49,
man soliciting nomination forof b
.reee for the first time. IN = disfricf liori