Joseph Neeper III ^229,230

  General Notes:

Joseph and Mary moved from Ohio to Dardanelle, Arkansas around 1854. He had a saw mill there on the Arkansas River. After Joseph’s death (about 1860) Mary moved the family to the Heard Community near Lono, Arkansas. She bought a farm and lived there until her children had married or died. She then went to live with her oldest son, Lewis, who lived near Leola, Arkansas and was with him until her death in about 1898. She is buried in the Lono Cemetery in Lono, Arkansas.

One of the last things that Joseph made at his saw mill was a dining table of walnut fashioned from a log found floating down the Arkansas River. When he sawed it up the boards were so wide that it only took two for the top of the table.

Some dispute on his birth date, may have been 1812.

  Birth Notes:

Cumberland County is now Perry County

  Life Events:

1. Occupation: Owned a Saw Mill.

2. Church Affiliation: Seventh Day Adventist.

Joseph married Margaret C. "Maggie" Boggs, daughter of Ezekiel Boggs Sr. and Eva Catharine Haney, on 1 Sep 1842 in Sidney, Shelby, Ohio, USA.²²⁹ (Margaret C. "Maggie" Boggs was born in 1822 in Piqua, Miami, Ohio, USA, died in 1898 in Leola, Grant, Arkansas, USA and was buried in 1898 in Lono Cemetery (Lono, Hot Spring, Arkansas, USA).)