John Neff 1794–1869 – Whos Your Daddy? Wikigenealogy

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John Neff, 1794–1869 (aged 74 years)

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John Neff

Name: John /Neff/
Surname: Neff
Given names: John

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Family with parents
father	Links Birth: 1 January 1769 45 36 — Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pa., USA Death: 12 July 1837 — Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pa., USA LDS baptism: 13 October 1885 LDS endowment: 14 October 1885 LDS child sealing: 15 September 1952 Unique identifier: 00EF0BF8D89CEA4BBFBA59906C2F24712DB8 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Barbara Herr John Neff Benjamin Neff Elizabeth Neff John Neff 1769–1837 Birth: 1 January 1769 45 36 — Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pa., USA Death: 12 July 1837 — Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pa., USA
mother	Links Birth: 28 July 1762 — Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pa., USA Death: 12 October 1821 — Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pa., USA Unique identifier: 00EF0BF8D89CEA4BBFBA59906C2F24712DB8 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse John Neff John Neff Benjamin Neff Elizabeth Neff Barbara Herr 1762–1821 Birth: 28 July 1762 — Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pa., USA Death: 12 October 1821 — Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pa., USA
himself	Links Birth: 19 September 1794 25 32 — Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pa., USA Marriage: 12 January 1822 — Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pa., USA Death: 9 May 1869 — East Mill Creek, Salt Lake, Ut., USA Burial: 12 May 1869 — Wasatch Lawn Memorial, Salt Lake City, S.L., U.S.S. Unique identifier: 14F5A010E793D8418BDCBCF1341A97DB20A9 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary Barr John Neff Amos Herr Neff John Neff 1794–1869 Birth: 19 September 1794 25 32 — Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pa., USA Death: 9 May 1869 — East Mill Creek, Salt Lake, Ut., USA
11 years younger brother	Links Birth: 27 October 1805 36 43 — Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pa., USA Burial: 12 May 1869 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Benjamin Neff 1805–1869 Birth: 27 October 1805 36 43 — Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pa., USA Burial: 12 May 1869
14 months younger sister	Links Birth: 1806 37 43 — Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pa., USA Death: 1810 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Elizabeth Neff 1806–1810 Birth: 1806 37 43 — Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pa., USA Death: 1810

Family with Mary Barr
himself	Links Birth: 19 September 1794 25 32 — Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pa., USA Marriage: 12 January 1822 — Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pa., USA Death: 9 May 1869 — East Mill Creek, Salt Lake, Ut., USA Burial: 12 May 1869 — Wasatch Lawn Memorial, Salt Lake City, S.L., U.S.S. Unique identifier: 14F5A010E793D8418BDCBCF1341A97DB20A9 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary Barr John Neff Amos Herr Neff John Neff 1794–1869 Birth: 19 September 1794 25 32 — Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pa., USA Death: 9 May 1869 — East Mill Creek, Salt Lake, Ut., USA
wife	Links Birth: 1 December 1801 — Bart Township, Lancaster, Pa., USA Marriage: 12 January 1822 — Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pa., USA Death: 1 December 1875 — East Mill Creek, Salt Lake, Ut., USA Burial: 4 December 1875 — Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah Unique identifier: 14F5A010E793D8418BDCBCF1341A97DB20A9 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse John Neff John Neff Amos Herr Neff Mary Barr 1801–1875 Birth: 1 December 1801 — Bart Township, Lancaster, Pa., USA Death: 1 December 1875 — East Mill Creek, Salt Lake, Ut., USA
Marriage	Marriage — 12 January 1822 — Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pa., USA
16 years son	Links Birth: 28 December 1837 43 36 — Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pa., USA Marriage: 31 January 1863 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Death: 6 January 1918 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Burial: 9 January 1918 — Wasatch Lawn Memorial, Salt Lake City, S.L., U.S.S. Unique identifier: 552089907333D844BF766BF410E4AAE16300 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Ann Elizabeth Benedict Delia Benedict Neff John Neff 1837–1918 Birth: 28 December 1837 43 36 — Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pa., USA Death: 6 January 1918 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
-13 years son	Links Birth: 20 May 1825 30 23 — Strasbury, Lancaster County, Pa., USA LDS baptism: 16 March 1846 Marriage: 15 April 1848 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA LDS endowment: 27 March 1852 Unique identifier: 14CF70711E9DAD44A16B92C455272CBC369D Marriage: 17 December 1864 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Unique identifier: 21E4D044D7FD734ABD549814BAD881D751BC Marriage: 6 December 1875 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Death: 1 February 1914 — East Mill Creek, Salt Lake, Ut., USA Burial: 4 February 1914 — Elysian Burial Gardens, Salt Lake City LDS child sealing: 17 February 1949 Unique identifier: A61C1DA9419DFB42A61E43147B5A693B3719 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Martha Ann Dilworth Amos Neff Martha Neff John Neff Family with spouse Catharine Elizabeth Thomas Hariet Neff Amanda Neff David Neff Samuel Neff Alice Neff Family with spouse Eliza Anne Hughes William Leroy Neff Frank Herr Neff Anne Loretta Neff Eugene Jefferson Neff Catharine Barr Neff Albert Hughes Neff Julian Neff Amos Herr Neff 1825–1914 Birth: 20 May 1825 30 23 — Strasbury, Lancaster County, Pa., USA Death: 1 February 1914 — East Mill Creek, Salt Lake, Ut., USA

Events of close relatives
Birth	19 September 1794 25 32 Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pa., USA
Birth of a brother	Benjamin Neff 27 October 1805 Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pa., USA
Birth of a sister	Elizabeth Neff 1806 Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pa., USA
Death of a sister	Elizabeth Neff 1810
Death of a paternal grandfather	Jacob Neff 16 February 1814 Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pa., USA
Death of a mother	Barbara Herr 12 October 1821 Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pa., USA
Marriage	Mary Barr — View this family 12 January 1822 (aged 27 years) Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pa., USA
Birth of a son	Amos Herr Neff 20 May 1825 Strasbury, Lancaster County, Pa., USA
Death of a paternal grandmother	Anna Brackbill 18 November 1825
Death of a father	John Neff 12 July 1837 Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pa., USA
Birth of a son	John Neff 28 December 1837 Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pa., USA
Marriage of a son	Amos Herr Neff — Martha Ann Dilworth — View this family 15 April 1848 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Marriage of a son	John Neff — Ann Elizabeth Benedict — View this family 31 January 1863 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Marriage of a son	Amos Herr Neff — Catharine Elizabeth Thomas — View this family 17 December 1864 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Death	9 May 1869 (aged 74 years) East Mill Creek, Salt Lake, Ut., USA
Burial	12 May 1869 (3 days after death) Wasatch Lawn Memorial, Salt Lake City, S.L., U.S.S.
Unique identifier	3896AF6F71C40D43A460FDC950A77F88396A
Last change	29 August 2011 – 00:00:00

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Note	--------HeartThrobs of the West Heart Throbs of the West: Volume 3 Pioneer Mills and Millers Mills Built in Mill Creek Canyon (Salt Lake County) Mill No. 2-The gristmill built by John Neff, Sr., in 1848. It w as located just West of the Pond at Oakwood. It was run by a lar ge over-shot wheel and a log for a shaft; improving the power, a s time went on, until finally it was run by a large turbinewhee l. This was the first flour mill in Utah which separated the flo ur fromthe bran and shorts. Mill No. 5-Built by John Neff, Sr. This mill had a sashsaw, an d had an under-shot wheel, located three-fourths of a mile wes t ofthe mouth of the canyon, or what is known as the Moses Esta te. Mill No. 6-Built by John Neff, Sr. This was a shingle mill, loca ted near the home of J. O. Smith. Various writers inform us substantially that in the spring of 18 48"John Neff located a millsite on Mill Creek near a little gro ve about two miles below the mouth of Mill Creek canyon. In Jul y and August following, the mill race was dug by Mr. Binley, an d about harvest time the mill commenced operations, even befor e the building was roofed in. With the exception of a small chop ping mill put up by Charles Crismon at the mouth of City Creek c anyon, this was the first mill in the Salt Lake Valley, and it m ade the first flour produced in Utah. Crismon's mill had no bolt ing cloth, and the shorts and bran were not separated, it bein g only a chopper." The next spring he selected a farm on Mill Creek, near the sit e where John Neff built the first Utah flour mill. Here, for th e first time, he commenced to till the soil. That fallhe went a s far east as the Sweet-water to meet President Brigham Young. A fter returning, he was selected as Salt Lake City's first pound- keeper, with Horace S. Eldredge as his assistant. A number of members of the Church who intended to join the gener al exodus Westward, and who then were residing on theAtlantic c oast, sent merchandise on this ship in the care of Brannan, thin king to make the trip overland and meet the other saints on th e shores of thePacific. Among those shipping goods were my fath er, John Neff, John Van Cottand several others. Of course, no k nowledge of gold being in the country wasthen to be had. The ma tter of the exodus was purely a religious one. Neff, John 73 Sept. 19, 1774 Lancaster, Pa Neff, Mary 46 Dec. 1, 1801 Lancaster, Pa Neff, Amos H. 22 May 20, 1825 Lancaster, Pa Neff, Mary Ann16 Aug. 5, 1831 Lancaster, Pa Neff, Susannah 16 Aug. 26, 1831 Lancaster, Pa Neff, Benjamin R. 12 May 6, 1835 Lancaster, Pa Neff, John, Jr.11 Dec. 28, 1836 Lancaster, Pa Neff, Elizabeth 7 Nov. 15, 1840 Lancaster, Pa

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--------HeartThrobs of the West
Heart Throbs of the West: Volume 3
Pioneer Mills and Millers
Mills Built in Mill Creek Canyon (Salt Lake County)
Mill No. 2-The gristmill built by John Neff, Sr., in 1848. It w
as located just West of the Pond at Oakwood. It was run by a lar
ge over-shot wheel and a log for a shaft; improving the power, a
s time went on, until finally it was run by a large turbinewhee
l. This was the first flour mill in Utah which separated the flo
ur fromthe bran and shorts.
Mill No. 5-Built by John Neff, Sr. This mill had a sashsaw, an
d had an under-shot wheel, located three-fourths of a mile wes
t ofthe mouth of the canyon, or what is known as the Moses Esta
te.
Mill No. 6-Built by John Neff, Sr. This was a shingle mill, loca
ted near the home of J. O. Smith.
Various writers inform us substantially that in the spring of 18
48"John Neff located a millsite on Mill Creek near a little gro
ve about two miles below the mouth of Mill Creek canyon. In Jul
y and August following, the mill race was dug by Mr. Binley, an
d about harvest time the mill commenced operations, even befor
e the building was roofed in. With the exception of a small chop
ping mill put up by Charles Crismon at the mouth of City Creek c
anyon, this was the first mill in the Salt Lake Valley, and it m
ade the first flour produced in Utah. Crismon's mill had no bolt
ing cloth, and the shorts and bran were not separated, it bein
g only a chopper."
The next spring he selected a farm on Mill Creek, near the sit
e where John Neff built the first Utah flour mill. Here, for th
e first time, he commenced to till the soil. That fallhe went a
s far east as the Sweet-water to meet President Brigham Young. A
fter returning, he was selected as Salt Lake City's first pound-
keeper, with Horace S. Eldredge as his assistant.
A number of members of the Church who intended to join the gener
al exodus Westward, and who then were residing on theAtlantic c
oast, sent merchandise on this ship in the care of Brannan, thin
king to make the trip overland and meet the other saints on th
e shores of thePacific. Among those shipping goods were my fath
er, John Neff, John Van Cottand several others. Of course, no k
nowledge of gold being in the country wasthen to be had. The ma
tter of the exodus was purely a religious one.
Neff, John 73 Sept. 19, 1774 Lancaster, Pa
Neff, Mary 46 Dec. 1, 1801 Lancaster, Pa
Neff, Amos H. 22 May 20, 1825 Lancaster, Pa
Neff, Mary Ann16 Aug. 5, 1831 Lancaster, Pa
Neff, Susannah 16 Aug. 26, 1831 Lancaster, Pa
Neff, Benjamin R. 12 May 6, 1835 Lancaster, Pa
Neff, John, Jr.11 Dec. 28, 1836 Lancaster, Pa
Neff, Elizabeth 7 Nov. 15, 1840 Lancaster, Pa