Husband: James W. McNIEL (1)
Birthdate: c 1820 (9,10)
Birthplace: NC (9,10)
Death date: 3 Aug 1878 (1)
Place of death: Cherokee County, TX (1)
Father: Larkin McNIEL
Mother: Lois VANNOY

Marriage date: 10 Nov 1842 (19)
Marriage place: Benton County, AL (19)

Wife: Elizabeth SELMAN (19)
Birthdate: c 1827 (9,10)
Birthplace: TN (9,10)
Death date: 27 Jul 1881 (1)
Place of death: Cherokee County, TX (1)
Father: Benjamin SELMAN (22)
Mother: Sarah BEAN (24)

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Benjamin Larkin McNEILL (3)
Sex: M
Birthdate: 11 Feb 1844 (4)
Birthplace: Benton County, AL (4)
Death date: 17 Sep 1924 (2,4,6)
Place of death: Cherokee County, TX (2,4,6)
Marriage date: 4 May 1874 (13)
Marriage place: Cherokee County, TX (13)
Spouse's name: Mattie M. HARRY (13)

Child No. 2: John M McNIEL (9,10)
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1846 (9)
Birthplace: Cherokee County, TX (9)
Death date: before 1881 (20)
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Child No. 3: Mary Frances McNIEL (5,9,10)
Sex: F
Birthdate: 7 Feb 1846 (5)
Birthplace: Cherokee County, TX (9)
Death date: 2 Feb 1913 (5)
Place of death: Grapeland, Houston County, TX (5)
Marriage date: 26 Dec 1865 (5,15)
Marriage place: Cherokee County, TX (15)
Spouse's name: Wm. H. SPRUILL (5,15)

Child No. 4: Sarah America McNIEL (9,10,23)
Sex: F
Birthdate: Jan 1850 (12)
Birthplace: Cherokee County, TX (10)
Death date: 9 Dec 1918 (7)
Place of death: Cherokee County, TX (7)
Marriage date: 1870 (21)
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Lawrence B. McGUIRE (7)

Child No. 5: William C. McNIEL (10)
Sex:
Birthdate: 1852 (9,10)
Birthplace: Cherokee County. Tx
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Marriage date: 29 Aug 1886 (18b)
Marriage place: Cherokee County, TX
Spouse's name: Lizzie Lee SPENSER (18b)

Child No. 6: Martha Ann McNIEL (10)
Sex: F
Birthdate: 27 Nov 1853 (10,23)
Birthplace: Cherokee County, TX
Death date: 19 Aug 1928 (23)
Place of death: Cherokee County, TX
Marriage date: 26 Aug 1879 (17)
Marriage place: Cherokee Co., TX
Spouse's name: Z. B. STOKES (17)

Child No. 7: James G. McNIEL (10)
Sex: M
Birthdate: 10 Mar 1856 (1,6)
Birthplace: Cherokee County, TX
Death date: 16 Apr 1931 (1,6)
Place of death: Cherokee County, TX
Marriage date: 20 Nov 1879 (1,18)
Marriage place: Cherokee County TX
Spouse's name: Leona Victoria BEAUCHAMP (1,18)

Child No. 8: Nancy L. McNIEL (10)
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1858 (10)
Birthplace: Cherokee County, TX
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Child No. 9: Elizabeth Artemisia McNIEL (20)
Sex: F
Birthdate: July 1860 (10)
Birthplace: Cherokee county, TX
Death date: 19 Oct 1921 (25)
Place of death: Cherokee County, TX
Marriage date: 20 Dec 1877 (18c)
Marriage place: Cherokee County, TX
Spouse's name: E.R. LATHAM (20)
 
 
Documentation:
1. Family Bible for James G. McNIEL
2. Confederate Pension Application - Mrs. Sarah A. LANDRUM
3. Pension Application -Benjamin Larkin McNIEL
4. Tombstone, Shiloh Cemetery, Cherokee County, TX
5. Jeffery Owens, descendant
6. Death Records Cherokee County, TX
7. M.J. Hogan's Register of Funerals, Alto, TX 1918
8. Tax List for 1846
9. Federal Census Cherokee County, 1850.
10. Federal Census Cheokee County, 1860.
11. Fed. Census Cherokee Co. 1880
12. Fed. Census Cherokee County 1900.
13. Marriage Records Cherokee county Book H, pg 21.
14. Marriage Records Cherokee County Book M page 423.
15. Marriage Records Cherokee County Book D2, pg 385.
16. Marriage Records Cherokee County Book J pg 196.
17. Marriage Records Cherokee County Book F, pg 171.
18. Marriage Records Cherokee County book H, pg 495.
18b. Marriage Records Cherokee County Book J, pg 232.
18c. Marriage Records Cherokee County Book H, pg 333.
19. Marriage Records, Benton County, AL.
10. Cherokee County Deed Book %2, pg 352. B.L. McNiel et al deed to James McNiel.
21. Federal Census Cherokee county, 1870.
22. Will of Benjamin Selman.
23. Cemetery Records Cherokee County.
24. "Over the Mountain -a Narative History of the Bean, Selman and Germany Families" by Martha L. Crabb. Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore 1990 page 127.
25. Cherokee County Death Records, #179.