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Irish ancestry Politicians in South Carolina


  Abijah O'Neall (1798-1874) — of Montgomery County, Ind. Born in Newberry District (now Newberry County), S.C., December 9, 1798. Miller; merchant; surveyor; farmer; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1839-40; candidate for Indiana state senate, 1849. Quaker; later Universalist. Irish ancestry. Sheltered escaping slaves as part of the "Underground Railroad" before the Civil War. Died in 1874 (age about 75 years). Original interment at Yountsville Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Ind.; reinterment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Ind.
  Relatives: Second great-grandfather of Marabeth Thomas (who married Bruce Charles Savage); first cousin of John Belton O'Neall; cousin of John F. O'Neall; brother of Thomas H. O'Neall; father of John Kelly O'Neall. See O'Neall family of Indiana.
  John Belton O'Neall (1793-1863) — of South Carolina. Born in Bush River, Newberry County, S.C., April 10, 1793. Lawyer; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1816-28; Speaker of the South Carolina State House of Representatives, 1824-26; Judge, South Carolina Court of Appeals, 1830. Baptist. Irish ancestry. Died near Newberry, Newberry County, S.C., September 27, 1863 (age 70 years, 170 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: First cousin of Abijah O'Neall. See O'Neall family of Indiana.
  John F. O'Neall (c.1804-1865) — of Greene County, Ind. Born in South Carolina, about 1804. Farmer; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1841-44; candidate for Indiana state senate, 1844, 1847. Quaker or Methodist. Irish ancestry. Died in 1865 (age about 61 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Cousin of Abijah O'Neall and Thomas H. O'Neall; uncle of John Henry O'Neall. See O'Neall family of Indiana.
  John Henry O'Neall (1838-1907) — also known as John H. O'Neall — of Washington, Daviess County, Ind. Born near Newberry, Newberry County, S.C., October 30, 1838. Democrat. Lawyer; banker; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1867; U.S. Representative from Indiana 2nd District, 1887-91; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1896. Methodist. Irish ancestry. Died in Washington, Daviess County, Ind., July 15, 1907 (age 68 years, 258 days). Interment at St. John's Cemetery, Washington, Ind.
  Relatives: Nephew of John F. O'Neall. See O'Neall family of Indiana.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Thomas H. O'Neall (1813-1889) — of Tippecanoe County, Ind. Born in Newberry District (now Newberry County), S.C., September 20, 1813. Farmer; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1849-51. Quaker or Methodist. Irish ancestry. Died, from congestion of the lungs, in Stockwell, Tippecanoe County, Ind., March 31, 1889 (age 75 years, 192 days). Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Stockwell, Ind.
  Relatives: Brother of Abijah O'Neall; cousin of John F. O'Neall; uncle of John Kelly O'Neall. See O'Neall family of Indiana.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial

 

 


 
   
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