McNeil, John (1784-1850)

Name:

McNeil, John (1784-1850)

Title:

Captain, 11th Infantry, U.S. Army, 1812
Major, 11th Infantry, U. S. Army, 1813
Lt. Colonel, 1st Infantry, U. S. Army, 1818
Colonel, 1st Infantry, U. S. Army, 1826
Brevetted, Brigadier General, U. S. Army, 1824
Surveyor of the Port of Boston, 1830-1850

Born:

03/25/1784

Birthplace:

Hillsborough, NH

Died:

02/23/1850

Death Location:

Washington, DC

Residence:

Hillsborough, NH
Boston, MA 1830-1850

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Military officer, up to brigadier general (1824-1830). Accepted appointment by President Andrew Jackson as surveyor of the Port of Boston.

Father:

McNeil, John (1757-1836)

Mother:

Andrews, Lucy

Relations:

Sibling: Solomon McNeil, married Elizabeth's sister, Nancy

Spouse:

Married Elizabeth Andrews Pierce (1788-1855), 1811

Children:

John Winfield Scott (1817-1837)
Elizabeth (m. Henry Washington Benham; children)
Frances (1822-1892; m. Col. Chandler E. Potter; no children)
Benjamin Pierce (1825-1835)

Notes:

George W. Browne, The History of Hillsborough, New Hampshire. 1735-1921. Volume Two. (Manchester, New Hampshire: John B. Clarke Company, 1922), 393-394.

Obituary, National Intelligencer, Washington , DC, February 25, 1850.

"Biography of Gen, John McNeil," New-Hampshire Patriot, Concord, New Hampshire, July 26, 1854.

Rossiter Johnson, Editor. The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans. Volume VII. (Boston, Massachusetts: The Biographical Society, 1904), 210.

Charles K. Gardner, A Dictionary of All Officers, Who Have Been Commissioned, or Have Been Appointed and Served, in the Army of the United States... (New York: G. P. Putnam and Company, 1853), 302.