Person:Montague Neff (1)

Oscar B. Robbins book, pg 18; his informant has said that Phelph's wife, Susan, had died 20 Jul 1869, but the 1880 census proves that 1869 date is an error. Susan and their son are living with her parents in the 1880 census for Dover, Morris County, NJ. So Susan went home sometime between 1870 and 1880. Susan's obituary (copied into her notes) says "Her husband, M. Phelps Neff, who belonged to a family of great prominence in Cincinnati, died some twelve years ago [abt 1885] in that city, in which Mr. and Mrs. Neff lived after their marriage."

Date & location of death is mentioned in the obituary of his wife, Susan Wood and is posted in her notes. The obituary was provided by Anthony Troha, Ph.D., of the Canal Society of NJ.

Later into from cited source provided by Dr. Troha gives the exact dates of his birth and death: William and Elizabeth Neff had nine children, with Montague Phelps Neff being number seven. Pages 225 - 248 detail the pedigree and abolitionist background of William Neff. Pages 248 - 250 detail the pedigree of Elizabeth Clifford Wayne Neff. Their son, Montague Phelps Neff, was evidently named after their children's private tutor, Mr. Montague Phelps, mentioned on Page 242, so the name is not indicative of any Phelps lineage through the Neffs.

1870 Census Miami, Greene County, Ohio Neff, Montague P. 28 M W Clerk in Hotel Ohio Neff, Susan L. 27 F W keeping house New Jersey Neff, Stewart M. 4 M W at home New Jersey

1880 Census, District 131, Dover, Morris Co., New Jersey Wood, Freeman W M 70 head Justice of the Peace NJ NJ NJ Wood, Mary B. W F 67 wife keeping house NJ NJ NJ Neff, Susan M. W F 40 daughter at home NJ NJ NJ Neff, Stewart W M 14 grand-son at home NJ OH NJ Sexton, Delia W F 19 Servant NY Ireland Ireland

1. ↑ Robbins, Oscar Burton. History of the Jackson family of Hempstead, Long Island, N.Y., Ohio and Indiana: descendants of Robert and Agnes Washburn Jackson. (Loveland, Colo.: Robbins, 1951)
   18.

   Location only

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Neff, Elizabeth Clifford. A chronicle, together with a little romance regarding Rudolf and Jacob Näf, of Frankford, Pennsylvania, and their descendants including an account of the Neffs in Switzerland and America. (Cincinnati, Ohio: Robert Clarke, 1886)
   Pg 258.

   Exact dates but no locations

3. ↑ Obituary.

   Obituary of his wife, Susan Wood and is posted in her notes.

4.   Robbins, Oscar Burton. History of the Jackson family of Hempstead, Long Island, N.Y., Ohio and Indiana: descendants of Robert and Agnes Washburn Jackson. (Loveland, Colo.: Robbins, 1951)
   18.