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	GEORGE D. NEAL   Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 560
906 W. High St., Mount Vernon, OH	HIGH NEAL.     Early in life Hugh Neal, prominent professional and business man of Mt. Vernon, realized the fact that success never smiles upon the idler or dreamer and he has accordingly followed such an aphorism, devoting his life to ardent toil along lines that cannot but insure success.  The popularity and prosperity which he enjoys has been the result of energy rightly applied and have been won by commendable qualities.      Mr. Neal was born on Nov. 15, 1854, in Mt. Vernon, Ohio, and here he has been content to spend his life, wisely deciding that better opportunities existed for him right here at home than elsewhere.  He is the son of Hugh and Ruth (Jackson) Neal, and a brother of George D. Neal, an excellent Knox county family, a complete sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this volume.      The son, Hugh Neal, attended the public schools in his native town and later the normal school at Danville, this county.  After leaving school he engaged in the carriage business with his brother George, for a time, reading law in the meantime with Col. W. C. Cooper and was admitted to the bar in June, 1885, soon afterwards opening a office for practice in his home town and was making a good start when his practice was interfered with by his friends electing him clerk of the courts of Knox county, in 1886, the duties of which he discharged in such an able and conscientious manner that he was re-elected in 1889, and he received the benefit of the extension of the official term, serving six years and a half.  After leaving this office he resumed the practice of law, becoming associated with William McElroy, and he has since been successfully engaged in the practice of his profession, being regarded as among the leading members of the Knox county bar and figuring prominently in the local courts, being an ardent, straightforward, vigilant and capable advocate and very successful in the trial of cases.  He has always been a profound student and has kept abreast of the times not only in what ever pertains to his profession, but in all current matters of civic, political, scientific and literary import.  He practices in the district and state courts as well as those of the county.      When the oil and gas development began in Knox county Mr. Neal soon became active in this field and he has been most successful in the same, his operations extending to Wayne, Ashland, Richland and Coshocton counties in addition to Knox county.      Politically, Mr. Neal is an old-line Democrat and has ever stood ready to defend the principles of his party, being active and influential in the ranks for many years.  When a young man he was a member of the county committee and was frequently a delegate to county, district and state conventions where he always did effective work for the good of the party and the people he represented.      Mr. Neal was married in December, 1875, to Eva Benin, daughter of Isaac T. and Matilda (Robinson) Beum, a highly honored Knox county family, and this union has resulted in the birth of four children, namely Jennie R. married Burges E. Sapp, an attorney of Mt. Vernon; Georgia is in business in Kalamazoo, Michigan; Clinton married and is living in Columbus, Ohio; Edith is at home.      Mr. Neal is a member of the Masonic order, having attained the Knight Templar degree; also the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.  He has filled all the offices in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and has been a delegate to the grand lodge and has also filled most of the chairs in the other lodges to which he belongs.  He has a neat office, well equipped with law books, at No. 130 South Main street, and his pleasant residence is at No. 906 West High street. Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 766
	ROBERT NEIDERHAUSER   Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 897
	DANIEL NICHOLLS   Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 841
	ISABELLE B. NIXON   Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 654
	MICHAEL NIXON   Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 655