Grant W. McNeill b. May 1888 New York, USA d. 26 Dec 1955 Gouverneur, St. Lawrence, New York, USA: Stan and Linda's Genealogy Website

1888 - 1955 (67 years)

Name	Grant W. McNeill
Birth	May 1888	New York, USA [1]
Gender	Male
_UID	2B72794992DD9941B8C245434F22B56737B9
Death	26 Dec 1955	Gouverneur, St. Lawrence, New York, USA [1, 2, 3]
Burial	28 Dec 1955	New St. James Cemetery, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence, New York, USA [2, 4]
Person ID	I7033	broderick
Last Modified	7 Oct 2025

Father	John W. McNeill, b. 4 Dec 1856, Oswegatchie, St. Lawrence, New York, USA d. 28 Oct 1939, DePeyster, St. Lawrence, New York, USA (Age 82 years)
Mother	Martha E. Havens, b. 25 Mar 1858, Oswegatchie, St. Lawrence, New York, USA d. 29 Oct 1952, Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence, New York, USA (Age 94 years)
Marriage	24 Feb 1881	Morristown, St. Lawrence, New York, USA [5]
Family ID	F2135	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Anna Clarke Mason, b. 14 Jun 1895, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence, New York, USA d. 19 Oct 1971, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence, New York, USA (Age 76 years)

Marriage 1921 Gouverneur, St. Lawrence, New York, USA [6]

Children

	1. Helen Elizabeth McNeill, b. 19 Sep 1921, Rensselaer Falls, St. Lawrence, New York, USA d. 16 Nov 1995, Bradenton, Manatee, Florida, USA (Age 74 years)
	2. John Robert McNeill, b. 22 May 1925, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence, New York, USA d. 11 Aug 2009, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence, New York, USA (Age 84 years)
	3. M.A. McNeill

Family ID F2128 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 23 Jan 2016

Event Map

	Birth - May 1888 - New York, USA
	Marriage - 1921 - Gouverneur, St. Lawrence, New York, USA
	Death - 26 Dec 1955 - Gouverneur, St. Lawrence, New York, USA
	Burial - 28 Dec 1955 - New St. James Cemetery, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence, New York, USA

= Link to Google Earth

Headstones		Headstone - Grant W. McNeill family plot. From the website, Inventory of New St James Cemetery, Gouverneur NY. Created by Anne M. Cady, May 2002. Digital photograph.
Headstones		Footstone - Grant W. McNeill - Grant W. McNeill family plot. From the website, Inventory of New St James Cemetery, Gouverneur NY. Created by Anne M. Cady, May 2002. Digital photograph.

Sources

[S46] Northern New York Library Network, Potsdam, NY, Northern New York Historical Newspapers, (http://news.nnyln.net/ (Database on-line)), Gouverneur Tribune-Press, We, 27 Oct 1971, s 2, p 12 (Reliability: 3).
Deaths - Mrs. Anna Calnon
[S186] Ancestry.com, Rootsweb.ancestry.com, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~stlawgen/CEMETERY/Hillcrest/Hillcrest_c.H (Reliability: 3).
Calnon (See also: Perry)
Daniel Calnon, 1889-1962 (Section 23)
Elphia McNeil, his wife, 1881-1956 (Section 23)
Inventory of Hillcrest Cemetery, Heuvelton, NY (Township of Oswegatchie)
[S22] Ancestry.com, Miscellaneous on-line databases and image collections at Ancestry.com (see text), Syracuse Herald Journal We 28Dec195 (Reliability: 3).
Grant W. McNeill Funeral Today
[S22] Ancestry.com, Miscellaneous on-line databases and image collections at Ancestry.com (see text), Syracuse Herald Journal We 28Dec1955 p37 (Reliability: 3).
Grant W. McNeill Funeral Today
[S46] Northern New York Library Network, Potsdam, NY, Northern New York Historical Newspapers, (http://news.nnyln.net/ (Database on-line)), Gouverneur Tribune-Press, We, 1 Nov 1939, p 9 (Reliability: 3).
Grippe Fatal to McNeil, 82,
Retired Depeyster Farmer

John William McNeil. 82, a highly
respected retired farmer passed
away at his home where he had
resided for many years. Saturday
noon, following an illness of two,
weeka with pippe Mr. McNeil)Mrs
was born in Oswegatchie, Dec. 4,
1857, the son of Robert and Ann
Barber McNeil In 1881 he married
Miss Martha Havens of Oawegatchie.
Three children were
born to the union, Mrs. Daniel
Calnon, who resides on the farm
home, Mabel, who became the
wife of Carl Beach and who pass-
ed away several years ago; and
Grant McNeil of Gouverneur. Al-
so five grandchildren, four great-
grandchildren. Funeral services
were held Monday at the home,
with Rev. A. G. Bowering of Heu-
velton Presbyterian Church offici-
ating. Burial was in Hillcrest
cemetery, Heuvelton. The bearers
were: Supervisor Herbert N.
Holland, Loren Wilson, Simon
Fox, Charles Perry, Harlow Jack-
son, and F. L. Kinney.
Grippe Fatal to McNeil, 82, Retired Depeyster Farmer
{See text.}
[S46] Northern New York Library Network, Potsdam, NY, Northern New York Historical Newspapers, (http://news.nnyln.net/ (Database on-line)), Gouverneur Tribune-Press, We, 27 Oct 1971, s 2, p 12 (Reliability: 3).
Mrs. Anna Calnon
The funeral for Mrs. Anna
McNeiil Calnon, 76, of 24 Gleason
street, was held Friday at St.
James Church with Very Rev.
Msgr. Robert J. McCarthy,
pastor, officiating. Burial was in
the new St. James cemetery.
Mrs. Calnon, widow of Daniel
Calnon, died Oct. 19 at her home.
She had been hospitalized
recently.
Surviving are two daughters,
Miss Helen Elizabeth Mc-
Neill, Dewitt, Mrs. Loren
(Martha) Richardson, Seneca
Falls; a son, John Robert,
Gouverneur; three grand*
children; a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth
Mason, and a nephew, James
Mason, both of Gouverneur.
Born at Gouverneur June 14,
1895, daughter of Patrick J. and
Anna Clark Mason, she attended
Gouverneur High School and
local training Class and taught in
Wegatchie and Morristown
schools. She was married to
Grant McNeill in 1921 at
Gouverneur.
The couple operated the Mc-
Neil farm at Depeyster for years,
then moved to Gouverneur where
he worked as a private contractor
until his death Dec. 26, 1955.
Mrs. McNeill later married
Daniel Calnon at Gouverneur St.
James Church, Rev. Msgr.
James Lyng officiating. Mr.
Calnon was a retired postmaster
and supervisor of the Town of
Depeyster. Since Mr. Calnon's
death, she had lived at
Gouverneur.
She was a member of St. James
Church.
Deaths - Mrs. Anna Calnon
See text.