Alfretta BeeryAge: 81 years1868–1950
- Name
- Alfretta Beery
- Given names
- Alfretta
- Surname
- Beery
- Married name
- Alfretta Neff
Shared note: Zora A Wilson (nee Neff) Obituary and Family Listing
Shared note: Thomas Neff Obituary and Family Listing
 Birth | May 23, 1868 |
 Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 7 months)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 9 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Thomas J Neff — View this family March 2, 1889 (Age 20 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Zora Arleen Neff March 23, 1896 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 29 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 47 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Marriage of a child | Hugh Harrison Wilson — Zora Arleen Neff — View this family February 3, 1917 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Robert Wendell “Bob” Wilson January 2, 1918 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 48 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 49 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Dennis Arthur Wilson Sr October 17, 1919 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 61 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Death of a husband | Thomas J Neff February 16, 1937 (Age 68 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Louis Gene Wilson February 20, 1938 (Age 69 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 73 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Obituary | Alfretta Neff (nee Beery) Obituary and Family Listing January 7, 1950 (on the date of death) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 81 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 77 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | January 7, 1950 (Age 81 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rochester IOOF Cemetery |
| Family with Thomas J Neff |
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Thomas J Neff Birth: September 2, 1859 — Pennsylvania, United States Death: February 16, 1937 — Indiana, United States |
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Alfretta Beery Birth: May 23, 1868 — Rochester, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: January 7, 1950 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: March 2, 1889 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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7 years daughter |
Zora Arleen Neff Birth: March 23, 1896 36 27 — Rochester, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: March 9, 1988 — Rochester, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Thomas J Neff - Household
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| Obituary | Alfretta Neff (nee Beery) Obituary and Family Listing
Published in The Rochester News-Sentinel
Saturday, January 7, 1950
Alfretta Neff
Mrs. Alfretta NEFF, 81, died at 3:40 a.m. today at the home of her son, Clyde NEFF, about 3 1/2 miles southwest of Rochester. She had been ill several months.
Born May 23, 1868, in Fulton county, she was the daughter of Aaron and Catherine BEERY and lived here her entire life. In 1889, in this county, she was married to Thomas F. NEFF, who preceded her in death 13 years ago.
A member of the Burton Methodist church, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Albert SMITH and Mrs. Hugh WILSON, Kewanna, and two sons, Dean NEFF, Rochester, and Clyde NEFF.
The body will be taken from the Foster funeral home this evening to the Clyde Neff residence, where services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday. The Rev. Dale BRUBAKER will officiate and burial will be in the I.O.O.F. cemetery here.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1950
by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
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| Name | Zora A Wilson (nee Neff) Obituary and Family Listing
The Rochester Sentinel - Thursday, March 10, 1988
Zora A. Wilson
Zora A. WILSON, 91, Kewanna, died at 12:05 p.m. Wednesday in Canterbury Manor Nursing Home.
She was born March 23, 1896 in Fulton County to Thomas F. and Alfretta BEERY NEFF. She was married Feb. 3, 1917 in Kewanna to Hugh H. WILSON, who died Dec. 23, 1974. She was a member of the Kewanna United Methodist Church, the Kewanna-Union Township Library Board and the Mother's Club. She was a 1913 graduate of Kewanna High School.
Suriving are three sons, Robert WILSON, Bremen; Arthur WILSON, Kewanna, and Gene WILSON, Indianapolis; five grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren. and a brother, Clyde NEFF, Rochester. A brother and a sister preceded in death.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in the Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Kewanna, with the Rev. Dennis INGLE officiating. Burial will be in the Kewanna I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call after 5 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. until services Friday. Memorials may be made to the Kewanna United Methodist Church.
SOURCE:
http://www.fulco.lib.in.us/Genealogy/Tombaugh/Obituaries/Html/1988.htm
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| Name | Thomas Neff Obituary and Family Listing
Published in The Rochester News-Sentinel
Wednesday, February 17, 1937
Thomas F. NEFF, well known citizen of Fulton county, passed away Tuesday afternoon at his home southwest of Rochester, after an illness of several years duration.
Thomas F. Neff, son of David and Mary NEFF was born in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, on September 2nd, 1859. Mr. Neff had lived in Fulton county since the age of 12 and at an early age in life united with the Burton Evangelical church. On March 2nd, 1889 he was united in marriage to Alpharetta BEERY. Four children came to bless this union, two daughters, Mrs. Zella BRUCE, Mrs. Hugh WILSON, of Kewanna; two sons, Dean [NEFF] and Clyde NEFF, of Rochester.
Left with the immediate family to mourn the loss of a loved one are three sisters, Mrs. Emma WILDERMOUTH, Mrs. Michael EASH and Mrs. Perry WALTERS. Three sisters preceded him in death. He is also survived by 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
All that human hands could do was shown by the loving kindness of a devoted wife and children, but God saw fit to call him to the Eternal City, a place not made by human hands, but by God alone, a place free from pain and suffering. Those left will miss him. The busy hand will empty be, but happy he will be with those gone on before. . . .
Funeral services will be conducted at the home of Clyde Neff, Thursday afternoon, two o'clock.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1937
by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
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