Family Tree

Ernest Byar McNeill Family

Ernest Byar McNeill was the youngest living male of Oliver Goldsmith McNeill.

Ernest Byar McNeill

BORN: March 2, 1875, in Brooksville, Bracken County, Kentucky.
DIED: June 11, 1966, in Covington, Kentucky. Buried in Forest Lawn, Erlanger, Kentucky.

Lula Souder

BORN: November 28, 1887, in East Eagle, Owen County, Kentucky.
DIED: July 16, 1970, in Covington, Kentucky. Buried in Forest Lawn, Erlanger Kentucky.

Sometime in the late 1800's, Ernest Byar McNeill moved from Bracken County to Scott County. He opened a store in Delaplain, Kentucky, called "McNeill and Giles, General Merchandise." A photo of his delivery wagon has survived the years. Lula Souder was one of Ernest's customers.

Ernest and Lula were married on October 26, 1904, in Georgetown, Kentucky.

Children of Ernest and Lula

1. Nell McNeill, Born 1906 in Scott County, Kentucky.
2. Harry McNeill, Born 1918 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
3. Roy McNeill, Born January 27, 1919, Cincinnati, Ohio. Died January 23, 1992, Ludlow, Kentucky.

Soon after Nell's birth, Ernest left the store to work for the Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific (CNO&TP) railroad. He began his career in November, 1910, and retired in March, 1941. In 1916, Ernest was transferred to the railroad station at Ludlow, Kentucky. Aside from vacations using his railroad pass, Ernest and Lula would spend the rest of their lives in Northern Kentucky. The CNO&TP railroad would become the Southern Railway, and today it still exists as the Norfolk Southern.

Railroad Retirement Board documents provided a lot of information about Ernest Byar McNeill and his wife Lula.