Hugh T. Neal

NEAL, H.T. - Mr. W.H. Rogers of Prairie Grove informed us yesterday

that H.T. Neal, son of the late Col. William Neal of Prairie Grove, was

drowned in the Arkansas river seven miles below Van Buren on Friday

last while crossing a drove of cattle. The deceased was 28 years of age, a

young man of honesty and integrity and liked by all who knew him. His

body had not been recovered at last accounts. [Fayetteville Democrat

1O / 12/82]

The body of H.T. Neal, who was accidentally drowned in the Arkansas river

while crossing a drove of cattle a few miles below Van Buren on the 6th

inst., was recovered on the following Thursday evening, one mile and a

half below the place of drowning. W.T. Neal, his brother, and J.J. Bagget,

who had gone down to look for the body and take charge of the stock, had it

encased, the former accompanying, it arrived here on Saturday evening

last. Many sorrowing relatives and friends were in waiting. He was buried

on the family lot in the Prairie Grove cemetery, the Rev. Mr. Calloway

conducting the funeral services. H.T. Neal was a son of the late Col. Wm. T.

Neal of this place; was born and raised here and was in the 28th year of his

age. His business was trading in stock. He was sober and temperate in his

habits, social in his disposition and universally esteemed by his acquaintances

for his generous, manly deportment and for his honesty and truthfulness.

Few who die, either old or young, aroused so much sympathy and

regret. M. [Fayetteville Democrat 10/19/1882]