Family: Neal McGaffey / Hannah McNeil (F12938)
m. 1819-
Father | Male
Neal McGaffey
Born Jun 26, 1794 Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA 
Died Jul 07, 1867 Kaufman, Texas, USA Buried Married 1819 Circleville, Ohio, USA Father Samuel McGaffey, RS | F12935 Group Sheet Mother Lydia Sanborn | F12935 Group Sheet
Mother | Female
Hannah McNeil
Born Sep 03, 1801 Tiffin, Seneca county, Ohio, USA Died Sep 08, 1862 Texas, USA Buried Father Mother
Child 1 | Male
Otis McGaffey
Born Aug 30, 1820 Circleville, Ohio, USA Died May 27, 1908 Luling, Texas, USA Buried Spouse Mary Tomb "Mary Jane" McCollister | F12939 Married May 18, 1841
Child 2 | Male
Oliver McGaffey
Born 1825 Fort Ball, Ohio, USA Died Y Buried Spouse Cornelia Amelia Brownrigg | F18396 Married Jun 14, 1840
Child 3 | Female
Julia Maria McGaffey
Born Jul 01, 1832 White Pigeon, St. Joseph county, Michigan, USA Died Y Buried Spouse Capt. Increase Ransom Burch, CSA | F12940 Married Apr 21, 1848 Jefferson county, Texas, USA
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Notes - "Why, as I recall, Neal McGaffey killed a beef and cut it up and sent it around to the ladies to cook. Everybody was asked to bake bread, biscuits, or cake, or anything they could. Increase Burch had a fine sweet potato patch; he began to dig potatoes and cook them. Mrs. Kate Dorman got into her buggy and with Mrs. (Sarah) Vosberg (Chasteen's future sister-in-law) accompanying her, they delivered food to the fort during the thick of the battle. By the time the battle was over, the soldiers met these ladies with refreshments and ate their first meal of the day. Everything was done to honor those brave men by the citizens of the Pass, and not only then, but for as long as they remained at the fort."
... 'Uncle Joe Chasteen...", By W. T. Block; Reprinted from Beaumont ENTERPRISE, Feb. 5, 1984. Based on Chasteen's memoirs in the Confederate veteran's column of Galveston "Daily News" in 1899. (http://www.wtblock.com/wtblockjr/unclejoe.htm )
- "Why, as I recall, Neal McGaffey killed a beef and cut it up and sent it around to the ladies to cook. Everybody was asked to bake bread, biscuits, or cake, or anything they could. Increase Burch had a fine sweet potato patch; he began to dig potatoes and cook them. Mrs. Kate Dorman got into her buggy and with Mrs. (Sarah) Vosberg (Chasteen's future sister-in-law) accompanying her, they delivered food to the fort during the thick of the battle. By the time the battle was over, the soldiers met these ladies with refreshments and ate their first meal of the day. Everything was done to honor those brave men by the citizens of the Pass, and not only then, but for as long as they remained at the fort."
