Philander H. O'Neal

Philander H. O'Neal (1850-1920) = Farmer. Born in Havana, Mason Co., IL on September 12 to John L. (1811-1857) and Martha Green (FREEMAN) O'NEAL (1819-1909). His siblings were: Joseph, Susan, Ann, Prander, twins-Frances and Frank, and Ella. We aren't sure when the O'Neals immigrated to Missouri or what route they followed -- they may have come by steamboat up the Missouri River as Bogard, Carroll Co, MO. where the O'Neals settled isn't that far north of the river or they may have come overland from Hannibal following the Indian trail (Hwy 24). However, it was sometime before 1874 because Philander married his first wife, Joan (1851-1885), a native of Bogard and the daughter of John and Lucinda (FARIS) GLAZE then. They had five children, the last two a set of twins. Joan died two years after the twins were born and was buried in the Ebenezer cemetery outside of Bogard.

Phi married Phoebe Emeline CANADAY (1851-1927), daughter of John C. and Mary Ann (SHOCKLEY) CANADAY at the Methodist church in Bogard on March 10, 1887.

Most of Philander's children grew up, married, and had families of their own. From Philander's first family, Effie died at a young age (1875-1876); Hallie (1877-1960) married St. Cloud BROCK (1881-1958); Fannie (1879-1914) married Wm. Carson JOHNSON (1883-1939); Luther (1883-1934) married Emma Ray JAMES (1882-1923); and Lewis (1883-1955) married Jennie E. WAGAMAN (1888-1947).

In Philander's second family: John, possibly stillborn (1888); Arthur (1890-1960) married Dorritt BILLHEIMER (1883-1969); Elmer (1892-1959) married Emma BUNNEY (1895-1978); Wm. Carson JOHNSON married Fannie's half-sister, Mabel (1893-1981), after Fannie died in January of 1914 the following December; Herbert (1896-1973) married Gladys IFORD (b. 1901); Gilbert (1897-1953) married Zelma E. DEHAVEN (1902-1967); Oscar * (1898-1977) married Gladys E. WHITE (1904-1994); Lillian (1900-1970) remained single; and Willie (b. 1902) married Roy Newton CANADAY (1902-1983).

More to Read:

1. Documents of the Philander H. O'Neal Family

2. The Canaday Book. 

3. Willie Green (O'Neal) Canaday's  Zucchini Squash Relish Recipe. 

4. Missouri State Board of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics Death Certificate 33692, Retrieved from website --www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/ 

5. White's Family and Their Kin. By Mrs. Gladys Esther White O'Neal and Elma Leota White Stoops. Paper Graphics, Garden City, KS., 1983.

6. "Leslie Township Biographies: Nathan E. Canaday." History of Carroll County Missouri.  Missouri Historical Company, St. Louis, MO 1881. p. 628. Google Books.

7. Findagrave-- 110205316

Historical Note: According to the Carroll County, MO History book above, Nathan Canaday's family emigrated to Carroll County, MO in 1870. Nathan was Phoebe's uncle. 

Biography written by Dolores J. Rush, updated: 4/6/2022.