St. Clair County Missouri
Biographies

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 NAYLOR, Andrew
Andrew Naylor was born in Highland County, Ohio, November 19, 1852. His father,. James H. Naylor, was a native of that county and was born in 1818. His mother, formerly Jane Kincaid, came originally from the same state. They had seven children, Andrew being the youngest. When seven years of age the family moved to Brown County, Ohio, and lived there until 1867, when they settled in Henry County, Missouri, near Windsor. From December, 1867, to the spring of 1868 he attended school at Clinton, Missouri. In 1868 he was engaged at the trade of carriage painting, which he continued two years. Going to Butler, Missouri, he worked at that trade till September, 1872, when he came to Appleton City and clerked with different firms until January, 1883. He then established himself in the grocery trade. Mr. Naylor was married January 18, 1878, to Miss Sarah B. Hodkins, of Ohio, a daughter of James Hodkins. They have one child, Charles A. He is a member of the Masonic order. -- History of St. Clair Co., Missouri, 1883

NEAL, George Alfred
George Alfred Neal was born December 17, 1856. His grandfather, James Neal, a native of Virginia emigrated to Kentucky at an early day. Moses W., the father of George, was born in Kentucky, October 7, 1825. He married Miss Lucretia A. King. He was for many years a popular hotel man in Kentucky. In 1858, he removed to Indiana. At the outbreak of the war he enlisted in the Thirty-ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was commissioned first lieutenant on the 31st of December, 1862. He fell mortally wounded at the battle of Murfreesboro. The subject of this sketch is the oldest of three living children. He commenced attending the public schools of Indiana, when five years of age, and after his father's death he returned with his mother to Kentucky. At the age of fifteen he entered Smithfield College and remained there until twenty years old. He then entered the law office of Benjamin S. Robbins, and read law under his instruction for one year, soon returning to Smithfield College he resumed his legal studies in Louisville, Kentucky, until March, 1881, when he was admitted to the bar. In April of that year he came to Osceola. He was married December 24, 1881, to Miss Lily Bell High, of Louisville, Kentucky. -- History of St. Clair Co., Missouri, 1883

NESBIT, Scott
Scott Nesbit was born in Mt. Jackson, Pennsylvania, November 25, 1846. He received a common school education, and like many American boys with that slight equipment started out to "paddle his own canoe" in the general race. He first entered business as a dealer in Canada pine lumber until a high protective duty being put on it virtually prohibited its importation. A few months later he entered the dry goods business at Edenburg, Pennsylvania, succeeding quite well until failing health compelled him to seek a different climate. In 1870 he removed to St. Clair County, Missouri, and opened a stock farm in Monegaw Township, continuing in that business until March, 1874. when he removed to Osceola, Missouri, to take the position of assistant cashier, a position he still occupies, in the St. Clair County Bank, of which he was one of the original incorporators. He is the third son of John C. and Harriett Nesbit, both of whom are still living in this county. The other brothers are Charles W. Nesbit, a farmer of St. Clair County, who is well known, as one of the most advanced breeders of thoroughbred stock in Southwest Missouri, and the Hon. Frank C. Nesbit, who represented St. Clair County in the Missouri Legislature in 1876, and was also the Hancock elector for his district in 1880, and has for two terms held the position of secretary of the Missouri Senate. Mr. Nesbit has a natural talent for the banking business, and is looked upon as one of the best financiers in the state. -- History of St. Clair Co., Missouri, 1883

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