History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with
Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious,
Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons
and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co.,
Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 875, Putman Township
Elder Solomon Neff was born in 1814 in Virginia, and is the son
of Christian and Anna (Hamaker) Neff. He attended the common schools
and also a college of Ohio. Elder Neff is a minister of the Missionary
Baptist Church; he is traveling in that capacity at present. He has
been preaching the Gospel with success for 41 years, and has organized
several Churches and Sunday-schools in the State of Ills. He was pastor
of the Pleasant Grove Church (south of Cuba) for 14 years, and for 13
years held pastorate over a Church in Ashland Co., O. He has been Town
Clerk of Putman and Supervisor of Cass township: He was married to
Alletha Bailey May 23, 1838, who bore him 6 children, 5 of whom are
living all are married and 4 living in Fulton Co. The Elder is a
self-sacrificing worker for the Master's cause. P. O., Cuba.
submitted by Carla Finley
