1859 – 1934

Married: Mary Lucinda Waters

Children: Pallas, William, James, Paul, Lucy Neal Grandstaff Simpson, Marjorie Neal McDearmon, Nell Neal Murphy, Annie Neal Dudney, Haskell

Mr. Neal was born and reared in Wilson County. Mr. Neal began farming at age 19 and at age 21 purchased a sawmill. In 1905 he purchased a house and farm on Trousdale Ferry Pike called "Maple Dale" where descendents continue to farm. In 1898 he began experimenting with a revolutionary idea of breeding seed corn by selecting seed only from two-eared stalks. The result of his experimentation was a new corn known as "Neal’s Paymaster Corn." This corn variety resulted in increasing the corn yield of farmers in the aggregate of many millions of dollars. Mr. Neal was the first chairman of the Wilson County Farm Bureau and the first member of the Tennessee Agricultural Hall of Fame. He was chairman of the Wool and Lamb Club and chairman of the Home Telephone.