Alameda County Biographies

Joshua Ayres Neal

Transcribed by Peggy Allen, April 25 2006

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	Joshua Ayres Neal is a native of New Hampshire, and came to California in March, 1847, 
in a sailing vessel.  Sailed for some time up and down the coast, as a seaman.  In 1848 was 
employed in a mercantile house, in San Francisco, and in �49 went to t he mines.  First 
appeared in Livermore Valley in December, 1850, and remained two years.  Took up a ranch there, 
in 1854, and in 1863 removed to Pleasanton, of which he is one of the founders.  Was married 
there to a daughter of the late Augustine Bernal, but has for a number of years been a widower. 
Mr.  Neal is a gentleman with a long experience of California and Alameda County, and is 
universally respected.  Served on the Board of County Supervisors for Murray Township, from 1871 
to 1874, when he retired. Is 50 years of age. 

Centennial Yearbook of Alameda County, California - Oakland, Calif., 1876 Page 567-568