Contra Costa County Biography

FRANCIS FELIX NEFF M. D.

Transcribed by Sally Kaleta, December, 2006.

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              Francis Felix Neff M. D., who has been successfully engaged in the 
practice of medicine in Concord since 1890, was born in Williamsburg, 
Pennsylvania, February 9, 1862, son of Captain William Louis Neff, an officer in 
the Civil War, and one of the seventh generation of Neffs who resided in 
Pennsylvania. The mother of Dr. Neff was Arabella (Van Devander) Neff, and she 
passed away in 1873. The subject of this review acquired his education in the 
public schools, after which he attended the academy at Hollidaysburg, 
Pennsylvania, and the Jefferson Medical College, of Philadelphia, graduating 
from the latter in 1887. He began the practice of his profession at Groton, 
South Dakota, where he remained about one year. Coming to California, he located 
in Lathrop, and in 1890 removed to Concord, where he has since resided. 
Fraternally, Doctor Neff holds membership in the Masonic lodge of Concord and 
the Royal Arch chapter in Martinez. On October 6, 1897, he was united in 
marriage to Anna Williams, of Concord, daughter of Joseph Williams, one of the 
prominent and highly respected citizens of his locality. Previous to her 
marriage Mrs. Neff taught school for several years in Concord.  Doctor and Mrs. 
Neff are esteemed by a wide circle of friends in Concord and vicinity.  The 
children of Doctor Neff are Dorothy, Philip Van Devander, Francis William. John 
K., and Benjamin Henry.
 
Source: "The History of Contra Costa County, California," Elms Publ. Co., 1917,  
pp. 568-569.