Neill, Andrew, 1813-1883

Born in Scotland, attorney Andrew Neill (1813-1883) studied law in Willsburg, West Virginia. After a serving as a probate judge in Mississippi, he moved to Texas in 1836. As a captain in the Texas Army during the Republic of Texas, Neill participated in an 1842 expedition against Rafael Vásquez and was later captured by General Adrián Woll and taken to Mexico. Neill escaped, returning to Texas by the next January, and married Agnes Nancy Brown in 1844. During the Civil War, he served in the Confederate Army as a lieutenant colonel under W.P. Lane in the 2nd Texas Cavalry, better known as the First Texas Partisan Rangers, and in Company B of the 9th Texas Infantry, better known as the Galveston Guards. Agnes died in 1867, and the next year Neill married Virginia Wright Chapman, with whom he had two children. The family later moved to Austin, where they inhabited the Neill-Cochran House, now a museum.

Source:

Neill, Andrew. Handbook of Texas Online . Accessed February 16, 2011. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fne09 .

Born in Scotland, attorney Andrew Neill (1813-1883) studied law in Willsburg, West Virginia.

After a serving as a probate judge in Mississippi, he moved to Texas in 1836. As a captain in the Texas Army during the Republic of Texas, Neill participated in an 1842 expedition against Rafael Vásquez and was later captured by General Adrián Woll and taken to Mexico. Neill escaped, returning to Texas by the next January, and married Agnes Nancy Brown in 1844. During the Civil War, he served in the Confederate Army as a lieutenant colonel under W.P. Lane in the 2nd Texas Cavalry, better known as the First Texas Partisan Rangers, and in Company B of the 9th Texas Infantry, better known as the Galveston Guards. Agnes died in 1867, and the next year Neill married Virginia Wright Chapman, with whom he had two children. The family later moved to Austin, where they inhabited the Neill-Cochran House, now a museum.