On 7/15/1880 Amelia was head of the household in Clayton Twp, TaylorCo , IA. She was a 46 year old widow engaged in farming. SonCharles, 21 , worked the farm. Also living there were Margaret E, 19,Martha C, 17 , John W, 12, and Emily Bell, 9.
The only Amelia Neal in IA at census time on 6/1/1900 was a patient att he Iowa Hospital for the Insane at Mt Pleasant, Henry Co. Howeverthat l ady was 53, born 5/1847 in MD, was a widow, and had birthed 7children b ut only 6 still survived. So was it her?
Relatives said she died in Morehead, IA but there was/is no Morehead,I A.
