Journal and Guide (Norfolk, Va.), 5 March 1949.

Journal and Guide (Norfolk, Va.), 19 March 1949.

We met Austin N. Neal and his barber shop here and learned about his estate here.

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In the 1900 census of Freeman township, Franklin County: widower Austin Neal, 30, and children Bryant, 3, and Bertha, 1, plus brother Abram, 17, and sisters Tabitha, 19, and Bessie, 21.

In the 1912 Wilson city directory, Austin Neal was listed as a barber at 409 East Nash. His home address was “Wainwright av for Freeman.”

In the 1920 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 105 Wainwright, widowed barber Austin Neal, 42, with children Bryant, 21, also a barber, Daisy, 16, Annie, 13, Samuel, 7, and Ruth, 5.

In the 1930 census, Wilson, Wilson County: at 1214 Wainright Avenue, barber Austin Neal, 61, wife Lizzie, 38, servant for a private family, and son Samuel, 18, a hotel bell hop.

In the 1941 Norfolk, Virginia, city directory, Austin N. Neal is listed as living at 1106 Chicazola Avenue and working as a barber for Robert Pope.

In 1942, Austin Niel [sic] registered for the World War II draft in Norfolk, Virginia. Per his registration card, he was born 7 November 1878 in Louisburg, N.C.; he lived at 1106 Chicazola Street, Norfolk; his contact was Daisy Brown, same address; and he worked for William Rose, 922 Church Street.

In the 1942 Norfolk, Virginia, city directory, Austin N. Neal is listed as living at 1106 Chicazola Avenue and working as a barber for William H. Rhodes.

In the 1946 Norfolk, Virginia, city directory, Austin N. Neal is listed as living at 1106 Chicazola Avenue and working as a barber at Rosebud Barber Shop.

Austin N. Neal died 14 February 1949 at Mercy Hospital of terminal uremia. He was born 11 November 1878 in Franklinton, North Carolina, to Abron Neal and Louise Brodie. He was buried in Rountree [likely, Vick] Cemetery. Mrs. Lizzie H. Neal was informant.