When David H McNeal was born on 5 September 1864, in Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Curtis Lowery McNeal Sr, was 27 and his mother, Frances Laura Byers, was 26. He married Ella Leola Stebbins on 3 February 1891. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Lurgan, Lurgan Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States in 1870 and Letterkenny Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880. He died on 3 September 1944, in Tarkio, Atchison, Missouri, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Tarkio, Atchison, Missouri, United States.