JAMES O'NEIL was born in Canandaigua, New York in 1949. His family owned and operated a large dairy farm in Lyndonville, NY. At age eleven, his family moved to Southern California. After graduation, he enlisted in the Air Force, where he served his country for twenty-one years. He has been to many countries and most all fifty states. When he retired, he was employed by an aircraft manufacturing company in Everett, Washington for eleven years. He and his wife, Carol, moved to North Central Washington in the year 2000. He resides alone in his mountain home after the passing of his wife in 2008.
