Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Gen. John Steele




Husband Gen. John Steele 1 2

           Born: 1758 - Drumore Twp, Lancaster Co, PA 2
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           Died: 1827 2
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         Father: [Father] Steele (      -      )
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General Notes: Husband - Gen. John Steele


He lived on a farm later owned by James Barnes, a short distance east of the "Unicorn," Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Revolutionary War: At the age of nineteen he was a company commander, and at the battle of Brandywine narrowly escaped death from the effects of a severe wound. In 1801 he was a member of the Legislature, subsequently he was State senator and Speaker of the Senate. Commissioned to adjust Indian aggressions, it was in his presence that the Indian chief Logan delivered his celebrated speech. Its tender and magnanimous sentiments won the eulogiums of Thomas Jefferson and others.

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Sources


1 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 510.

2 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 793.


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