Samuel Alexander McLeod Steele and Sarah Jane "Sadie" Cannon

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Husband Samuel Alexander McLeod Steele ^{1 2 3 4}

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            AKA: Samuel Alexander McCleod Steel 5
           Born: 4 Aug 1852 - Salem Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2 3 5
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         Father: Samuel Alexander Steele (1821-1860) 1 2 3
         Mother: Nancy Jane Patterson (1821-1857) 1 2 3

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       Marriage: 11 Oct 1877 - Derry Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 6 7

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Wife Sarah Jane "Sadie" Cannon ^{3 4 5 6}

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           Born: 8 Sep 1852 - Westmoreland Co, PA 5
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         Father: John N. Cannon (1819-1886) 5
         Mother: Harriet Eliza Elder (1820-1890/1890) 5

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Children

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1 M Samuel Cannon Steele ^{3 4 5 8}

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           Born: 7 May 1879 - New Alexandria, Westmoreland Co, PA 3 4 5
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         Spouse: Margaret Ella Guthrie (1879-      ) 7 8 9 10
           Marr: 19 Sep 1906 - New Alexandria, Westmoreland Co, PA 7 11

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2 M James Elder Steele ^{5 6 7}

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           Born: 14 Aug 1881 5
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           Died: Jan 1966
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         Spouse: Dessa Mable Long (      -      ) 5 6 7
           Marr: 11 Oct 1905 1 5

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General Notes: Husband - Samuel Alexander McLeod Steele

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He was born in Salem township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where he grew to manhood and obtained his education. When he commenced work he took up farming, and later, when he located in New Alexandria, became interested in the mercantile business. Some time later he resumed farming, in Derry township, same county, in the section known as the Richlands, and he followed stock raising as well as general agricultural pursuits, also dealing, to some extent in stock. Mr. Steele continued on the farm until 1905, when he retired from farm work and removed to New Alexandria, lived retired at that place. He was a member of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, and was an elder in his church.

He passed his childhood and early youth in his native place. For his education he was sent by his father to the local public school and there, although the opportunities were somewhat meagre, he gained an excellent general education, owing to his own ambitions and his naturally industrious character. Upon completing his studies at these institutions, the young man was engaged in farming during a period of five years. The ambitious element in his character, already remarked, impelled him, however, to seek the greater opportunities for advancement and success which await a young man in a city, and accordingly, at the expiration of his five years of farming, he made his way to the neighboring city of New Alexandria, and there engaged in a mercantile business. He was highly successful in this enterprise and gradually broadened his field of operations until he became active in many departments of the community's life. He did not by any means wholly give up agricultural activities, and after some years purchased a valuable property consisting of some one hundred and seventy acres and known as the "Richland" farm, which he operated most successfully. He also became keenly interested in the coal industry, and was active buying and selling coal for one of the largest concerns in the region, namely, the Jamison Coal & Coke Company.
He and his family were members of the Reformed Presbyterian church at New Alexandria, and he was deacon thereof for over thirty-four years and trustee and elder for more than ten years.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 381.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 474.

3 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 651.

4 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 145.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 537.

6 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 475.

7 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 652.

8 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 313, 475.

9 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 462.

10 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 146.

11 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 313.