Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Samuel Steele and Elizabeth A. Conwell




Husband Samuel Steele 1 2




           Born: 15 Jun 1814 - Jefferson Twp, Fayette Co, PA 1 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Aug 1886 3
         Buried: 


         Father: John Steele (1773-1856) 1 4 5
         Mother: Agnes "Nancy" Happer (1781-1850) 1 4 5 6 7


       Marriage: 11 Feb 1852 4 8



Wife Elizabeth A. Conwell 4 8

           Born: Abt 1828
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1889
         Buried: 


Children
1 M William C. Steele 3

           Born: 23 May 1857 - Brownsville, Fayette Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Alice Abrams (      -      ) 9
           Marr: 14 Dec 1881 9



General Notes: Husband - Samuel Steele


He spent three years in learning the trade of a tanner and currier, with Jesse Cunningham, of Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. At the close of his apprenticeship he engaged with Mr. Cunningham, and remained until the latter's death in 1843, when he went into partnership with Mr. Cunningham's widow (his sister). In 1860 he withdrew from the firm, and erected a large tannery, which he operated alone until 1878, when he took in his son, William C. Steele, the firm being Samuel Steele & Son. This firm continued till the death of the senior partner in 1886.
He was a republican, and a member of the Presbyterian church.

He and his wife had eight children, four of whom were living in 1889. [BPCFC, 299]
He and his wife had four sons and four daughters, all of whom were living in 1889. [BPCFC, 589]


General Notes: Wife - Elizabeth A. Conwell

from Brownsville, Fayette Co, PA

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Sources


1 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 461.

2 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 299, 588.

3 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 299.

4 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 299, 589.

5 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 962.

6 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 22.

7 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 550.

8 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 462.

9 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 300.


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