Husband Hon. John Byers Steel 1 2 3
Born: 17 Feb 1861 or 1862 - Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 4
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Father: William Steel (1833/1833-Aft 1909) 3 5 6 7
Mother: Sarah Jane Brown (Abt 1835-1906) 2 3 7 8
Marriage: 27 Oct 1909 9
• Additional Image: Hon. John B. Steel.
Wife Madge Estelle Montgomery 9
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Father: Judge O. H. Montgomery ( - ) 9
Mother: Ida E. Harding ( - ) 9
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1 F Sarah Montgomery Steel 9
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2 F Ellen Starr Steel 9
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3 M William Steel 9
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4 F Madge Montgomery Steel 9
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General Notes: Husband - Hon. John Byers Steel
He was born on the "Hannastown farm," in Hempfield township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, which occupied the site of the famous Hannastown, burned by the Indians in 1782.
He was reared at Hannastown and attended the district school and New Alexandria academy. He then entered Geneva college as a classical student and was graduated from that institution of learning in May, 1885. He read law with Judge Hunter and A. D. McConnell, and on motion of John Armstrong was admitted to practice in the several courts of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, in August, 1888. Immediately after admission he opened an office with Hon. Welty McCullough, and in the spring of 1889 became a partner of Mr. McCullough in the firm of McCullough & Steel. This partnership lasted until the death of Mr. McCullough, August 31, 1889. Thereafter Mr. Steel remained at the office of the firm and continued in the practice of his profession.
He worked on the farm and attended district school and academy during his early life, and later entered Geneva College as a classical student and graduated from that institution in 1885. He read law with Judge James A. Hunter, was admitted to practice in the several courts of Westmoreland County, August, 1888, opened an office for the practice of his profession with Hon. Welty McCullough, and on the return of the latter from congress in the spring of 1889 the law firm of McCullough and Steel was formed, which continued until the death of Mr. McCullough, six months later. He afterwards continued the business of the firm at their former offices. Later he took into partnership with him H. Clay Beistel, who read law at Dickinson law school and in his office.
He was always a staunch Republican, and for many years has been one of the leaders of his party; he was the chairman of the organization in 1894, was the candidate of the Republican party for president judge of the court of common pleas in 1899, and was defeated by one hundred and seventy-one votes, by the then present incumbent, Judge Doty, after a most desperate contest in which almost thirty thousand votes were polled. He was put forward by his county and section of the state as a candidate for congressman at large against Hon. Galusha A. Grow, and was elected by the Republican state convention as a delegate at large to the Republican national convention that selected McKinley and Roosevelt. On the creation of the Separate Orphans' court judgeship in Westmoreland County in 1901, Judge Steel was appointed, on April 26, of that year, as president judge of the Separate Orphans' court; he was conceded the nomination by his party, and was elected by a large majority at the November following for the ten years' term beginning first Monday of January, 1902. He was one of the trustees of the First Presbyterian church of Greensburg, Pennsylvania. He helped to organize and was director of a number of the leading banks of his county, was the owner of and interested in the development of coal in Washington and Westmoreland counties; was one of the directors of the John W. Pollins Company, the Greensburg Finance Company, the Pittsburgh and Southwestern Coal Company, and was a large owner of coal, farm and town properties. [HWC 1906 II, 26]
General Notes: Wife - Madge Estelle Montgomery
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