Charles A. Steele and Laura McKee

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Husband Charles A. Steele ¹

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           Born: 11 Jan 1865 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 2
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         Father: Oliver B. Steele (1839-1908) 1 2
         Mother: Mary Fleming (      -1910) 1 2

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       Marriage: 25 Apr 1889 - ? Venango Co, PA 3

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Wife Laura McKee ³

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         Father: Dewitt Clinton McKee (1825-1893) 4 5
         Mother: Lucinda Anderson (1835-1909) 5 6

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Children

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1 F Louise McKee Steele ³

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           Born: 21 Apr 1893 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 3
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General Notes: Husband - Charles A. Steele

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He was educated in the intermediate and high schools of Franklin, PA, and in earlier life was associated with his father in oil refining. Having pronounced dramatic talent he decided to abandon com­mercial life and make for himself a stage career. He rose rapidly in his profession, and in his seven years on the stage was asso­ciated with the supporting companies of lead­ing players of that period, in well known and important roles. He played King Claudius and Laertes in “Hamlet,” Tybalt and Friar Laurence in “Romeo and Juliet,” Iago in “Othello,” Macduff in “Macbeth,” Marc An­tony in “Cleopatra,” Bassanio in “The Merchant of Venice,” and other important Shakespearian characters. But his long and continual ab­sences from home finally outweighed his love for his art, and he retired from the stage to a position as telegraph operator with the Na­tional Transit, a subsidiary branch of the Standard Oil Company. He remained with this company for ten years until elected treas­urer of the city of Franklin in 1910. He also served his city on the board of water commissioners, and as councilman four years. He was an efficient official, and possessed the traits of character that distinguished his honored father. He was a member of the Inde­pendent Order of Odd Fellows, and in political faith a Republican. [GPHAV, 910]

1 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 799.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 910.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 911.

4 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 973, 983.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 598, 684.

6 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 973.