William Steele

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Husband William Steele ^{1 2}

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           Died: 1806 - Rostraver Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 3 4
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Wife

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Children

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1 M John Steele ^{1 4 5 6}

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           Born: 1773 - Maryland 3
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           Died: 6 Jun 1856 1 4 5
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         Spouse: Agnes "Nancy" Happer (1781-1850) 1 4 5 6 7 8

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General Notes: Husband - William Steele

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His parents came to America from the north of Ireland about 1740, and settled, it is believed, in eastern Pennsylvania. On the passage over the Atlantic Mrs. Steele presented her husband with a son, who was given the name William.

He settled in Maryland, where he married and resided for a time, and there several children were born to him. He removed, in 1784, from Maryland, and purchased a large tract of land on the old "Pack Horse Road," six miles east of Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. At the beginning of the nineteenth century he removed to Rostraver township, Westmoreland County, where he later died.
Some years prior to his death he purchased for his sons, John and William, a tract of land in what is now Jefferson township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

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4 Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 874.

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

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

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

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