Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Joseph Steele and Barbara Blystone




Husband Joseph Steele 1 2 3 4 5

            AKA: Joseph Steel 6
           Born: Abt 1780 - Westmoreland Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried:  - Old Tent U. P. Cemetery, Export, Westmoreland Co, PA


         Father: James Steele (1741-1823) 3 4 5 7 8 9
         Mother: Elizabeth McMasters (      -Abt 1782) 1 4 5 10


       Marriage: 



Wife Barbara Blystone 3 4 5 6 11

            AKA: Barbary Blystone 10
           Born: 
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           Died: 
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Children
1 M George Steele 4 12

           Born: Abt 1820 - Westmoreland Co, PA
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           Died: 1 Oct 1856 - Crawford Co, PA 4
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Mary Hill (1804-1893) 4 12 13 14


2 M Samuel Steele 11

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3 F Betsy Steele 11

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4 M David Steele 11

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5 M John Steele 11

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6 M Joseph Steele 11

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7 M James Steele 11

           Born:  - Westmoreland Co, PA
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         Spouse: Eliza Shaw (      -1878) 11 15
           Marr: 27 Oct 1836 15


8 M Absalom Steele 3 11

           Born: 15 Jul 1820 - Washington Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1891
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Susan Kistler (Abt 1826-1886) 3



General Notes: Husband - Joseph Steele

Franklin Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA

He became an extensive land-owner and prosperous farmer. He was a Presbyterian in religion.


General Notes: Wife - Barbara Blystone

from Mt. Pleasant Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA

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Sources


1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 169.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 368, 624.

3 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 457.

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

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 733.

6 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 161.

7 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 168, 516.

8 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 23.

9 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 650.

10 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 368.

11 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 624.

12 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 467.

13 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 487.

14 Alan R. Jones, Threads of Venango (Indiana, PA: A. G. Halldin Publishing Co., 1984), Pg 280.

15 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 159.


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