John Steele and Mary Byers

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Husband John Steele ^{1 2}

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            AKA: John Steel 3 4
           Born: 7 Apr 1789 - Mt. Pleasant Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2 5 6 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 May 1860 - near Hannastown, Westmoreland Co, PA 6 7 8
         Buried:  - Congruity (Presbyterian) Church, Salem Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA

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         Father: James Steele (1741-1823) 9 10 11 12 13
         Mother: Elizabeth Donaldson (      -      ) 2 3 4 12 14

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       Marriage: 6 Aug 1846 7

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   Other Spouse: Martha Walker (      -      ) 2 6 7 8 - 6 May or 16 May 1813 2 7 8

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Wife Mary Byers ^{6 7 15}

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           Born: 
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Children

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• They had no children.

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General Notes: Husband - John Steele

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He and his wife were cousins.

He was born on the Mount Pleasant township homestead of the Steels. He grew up on the home farm, which later became his property, and which was his home until 1835, when he moved to the "Judge Robert Hanna Farm", in Salem and Hempfield townships, which had been purchased by him in 1826, and on which was located "Hannastown", the first county seat of Westmoreland County. He became one of the foremost business men and large land owners in the county. The "Hannastown Farm" became the Steel's homestead, although all of John Steel's children were born on the Mount Pleasant farm.
He was a member of the United Presbyterian Church of New Alexandria.

He died April 22, 1860. [CRFP, 735]

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 135, 517.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 734.

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

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

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

6 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 369.

7 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 162.

8 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 517.

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

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

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

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

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

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

15 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 735.