Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John Steele and Martha Walker




Husband John Steele 1 2

            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


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


       Marriage: 6 May or 16 May 1813 2 7 8

   Other Spouse: Mary Byers (      -      ) 6 7 15 - 6 Aug 1846 7



Wife Martha Walker 2 6 7 8

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 


         Father: Andrew Walker (      -      ) 2 16
         Mother: Sallie Donaldson (      -      ) 2 16




Children
1 F Sarah Steele 2 6 8

            AKA: Sarah Steel 7 17
           Born:  - Mt. Pleasant Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1906
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Henry Byers (      -      ) 2 6 7 8 17


2 F Eliza Steele 2 6 18

            AKA: Eliza Steel 7
           Born:  - Mt. Pleasant Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1906
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Andrew Mechesney (1813-1890) 19
           Marr: 9 Mar 1848 20


3 M James Steele 2 6 8

            AKA: James Steel 7
           Born:  - Mt. Pleasant Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1906
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Elizabeth Hanna (      -      ) 2 7 21


4 M Joseph Walker Steele 2 8 21

            AKA: Joseph W. Steel 7
           Born:  - Mt. Pleasant Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1906
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Malinda Brechbill (      -      ) 2 16


5 M John Steel 2 6 7 14

           Born: 3 Aug 1822 - Salem Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 14
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Jun 1868 8
         Buried:  - Unity Cemetery, Latrobe, Westmoreland Co, PA
         Spouse: Susan Geiger (      -      ) 2 6 7 8
           Marr: 22 Dec 1846 8


6 F Margaret Steele 2 6 8

            AKA: Margaret Steel 7
           Born:  - Mt. Pleasant Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1906
         Buried: 
         Spouse: James M. Steel (1819-      ) 2 6 7 11 22


7 F Mary Jane Steele 2 6 7 8 23

           Born:  - Mt. Pleasant Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1906
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Henry Trout Hanna (      -Aft 1882) 2 8 21 23


8 F Martha Steele 6 8 15

            AKA: Martha Steel 7
           Born:  - Mt. Pleasant Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1906
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Maj. David P. Mechling (      -      ) 8 21


9 M William Steel 7 15 24 25




           Born: 1 Oct or 31 Oct 1833 - Mt. Pleasant Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 3 5 7
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1909
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Sarah Jane Brown (Abt 1835-1906) 5 7 15 26
           Marr: 3 Apr 1860 5 15



General Notes: Husband - John Steele


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]


General Notes: Wife - Martha Walker

WV; near Steubenville, Jefferson Co, OH

She and her husband were cousins.

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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 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.

16 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 24.

17 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 478.

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

19 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 134.

20 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 739.

21 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 24, 369.

22 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 517, 699.

23 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 114.

24 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 169, 517.

25 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 23, 368.

26 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 23, 369.


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