Merced-San Francisco County CA Archives Biographies.....Steele, George 1861 - 
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Author: John Outcalt (1925)

GEORGE STEELE

   The possession of a six-acre ranch within the city limits of Gustine has
brought George Steele a realization of his desire for an ideal existence and a
competence. The modern improvements which add to the value of his property are
entirely of his own making, for when he settled in Gustine in 1897, the land was
an undisturbed prairie, and at present it is devoted to general farming and
raising chickens. Mr. Steele was born in Lancashire, England, April 1, 1876, a
son of James and Anna (McCarthy) Steele, both natives of England, but the latter
of Irish descent. The father was a foreman in a steel plant in
Barrow-in-Furness, England, and spent the remainder of his life there.

   The education of George Steele was limited to the common schools of his
native country and at twelve years of age he went to work on a farm. In 1892 he
came to the United States and for two years worked in Woonsocket, R. I.; then
going to Milford, Mass., he worked for five years and then came to California,
going direct to the flag station then called Gustine. He found work on the Page
ranch and by economy and industry was able to purchase forty acres of it in
1904; later he sold this ranch and invested the proceeds in his present home
place of six acres within the city limits. For ten years Mr. Steele was road
overseer for District No. 4 and is still serving in that capacity.

   At San Francisco, Cal., on September 13, 1913, Mr. Steele was married to Miss
Edith May Simpson, born at Kendal, England, daughter of Richard and Sarah
(Meyer) Simpson, both natives of the same country. Mr. and Mrs. Steele are the
parents of two daughters and they adopted a girl when she was two and a half
years old. The children's names are Elizabeth Meyers, Mary Ellen, and Gertrude
Rhodes. Mr. Steele is a Republican in politics, and fraternally is a member of
the Knights of Pythias of Newman. He serves as a trustee of Gustine, and also as
school trustee for the Gustine Union High School and the Gustine Grammar School.


Additional Comments:
From:

HISTORY OF
MERCED COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
WITH A
Biographical Review
OF
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present

HISTORY BY
JOHN OUTCALT

ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1925


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