Cecil County MD Archives Obituaries.....James L. STEELE, 1897
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Cecil Whig 1897
Being despondent owing to impaired health James L. Steele a well known farmer 
near Providence sought relief in death. His lifeless body being found hanging 
from a tree in a grove on the adjoining farm of Walter Armstrong. The body 
hanging by a plow line. Depressed in spirits the family thought he would soon 
brighten. Financial circumtances were good. He bought a quantity of laudanum 
and it is supposed he drank a quantity of it before ending his life. He was 63 
and leaves two children Al Steele and Mrs. Zelma Haggerty of Landenburg, Pa. 
He was a member of the Rock Presbyterian Church and buried in Sharps Cemetery.

Additional Comments:
1870 Cecil Co census lists James Steel, butcher b Md age 36, S Ann age 28, 
Thelma age 4, J. Alexander age 31/2 and Sarah Anderson age 12 as living in 
Fair Hill.


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