Biographical Sketch of John P. Steele, Greene County, Missouri,
Brookline Township

>From "History of Greene County, Missouri," St. Louis: Western
Historical Company, 1883.

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This gentleman is the son of Richard and Margaret (Grimes) Steele, and
was born January 10th, 1822, in Willimson County, Tennessee.  In the 
fall of 1834 he came with his parents to Greene County, Missouri, and
settled upon Kickapoo prairie, where he lived with his father upon the
farm until he was twenty-one years old.  He then went to White river,
in Tanney County, where upon April 13th, 1843, he married Miss Jane
Ramsey.  That marriage was productive of five children, four of whom
are living.  Soon after his marriage he came back to Greene and settled
near his father, where he lived until 1866.  He then went to Stone 
County, where he lived five years, when he came back to this county and
settled at Brookline.  Mr. Steele's first wife died October 9th, 1858,
and he was married again April 19th, 1859, to Martha M. Gibson.  By 
this union they had three children, two are living.  Mr. Steele is a
Mason and a member of the Congregational church.  He was compelled by
General Lyon to act as one of the guides to Wilson's Creek battle 
ground.  His father was a native of North Carolina, and died, in Miss-
ouri at the age of eighty-two.  His mother died in 1856 upon the old
homestead in Greene. They had twelve children, John P. being the tenth.
Mrs. Steele is a devout member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
and Mr. Steele is one of the most worthy citizens of the county.


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