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                      V5 Page 468

    Fayette Co., Pa.
    S. Howard Steele 404 1/2 E Monroe St, Bloomington, Ills Sept 29, 1921
    .  Mrs Steele admitted me.  She is a charming gray haired cousin & is very
  kind & considerate.  She says Mr Hill thought they would care for the old Bible
  of her husband's grandfather & sent it to them & she has gotten it out for me.
  It is well preserved with firm leather backs in length to 30th line of this
  book & in width to 24th line.  The book is a copy of the Holy Bible, Published
  by B. B. Mussey, Boston in 1845.  I copy:

                      Marriages
    William Steele married to Sarah Elliott 1806

    Children of William & Sarah Steele married:

    Maria Steele married to John Niccolls Dec 31, 1833
    Ruth Steele married to Elijah Craft Nov 17, 1835.
    Elizabeth Steele married to James Niccolls Feby 12, 1839.
    Nancy J. Steele married to James Bigham Nov 29, 1842
    Matilda Steele married to William A. Nixon Apr 19, 1848
    Johnston E. Steel married to Martha Moore Apr 24, 1849
    John Steele married to Mary Jackman Mch 6, 1850
    Geo Hill married Harriet Matilda Steele Nov 24, 1865
    Wm Johnston Steele married W. Annie Stricklan Jany 29, 1880
    Simeon Howard Steel married Catharine Lydia Roth May 2, 1882

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                      Births
    William Steele born July 22, A.D. 1779
    Sarah Elliott born Apr 23, A.D. 1789
          Children of William & Sarah Steele
    1. Maria Steele born Nov 11, A.D. 1807
    2. Johnston Elliott Steele born Apr 15, A.D. 1809
    3. William Crawford Steele born Jany 20, A.D. 1811
    4. Elizabeth Steele born Sept 25, 1813
    5. Ruth Steele born Feby 17, 1816
    6. Nancy Jane Steele born July 29, 1818
    7. Matilda Steele born Aug 30, 1820
    8. John Steele born Aug 31, 1822
    9. Charlotte Steele born Apr 20, 1825
    10. James Steele born Dec 5, 1827
    11. Michael Finley Steele born Feby 1, 1831
          Then comes the family of James Steele whose marriage is not recorded
  above, but the date of his birth is repeated & the name & birth of his wife who
  was a sister of John's wife.
    James Steele born Dec 5, 1827
    Harriet M. Jackman born Sept 8, 1832
          Their children:
    1. William Johnston Steel [sic] born June 15, 1852
    2. Selena A. Steel born Feby 28, 1854
    3. James W. Steel born Sept 8, 1855
    4. Simeon Howard Steel born May 2, 1857
    5. Infant son Steel born Apr 18, 1859
    6. John Robert Steel bon Nov 28, 1860
    7. Theodore J. Steel born Dec 21, 1862
       Marshall P. Hill born Sept 23, 1867
       Harriet M. Hill born Feby 22, 1869
       Charles B. Hill born Feby 10, 1874

    Catharine Lydia Roth born Oct 8, 1855

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          Son of S. Howard & Catharine Steel
    Harvey R. Steele born May 21, 1884

          Child of William & Annie Steele
    May K. Steele born Oct 18, 1882

          Son of Marshall P. Hill
    Donald C. Hill born May 8,

                      Deaths
    Matilda Nixon died Aug 14, 1849 in her 30th yr
    William Steele died Aug 19, 1850 aged 71 yrs
    Elizabeth Niccolls died Aug 30, 1850 aged 37 yrs
    Sarah Steele died Mch 13, 1855 aged 66 yrs
    Johnston E. Steele died Mch 16, 1855 aged 46 yrs
    Michael F. Steele died Sept 2, 1855 aged [no age given]
    James Steele died June 24, 1864 aged 37 yrs
    Selena A. Steele died May 31, 1854
    J.W. Steele died Sept 21, 1856
    Infant son Steele died Apr 29, 1859
    John Robert Steele died May 1, 1868
    Harriet M. Hill died Mch 8, 1884 aged 52 yrs
    formerly Harriet Matilda Steele, wife of James Steele
    Wm J. Steele died Dec 3, 1910 aged 58 yrs of heart trouble
    George Hill, Stepfather died Feby 8, 1911
    Cynthia S. Roth, sister of Mrs S.H. Steele died Mch 1, 1915
    Joshua O. Soule, Uncle of Mrs S.H. Steele died Apr 12, 1915

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