J. W. STEELE, Obituary, Smith County, TX
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Submitted by:  Mildred Steele - jmsteele@tyler.net 
Tyler Daily Courier-Times, Tyler, Tx, Monday, April 14, 1913.

WELL KNOWN CITIZEN DIED SUNDAY AFTERNOON

News reaches the city of the sudden death of J. W. Steele, a
well-known citizen living near Bullard, which occurred Sunday
afternoon about 4 o'clock.

Mr. Steele was engaged in teaching a Sunday school class at a church
near Bullard when he was suddenly stricken and died in less than an
hour. It is said a ruptured blood vessel was the cause of his death.
He was about 60 years old and an old settler. He is survived by
his wife, who is a daughter of "Uncle" Caleb Smith, and several
children. Interment took place today at Bascum.

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Note:  J. W. Steele lived in the Walnut Grove Community near Bullard 
and married Ella Zeldah Altonia Smith, daughter of Caleb and 
Elizabeth Watkins Smith, 1 August, 1886. - Mildred Steele

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Cemetery Records Smith County Texas Volume IV Southeast Quarter

Bascom (East) Cemetery, p. 185

STEELE, Altonia - 5 Jan 1864 - 1 Aug 1945
STEELE, John W. - 30 Aug 1855 - 13 Apr 1913