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Howard (1907), Vol. 2 biographies
b. 28 Sept. 1844, Coshocton Co., Ohio, sixth of eight children of Elias and Elizabeth (Bickel) Steele (Part 77, p. 1032, entry continuing beyond the portion opened). Father Elias: native of Somerset Co., Pa.; in 1865 came via Plymouth to Liberty Township, purchasing 120 acres, partially timbered, with a steam sawmill; became owner of the “old Steele homestead” (c. 200 acres) and in time one of the largest land owners in St. Joseph County, his estate consisting of about 1,800 acres; for many years a minister in the German Baptist church; died at age sixty-seven (Part 77). Brothers living: Jeremiah (a millwright his entire career, aged seventy-three, resident of Liberty Township — the Chapman Jeremiah Steel, §2, at P-C4 spelling) and George, a leading agriculturist of the township (Part 77). [REGISTER — from the portion read; the entry’s remainder is a named gap, §9, G-P-6] Carrying fact: the Steele mill family at county scale — 1,800 acres is the largest estate figure in either register, and it is the father’s, kept as the father’s.