Lonzo E., was the son of Harrison "Harry" and Nancy (Hatfield) Steele, Lon was born in the part of Logan County, West Virginia that is present day Mingo County. He was born 2 June 1880. In 1905 Lon began the practice of medicine at Holden, West Virginia, as a Company Dr. for what became Island Creek Coal Company. In 1906, along with Dr. Hiram N. Farley and Dr. S. B. Lawson, he helped form a stock company known as the Logan Hospital Association in the City of Logan. He was also a stockholder in the Guyan Valley Bank , among other business endeavors. He was a staunch Republican. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge of Logan, and the Logan County Medical Society.
Noah E. Steele, was born January 1886 to Leander and Minerva (Curry) Steele. His father died when he was just a boy and his mother married a second time to Thomas Browning. Dr. Noah E. Steele was one of the original stockholders in the first bus company in Logan, West Virginia, which began in 1925. In 1926, Noah Steele, along with several others formed the Logan and Williamson Bus Company, which later became the Logan Transit Company. At this time, operations were extended to Buffalo Creek, Rum Creek and Peach Creek. In the early days sedans were used for bus service. In wet weather, they were pulled up Horsepen Mountain by a horse in order to be on time for the scheduled run to Williamson from Logan. In 1928, the routes were extended to Huntington, Gilbert, Iaeger and later to Welch. About this time, V.N. Griffith and Siegel Workman established a bus line between Charleston and Logan. In 1928, a building was designed to be specifically a bus station at the corner of Dingess Street and Main Street by Dr. N.E. Steele and his associates. In 1932, Griffith and Workman sold their bus company to Dr. Steele and his associates. In 1934, the entire bus line was sold to J.E. Craft, and became part of his Consolidated Bus Lines. In 1949 a state of the art bus terminal was built at the end of the Water Street Bridge. This was said to be one of the largest and finest bus terminals in the state. I (Dodie Smith Browning) remember watching as this building was being built. The old bus station at the corner of Dingess and Main Streets, which had a soda fountain and a shoe shine stand, was torn down to make room for the Boulevard.
The two Steele Doctors in this narrative were cousins and both were descendants of Ralph A. Steele, who was the son of George and Rosannah (Fannin) Steele of Tazewell County, Virginia. Ralph A. Steele, the first Steele to settle in Logan County arrived in the county about 1840.
The history of bus service in Logan County was taken from a narrative written by Dr. Noah E. Steele for the City of Logan Centenial Celebration of 1952.
