The above pictures were contributed by Jodi Steele Catano,
through the courtesy of Fances Steele Miller, who owns the copyright to the photos. They are being used here by permission.
The following history is from the original research of Dodie E. (Smith) Browning
Copyright - 1987-1999, all rights reserved
George Steele was was born 23 February 1827. The only record of his birth is from the Family Bible of George and Rosannah Steele, in posession of this writer. He was born in Tazewell County Virginia, and moved to what is present day Logan County West Virginia, with his parents when he was about twelve years old.. He died circa 1897-1898. George married first to Sarah "Sally" Ellis (born circa 1823), the daughter of Evan and Margaret Ellis. Sarah was the sister of Margaret Ellis, the wife of George's older brother Hawkins "Hawk" Steele. Sarah (Ellis) Steele died 1 March 1876 in Logan County WV.
The children of George and Sarah (Ellis) Steele (shown in bold print:
1. Thomas L. Steele
2. Lucinda Jane Steele, born circa 1852
3. Sarah Ann "Anny" Steele, born circa 1855. (My notes for her are old and I am not sure what I meant, but I show that she married (1) William Covy, s/o Jeramiah and Martha Covy and then to Frank Ellis. This needs to be double checked, because I do not remember where I obtained this information.)
4. Leander S. "Lee" Steele, born circa 1856, married Minerva "Minnie" Curry, 15 February 1881. Lee Steele died some time between 1890- 1896, because Minerva was married to Thomas Browning by 1896.
The children of Lee and Minerva (Curry) Steele
4-(1) Noah Steele, born June 1886
4 (2) Rafe, born October 1888
4(3) George C., born December 1890, married Tava Curry. Tava was born 1898. He was first shown on the Logan County Census in 1900 when he was nine years old. He was a school teacher. Both he and his wife, Octavia "Tava" are buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery at Pecks Mill, WV. Tava died 7 January 1976. Her mother was shown as Lucinda (Chafin) Curry at Honaker funeral Home, but her father's name was not given. She was 76 years old when she died.
5. Ralph Steele
6. Henry U. Steele ,born 1860
7. George W. Steele,born September 1862, married 20 March 1882, Susan Totten
8. Mary Margaret Steele, born January 1865 (One record shows her born 1867), married 2 May 1885, Eldridge Rush "Bunk" Covy, s/o Jeremiah and Martha Covy. Bunk Covy married Isabell (Ball) Baldwin after Mary Margaret's death.
The children of Mary Margaret (Steele) and "Bunk" Covy:
They had four children who died prior to 1900.
8 (1) Minerva Covy, born April 1884
8 (2) Jeremiah Covy, born May 1886
8 (3) A female (name not shown in birth record), born 23 October 1889
8 (3) Charles "Charley" Covy, born 27 December 1891
8 (4) Laura Covy, born Jan. 1894
8 (6) George Covy, born Jan. 1896
8 (7) A female, born 9 September 1899, at Hewetts Creek (Name not shown)
8 (8) Moss Covy, born December 1899.
There may have been other children, but I did not check past 1900.)
9. Charles E. Steele, born 1865- 1866, married Victoria Canada, d/o Ham and Jane Canada.
George Steele married Edith Jane Meadows after the death of his first wife, Sarah "Sally" (Ellis) Steele, and had at least seven more children. Edith was called Jane and she was born circa 1864, indicating that seven of her step children were older than she. She was the daughter of John and Nancy (Spencer) Meadows. George Steele and Jane Meadows were married 2 November 1876, when Jane was only fourteen years old. Jane lived for many years after George died. He died circa 1897 or 1898, leaving Jane with teenagers and several young children. Jane lived at least a quarter of a century longer; long enough to see her children and many grand children.
The children of George and Edith Jane (Meadows) Steele:
10. Allis A(nn?) Steele, born 1879
11. Cora Steele, born 1880
12. James E. Steele, born circa 1881
13. Alfred Farmer Steele, born 15 August 1883
14. Lorenzo Dow Steele, born 17 March 1889
15. Bertha Steele, born October 1895
16. Roma Pearl Steele, born September 1898
