When Rolla Smith Steele was born on 1 September 1874, in Polk Township, Jefferson, Iowa, United States, his father, William Henry Steele, was 23 and his mother, Mary Ann Huddleston, was 20. He married Attie Aleathe Acers on 3 May 1899, in Concord, Dixon, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Rouse Township, Charles Mix, South Dakota, United States in 1930 and Ree Township, Charles Mix, South Dakota, United States in 1940. He died on 22 May 1945, in Wagner, Charles Mix, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Packwood, Jefferson, Iowa, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1882: Jefferson, Iowa, United States
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English stel(e) ‘steel’, perhaps used for someone considered as hard and durable as steel, or for a foundry worker.
English: variant of Stile .
Scottish: habitational name from one or more of the places called Steel(e) or Steill in Ayrshire, Berwickshire, and Dumfriesshire, from Scots steel ‘steep bank, spur of a ridge’.
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