Brief Life History of William Henry
When William Henry Steele was born on 20 October 1850, in Miami, Indiana, United States, his father, Ira Curry Steele, was 34 and his mother, Margaret Hilligoss, was 23. He married Mary Ann Huddleston on 7 April 1870, in Jefferson, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Jefferson Township, Polk, Iowa, United States in 1880 and Polk Township, Jefferson, Iowa, United States for about 25 years. He died on 17 October 1912, in Jefferson, Iowa, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Prairie Center Cemetery, Packwood, Jefferson, Iowa, United States.
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- William H Steele, "Iowa State Census, 1885"
- William Steele, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- William Steele, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
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1851 · Constitution of 1851
Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
Name Meaning
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’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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