Brief Life History of Samuel
Samuel Steele was born in 1794, in Virginia, United States. He married Polly Mary McClung on 17 July 1822, in Blount, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Monroe, Tennessee, United States in 1850 and Louisville, Blount, Tennessee, United States in 1860. He died in 1873, in Brick Mill, Blount, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 79.
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- Samuel Steele in household of Leonidas A Gamble, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Samuel Steele - Individual or family possessions: Photographs: birth: ; Virginia, United States
- Samuel Steele, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
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World Events (8)
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
1812 · Monumental Church Built
The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
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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