Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 5th ed., 1887,
Franklin Co.

CAPT. SAMUEL STEELE, a native of Greenbrier County, Va. (now West Virginia)
was born March 3, 1802, and is the eldest son or Robert and Jane (McClung)
Steele, natives respectively, of Augusta and Greenbrier Counties.  Robert
Steele was born September 19, 1766; was a deputy collector in Virginia and
a revenue officer; was married September 14, 1797, came with his family to
Woodford County, Ky., in 1813, removed to Franklin County in 1818, and
died February 21, 1842.  Samuel Steele was reared a farmer, but early
engaged in steamboating, serving as clerk in Louisville and New Orleans,
and as captain on the Kentucky River.  In 1851 or 1852 he was appointed
superintendent of the improvement of the Kentucky River by the board of
internal improvements, and he held the position about thirteen years, but
in the meantime was engaged in farming, which occupation he permanently
adopted in 1867.  November 1, 1866, he married Mrs. Mary (McDowell)
Pilkington, born within three miles of Lexington, and the mother of three
children: John, Kate and James McDowell.  The Captain's farm contains 214
acres, the greater part bottom land on the Kentucky River.  The Captain
is a Free Mason, but his advanced years preclude his attendance at lodge
meetings.

Steele McClung McDowell Pilkington
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Woodford-KY Louisville-Jefferson-KY Lexington-Fayette-KY
Greenbrier-VA Augusta-VA WV LA

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