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(IV) Timothy Shattuck, son of Rev. Benjamin and Martha (Sherman) Shattuck, was born in Watertown, Mass., 1715, died in 1775-76. He lived in Littletown and Middletown, Conn. He married, in Wallingford, Conn., Nov. 5, 1740, Desire Hall, daughter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Curtis) Hall.
(V) Martha Shattuck, daughter of Timothy and De- sire (Hall) Shattuck, born in Middletown, Conn., April 15, 1746, married Lieutenant Linus Hopson. (See Hopson IV.).
(The Norton Line).
The Norton family of Norwich, of whom the late Henry B., Timothy P. and William T. Norton were the founders, is one of the oldest families of Connecticut. Thomas Norton, the founder of the family in New Eng- land, was born in the County of Surrey, England, and was descendant in the fourteenth generation from
(I) Le Sieur de Norville, who came to England with William the Conqueror, and was his constable. He married into the house of Valois.
(II) Sr. de Norville married into the house of Barr. (III) Sr. de Norville married into the house of Dol- bermmonto.
(IV) Sr. de Norville married Auelina, daughter of Neuil De Witt, of Raby.
(V) Sr. de Norville married Jorica, daughter of Sieur Dumpre de Court.
(VI) Sr. de Norville, alias Norton, married the daughter of Sir John Hadsooke.
(VII) Sr. de Norville, alias Norton, married the daughter and co-heiress of Monseigneur Bassing- bourne.
(VIII) Sir John Norton, alias Norville, married the daughter of the Lord Grey de Ruthyn.
(IX) John Norton, of Sharpenhow, in Bedfordshire, (X) John Norton, of Sharpenhow, married a daugh- ter of Mr. Danie. She married for her second husband John Cowper.
(XI) Thomas Norton, of Sharpenhow, married (first) Elizabeth Merry.
(XII) Richard Norton married Margery, daughter of Wingar, of Sharpenhow.
(XIII) William Norton married (first) Margaret, daughter of William Howes. Among his children was Thomas, of Guilford, Conn.
(XIV) Thomas Norton married, in 1625, Grace Wells, and with his wife and children came from Ock- ley, Surrey, near Guilford, England, to Boston, Mass., 1639. There he remained a short time, and while there his wife gave the land on which the old South Church was built. He joined Rev. Henry Whitfield's company of the New Haven Colony, locating at Guil- ford, where he spent the remainder of his life, and where he died. He and his wife had four children: Thomas, born about 1626, who settled in Saybrook, Conn .; John, of whom further ; Grace; Mary, who mar- ried Samuel Rockwell.
(XV) John Norton, son of Thomas and Grace (Wells) Norton, born in England, came to the New World with his parents and located at Guilford, Conn., where he spent the remainder of his life, and where he died. He married (first) Hannah Stone, and (second) Elizabeth Hubbard. Children: John, born Nov. 18, 1666, died Jan. 10, 1667; John, born May 29, 1668; Samuel, born Oct. 4, 1672, married Abigail Ward, Jan. 25, 1603; Thomas, of whom further; Hannah, born Feb. 4, 1678, married Ebenezer Stone, Jan. 16, 1702; Jeruiah, married Simon Leete; Elijah; Benjamin; Martha.
(XVI) Thomas Norton, son of John Norton, was born in Guilford, March 4, 1675, died in 1744. He married, May 28, 1701, Rachel Starr, born 1681, at Guil- ford, daughter of Comfort and Marah (Weld) Starr.
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Rachel (Starr) Norton, died Sept. 30, 1755. Children: Rachel. Forn May 12, 1702: Thomas, of whom further; Dan'el. horn Jan. 17, 170 ;: Reuben, born April 6, 1711 : Leah, born April 3. 1715: Evin, born Nov. 8, 1718: Timothy, born Feb. 3, 1,21.
XVIII Thomas (2) Norton, son of Thomas (1) and Rachel (Starr) Norton, was born Oct. 4. 1704, died Sept. 8. 1708. He married Bethiah -, about 1724. XVI11) Thomas (3) Norton, son of Thomas (2) and Bethiah Norton, married, May 29, 1761, Mercy Tyler, born in 1737. died in Branford, Oct. 21, 1824. Chitiren: Mattie, born in Branford, Oct. 20, 1761; Tim thy, 1 rn in Braniord, Dec. 18, 1762, died next day : Thomas, Jr .. married Sarah Potter, Nov. 16, 1789; Anna, married Philo Hopson, Dec. II. 1791, at Bran- for !. (See Hopson V.).
(The Gleason Line).
The Gleason family herein traced was founded in America by Thomas Gleason, who was born in North Hampton. England, in 160 ;. Thomas Gleason located at Cambridge, Mass., and there died in 1686. He married Susanna Page, born in England, who died in Boston, Mass. They were the parents of nine children.
11| William Gleason, the seventh child of Thomas Gleison. was born in Cambridge, Mass., in 1655, died there Jan. 14. 10y). With his brothers, Philip and Na- thaniel. he was a soldier in King Philip's War. He marrie i, about 1678, Abigail Bartlett, born about 1651, who was a widow, and she was the mother of his seven children.
III. John Gleason, third son of William Gleason, was born in Cambridge, Mass., in 1683. He moved to Hartford county, Conn .. settling on the Connecticut river, in the town of Enfield, where he died prior to 1x 23. 1717. Ile married, in Suffield, Hartford ... Conn., Feb. 15, 1704, Hannah Woolworth, born 1.el: 10, 1681. died in Suffield, in January, 1759, daughter i Mi hard and Hannah ( Higgins) Woolworth, of New- her. Mass. They were the parents of: John, of whom griber. Hannah, born Feb. 23, 1708; Mary, born Oct. 1 . 1.4). Elizabeth, born May 24. 1713.
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IV, John (2) Gleason, only son of John (1) Glea- . v.'s Forn in Enfield, Conn., Jan. 13, 1706, and there home. He married, about 1726, Sarah Rob- . The i Allowing children were all born in Enfield: n Jur. 25. 1727: Deborah, born Jan. 27, 1731, June 4. 1733: Hannah, born Jan. 24. 1 rn April 4, 1738: Ariel, of whom further; Torn D): 24. 1747.
Fri Gya on, son of John (2) Gleason, was 1600 ! : d. Co n., Jan. 21. 1743, and there resided He married, about 1774, and was the : 4 1 21; Rik, of whyin further ; and
Glieri con vi Ariel Gleason, was born 1777. He followed the occupa-
T : or in several places in Con- r . manhood. He married, about Gramer dighed, Conn., born May 27,
and Elizabeth ( Ilall) iWh r of the Colonial army for der ax the Revolution, dying in ľ a de cerdant of Launcelot and
Joanna (Adams) Granger through Samuel and Esther (Hanchett) Granger. and Jeremiah and Thankful (}}ale) Granger. Rufus Gleason was the father of seven children.
(VII) Rufus (2) Gleason, son of Rufus (1) Gleason, was born April 27, 1808, in Salisbury, Conn., and died in Mayville, Chautauqua county, N. Y., March 24, 1889. He settled in Chautauqua county in 1837. He married, in 1829, Melissa Sherman, born June 10, 1809, daughter of Robert and Tirzah (Smith) Sherman. Her father was a cavalry officer in the War of 1812, and died in Schoharie county, N. Y. Robert Sherman's widow was born in Boston, Mass., her father serving through- out the Revolution from Bunker Hill to the end of the war. She moved to Mayville and made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Rufus Gleason, at whose home she died May 14, 1863. Children of Rufus (2) Gleason: Albert, born in 1831: Charles, of whom further; Wil- liam Sherman, born July 8, 1837; Adelaide Adelia, born Jan. 25, 1841; Ellen, born Dec. 15, 1844; Francis, born Sept. 29, 1848.
(VIII) Charles Gleason, son of Rufus (2) Gleason, was born in Montgomery county, N. Y., July 1, 1833. He resided in New York State for a time, later located at Mantorville, Minn., and subsequently moved to Flor- ida. He married at Mantorville, Minn,, Oct. 11, 1858, Lucy Ann Slocum, who was born at Linesville, Pa., Nov. 18, 1842, died in Westfield, N. Y., July 11, 1912, daughter of George Washington Sherman and Rhoda Cary Van Courtlandt (Mantor) Slocum. (See Slo- cum VII.).
(The Slocum Line).
The branch of the family of Slocum through which connection is made with the Gleason family was founded in Rhode Island by Anthony Slocum, who was born in Somersetshire, England, in 1590.
(II) The line continues through his son, Giles, who was born in Somersetshire, England, in 1618, and died in Portsmouth, R. I., in 1682. In 1655 he was a free- man in Portsmouth. He and his wife were both mem- bers of the Society of Friends. He married, in 1641, Joanna Bailey, who was born in England in 1615, died in Portsmouth, R. I., Aug. 3, 1679, daughter of John Bailey. Giles and Joanna Slocum were the parents of nine children.
(111) Eliezer Slocum, son of Giles Slocum, was born in Portsmouth, R. I., Oct. 25, 1664, died July 30, 1727. The following is a tradition that has come down through the family: There came to the Slocum homestead a maiden named Elephel Fitzgerald, daughter of the Earl of Kildare. An English army officer had fallen in love with her sister and the couple eloped to America, bringing with them Lady Elephel. Elephel became em- ployed in the household of Giles Slocum, father of Eliezer, and the son fell in love with the fair stranger. The young people were chided (she doubtless being a Romani-1) and were forbidden to continue their court- hip. There are stories of this Portsmouth courtship, which have found their way down through more than two centuries, which hint at the incarceration of the maiden in the smoke house. The youth scaled the roof by night, crawled down the chimney, and rescued the maiden. And so they were married and came to Dart- mouth and lived happily ever after. Children: Meri-
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bah, born April 28, 1689; Mary, born Aug. 22, 1691; Eliezer, born Jan. 20, 1693-94; John, born Jan. 20, 1696-97; Benjamin, born Dec. 14, 1699; Joanna, born July 15, 1702: Ebenezer, of whom further.
(IV) Ebenezer Slocum, seventh child of Eliezer Slo- cum, was born in 1704, and resided in Newport, R. I. He married, Feb. 4, 1728, Bathsheba Perry Harper Hull, born in Jamestown, R. I., daughter of Tristram and Elizabeth (Dyer) Hull, a descendant of Rev. Jo- seph Hull and William Dyer, whose wife, Mary Dyer, was hung on Boston Common for her religious belief, June 1, 1660. Ebenezer Slocum was the father of nine children.
(V) Samuel Slocum, fourth child of Ebenezer Slo- cum, was born at Dartmouth, Bristol county, Mass., June 4, 1736. He located at Monkton, Vt., and there died in 1823. With his six brothers he was a soldier in the Colonial army in the Revolution, having volunteered from Tiverton, R. I. He married Ruth Hall, and they were the parents of seven children. (See Hall IV.).
(VI) Samuel (2) Slocum, son of Samuel (1) Slocum, was born at Newport, R. I., Nov. 15, 1785. He went to Vermont with his parents and later in life journeyed west to Nebraska, where his death occurred, having also passed a period of time in Crawford, Pa. He served in the American army in the second war with Great Britain, and was in the action at Plattsburg. His death occurred Nov. 3, 1865. He married, in Rhode Island, in November, 1811, Mary Gardiner Sherman, born at Narragansett, Washington county, R. I., in 1791, daughter of Captain Henry (2) and Mary Eliza- beth (Gardiner) Sherman. (See Sherman V.). They were the parents of ten children, as follows: Henry Gardiner, born Sept. 3, 1812; Samuel Elliot, born June I, 1815: Elizabeth, born Oct. 2, 1816; George Wash- ington Sherman, of whom further; Fitzgerald, born Nov. 15, 1820; Ruth, born Feb. 27, 1822; Ann Robin- son, born April 29, 1825; Lucy Dailey, born 1827: Amanda Sherman, born Aug. 7, 1828; Manley Leanidas, born Oct. 23, 1832.
(VII) Judge George Washington Slocum, son of Samuel (2) Slocum, was born in Monkton, Addison county, Vt., Aug. 7, 1818. In 1834 he went with his parents to Crawford county, Pa., and there married, Sept. 30, 1841, Rhoda Cary Van Courtlandt Mantor, who was born in Albany county, N. Y., Dec. 12, 1820. In 1854 they went west to the southeastern part of Min- nesota, locating at Mantorville, the county seat of Dodge county. In 1855 Mr. Slocum was appointed on its first board of commissioners by Willis A. Gorman, territorial governor. He was elected justice of the peace in Mantorville in 1858, holding that office for more than twenty-five years; was for several years clerk of the Probate Court, and was elected judge of the County Court for a four-year term. He was a man of importance and standing in the community. He died March 24, 1904, in Washington, Pa., his wife's death having occurred in Mantorville, June 25, 1865. They were the parents of seven children, as follows: Lucy Ann, married Charles Gleason. (See Gleason VIII.); Frank Mantor, born in 1843; Emma Josephine; Mary Minerva; Augusta Eveline, born Sept. 29, 1850: Sam- uel; Sara Lydia, born July 23, 1861.
(The Hall Line).
On the 8th day of the eighth month, 1638, the name of William Hall was one of a list of fifty-nine persons admitted inhabitants of an island on the coast of Rhode Island, now called Aquidneck. In 1639, William Hall was an inhabitant of Newport, R. I. On the 27th day of the fifth month, 1644, a parcel of land in Portsmouth, R. I., was granted to William Hall by the town. His name was on the list of freemen, Portsmouth, 1655. Wil- liam Hall sold, on the 6th day of the seventh month, 1654, to Richard Sisson, of Portsmouth, 1-300 of an island called Canonicut, and 1-300 of Dutch Island. Wil- liam Hall was commissioner to the General Court from Portsmouth, in 1654-56-60-63, and he was deputy from Portsmouth to the General Assembly in 1665-66-67-68- 72-73. In 1673 he was appointed on a committee for the purpose of treating with the Indians about drunkenness, and to seriously council them, and to agree on some way to prevent extreme excess of Indian drunkenness. Five chiefs are named, among whom is the name of the famous Philip of Mount Hope, called King Philip, with whom the committee should treat.
James Usher, genealogist, of No. 9 Murray street, New York City, says :
We have the trans-Atlantic trace of William Hall. clergyman. He is believed to be the same William Hall who was a writer in London, and continued the "Fab you Chronical" begun by Sir Thomas Moore. And there is added authority to believe a connection existed between William Hall and the Lord Chancellor's fam- ily. William Hall, of London, went out of record there in 1638, the same year that William Hall began record in Rhode Island. Thomas Clement, a connection of the Mores, was an original founder of Portsmouth, R. I., and was a neighbor of William Hall, and the adminis- trator of his estate.
William Hall made his will on the 20th day of the eleventh month, 1673. The will was probated on the 19th day of the second month, 1676. He married Mary Children: Zurill, William, Benjamin, Eliza- beth, Rebecca, and Deliverance.
(II) Benjamin Hali, son of William and Mary Hall, was born in Portsmouth, R. I. He was admitted free- man of Portsmouth, April 30, 1678; was appointed jus- tice, May 3, 1704, and 1709; was deputy to the Gen- eral Assembly, May 6, 1701, and May 3, 1704, Feb. 25, 1706, and 1707, May, 1713, and 1714. He married, July 27, 1676, Frances Parker, daughter of George Parker, of Portsmouth, R. I. Children: Mary, born April 3, 1678; William, born Aug. 19, 1680; Benjamin, of whom further; George, born June 29, 1685; Nathaniel, born June 20, 1689.
(III) Benjamin (2) Hall, son of Benjamin (1) and Frances (Parker) Hall, was born June 17, 1682, in Portsmouth, R. I. He married, in Portsmouth, R. I., April 18, 1716, Patience Corey, daughter of William Corey, of Portsmouth, R. I. Children: Martha, born March 27, 1717; Frances, born April 4, 1719; William, born March 27, 1721; Patience, born April 6, 1723: Re- becka, born Jan. 5, 1726; Benjamin, of whom further.
(IV) Benjamin (3) Hall, son of Benjamin (2) and Patience (Corey) Hall, was born in Portsmouth, R. I .. May 21, 1729. He married, in Portsmouth, 1749, De- liverance Cornell. (See Cornell). Children: George, born Nov. 24, 1749; Parker, born June 17, 1751; Pa- tience, born April 5, 1753; William, born Nov. 24,
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1,54: Ruth, married Samuel Slocum, son of Ebenezer Slocum. April 17, 1778. (See Slocum V.).
(The Cornell Line).
Thomas Cornell, born in 1595, in Essex county, Eng- land, died in 1 55. He married Rebecca Briggs, born in 1000, died Feb. 8. 1673.
(11| Thomas (2) Cornell, married and died in 10-3.
(111 Thomas (3) Cornell. horn in 1657. died in 1714. He married Susannah Lawton.
IV George Cornell, born in 1676, died in 1752, at Newp .t. R. 1. He married three wives. The second wife. Deliverance ( Clark) Cornell, was daughter of Governor Walter Clark, of Rhode Island, and Han- nah (Scott) Cornell, daughter of Jeremy Scott.
V) Richard Cornell, was born June 14, 1709. In I;45 he was made freeman of Portsmouth. In 1749 he m vel to East Greenwich and bought land two and one-Half miles east of the village. At close of eighteenth centry he bought two other parcels of land. He mar- rie 1. at Newport. Mary Martin, of Portsmouth, R. I., Dec. 10. 1730. Mary Martin was daughter of Joseph and Mary Martin. Children: Philadelphia, born Sept. 22. 1:3' : Deliverance, born June 18, 1733 (see Hall IV : Elizabeth, born Nov. 30, 1734; Joseph, born April 16. 173 ;: Mary, born May 17, 1739; Sarah, born Idly 12. 1740; Abigail, born July 6, 1744; Ruth, born Sept. 9. 1748.
(The Sherman Line).
This life of Sherman traces to the Hon. Philip Sher- man, whowas horn in Dedham, England, Feb. 5, 1610, I died in Port-mouth, R. I., in 1687. In 1634 he came . X -. In. land and settled first in Roxbury, Mass. At the time of the Ann Hutchinson troubles in Boston, zb 4 1 at. he took the popular side, hut as Governor Whether o final'y prevailed, he removed with others of Finim to Rhode Island. Here the company er Williams, who advised them to purchase the : Acuidreck from the Indians. This purchase !. .. 1 March 21, 1638, a regular government was d J dy 1, ff3), with Coddington as governor, !hohp Sherman as secretary. He frequently held " the fry afterward, and was consulted by those rt, a a nar ni intellecare, wealth and influ- T Whirly record of the ettlement, prepared by - nails in Pet mouth, and shows him to have ent and car .inl penman, as well as a man of Af r his removal to Rhode Island he left Aaronal church and united with the Society 1. lie 1- and to have been a devont but de- lle married Sarah Odding, daughter of P' rter.
rman, on of Hon. Philip Sherman, was 1 :od died in North Kingston, Washington !.. in 17/6. He and his wife Mary were the en children.
:1 . 1 Sherman, son of Eber (1) Sherman, efis Worth King ton, R. I. He married, about Maria Remington, born in 1683, daughter of 'trail ( Davis) Remington.
Hey !Herman, son of Eber (2) Sherman, was Wr .. 14, 1721. He married, in 1747, Ann Higgin-
botham, born 1730, daughter of Charles and Mary Hig- ginbotham, of Cranston, R. I.
(V) Captain Henry (2) Sherman, son of Henry (1) Sherman, was born at South Kingston, R. I., March 31, 1759. He was a minute-man at the battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill, and served throughout the Revolution. In 1777 he was commissioned ensign in Colonel Sher- burne's regiment, was later taken prisoner by the Brit- ish at Paramus, five miles north of Paterson, N. J., and in 1781 was returned to duty in an exchange of pris- oners. He became a lieutenant in Colonel Green's Rhode Island regiment, and was honorably discharged, June 15. 1783, with the rank of captain. He was granted a pension, April 13, 1813. He died at South Kingston, June 7, 1830. He married Mary Elizabeth Gardiner, of Kingston, R. I. Mary Gardiner, their daughter, born 1791, married Samuel Slocum. (See Slocum VI.).
FRANCIS D. STEELE-This branch of the Steele family, well known in Jamestown and in the county gen- erally, traces descent from Rudolph Stahle, a native of Switzerland, of German antecedents. Rudolph Stahle came to New York State at the age of twenty-one, and was a resident of Livingston Manor on the Upper Hud- son, in 1711, when he responded to a call for volunteers to march against the French and Indians. From Liv- ingston Manor he moved to Schoharie county, and thence to the Upper Mohawk Valley, where he was granted large tracts of land. He owned considerable land at German Flats, in 1755, his property being known as the "Rudolph Staley Patent" as it is to this day. Stahles were foremost in the early history of that sec- tion of the Mohawk Valley, and in course of time the name became anglicised as Steele. The children of Rudolph Stahle that can be traced are three sons: Die- terich, Adam, and Rudolph (2); and two daughters: Elizabeth, and Barbara. The sons all fought in the French and Indian War.
Dieterich Stahle, the eldest son, and his wife, Mar- garetta, were the parents of a son, George, of whom further.
George Stahle, son of Dieterich and Margaretta Stahle, was a soldier of the Revolution. He married Dorothea Schumacher. They were the parents of four children: Elizabeth, born in 1777, married Jacob Totts; Adam, born March 1, 1779; Rudolph, born Aug. 13, 1786, and Maria Barbara, born May 11, 1788.
Adam Stahle, son of George and Dorothea (Schu- macher) Stahle, a soldier of the War of 1812, settled at Sacket llarbor, N. Y. He married Elizabeth Dygert, born April 3, 1783, daughter of Captain William Dyg- ert, who served with General Herkimer at the battle of Oriskany. They were the parents of seven children: George, Dolly, William, Nancy, John Adam, Hiram, and Abraham. In this generation the name in this branch became Stecle.
John Adam Steele, son of Adam and Elizabeth ( Dypert ) Stahle, was born at Sacket Harbor, N. Y., .Aug. 14, 1814, died in Jamestown, N. Y., Dec. 17, 1879. He came to Beaver Dam, six iniles from Corry, Pa., with his parents and helped clear the farm upon which they settled. He had few school opportunities, and when a lad of but fourteen years he left home and
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walked to Jamestown, N. Y., where he obtained em- ployment at fifty cents per day. His first work was dig- ging a ditch, but he was used to hard work, and when his employer, Mr. Barrows, inspected his first day's work he was so gratified that he gave him a silver dol- lar for his day's work instead of the half dollar prom- ised. The lad did not remain in Jamestown, but re- turned to the farm at Beaver Dam, near Corry, and resumed work with his father and brothers at clear- ing. Later he became very much discontented, and one day while in the timber he intentionally broke his axe and again left home and walked the distance between Corry and Jamestown. This was in 1828, and from that time until his death he was a resident of James- town, N. Y.
He found employment in the sash and blind factory owned by Levi C. Barrows, with whom he remained several years. Although he came to Jamestown with only a dollar of capital, he so thriftily managed his finances that when opportunity offered to enter business for himself he had the necessary capital. His first business venture was as a partner with William Levi and James Sprague in the foundry business. He continued a part- ner in the Jamestown Foundry Company for thirty years, then sold out his interest and purchased a tract of land in Jamestown, North Side, containing 70 acres. For ten years he cultivated that tract, then for a short time again entered the foundry business. He came into possession of the same foundry he formerly had, and after disposing of all the machinery, he converted the building into grist mills, known as the Brooklyn Mills. He operated that mill for a short time in association with his son, but continued to reside on his farm, where he died in 1879 and was buried in Lakeview Cemetery. Mr. Steele was a member of the Presbyterian church, a Republican, a man of enterprise and progress, and a good citizen.
He married Hannah M. Chapman, born April 25, 1815, died July 5. 1878, who rests with her husband in Lakeview Cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. John Adam Steele were the parents of two children: Albert, born in 1845, died 1858; Francis D., to whose memory this review is dedicated.
Francis D. Steele, youngest son of John Adam and Hannah M. (Chapman) Steele, was born in James- town, N. Y., June 4, 1846, died in the city of his birth, Nov. 3, 1907, and was buried in Lakeview Cemetery. He was educated in private schools and in old James- town Academy, and after completing his school years entered business life as his father's associate in his various business enterprises. When the Brooklyn Mills were started, Francis D. took charge of their opera- tion, and after the death of John Adam Steele continued them for several years. He was also for a time inter- ested with Dr. Martin in the ownership and opera- tion of the steamer "May Martin" on Chautauqua Lake. He was also largely interested in the development of real estate, laying out the 70-acre tract on the South West Side into building lots, upon which he built sev- eral houses. His home was on Fenton avenue, James- town, and there he died. Mr. Steele was a Republican in politics, a member of the Fireman's Association for seven years, and an attendant of the Methodist Epis-
copal church. He was devoted to his home and family, and was highly esteemed by his many friends.
Francis D. Steele married, Sept. 21, 1869, Ida M. Wilson, daughter of James and Maria S. (Lydell) Wil- son. (See Wilson line following). Mrs. Steele survives her husband, a resident of Jamestown, residing on Church street. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and a lady highly respected by all who know her. Mr. and Mrs. Francis D. Steele were the par- ents of two children: I. Harry A., born July 7. 1876, now connected with the Art Metal Works, Syracuse, N. Y .; he is a member of the Masonic order and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. 2. Frances D., born Dec. 2, 1882, married William H. Miller, of Wil- liamsport, Pa., now residing in New York City.
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