BIO: Samuel STEEL, Huntingdon County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: 
Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, 
Pennsylvania, Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. 
Runk & Co., 1897, page 97.
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  SAMUEL STEEL, Henderson township, Huntingdon county, Pa., is one of 
the oldest residents of the township, having been born on the farm upon 
which he still resides, August 16, 1834.  He is a son of John and 
Elizabeth (Kimberland) Steel, natives of Huntingdon county, who were 
among the earliest settlers of Henderson township, about 1820.  Samuel 
Steel is the only survivor of their family of eight.  The others were:  
Henry, died in Brady township in 1894, aged seventy-one; William, died 
in Johnstown, Pa., May, 1895, aged sixty-seven; Jacob, was accidentally 
killed in a saw-mill at Newburg, Pa., aged fifty-six; Ludin, was a 
soldier in the Union army during the late Rebellion, and died in 
Salisbury prison; Christina (Mrs. Alfred Willmer) died in Miller 
township; Mary Jane (Mrs. Samuel Downey), died in Catherine township, 
Blair county, Pa., and Susan, died on the homestead in October, 1861.  
Mr. John Steel was all his life a farmer; he died in 1871, and his wife 
in 1857.  The Steel family are of German descent.  The grandfather of 
Samuel Steel was a soldier in the Revolution.
  Samuel Steel has been all his life a Henderson township farmer.  His 
education was received in the old West school house, which he attended 
for a few years.  On September 5, 1864, although still in the first 
year of his married life, he heard and obeyed the call of the Union for 
defenders.  He enlisted in Company K, Two Hundred and Second 
Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served in that regiment until August, 
1865, when he was mustered out at Harrisburg, Pa.  His public services 
in time of peace have been rendered as school director for twelve 
years, and as supervisor for three terms, also as judge of elections.  
He is a Republican.
  The marriage of Samuel Steel with Harriet G., daughter of James N. 
and Mary Kenyon, both now deceased, took place in Miller township, 
November 20, 1861.  Their children are:  Alfred G., born August 11, 
1862; Mary Jeannette, died at the age of twelve years; Frank Sheridan, 
born May 22, 1866, and Rebecca Priscilla, born August 7, 1868.  The 
family attend the Lutheran church.
  Alfred G. Steel, eldest son of Samuel Steel, was born on the 
homestead farm, August 11, 1862, educated in the schools of Henderson 
township, and learned carpentry.  This trade, together with farming, 
has been his life-long occupation.  His politics are Republican.  
Alfred G. Steel was married at Mill Creek, Brady township, February 17, 
1890, to Elizabeth J., daughter of Joseph and Mary Enders.  One of 
their children, Samuel Ellis, died very young.  The others are:  Almira 
Grace; Beulah Jeannette, and Thomas Clifford.
  Frank S. Steel, second son of Samuel Steel, was born May 22, 1868, 
and educated in the public schools of Henderson township, and the high 
school at McAlveys Fort.  He afterwards learned carpentry, at which he 
now works.  He was married in Henderson township, March 25, 1890, to 
Mary M., daughter of Joseph and Nancy Garner, of that township.  They 
have two children:  Charles P. and Margaret Helen.