Martha and William Steele's known children.

Henry Smith Steele in Hudson-Pair Cemetery, McDonough, Henry Co. GA

# 1   Henry Smith Steele                       

b. 1821 SC                                                

d. March 30, 1858, Henry Co GA of respiratory illness                                          

Buried Hudson-Pair-Steele Cemetery  Henry Co., GA  

Married Elizabeth ‘Eliza” Ann Pair

December 19, 1848

b. September 30, 1827, GA

d. Feb 6, 1900 Henry Co GA

Buried: Salem Baptist Church,  McDonough, GA

Parents: Whitman & Virginia Pair

From:  Pannell Cook Moore Hughes and Wesley Family Published Trees, Ancestry.com

                                

Henry and Elizabeth’s Child - John Wesley Steele   b. Jan 5, 1850 Henry Co GA   d. Oct 5, 1916 in Spalding County, GA. buried, Salem Baptist Church Cem.  Sept 8, 1868 M.  Mary Elizabeth Brooks b. Aug 13, 1846 Henry Co GA d. October 9, 1931.  Parents were Miriam Stevens and Moses Terrell Brooks. John Wesley Steele had brown eyes and red hair and whiskers.  Supposedly he ran away from home at age 12,    fought in the Civil War, but no record has been found of his military service.  He lived in the Flippen area of Henry Co. and later in Spalding Co near Griffin, GA.

John Wesley Steele and Mary Elizabeth Steele’s children:  (1) Smith Steele “Toon” Steele b. Aug 27, 1869, d. Feb 17, 1949, m. Minerva “Neva” McKenzie, they had 8 children.  (see pg. 621 “First Families of Henry Co”

Note:  Elizabeth Ann Pair Steele married 3 more times to H C Phillips in 1865, Wilson McGarity in 1873 and J B Harper in 1881.  No children of issue in last 3 marriages.

Note:  Brothers Henry Smith Steele and William G Steele married sisters, Elizabeth “Eliza” Ann Pair and Julia Ann Pair in a double ceremony on November 15, 1849.  The Pair sisters’ parents – Whitman “Whit” C Pair married Virginia Phillips, daughter of Jonathan Phillips.  They had 8 children.  Whit served with Co G, 63^rd Regiment,  Army of TN.  The parents of the Pair sisters were – William M Pair, b c1799 in NC and Paralie C Carroll, b. c 1799.  Bothe parents died in 1860 in Henry Co. GA.                                                                         

# 2 Robert Steele    married Mary Ann Eddelman   -   (see separate blog entry) 

# 5  Elizabeth C. Steele  b. 1832 SC    “E. C.”  (no further information)

Inscription:   WILLIAM STEELE.   BORN   -  NOV. 22, 1823   -   DIED  - JAN. 17, 1890

# 3   William G. Steele             married          Julia Ann Pair

b.  Nov 22, 1823 in SC                                             b. Sep 13, 1836 Henry Co GA

d.  Jan 17, 1890 Henry Co GA                                d. Jun 23, 1901 Baldwin Co GA

m.  Nov 15, 1849

Both buried:  Hudson-Pair-Steele Cemetery, Henry Co GA

  

1870 Henry County Census, Bear Creek District (Hampton) shows Household 429 – shows a W M, William Steele, age 50, farmer, real estate valued at $1,000 and personal goods valued at $500.  Julia, W F, age 35, occupation – keeping house.

Hudson-Pair Cemetery History

It is located in Land Lot 35 of the 7^th District of Henry County, McDonough, GA.  Directions:  I-75 south to exit 222, Jodeco/Flippen, East on Jodeco Road which will dead end into GA Hwy 42, left.  Take a brief right on Campground road.  The cemetery is on the left at GA Hwy 42 and Campground Road. Formerly White House BBQ restaurant was in front of the cemetery until 1998.  A chain link fence is around the cemetery.  Community records show this cemetery was purchased from William Hudson, who had originally set aside this property for a community burial ground.  Hiram Lester, age 128 at his death and Ed Lester, his son, 108 at death are buried here.  However, no grave markers are found.  There are many stones without descriptions.  Other burials:   Whitman “Whit” C Pair was married to Virginia Phillips, daughter of Jonathan Phillips.  They had 8 children.  Wit served with Company G, 63^rd Regiment, Army of TN.   John Newton Lovorn, Sr., son of James Lovorn, Sr. and Hana Smith was married to Martha Lovorn and had 7 children.  Henry Smith Steele was married to Elizabeth Ann Pair, daughter of Whitman & Virginia Pair. They had one child, John Wesley Steele.  Elizabeth and JW Steele are buried at Salem Baptist Church Cemetery, McDonough, GA.  Robert Steele married Mary Ann Edelman ant they had 4 children.  William G Steele married Julia Ann Pair, sister to Julia and Whitman. They had 8 children.   

      

# 3 William G Steele (continued) 

William and Julia Steele’s Children

1.  Zachariah Steele.  b. Oct 5, 1851, Henry Co GA  d. Mar. 4, 1911 Fulton Co. GA  M.   Tabitha Ann Jackson.  They had 9 children.  1870 Census, age 19, farm hand, can read and write

2.  James Henry Steele,   b. Oct. 14, 1854, Henry Co, GA  d. Dec. 4, 1898 Spalding Co, GA .  1870 Census, age 17, farm hand, cannot read or write    m. Nov 23, 1883 Mary Abner Stanley.  They had 7  children

3. Elizabeth Victoria Steele,   b. Apr 16, 1856 Henry Co,    d. May 21, 1908.  1870 Census, age 14, domestic, can write, cannot read.                                                                                                                                         

4.  Martha Steele,   b. Apr 18, 1858 Henry Co, GA  d. Jan 27, 1936.  1870 Census age 12, domestic, cannot read or write                                                                                                                                       

5.  Nancy Steele,   b. Dec 24, 1863, Henry Co, GA.  d. Jun 23, 1936.  1870 Census, age 7

6.  William Raleigh Steele,  b. Oct 15, 1865, Henry Co., GA. d. Jun 3, 1928, Henry Co GA.  1870 Census, age 5

Married: Rebecca Ophelia Knight.  They had 3 children.

7.  John M. Steele,   b. Oct. 15, 1872, Henry Co, GA.  d. Apr 30, 1938

# 4  Martha Jane Steele   b. April 19, 1829 in SC. d. July 8, 1896, age 67, Randolph Co. AL.

 M. on Nov 17, 1846 to Jackson J Moore (1825 – 1900) Henry Co, GA.  Residence 1860 at age 31 N. Division, Randolph, AL.  Residence 1870 age 41 Wedowee, Randolph, AL.  Residence 1880, age 51, Dist 761, Heard Co, L.  Children:  Henry Alexander Moore 1848 – 1914.  William Nethanel “Billy” Moore 1851 – 1886). 

Georgia Moore 1862 - ).  Thomas Moore 1867 - ).    (per Pannell Cook Moore Hughes and PMCBRASIL published Family Trees, Ancestry.com.)