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Hardesty's History of Jackson County
Ravenswood District
George STEELE - was born September 1, 1829, in Wood county, then part of Old Virginia. Jackson county was then a part of Virginia also, as it was in 1852, when George STEELE settled here. In this county, February 15, 1852, he married Amy Lockhart, who was born in Jackson county on the 6th of June, 1834. They have eight children, who were born: Sarah F., June 2, 1853; James H., March 29, 1856, died October 15, 1873; Walter S., August 4, 1858; David B., February 26, 1862, died March 6, 1866; Julia V., September 4, 1865; Dora M., January 20, 1868; Samuel S., April 26, 1872; Calvin L., May 27, 1874. Walter S. has made a home for himself in this district, and the other living children are with their parents. George STEELE was a Union soldier, war of 1861, entering Company I, 11th West Virginia Infantry, in 1862, and serving until the close of the war. In September, 1864, at the battle of Winchester, he was wounded in the right arm, shattering the bone. He is now drawing a pension of $12.00 per month. James and Catherine (Blosser) STEELE were the parents of George STEELE, and his wife was a daughter of Isaac and Sarah (Shepherd) Lockhart, who settled in Jackson county in 1826. The post office address of George STEELE is Wiseburg, Jackson county, West Virginia, and his occupation is farming.
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