WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
JOHN FREDRICH & CATHERINE CAMPBELL STEELE
(boot & shoe maker, farmer, doctor, surveyor)
BIOGRAPHY
John Fredrich Steele was born March 21, 1821 in Hollywood, Ireland.Jane Catherine Campbell (went by Catherine) was born November 16, 1816 in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
John married Catherine on January 1, 1840 in Belfast, Antrim, Ireland.
John investigated the Mormon faith and was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
in April of 1843. Catherine was baptized about a month later.
The Steele family emigrated to the United States in 1845. From Nauvoo, Illinois, they traveled to Council Bluffs,
Iowa in 1846. John joined the Mormon Battalion and headed west with his family. At Santa Fe, New Mexico
Territory, they joined a group heading to Salt Lake. They joined the other new arrivals in Salt Lake City on
July 29, 1847. Young Elizabeth was born to them on August 9, 1847, becoming the first white child born in
the Utah Territory,
The Steele family settled in Toquerville in 1862.
Catherine died in Toquerville on June 15, 1891 and was buried in Plot 09-19-03 of the Parowan City
(Kane County) Cemetery.
John died on December 31, 1903 in Kanarraville (Kane County) and was buried in Plot 09-19-04 of the
Parowan City (Kane County) Cemetery.
FAMILY
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John's Parents and Siblings:
John Steele Ann Kennedy ???or??? Nancy Steele Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx |
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Catherine's Parents and Siblings: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx |
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John & Catherine's Family: John Fredrich Steele Jane Catherine Campbell Steele Mary Campbell Steele Young Elizabeth Steele Mahonri Moriancumer Steele Susanna Adams Steele John Alma Steele Jane Catherine Steele Robert Henry Steele |
(3/21/1821-12/31/1903) (married 1/1/1840) (11/16/1816-6/5/1891) (12/23/1840-12/12/1874) (married Joseph Fish) (8/9/1847-4/1/1938) (married James Stapley) (5/1/1849-9/18/1923) (married Emily Bunker and Mary Ellen Jepson) (4/28/1851-8/18/1927) (married William Augustus Bringhurst) (4/6/1853-2/21/1931) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (4/26/1855-3/21/1903) (married John Peter Jensen) (9/1/1857-1/1/1858) |
PHOTOS
TBDREFERENCES
Self-Guided Walking Tour of Toquerville, Utahby Wes Larsen
See Pages 22-23 for information on John Steele
John Steele
Article by ???
Find-A-Grave entry for Pvt John Steele
Find-A-Grave entry for Jane Catherine Campbell Steele
Death certificate for Young Elizabeth Stapley
The first white child born in the Utah Territory.