Steele, John Deskins b. 22 Dec 1879 Richmond Dale, Ross, Ohio, USA d. 14 Jan 1953 Ponca City, Kay, Oklahoma, USA: Patriots and Pioneers

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Name	Steele, John Deskins
Birth	22 Dec 1879	Richmond Dale, Ross, Ohio, USA
Gender	Male
Death	14 Jan 1953	Ponca City, Kay, Oklahoma, USA
Burial	IOOF Cemetery, Tonkawa, Kay, Oklahoma, USA
Person ID	I3449	Shane and Beck
Last Modified	14 Jun 2023

Father	Steele, Jasper Newton, b. 18 May 1846, Centre, Pennsylvania, USA d. 25 Nov 1921, Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA (Age 75 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Ervin, Mary, b. 1856 d. 1920 (Age 64 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	9 Oct 1873	Jackson, Jackson, Ohio, USA
Divorce	Abt 1890
Family ID	F1472	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Bierhup, Nancy Ellen "Nannie", b. 18 Feb 1877, Wellston, Jackson, Ohio, USA d. 9 Aug 1969, Tonkawa, Kay, Oklahoma, USA (Age 92 years)

Marriage 29 Nov 1900 Jackson, Jackson, Ohio, USA

Children

	1. Steele, Walter Jennings, b. 1 Feb 1902, Milton, Jackson, Ohio, USA d. 27 Jun 1969, Vero Beach, Indian River, Florida, USA (Age 67 years) [Father: natural]
	2. Steele, Waldo Leland, b. 10 Sep 1903, Milton, Jackson, Ohio, USA d. Feb 1970, Big Spring, Howard, Texas, USA (Age 66 years) [Father: natural]
	3. Steele, Clarence Lesley, b. 30 May 1905, Milton, Jackson, Ohio, USA d. 30 Sep 1989, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 84 years) [Father: natural]
	4. Steele, Raymond Arthur, b. 2 Oct 1906, Wellston, Jackson, Ohio, USA d. 12 Oct 1974, Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, USA (Age 68 years) [Father: natural]
	5. Steele, Ralph Hemlepp, b. 2 Jun 1908, Milton, Jackson, Ohio, USA d. 2 Nov 1962, Arkansas City, Cowley, Kansas, USA (Age 54 years) [Father: natural]
	6. Steele, Lawrence D., b. 28 Dec 1910, Milton, Jackson, Ohio, USA d. 31 Dec 1977, Springfield, Clark, Ohio, USA (Age 67 years) [Father: natural]

Family ID F1363 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 14 Jun 2023

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	Birth - 22 Dec 1879 - Richmond Dale, Ross, Ohio, USA
	Marriage - 29 Nov 1900 - Jackson, Jackson, Ohio, USA
	Death - 14 Jan 1953 - Ponca City, Kay, Oklahoma, USA

Notes

OBIT: John D. Steele, 73, 215 1/2 South First, died Wednesday morning at the Ponca City Hospital as the result of a heart attack which he suffered last week. Funeral arrangements are pending. Relatives out of the city were being contacted. The E. M. Trout and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Steele had made his home in Ponca City for approximately one year. He came here from Tonkawa where he had lived for a number of years. He was admitted to the hospital January 6 following the attack. (Ponce City News, Wednesday, Jan. l4, 1953)

Funeral services for John D. Steele, 73, 215 1/2 South First, who died Wednesday in the Ponca City Hospital as the result of heart attack, were held Friday morning in the E. M. Trout Funeral Home. The Rev. Byron Cravens officiated at the 11 o'clock service and burial was in the IOOF Cemetery. Pall bearers were A. R. Smith, Claude Ouerry Russell Harris, C. a. Smith, Wayne VanVoris and Walter Schatz, all of Tonkawa. Steele was born Dec. 22, 1879, at Ratchford, OH (sic). He had been a resident of Ponca City for 12 years and before retirement was a carpenter. (Ponce City News, Friday, Jan. 16, 1953)