James Steel (1894)
STEEL
Posted By: Kent Transier
Date: 11/8/2023 at 18:03:05
Transcriber’s note: No obituary for this individual has been found. The most likely publication date would have been the first issue of 1895, which is on line but in very bad shape. There was also a St. Charles newspaper in that era but those papers were not preserved. The information below was published three weeks before his death and describes his health issues. "Steel" is the surname on his gravestone.
The Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Friday, December 7, 1894
Page 3, Column 1St. Charles and Vicinity
James Steele, the unfortunate man who has been a confirmed cripple for almost thirty years, having about the first day of July, 1868, been thrown from a vicious pony, which not only threw him, but also fell upon him, dislocating his spine and leaving him almost helpless, has been brought home to his brother’s house in St. Charles from Bevington (where he has spent the last year), a very sick man. He has been unwell for some six weeks, but has had no medical treatment, and is in a bad condition. It is hoped that skill and good nursing will soon restore him to his usual health.
_________________________Subsequent item published in Warren County
The Indianola Herald
Indianola, Iowa
Thursday, January 31, 1895
Page 3, Column 6James Steel, brother of Stephen Steel died about a month ago. He was crippled when young by being thrown from a horse. He accumulated a fair property, was patient under affliction, kind, fond of children and true to those who befriended him.
Gravesite
Madison Obituaries maintained by Linda Griffith Smith.
WebBBS 4.33 Genealogy Modification Package by WebJourneymen