The family surname has been found both as Steel and Steele. In their Family Bible record, it is Steel.
William Thomas Steel was the son of William Henry Steel, and Adaline Cinderella (Cook) Steel. His mother's maiden name has also been found as Koch, and his father has also been found listed as Henry or W. H. Steele.
The Steel family moved west, from Kansas, in the spring of 1871. They first went to California, where William Thomas Steel was born. About 1876 or 1877, they moved to what is now The Dalles, Wasco County, and purchased a homestead just south of town. W. H. Steel had a road built from the main road into his farm and it was named Steele Road. This road is on current maps and still in use today. The family also had property in town, and built a two story home at 1001 Jackson. This home is still standing, in 2012. Family members lived there up through 1961. There was also a gold mining interest in Rock Creek, Wheeler County, Oregon. William Thomas Steel and his father, William H. Steel, are listed here on the 1900 census. William T. Steel is listed as single, age 28, born in November 1871 in California, and his occupation is day laborer. This same 1900 census also finds the father, William Henry Steel, listed with his wife Adaline and children in East The Dalles Precinct, with an occupation of a quartz miner.
William Thomas Steel is first listed on the 1880 The Dalles Precinct, Wasco County census. He is listed as son, age 8, no disability, attended school, able to read and write and was born in California.
The Dalles Weekly Chronicle, Thursday, March 25, 1920. Page 8, Col. 5.
"MAN KILLED BY FALL ON ROCK, WILLIAM STEEL IS FOUND DEAD, HIS SKULL CRUSHED IN. (Daily of March 23.)"
"Coroner's inquest into the death of William Steel, __, who was found dead on the Fourth street grade late Saturday night with his skull crushed, revealed that the man came to his end by falling backward and striking his head upon a projecting rock. The deceased is the son of W. H. Steel of 1001 Jackson Street. It was at first thought that the deceased might have been killed by a blow from some blunt instrument but examination showed that death resulted from accidental causes, the man probably fainting and falling upon his head, crushing the skull.
"The funeral will be held from Crandall's chapel at 2 o'clock this afternoon, interment will be in the G. A. R. cemetery. The deceased is survived by his father, W. H. Steel of this city, two brothers, Andrew L. of The Dalles and Franklin B. address not known and one sister, Mrs. A. G. Campbell of Spokane."
William never married, and was age 48 when he died. The death certificated stated that he had been an invalid for many years and his residence was at 1001 Jackson Street in The Dalles. His father was the informant for the information on the death certificate. His brother, Andrew Steel, and father, William H. Steel, also lived at the Jackson street address. William Thomas Steel was buried in the family plot in the G.A.R. section of what is now the Odd Fellows Cemetery in The Dalles.
William Thomas Steel was the son of William Henry Steel, and Adaline Cinderella (Cook) Steel. His mother's maiden name has also been found as Koch, and his father has also been found listed as Henry or W. H. Steele.
The Steel family moved west, from Kansas, in the spring of 1871. They first went to California, where William Thomas Steel was born. About 1876 or 1877, they moved to what is now The Dalles, Wasco County, and purchased a homestead just south of town. W. H. Steel had a road built from the main road into his farm and it was named Steele Road. This road is on current maps and still in use today. The family also had property in town, and built a two story home at 1001 Jackson. This home is still standing, in 2012. Family members lived there up through 1961. There was also a gold mining interest in Rock Creek, Wheeler County, Oregon. William Thomas Steel and his father, William H. Steel, are listed here on the 1900 census. William T. Steel is listed as single, age 28, born in November 1871 in California, and his occupation is day laborer. This same 1900 census also finds the father, William Henry Steel, listed with his wife Adaline and children in East The Dalles Precinct, with an occupation of a quartz miner.
William Thomas Steel is first listed on the 1880 The Dalles Precinct, Wasco County census. He is listed as son, age 8, no disability, attended school, able to read and write and was born in California.
The Dalles Weekly Chronicle, Thursday, March 25, 1920. Page 8, Col. 5.
"MAN KILLED BY FALL ON ROCK, WILLIAM STEEL IS FOUND DEAD, HIS SKULL CRUSHED IN. (Daily of March 23.)"
"Coroner's inquest into the death of William Steel, __, who was found dead on the Fourth street grade late Saturday night with his skull crushed, revealed that the man came to his end by falling backward and striking his head upon a projecting rock. The deceased is the son of W. H. Steel of 1001 Jackson Street. It was at first thought that the deceased might have been killed by a blow from some blunt instrument but examination showed that death resulted from accidental causes, the man probably fainting and falling upon his head, crushing the skull.
"The funeral will be held from Crandall's chapel at 2 o'clock this afternoon, interment will be in the G. A. R. cemetery. The deceased is survived by his father, W. H. Steel of this city, two brothers, Andrew L. of The Dalles and Franklin B. address not known and one sister, Mrs. A. G. Campbell of Spokane."
William never married, and was age 48 when he died. The death certificated stated that he had been an invalid for many years and his residence was at 1001 Jackson Street in The Dalles. His father was the informant for the information on the death certificate. His brother, Andrew Steel, and father, William H. Steel, also lived at the Jackson street address. William Thomas Steel was buried in the family plot in the G.A.R. section of what is now the Odd Fellows Cemetery in The Dalles.
The family surname has been found both as Steel and Steele. In their Family Bible record, it is Steel.
William Thomas Steel was the son of William Henry Steel, and Adaline Cinderella (Cook) Steel. His mother's maiden name has also been found as Koch, and his father has also been found listed as Henry or W. H. Steele.
The Steel family moved west, from Kansas, in the spring of 1871. They first went to California, where William Thomas Steel was born. About 1876 or 1877, they moved to what is now The Dalles, Wasco County, and purchased a homestead just south of town. W. H. Steel had a road built from the main road into his farm and it was named Steele Road. This road is on current maps and still in use today. The family also had property in town, and built a two story home at 1001 Jackson. This home is still standing, in 2012. Family members lived there up through 1961. There was also a gold mining interest in Rock Creek, Wheeler County, Oregon. William Thomas Steel and his father, William H. Steel, are listed here on the 1900 census. William T. Steel is listed as single, age 28, born in November 1871 in California, and his occupation is day laborer. This same 1900 census also finds the father, William Henry Steel, listed with his wife Adaline and children in East The Dalles Precinct, with an occupation of a quartz miner.
William Thomas Steel is first listed on the 1880 The Dalles Precinct, Wasco County census. He is listed as son, age 8, no disability, attended school, able to read and write and was born in California.
The Dalles Weekly Chronicle, Thursday, March 25, 1920. Page 8, Col. 5.
"MAN KILLED BY FALL ON ROCK, WILLIAM STEEL IS FOUND DEAD, HIS SKULL CRUSHED IN. (Daily of March 23.)"
"Coroner's inquest into the death of William Steel, __, who was found dead on the Fourth street grade late Saturday night with his skull crushed, revealed that the man came to his end by falling backward and striking his head upon a projecting rock. The deceased is the son of W. H. Steel of 1001 Jackson Street. It was at first thought that the deceased might have been killed by a blow from some blunt instrument but examination showed that death resulted from accidental causes, the man probably fainting and falling upon his head, crushing the skull.
"The funeral will be held from Crandall's chapel at 2 o'clock this afternoon, interment will be in the G. A. R. cemetery. The deceased is survived by his father, W. H. Steel of this city, two brothers, Andrew L. of The Dalles and Franklin B. address not known and one sister, Mrs. A. G. Campbell of Spokane."
William never married, and was age 48 when he died. The death certificated stated that he had been an invalid for many years and his residence was at 1001 Jackson Street in The Dalles. His father was the informant for the information on the death certificate. His brother, Andrew Steel, and father, William H. Steel, also lived at the Jackson street address. William Thomas Steel was buried in the family plot in the G.A.R. section of what is now the Odd Fellows Cemetery in The Dalles.
William Thomas Steel was the son of William Henry Steel, and Adaline Cinderella (Cook) Steel. His mother's maiden name has also been found as Koch, and his father has also been found listed as Henry or W. H. Steele.
The Steel family moved west, from Kansas, in the spring of 1871. They first went to California, where William Thomas Steel was born. About 1876 or 1877, they moved to what is now The Dalles, Wasco County, and purchased a homestead just south of town. W. H. Steel had a road built from the main road into his farm and it was named Steele Road. This road is on current maps and still in use today. The family also had property in town, and built a two story home at 1001 Jackson. This home is still standing, in 2012. Family members lived there up through 1961. There was also a gold mining interest in Rock Creek, Wheeler County, Oregon. William Thomas Steel and his father, William H. Steel, are listed here on the 1900 census. William T. Steel is listed as single, age 28, born in November 1871 in California, and his occupation is day laborer. This same 1900 census also finds the father, William Henry Steel, listed with his wife Adaline and children in East The Dalles Precinct, with an occupation of a quartz miner.
William Thomas Steel is first listed on the 1880 The Dalles Precinct, Wasco County census. He is listed as son, age 8, no disability, attended school, able to read and write and was born in California.
The Dalles Weekly Chronicle, Thursday, March 25, 1920. Page 8, Col. 5.
"MAN KILLED BY FALL ON ROCK, WILLIAM STEEL IS FOUND DEAD, HIS SKULL CRUSHED IN. (Daily of March 23.)"
"Coroner's inquest into the death of William Steel, __, who was found dead on the Fourth street grade late Saturday night with his skull crushed, revealed that the man came to his end by falling backward and striking his head upon a projecting rock. The deceased is the son of W. H. Steel of 1001 Jackson Street. It was at first thought that the deceased might have been killed by a blow from some blunt instrument but examination showed that death resulted from accidental causes, the man probably fainting and falling upon his head, crushing the skull.
"The funeral will be held from Crandall's chapel at 2 o'clock this afternoon, interment will be in the G. A. R. cemetery. The deceased is survived by his father, W. H. Steel of this city, two brothers, Andrew L. of The Dalles and Franklin B. address not known and one sister, Mrs. A. G. Campbell of Spokane."
William never married, and was age 48 when he died. The death certificated stated that he had been an invalid for many years and his residence was at 1001 Jackson Street in The Dalles. His father was the informant for the information on the death certificate. His brother, Andrew Steel, and father, William H. Steel, also lived at the Jackson street address. William Thomas Steel was buried in the family plot in the G.A.R. section of what is now the Odd Fellows Cemetery in The Dalles.
Inscription
The small cement, temporary, gravemarker placed when William died, read:
William T. Steel
1872 - 1920
Gravesite Details
Small cement marker, was replaced by a larger one in 2011.
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