Ashley Lee Steelman was born in North Carolina 19 Apr 1824 to James Steelman and Mary (Reavis) Steelman. The family moved to Lincoln, Tennessee by 1830.
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Sources
"Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQK6-7Y4 : accessed 2 May 2016), Ashland Steelman in entry for Alfred Truman Steelman, 09 Nov 1939; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,831,673.
1850 United States Federal Census
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 05 April 2021), memorial page for Ashley Leander “Lee” Steelman (19 Apr 1824–11 Mar 1916), Find A Grave: Memorial #59806556, citing Pine Tree Cemetery, Patterson, Greene County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Cheryl Behrend (contributor 39733792).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ashley by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ashley: