Trying to find Oliver Perry Steele?

Question

Not the Oliver Hazard Perry Steele.  I am seeing conflicting information.  He was born in 1823, according to the 1860 census in Pennsylvania, but the 1870 says Ohio.  He's been listed as Perry O. Steele and Oliver P. Steele.  He is the father of Dr. Andrew T. Steele, William P. Steele, Mary Louise Steele, Sarah Steele, Fanny A. Steele, and Lucy Steele.  I cannot locate him anywhere other than Illinois which is where he moved to in 1837 and married in 1843.

Answer 1

I'd be very interested in communicating with you as I am the great-granddaughter of Andrew T. Steele, MD and have been trying to locate information on this family for many years.  

The information I have on Oliver Perry Steele is the same as your's and I'm afraid I haven't had much luck trying to locate anything more except for his burial information (see below)

Born:  1823 in Philadelphia, PA

Moved to IL:  Oliver P. Steele, a native of the city of Philadelphia, who came to Clark Co. in 1837, where he resided till his death, which occurred Oct. 2, 1872

Married:  Nancy K. Twilley in Clark County, Illinois on 5/14/1843

Buried:  Walnut Prairie Cemetery ~ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=23363449

 

Answer 2

Oliver P. Steele, Co. K, 1st MO Caf, #162591, second Lieutenant, en 1 Aug 1861 Jefferson Barracks MO, dis 23 Dec 1864.  In 1872 he was in Clark Co IL.

            Oliver d. 29th Sept 1872, Marshall IL, of Consumption, at his house.  He m. Nancy K. Twilley, 14 May 1843, Clark Co IL.  Her death date is unknown.  She was last paid on 3 Oct 1896.  No children under 16 in 1872.            Oliver was the father of William and Andrew.[1]  In 1880 William P. Steele was living in Oswego with his wife Mary and their three children.           

Norman R. Peters  NRPresearch@aol.com

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[1] See The History of Coles County, Illinois, 1879.

I want to know what happened to Nancy, Oliver's wife.  Did she remarry and move with her son William to Kansas?

 

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[1] See The History of Coles County, Illinois, 1879.