John N. Steele
John Nevett Steele | |
|---|---|
| Member of theUnited States House of RepresentativesfromMaryland's 1st district | |
| In office May 29, 1834 – March 3, 1837 | |
| Preceded by | Littleton Purnell Dennis |
| Succeeded by | John Dennis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 22, 1796 Weston,Maryland,U.S. |
| Died | August 13, 1853(aged 57) Cambridge, Maryland,U.S. |
| Political party | Whig |
| Spouse | Ann Ogle Buchanan |
| Relations | Isaac Nevett Steele(brother) Charles Steele(nephew) |
| Children | Thomas Buchanan Steele John Nevett Steele, Jr. |
| Parent(s) | James Steele Mary Nevett |
John Nevett Steele(February 22, 1796 – August 13, 1853) was an American politician.[1]
Early life[edit]
Steele was born on February 22, 1796, inWeston, Maryland.He was the son of James Steele (1760–1816) and Mary Nevett (1769–1836). His many siblings included Mary Nevett Steele, who married John Campbell Henry, the eldest son and heir ofGov.John Henry,[2]Ann Billings Steele Upshur, James Billings Steele, Henry Maynadier Steele, Catharine Sarah Maria Steele Ray, Sarah Maynadier Steele, andIsaac Nevett Steele.[3]
He lived on an estate called "Indian Town" nearVienna, Maryland,inDorchester County,where he completed preparatory studies. He later studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1819, and commenced practice inDorchester County, Maryland.[4]
Career[edit]
He served as a member of theMaryland House of Delegatesfrom 1822 to 1824, in 1829, and again in 1830. He continued to operate the family plantation, Indian Town.[4]
Steele was elected as an Anti-Jacksonianto the Twenty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofLittleton Purnell Dennis,and was reelected to the Twenty-fourth Congress, serving from May 29, 1834, to March 3, 1837.[4]He was an unsuccessfulWhigcandidate forGovernor of Marylandin 1838.[5]
Personal life[edit]
Steele was married to Ann Ogle Buchanan (1799–1839), the daughter of Thomas Buchanan (1768–1847) and Rebecca Maria Harriett Anderson (1770–1840). Together, they were the parents of:[6][2]
- Dr. Thomas Buchanan Steele (1822–1905),[7][self-published source][8]who married Isabella Elizabeth Henry (1825–1912), granddaughter of Gov.John Henry.[6]
- John Nevett Steele, Jr. (1824–1884), who married Ann Ogle Buchanan Henry (1842–1912), another granddaughter of Gov.John Henry.[6]
Steele worked in agriculture until his death inCambridge, Maryland,and is interred in Christ Protestant Episcopal Church Cemetery.[4]
Descendants[edit]
Through his eldest son Thomas, he was the grandfather of Ogle Steele (1855–1918), Campbell Steele (1857–1884), and Mary Isabella Steele (1858–1944), who married Louis William Trail (1843–1923).[6]
References[edit]
- Notes
- ^American Political Leaders 1789-2009.CQ Press. 2012.ISBN9781452267265.Retrieved29 August2017.
- ^abJones, Elias (1902).History of Dorchester County, Maryland.Williams & Wilkins. p.304.Retrieved29 August2017.
- ^The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the United States as Illustrated in the Lives of the Founders, Builders, and Defenders of the Republic, and of the Men and Women who are Doing the Work and Moulding the Thought of the Present Time.J. T. White Company. 1910.Retrieved29 August2017.
- ^abcd"STEELE, John Nevett - Biographical Information".bioguide.congress.gov.Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.Retrieved29 August2017.
- ^Buchholz, Heinrich Ewald (1908).Governors of Maryland: from the revolution to the year 1908.Williams & Wilkins company. p.133.Retrieved29 August2017.
- ^abcdHenry, Clement Sulivane; Henry, Ryder; Beard, Timothy Field (1982).The Henrys of Maryland and Related Families: A Genealogical Reference.Vantage Press.ISBN9780533047284.Retrieved29 August2017.
- ^Brannock, Earl (2014).MARYLANDERS ALL: TEN UNSUNG HEROES of Dorchester County.Xlibris Corporation.ISBN9781493150717.Retrieved29 August2017.
- ^"Maryland Medical Journal".November 1913: 290.Retrieved29 August2017.
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- Sources
- United States Congress."John N. Steele (id: S000834)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
