This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Steele, Woodside, Smith Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YdJBAIB/1955 Message Board Post: Are there any descendants of James C. Steele, born December 17, 1846 in Perry County, Ill? His father was James Campbell Steele, and his mother Jennet Brown Steele. His father was killed at the Battle of Buena Vista on February 23, 1847. James' grandparents were John and a woman by the last name of Henderson. She died soon after he was born, and John married Agnes Woodside. She raised James, along with her other children (sons Robert Woodside Steele, Cyrus, Geroge, John, Cassador. She died soon after the birth of last son, James H.). Daughters (half-sisters to James C.) of John and Agnes were Mary Jane and Jennet Ann. James' mother, Jennet is listed in the 1850 ILL census. James enlisted in the Infantry during the Civil War, along with his half brothers, Cassador Erben, and James Henderson Steele. Who did James C. marry? Any children? Any living descendants?