"Dempster", I really have only basic info on William Henderson Steele, an adjacent line to mine. Both my line (James William Steele) and Wm. H. Steele's are sons of Hugh Steel and Catharine Dunn, married in KY in 1796. I first found Wm.H. listed in the "Hoosier Journal of Ancestry" (XIII-5/20), as a burial in the Hebron Baptist Church cemetery in Madison (Jefferson) Indiana. This cemetery has been transcribed by Ruth Hoggatt and another woman (whose name escapes me), and appears in Ruth's wonderful, informative website www.myindianahome.com (or.net?). In March, I had a rare opportunity to be in Indiana and I visited this cemetery with Ruth Hoggatt, so I can vouch for the fact that the graves are there, at least! I believe all 9 children born to Hugh and Catharine were born in IN, the earliest being Jane, born in IN in 1797, so they moved on from KY to IN very early in their marriage. There is a Hugh Steel listed in the 1790 Census in Bourbon Co. KY, which I believe is probably him. His grave says he was born in 1770, but I have no idea as to where or who his parents or siblings were. According to my findings, Wm.H. and Eliza had 7 children, only one of which grew to maturity, daughter Minerva Ann (1852-1885). That is really all I know of this particular William Steele. The name has carried on down through many other descendants in all the various family lines. Sherry Steele (Seattle)