GIILES CO, TN. Alexander G. Steele (July 15, 1806-June 13, 1872) married Eliza Anderson (June 1, 1808- June 25, 1858) August 28, 1845. (Alexander later remarried. I do not know if there were additional children.) Their daughter Liddia Maggie Steele (1848 - ?) wrote a letter in 1866 from Corinth, TN at a girls school called the Athenaeum to her uncle, Matthew Anderson in Robertson Co, TX. It was obviously the first contact for quite some time with these family members. Definitely the first since before the Civil War. In her letter L. Maggie Steele (as she signed the letter) mentioned several items relating to family members, but she also mentioned a name that I know to be connected to a family in Greene Co, AL. I have been attempting to connect some apparently disparate Gordons and Andersons of both Giles Co, TN and Greene Co, AL for some time. Probably, these connections go back to the Upper Counties of SC beginning in the mid to late 1700's. Typically, they would have moved to that part of SC from VA. They all appear to have beeen Scots and Presbyterians, as was typical of that area. GREENE CO, AL. In Greene Co, AL another distant relative, Harriet C. Gordon (about 1829 - June 26, 1859), married in July 15, 1847 Ezekiel Baylus G. Steele (April 5, 1826 - August 4, 1855). They had four daughters, three living I think. (Elizabeth Steele, Medora Steele (Cobb), and Fannie S. Steele). Ezekiel Baylus G. Steele comes from a family with a lot of Alexanders and Abner Alexanders. His father was Alexander Steele (January 8, 1795 in SC-April 5, 1828 in Greene Co, AL) married to Jane C. McDow (April 13, 1798 - May 24, 1864). Their children were Andrew Sidney Steele, Joseph L. Steele, Margaret Steele, Elizabeth Steele, and Ezekiel Baylus G. Steele. I suspect that these Steeles are related, but I have no information of the ancestry of the Alexander G. Steele in Giles Co, TN. I am not directly related to the Steeles, but the Giles Co, TN wife of Alexander G. Steele was my gggrandfather's sister, and the Greene Co, AL wife of Ezekiel Baylus G. Steele was my gggrandmother's sister. If anyone can help me with these families/family, I would be most grateful. I might have info from my research of Gordons, Andersons, and Sims in the area that would be of use, and I am delighted to share. Thanks, Hurston Anderson