Will, Do you have that documentation of John ware papers being approved for the widow? I have found all the census of John and Mahala...and before I forget...are you sure that Oma Green Smith first name is "OMA".  I just wonder why she was named this word as it is German for "Grandma".  Thanks for the information Kathyjo They were brothers. Other brothers were Andrew Steele Jr., Nathaniel G. Steele who were with Andrew Sr. in White County in 1820. Alexander married Lucy Compton in Wilson County, I think in 1807 or so, and then John married her sister, Jane Steele, in 1810. Andrew Steele Sr. was a legatee to the will of Vinson/Vincent Compton in Wilson County about 1810. I'm trying to find the documentation on that. I think this Vincent was probably the girls' father.   Another Steele brother was Samuel Steele who lived in Davidson County.   John's wife Jane Compton died early 1844, and he remarried later that year in DeKalb County to Mahala Goodman, by whom he had two daughters. John was a War of 1812 veteran, who was with Andrew Jackson at the battle of Horseshoe Bend on the Tallapoosa River in Alabama in 1814. He served in Capt. Hallum's company, 29th U.S. infantry. He applied for a pension I think in 1871, but died before it was approved. Mahala appliied for a widow's pension and it was approved I think in 1873.   I descend from John through his son William who married Sippy McDole. William's son James Steele (Feb 1850 - c. 1908) who married Mary Jane (Bozarth) Smith-Lewis in 1872. James's son, James Lawson Steele (1879 - 1919) who married Oma Green Smith May 8, 1901 DeKalb County, TN. Oma was born April 1880 and died February 10, 1933.   James lawson and Oma were my mother's maternal grandparents.   Will --- On Sat, 1/31/09, Kathy Kirshman <[email protected]> wrote: Do you have anything more on the Steele family...is John Steele and Alexander Steele related...? kathy --- On Sat, 1/31/09, W. D. Smith <[email protected]> wrote: Eli Lafever and wife Mary "Polly" Steele Lafever are related to me as well. Mary was the daughter of John Steele and first wife, Jane Compton. Eli's father was Andrew Lafever Sr. and Nancy Ard. I descend from Eli's brother, Andrew Lafever Jr. who married Celia Ann Steele, daughter of Alexander Steele and Lucy Compton.       Regards,       Willie Smith Looking for a Steele researcher who email a few years ago was [email protected] Apparently email isn't used now and I need the new one to reach her on this Steele family. Please contact me at [email protected] Kathyjo Kirshman