This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: wsqueaks97 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.steele/278.285.288.300/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The reason I have for replying to this post is the fact that the Ralston name intermingles with the Steele name in the Madison county census of 1860. It is recorded as Rollston. young Margaret Steel was taken into the Rollston household of Samuel and Elizabeth Rollston. Margaret's mother died in 1858 and two brothers of hers was taken in by a Shaver family on the same page as the Rollstons. It seems the Madison county Iowa Steels ,Rollston and Shaver families were kind of interdependent. Benjamin Steel ,the father of the Steel children, supposedly originated in Pennsylvania,moved and married Elizabeth Netherow in Holmes county Ohio before migrating to Iowa. The Leverich/Leverage name also is closely associated with the Steel/Steele name. Cannot find Benjamin Steel in any census for 1860. He reappears in the 1870 census. His wife died in 1858 and I assumed he was devastated by it and dropped off the earth somewhere. yours truly Ernest Wright Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.