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Note: Home in 1850: Shields, Lake, Illinois (1 Jun) James Steele, 34, Scotland, Farmer Ellen Steele, 23, Scotland Home in 1860: Sheilds, Lake, Illinois (1 Jun) James Steele, 40, Scotland Home in 1870: Shields, Lake, Illinois Post Office: Rockland James Steele, 50, Farmer Ellen Steele, 42 Margaret Steele, 17, IL Robert Steele, 15, IL William Steele, 87, Scotland 1873: Moved from Sheilds, Illinois to Evanston, Illinois Home in 1880: Evanston, Cook, Illinois James Steele, 64 Ellen Steele, 53 Home in 1900: Evanston Ward 2, Cook, Illinois James Steele, 80, Sep 1819, Married 52 years, Immigrated 1837 Ellen Steele, 73, Dec 1826, Children 2/1 Immigrated 1841 Illinois, Cook County Death Record: Name: James Steele Death Date: 24 Nov 1903 Death Place: Cook Co, Illinois Death Age: 84y 2m Estimated Birth Year: 1819 Birthplace: Scotland Marital status: Married Lived in Illinois: 63 years Street Address: 1239 Maple Ave, Evanston Burial Place: Waukegan Cause of Death: Old age James Steele died November 24, 1903, in Evanston, age eighty four years and two months. Funeral from his late residence 1239 Maple Avenue, Evanston by electric car to Oakwood Cemetery, Waukegan Thursday, November 25, 1903. Mr. Steele was born in Scotland in 1818 and came to Lake County when but a young man. In 1849 he went to California with the gold seekers, returning to Old Port Clinton, now Highland Park, where he has since resided. His one daughter, Mrs. Margaret Vickerman survives him. (Waukegan Daily Sun, 28 Nov 1903)
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