Alexander Steele [M.D.]
Title
Alexander Steele [M.D.]
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Section
Lot
Grave
01A
First Name
Last Name
Name Suffix
Relationship
Husband of Maria Whedon Steele (C-22-03)
Birth Date
[Not on the marker]
Birth: Year
Death Date
04/06/1872
Death: Month
4
Death: Day
06
Death: Year
Age at Death
69 years
Gender
Number of Persons on Marker
Composition
Condition
Shape
State
Carving
Flowers
Legibility
Good
Dimension: Height
76 inches
Dimension: Width
24 inches
Source of Information
Information taken from Westwood Printout and grave marker, if available; check the original burial register at city hall for additional data
Biographical Information
Dr. Steele was an Oberlin pioneer and its first practicing physician. Information on the Steele family is in, among other places, "Another Honored Citizen Gone," Oberlin News, May 2, 1905, pp. 1ff, and Wilbur H. Phillips, Oberlin Colony: The Story of a Century (Oberlin, Ohio: n.p., 1933), esp. pp. 218-239.
Burial Date from Printout
04/07/1872
Burial: Month
Burial: Day
7
Burial: Year
Lot Owner
Steele, Alexander
Date Transcribed
09/14/2001
Default Latitude
41.2835372
Default Longitude
-82.23548147
Default Zoom Level
20
Collection
Citation
“Alexander Steele [M.D.],” Westwood Database, accessed May 5, 2024, https://www.oberlinwestwood.org/omeka/items/show/57580.