Worth B. Steele

1907 - Jun 20 - Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Steele of Terre Haite are occupying the John Shoemaker cottage this season

1908 - May 21 - W. B. Steele and family of Terre Haute are spending a few days at their cottage (recenty purchased of J. A. Shoemaker [John A. Schumacher]) making some improvements.

1908 - Jun 18 - Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Steele of Terre Haute are located at their cottage on the East Side for the summner

1909 - Jun 24 - W. B. Steele and family of Terre Haute are now at their cottage the first door south of the Martin Box.

1909 - Aug 12 - John Patterson of Hudsonville is visiting his daughter Mrs. W. B. Steele

1919 - Mr. and Mrs Worth B. Steele and family of Terre Haute came up to the lake last week and are occupying the Steele cottage which has been closed for three years.

1935- Aug 7 - Mr. and Mrs. Worth B Steele of Terre Haute, will spend a week with their niece Mrs. Harry Boggs, at the Steinhilber cottage. Mr. and Mrs. Steele were among the earlier summer residents at the lake, having owned and accupied a home on East Side Lane for about thrity-five years. They will probably meet many old-time friends during their sojourn

Worth Burton Steele Birth Jul 22 1851 Crawford County, Illinois DEATH 7 Feb 1938 Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, BURIAL Highland Lawn Cemetery Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana son of Nenian T Steele and Martha A. Harris

President of Peoples Building and Loan Association of Terre Haute - 1907

Worth B. Steele, manager of the extensive lumber interests of R. A. Hooton and Company of Terre Haute, was born in Crawford County, Illinois, July 22, 1851. His parents were Nenian T. and Martha A. (Harris) Steele.

The father was born in Virginia and was of Scotch-English ancestry. In early life, he prepared for the practice of medicine and surgery, and removing westward, located near Hudsonville, Illinois where he devoted his time and energies to his profession. He died there in his fort-sixth year, while his wife passed away at the comparatively early age of thirty-eight. She, too, was a native of the Old Dominion.

Their family numbered three sons and a daughter, of whom Worth B. Steele is the eldest. He resided in the county of his nativity to the age of sixteen years, when he came to Terre Haute to supplement his early educational privileges by study in a commercial college. After completing his course, he accepted a position in the W. S. Ryce Dry Goods House, where he remained for a short time. He then went to Louisville, Kentucky, where he spent six or seven years as bookkeeper in a wholesale grocery house, but in 1881, returned to Terre Haute where he has since made his home. He became connected with the lumber trade as bookkeeper in the employ of T.B. Johns, who subsequently sold the business to the Wabash Lumber Company, and in 1897, the yards were purchased by R.A. Hooton and Company. Mr. Steele has been continuously associated with the business for twenty-seven years and gradual advancement has brought him to his present responsible position of manager, which is one of the oldest and most extensive in this line in the city. Its success is attributable in no small degree to his close application and executive force, and few men are better informed concerning the lumber trade and all the subjects which bear upon this important industry.

In 1873, Mr. Steele was united in marriage to Miss Delia Patterson, and unto them have been born three sons and a daughter: Malcom A.; John P.; Alma L.; and Wilbur B.
Malcom A. represents the Bankers’ Surety Company in Western Indiana and Eastern Illinois;
John P. is connected with his father in the office; and
Alma L. graduated from the high school in 1907; and
Wilbur B. will finish high school with the class of 1907.


Mr. and Mrs. Steele have an extensive circle of friends in Terre Haute, gained by reason of their genuine worth during the long period of their residence in this city.

Mr. Steele is moreover recognized as one of the leaders in the Republican circles here. He has always given stalwart support to the party, served for one term as a membe of the city council, and has done effective work for Republican interests as chairman of the City Central Committee. He also belongs to the Commercial Club and cooperates in various plans and movements which it puts forth for Terre Haute’s development along business lines.

He is likewise well known in Masonic circles and has attained the Knight Templar degree in the commandery. While there have been no startling or exciting chapters in his life history, neither has there been a single esoteric phase.

He is a man of known honesty of purpose, despising all unworthy or questionable means of securing success in any undertaking or for any purpose. He is a sturdy American character and of stalwart patriotism, and in the faithful performance of life’s duties as they come to him day after day, he has achieved much that is honorable and commendable and won the respect and confidence of his fellow men.

He was one of the first class to become a member of the “Hoo-Hoos,” No. 8383, and has always been very active, especially in the state. - - Greater Terre Haute and Vigo County Volume II, Illustrated, by Mr. C. C. Oakey (1908)

married 1873 Delia Auguste Patterson BIRTH 29 May 1852 Maine DEATH 19 Mar 1948 Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana BURIAL Mar 22 1948 Highland Lawn Cemetery Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana daughter of John Patterson and Susanna "Susan" Gibbs

Thye had:

Malcolm Aubrey Steele, Sr BIRTH 10 Sep 1874 Kentucky, DEATH 13 Aug 1969 Havre de Grace, Harford County, Maryland BURIA Highland Lawn Cemetery Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, PLOT Section 3 married Nelle Filbeck BIRTH 23 Sep 1880 Indiana DEATH 20 Mar 1960 Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana BURIAL Highland Lawn Cemetery erre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana PLOT Section 3

John Patterson “Jack” Steele BIRTH 23 Jul 1883 Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana DEATH 12 Jan 1930 New Castle, Henry County, Indiana BURIAL Highland Lawn Cemetery Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana; unmarried

Alma L Steele BIRTH 7 Jan 1886 Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, DEATH 1 Dec 1987 Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana BURIAL Roselawn Memorial Park Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana married Louis Davis Walker BIRTH 20 Aug 1882 Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois DEATH 8 Aug 1965 Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana BURIAL Roselawn Memorial Park Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana,

Wilbur B Steele BIRTH 9 Jul 1890 Vigo County, Indiana DEATH 29 Jan 1954 BURIAL Highland Lawn CemeteryTerre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, married 29 Apr 1915 Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana Bertha Marie Gray BIRTH 11 FEB 1896 Indiana DEATH 29 JAN 1950 Oakland, Alameda, California; divorced