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Box 1

 Container

Contains 120 Results:

Photo of "Dr. Thomas Fearn", 1860

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Content Description From the Collection:

The contents in this collection include photos, documents, and textiles.

Dates: 1860

Photo of "George Gilliam Steele", 1892-10-29 - 1946-06-21

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Content Description From the Collection:

The contents in this collection include photos, documents, and textiles.

Dates: 1892-10-29 - 1946-06-21

Kate Willis Steele, Drawing of Mary Burton Fearn, wife of Thomas Fearn

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Abstract

There is a note that gives a genealogical account of Mary Burton Fearn: "'Judith La Force - daughter of Dr. Rene La Force married Robt. Burton - their first born was Mary (this old lady) who married Thomas Fearn and they had a son named Thomas who married Sallie Bledsoe Shelby and they had a daughter who married Matthew W. Steele and they had a son named Thomas Fearn who was the Father of Shelby Steele" Copy of note written by Kate Willis Steele"

Dates: Majority of material found within 1824 - 1986

Photo of "My 80th birthday cake at Rotary luncheon--M.F. Steele"; from left: "Gene, MFS, Clarence Follett, Jack Fleck, Oliver Heilman, Novaria"

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Content Description From the Collection:

The contents in this collection include photos, documents, and textiles.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1824 - 1986

Photo of "Sallie Newman Steele Prosser, Matthew Forney Steele, Stella Folsom Steele"

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Abstract

There is a note about the date of the photo on the back: "I cannot pinpoint the year the 2 nieces were visiting in Fargo, N.D. sometime after the darth of Mrs. Steele (1945), McLeod."

Dates: Majority of material found within 1824 - 1986

McLeod, Sallie Steele Prosser, Photo: "seated in center w/care...long beard is grandfather M.W. Steele who was Mayor of Avondale, Ala.", 1969-07-05

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Content Description From the Collection:

The contents in this collection include photos, documents, and textiles.

Dates: 1969-07-05

Photo of "Thomas Fearn Steele", 1856-09-27 - 1930-07-14

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Content Description From the Collection:

The contents in this collection include photos, documents, and textiles.

Dates: 1856-09-27 - 1930-07-14

Painting of Catherine Fearn Steele, 1828 - 1907

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Abstract

There is a description of Catherine Fearn Steele at the bottom of the painting: "Catherine Fearn (1828-1907), third daughter of Dr. Thomas Fearn, was educated at the Huntsville Female Seminary and Madame Canada's school in New York City. In 1848 she married Matthew Steele by whom she had nine children. She died of consumption in Avondale, Alabama, having moved there in 1883."

Dates: 1828 - 1907

Photo of a painting of "Ellen Steele--original in gold frame donated to Hunts. Mad. Co. Public Library"

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Content Description From the Collection:

The contents in this collection include photos, documents, and textiles.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1824 - 1986

Patricia H. Ryan, "Family Record" of "George Gilliam Steele" and "Eliza Ann Weaver", 1978

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Content Description From the Collection:

The contents in this collection include photos, documents, and textiles.

Dates: 1978