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TIMOTHY STEELE, blacksmith, Georgetown, was born in Canada May 24, 1846. His father was Timothy Steele, a native of Ireland, who came to America many years ago. He was a carpenter by trade, and died when our subject was but a few months old. Mr. Steele’s mother was Mary Woods, also a native of Ireland. She now resides in Wentworth County, Upper Ontario. Mr. Steele was reared in Canada, and there learned the blacksmith trade. In 1863, he went to Rochester, N. Y., where he remained till the spring of 1865. He then went to the oil regions of Pennsylvania, locating at Titusville, and subsequently to Cincinnati. After some time, he went to Memphis, Tenn., where he remained three years; thence to Selma, Ala., one year; Mobile, one year; New Orleans, six months; Meridan, Miss., four months; thence to Memphis, where he remained till the yellow fever scourge of 1877. He then located at West Union, Adams Co., Ohio, where he married Elizabeth Shuster, a native of that county. After living another six months at Memphis, Tenn., he came to Georgetown, where he has met with very good success. Mr. Steele is a member of the Carriage Maker’s Union of Cincinnati, and of the Catholic Church. Mrs. Steele is a member of the M. E. Church. They have two children — Mary E., aged six, and Timothy G., aged two years.