I compiled this from "A History of the Tenth Regiment, Vt. Vols" and contemporary newspaper accounts.
Regards,
Bill McKern
Union Army officer, Attorney. Steele attended St. Johnsbury Academy, worked as a schoolteacher, and studied law with his brother Benjamin. In 1862, he volunteered for the Civil War and was appointed to command Company K, 10th Vermont Infantry. He was wounded at Spotsylvania, and then served in Louisiana and Mississippi as a Commissary officer. He left the Army with the rank of Brevet Major, and remained in Louisiana to take part in Reconstruction. A Republican, he was a Delegate to the 1868 state constitutional convention, and was elected Judge of Tensas Parish. He was also selected to serve as an 1868 presidential Elector, and cast his ballot for Grant and Colfax. In 1871, he was appointed District Attorney of the 13th Judicial District. He then served as Louisiana's Assistant Attorney General and Judge of the Orleans Parish Superior Court, and was Attorney General from 1875 to 1877. He then resumed office as District Attorney of the 13th District. He was also a Delegate to the 1879 state constitutional convention. After the Democratic Party returned to power in Louisiana, Steele moved to Brooklyn, where he practiced law and served as Kings County District Attorney in 1899.
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Second of three sons and third of four children born to Sanford H Steele and Mary Hinman.
Husband of Mary Porter from New Jersey married 19 Sep 1877 in Brooklyn, NY. Father of:
* Porter Steele 1880–1966
* Elizabeth Hinman Steele Faber 1882–1906
* Roswell Hiram Steele 1884–1943
* Charles Messinger Steele 1887–1943
* Henry Sanford Steele 1890–1908
EX_PROSECUTOR'S FUNERAL HELD
Funeral services for Ex-Judge Hiram Roswell Steele, who served as district attorney of Brooklyn under appointment by Theodore Roosevelt in 1898, were held at the family home, 33 Monroe St., Brooklyn, yesterday. The jurist who was 87, also served as judge and attorney general in Louisiana. He is survived by three sons, Porter Steele, Roswell H Steele and Charles M Steele of Plainfield.
New York Daily News, 24 Nov 1929 pg 363
Regards,
Bill McKern
Union Army officer, Attorney. Steele attended St. Johnsbury Academy, worked as a schoolteacher, and studied law with his brother Benjamin. In 1862, he volunteered for the Civil War and was appointed to command Company K, 10th Vermont Infantry. He was wounded at Spotsylvania, and then served in Louisiana and Mississippi as a Commissary officer. He left the Army with the rank of Brevet Major, and remained in Louisiana to take part in Reconstruction. A Republican, he was a Delegate to the 1868 state constitutional convention, and was elected Judge of Tensas Parish. He was also selected to serve as an 1868 presidential Elector, and cast his ballot for Grant and Colfax. In 1871, he was appointed District Attorney of the 13th Judicial District. He then served as Louisiana's Assistant Attorney General and Judge of the Orleans Parish Superior Court, and was Attorney General from 1875 to 1877. He then resumed office as District Attorney of the 13th District. He was also a Delegate to the 1879 state constitutional convention. After the Democratic Party returned to power in Louisiana, Steele moved to Brooklyn, where he practiced law and served as Kings County District Attorney in 1899.
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Second of three sons and third of four children born to Sanford H Steele and Mary Hinman.
Husband of Mary Porter from New Jersey married 19 Sep 1877 in Brooklyn, NY. Father of:
* Porter Steele 1880–1966
* Elizabeth Hinman Steele Faber 1882–1906
* Roswell Hiram Steele 1884–1943
* Charles Messinger Steele 1887–1943
* Henry Sanford Steele 1890–1908
EX_PROSECUTOR'S FUNERAL HELD
Funeral services for Ex-Judge Hiram Roswell Steele, who served as district attorney of Brooklyn under appointment by Theodore Roosevelt in 1898, were held at the family home, 33 Monroe St., Brooklyn, yesterday. The jurist who was 87, also served as judge and attorney general in Louisiana. He is survived by three sons, Porter Steele, Roswell H Steele and Charles M Steele of Plainfield.
New York Daily News, 24 Nov 1929 pg 363
I compiled this from "A History of the Tenth Regiment, Vt. Vols" and contemporary newspaper accounts.
Regards,
Bill McKern
Union Army officer, Attorney. Steele attended St. Johnsbury Academy, worked as a schoolteacher, and studied law with his brother Benjamin. In 1862, he volunteered for the Civil War and was appointed to command Company K, 10th Vermont Infantry. He was wounded at Spotsylvania, and then served in Louisiana and Mississippi as a Commissary officer. He left the Army with the rank of Brevet Major, and remained in Louisiana to take part in Reconstruction. A Republican, he was a Delegate to the 1868 state constitutional convention, and was elected Judge of Tensas Parish. He was also selected to serve as an 1868 presidential Elector, and cast his ballot for Grant and Colfax. In 1871, he was appointed District Attorney of the 13th Judicial District. He then served as Louisiana's Assistant Attorney General and Judge of the Orleans Parish Superior Court, and was Attorney General from 1875 to 1877. He then resumed office as District Attorney of the 13th District. He was also a Delegate to the 1879 state constitutional convention. After the Democratic Party returned to power in Louisiana, Steele moved to Brooklyn, where he practiced law and served as Kings County District Attorney in 1899.
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Second of three sons and third of four children born to Sanford H Steele and Mary Hinman.
Husband of Mary Porter from New Jersey married 19 Sep 1877 in Brooklyn, NY. Father of:
* Porter Steele 1880–1966
* Elizabeth Hinman Steele Faber 1882–1906
* Roswell Hiram Steele 1884–1943
* Charles Messinger Steele 1887–1943
* Henry Sanford Steele 1890–1908
EX_PROSECUTOR'S FUNERAL HELD
Funeral services for Ex-Judge Hiram Roswell Steele, who served as district attorney of Brooklyn under appointment by Theodore Roosevelt in 1898, were held at the family home, 33 Monroe St., Brooklyn, yesterday. The jurist who was 87, also served as judge and attorney general in Louisiana. He is survived by three sons, Porter Steele, Roswell H Steele and Charles M Steele of Plainfield.
New York Daily News, 24 Nov 1929 pg 363
Regards,
Bill McKern
Union Army officer, Attorney. Steele attended St. Johnsbury Academy, worked as a schoolteacher, and studied law with his brother Benjamin. In 1862, he volunteered for the Civil War and was appointed to command Company K, 10th Vermont Infantry. He was wounded at Spotsylvania, and then served in Louisiana and Mississippi as a Commissary officer. He left the Army with the rank of Brevet Major, and remained in Louisiana to take part in Reconstruction. A Republican, he was a Delegate to the 1868 state constitutional convention, and was elected Judge of Tensas Parish. He was also selected to serve as an 1868 presidential Elector, and cast his ballot for Grant and Colfax. In 1871, he was appointed District Attorney of the 13th Judicial District. He then served as Louisiana's Assistant Attorney General and Judge of the Orleans Parish Superior Court, and was Attorney General from 1875 to 1877. He then resumed office as District Attorney of the 13th District. He was also a Delegate to the 1879 state constitutional convention. After the Democratic Party returned to power in Louisiana, Steele moved to Brooklyn, where he practiced law and served as Kings County District Attorney in 1899.
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Second of three sons and third of four children born to Sanford H Steele and Mary Hinman.
Husband of Mary Porter from New Jersey married 19 Sep 1877 in Brooklyn, NY. Father of:
* Porter Steele 1880–1966
* Elizabeth Hinman Steele Faber 1882–1906
* Roswell Hiram Steele 1884–1943
* Charles Messinger Steele 1887–1943
* Henry Sanford Steele 1890–1908
EX_PROSECUTOR'S FUNERAL HELD
Funeral services for Ex-Judge Hiram Roswell Steele, who served as district attorney of Brooklyn under appointment by Theodore Roosevelt in 1898, were held at the family home, 33 Monroe St., Brooklyn, yesterday. The jurist who was 87, also served as judge and attorney general in Louisiana. He is survived by three sons, Porter Steele, Roswell H Steele and Charles M Steele of Plainfield.
New York Daily News, 24 Nov 1929 pg 363
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