Walter (T.?) Steele

ID Number: T06945

Biographical Data

Basic Identification

Gender: male Ethnicity: Immigration: Attributed Race: white Free or Enslaved: free

Birth & Family

Birth Date: c.1860/00/00 Birthplace: Canada (?) Mother: unknown Father: unknown 1st Spouse: Nellie Steele 2nd Spouse:

Age Details

Age: about 37 Age Group: adult (20-59)

Life Details

Occupation(s): aeronaut, traveling circus/fair performer Last Church: Military Service: Last Residence: Columbus, Ohio (?) Last Address:

Death

Death Date: 1897/06/22 Death Note: none Place of Death: Rivermont Park (Villa Maria grounds) Cause of Death: fall from balloon (see newspaper article)

Burial & Undertaking

Burial Date: 1897/06/25 Funeral Home: Diuguid Diuguid ID Number: D1115201 Indigent?: pauper interment

Gravesite and Grave Marker Data

Grave Marker or Marker Fragment: none Section: C106 Confirmation Source for Location: Diuguid records Grave Marker Erector(s): Confirmation Source for Interment: Diuguid records

Obituary and Biographical Detials

“Professor Walter Steele”

1890 Columbus, Ohio, City Directory:
Walter Steele, aeronaut, residence 240 South High Street

1892 Columbus, Ohio, City Directory:
Walter T. Steele, aeronaut, residence 240 South High Street

[He does not appear in the 1888-89 or 1893 Columbus directories.]