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: male
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.]