Preston Steele: Our Family History

Generation: 1

Preston Steele was born on 2 Oct 1908 in Havana, Cuba (son of Capt. Theophilus B. Steele and Elizabeth Catherine "Bessie" Cram); died on 10 May 1980 in San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas.

Preston married Jean McAllister Herbert about 1934. Jean was born on 27 Oct 1914 in San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas; died on 28 Dec 1967 in San Mateo Co, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

(living) Steele

Generation: 2

Capt. Theophilus B. Steele was born on 19 Apr 1863 in Kentucky (son of Major Theophilus Steele and Sophonisba Preston "Puss" Breckenridge); died on 17 Oct 1920 in Los Angeles Co, California.

Theophilus married Elizabeth Catherine "Bessie" Cram in 1898. Elizabeth was born on 23 Apr 1876 in Yreka, Shasta Co, California; died in 1960 in Los Angeles Co, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth Catherine "Bessie" Cram was born on 23 Apr 1876 in Yreka, Shasta Co, California; died in 1960 in Los Angeles Co, California.

Children:

1. Preston Steele was born on 2 Oct 1908 in Havana, Cuba; died on 10 May 1980 in San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas.
Consuelo "Connie" Steele was born on 2 Oct 1908 in Cuba; died on 11 Feb 2005 in Kentucky.

Generation: 3

Major Theophilus Steele was born in Dec 1835 in Franklin Co, Kentucky; died on 23 Aug 1911 in Bellmore, New York.

Theophilus married Sophonisba Preston "Puss" Breckenridge in 1858. Sophonisba (daughter of Dr. Robert Jefferson Breckenridge and Anna Sophonisba Preston) was born on 26 Aug 1839 in Baltimore Co, Maryland; died on 14 Nov 1880 in New York, or Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sophonisba Preston "Puss" Breckenridge was born on 26 Aug 1839 in Baltimore Co, Maryland (daughter of Dr. Robert Jefferson Breckenridge and Anna Sophonisba Preston); died on 14 Nov 1880 in New York, or Kentucky.

Children:

Mary Warfield Steele was born on 12 Dec 1860 in Lexington, Kentucky; died on 12 Feb 1904; was buried in Lexington Cem, Lexington, Fayette Co, Kentucky.
Robert Breckenridge Steele was born between 1860 and 1870 in Lexington, Fayette Co, Kentucky; died before 1870 in Lexington, Fayette Co, Kentucky; was buried in Lexington Cem, Lexington, Fayette Co, Kentucky.
2. Capt. Theophilus B. Steele was born on 19 Apr 1863 in Kentucky; died on 17 Oct 1920 in Los Angeles Co, California.
Eliza Wilson "Lila" Steele was born between 1866 and 1869 in New York; died after 1880.
Sophronisba Preston Breckenridge Steele was born about 1869 in New York; died on 5 Jun 1918 in New York.

Generation: 4

10.

Dr. Robert Jefferson Breckenridge was born on 8 Mar 1800 in Cabell Dale, Iron Works Pike, Lexington, Kentucky (son of John Breckinridge (Breckenridge), Senator/Atty Gen and Mary "Polly" Hopkins Cabell); died on 27 Dec 1881 in Danville, Kentucky; was buried in Lexington Cem, Lexington, Fayette Co, Kentucky.

Robert married Anna Sophonisba Preston on 11 Mar 1823 in Abingdon, Washington Co, Virginia. Anna (daughter of General Francis Smith Preston and Sarah Buchanan Campbell) was born on 09 Apr 1803 in "Salt Works," Washington Co, Virginia; died on 20 Dec 1844 in Baltimore, Maryland; was buried in Lexington Cem, Lexington, Fayette Co, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

11.

Anna Sophonisba Preston was born on 09 Apr 1803 in "Salt Works," Washington Co, Virginia (daughter of General Francis Smith Preston and Sarah Buchanan Campbell); died on 20 Dec 1844 in Baltimore, Maryland; was buried in Lexington Cem, Lexington, Fayette Co, Kentucky.

Children:

Mary Hopkins Cabell Breckenridge was born on 06 Apr 1828 in Cabell Dale, Iron Works Pike, Lexington, Kentucky; died on 13 Jan 1902 in Lexington, Kentucky.
William Campbell Preston Breckenridge was born in 1837; died after 1860.
5. Sophonisba Preston "Puss" Breckenridge was born on 26 Aug 1839 in Baltimore Co, Maryland; died on 14 Nov 1880 in New York, or Kentucky.
Walter Joseph Cabell Breckenridge was born on 14 Jan 1842 in Baltimore, Maryland; died on 18 Aug 1920.
John Breckenridge was born about 1844; died after 1845.