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DEAR HOLLYWOOD, STOP BASHING THE STARS AND BARS
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I like to watch a lot of crime shows on television. I'm sick and tired of watching the cops bust into some nut jobs house and seeing the Nazi flag and the Confederate Flag on their walls. There is no comparison between the two.
If I had a Confederate flag flying underneath my American flag, I'd probably be chased out of my neighborhood. If a German immigrant had a German flag (not Nazi) flying underneath their American flag there wouldn't be a problem. You remember the German people from World War II, who swore they new nothing about the slaughter of the Jewish people. I guess they couldn't smell the rotting and burning flesh in the air.
My great, great grandfathers fought for both the North and South. I mention on the second page of this site that the South was wrong. No man, woman, or child should be a slave. I believe all men are created equal and that a person should be judged by their character and not by the color of their skin.
The American flag has plenty of blood on it and it doesn't just represent those who lost their lives in the American Revolution. Some of that blood is from the American Indians. You know, the ones we stole this land of ours from. I love our country, don't get me wrong. I served twelve years in the military to protect it, but let's not act like our flag is some god-like vision of perfection.
So, Hollywood, get off your liberal high-horse and face the reality of your own flag. P.S. - Not everyone in the South owned a plantation during the Civil War.
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STEELE/YOUNG AND ALLIED FAMILIES
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This website was built to honor my father Julian Thornton Steele Jr., and my mother Melba Luverna Young. Of course, just like all families, we have a long list of other surnames in our heritage.
Our ancestors came from England, Scotland, Ireland, Germany (?), and God knows where else. Early ancestors settled in New England and later moved on. Most of my Steele/Young family history takes place in Virginia and West Virginia.
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AGNOR, ARNOLD, CALDWELL, CAMPBELL, CARSON, CHAMP, COFFEY, CRAFT, EAKIN, ELLIOTT, ESTERLINE, EWING, GIVINS, GRANT, GREEN, HIDER, HOUSER, KENNEDY, LAYMAN, LOONEY, MARTIN, MASTERS, MCCUMMINS, NULL, PARKS, QUISENBERRY, RIPLEY, ROBERTS, ROWAN, TAYLOR, THOMPSON, VANOVER, WENDEL. This list is not all inclusive. Please visit the Steele-Young Gencircles link above for specific information.
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ALKIRE, ASHWORTH, BAXA, CARPENTER, CUNNINGHAM, DAVIDSON, DAVIS, GOULD, HAYMOND, HELMICK, HUNT, KELLEY, LEE, LOWE, MARTIN, MORRISON, NIXON, PAGE, PAYNE, PHILLIPS, RILEY, ROSS, STOUT, TAYLOR, WILLIAMS. This list is not all inclusive. Please visit the Steele-Young Gencircles link above for specific information.
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STEELE FAMILY NAMES AND MARRIAGES
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This list will include male Steele's from my father through great, great, etc., grandfathers.
JULIAN THORNTON STEELE JR. TO MELBA LUVERNA YOUNG (October 4, 1954)
JULIAN THORNTON STEELE SR. TO MAZIE NULL (Unknown)
JAMES WILLIAM FRANKLIN STEELE TO IRENE GERTRUDE EAKIN (July 25, 1905)
WILLIAM H. STEELE TO CORNELIA WEBB ARNOLD (Unknown)
WILLIAM STEELE TO DIANA HIDER (Unknown)
JAMES WENDEL STEELE TO MARGARET "MAGGIE" PARKS (May 17, 1781)
ROBERT STEELE TO ELIZABETH WENDEL (Unknown)
DAVID STEELE TO JANNET ? (Unknown) - IRELAND
RICHARD STEELE (spouse and date of marriage unknown) - IRELAND
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YOUNG FAMILY NAMES AND MARRIAGES
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This list will include my mother and male Young's from my grandfather to great, great, etc., grandfathers.
MELBA LUVERNA YOUNG TO JULIAN THORNTON STEELE JR. (October 4, 1954)
ORVILLE GLENN YOUNG TO LEILA MAY LEE (March 26, 1926)
WILLIAM L. YOUNG TO EMMA ELLEN KELLEY (July 29, 1900)
STILLMAN YOUNG TO LUVERNA MARTIN (July 17, 1866)
LYMAN YOUNG TO ELIZABETH TAYLOR (March 23, 1842)
PASCAL YOUNG TO CYNTHIA PHILLIPS (Unknown)
ROBERT YOUNG TO LYDIA GOULD (Unknown)
HENRY YOUNG TO LYDIA ROSS (Unknown) - ENGLAND
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When my grandmother Leila died in the early 1930s, my grandfather Orville eventually remarried. His new wife's name was Virginia Stump. Orville and her are responsible for all the wonderful aunts, uncles, and cousins I have.
Virginia (grandma) always treated me as an equal grandchild, even though we were not blood. I will always have a place in my heart for her and I still feel her love for me today like the sun shinning down from the heavens.
She is one of the greatest persons I'll ever know and she taught me the true meaning of family.
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