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24. Susanna Rebecca Steely (Steeley) (Married Anthony C. Rice (23), 12 March 1861 in Pickaway, Ohio (According to LDS). The wedding license verifies the date.

 

Born: 29 November 1837 according to her Certificate of Death of Meek Steely (47) & Martha ("Patsy") McCutcheon (McCutchen)(48).

Died: 23 June 1916. (Verified Ohio Death Certificate Index, Franklin County, Volume #1968, Certificate #37198) Her Certificate of Death says she was 76 years 6 mos and 25 days when she died. If this is correct, then she would have been born in 1839, not 1837 as stated on the Certificate of Death. If her birth date is correct, then she was 79 when she died. Her Certificate of Death lists senility as the cause of death. She died at 1 PM on June 23rd, 1916 and was buried on June 26th, 1916.

[Her siblings included:

Elizabeth E. Steely (Married: ? Abbot) Born: ? Died: ?;

Eliza J. Steely (Married: Norman Kitsmiller on 6 February 1857) Born: ? Died: ?;

Mary Steely (Married: ? Barlow) Born: ? Died: ?;

Isabella (Isobel) Steely (Married: ? Goldsberry) Born: ? Died: ?;

William M Steely [According to Ross County, Ohio Marriage Records 1850 - 1899 Grooms & Brides, Vol. 2, Transcribed in the 1930s by the Nathaniel Massie Chapter DAR, Alphabetized and typed by Fort Wayne Library, 1975, p. 228, Ohio Historical Society: William M. Steely married Margaret Harwood on 10 Mar. 1853.] Born: 1831 Died:1902 He, his wife (Margaret Bell [Harwood] Steely), and two of his sons (Taylor Boggs Steely and Frank Steely) are buried at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Kingston, OH; William's tombstone reads "William Meek Steely;

Rosa Steely (Married: ? Reel) Born: ? of 47 and 2nd wife. Died: ?;

Adele Steely Born: ? of 47 and 2nd wife. Died: ?]

Miscellaneous:

When Meek Steely, Susanna's father, died in 1865, Anthony and Susanna received $100 18/100 from the estate.

[Note: Susanna's father, Meek Steely (#47)) had a brother, John. One of John's daughters, Nancy Steely, married James Rice (brother of Susanna's husband, Anthony Rice's (#23)). This means that first cousins Susanna and Nancy married brothers James and Anthony.]

Although Susanna's husband is buried at Forest Cemetery in Circleville, Ohio, the location of Susanna's gravesite has not been located in Circleville (where it is according to her Certificate of Death). It is suspected that she is buried beside her daughter Emma May Rice who married Henry Renick. Emma died 13 December 1895.

Susanna outlived her husband by 19 years. At the time of her death (source: Certificate of Death), she was living at 354 North Monroe, Columbus, Ohio with her son-in-law W. H. Wanamaker and her daughter, Jenny Hayes Steely Wanamaker. During her life with Anthony, they had four children... all girls: Mattie Steely, Emma May, Katie Viola, and Jennie Hays. Susanna outlived at least two of her daughters, Mattie (1863- 1904) and Emma (1865-1895).

After receiving e-mail correspondence from April Potts on September 24, 2001, the green additions above were made to Susanna’s bio.

After receiving a list of Steely Marriages in Pickaway Ohio from Robert Steely in 2006, the gray addition above was made.