Individual Details

"Robert Leak Steele was a planter in North Carolina and Arkansas. He resided in Rockingham County, North Carolina, was president of Roberdell Cotton Mills and Great Falls and Pee Dee Mills and Justice of the Peace." ("Kinfolks, A Genealogical and Biographical Record, 1934, by William Curry Harllee, page 256.)

Birth	March 24, 1821	Richmond County, North Carolina
Marriage	May 13, 1841	Hannah Pickett Leak
Death	December 15, 1895	Rockingham, Richmond County, North Carolina
Burial		Leak-Covington Cemetery, Rockingham County, North Carolina

Spouse	Hannah Pickett Leak (1824 - 1898)
Child	Mary Leak Steele (1843 - 1904)
Child	Ella Moseley Steele (1845 - 1902)
Child	Walter F. Leak Steele (1847 - 1914)
Child	Kate Eugenie Steele (1847 - )
Child	Dr. William H. Steele (1849 - 1926)
Child	Nannie Jennings Steele (1851 - )
Child	Robert Leak Steele Jr. (1853 - 1926)
Child	Stephen William Cole Steele (1855 - 1925)
Child	Hannah Pickett Steele (1857 - 1919)
Child	Fanny Leak Steele (1859 - 1937)
Child	Jeff Davis Steele (1861 - 1862)

Father	Thomas W. Steele (1790 - 1838)
Mother	Judith Moseley Leak (1789 - 1868)
Sibling	Col. Walter Leak Steele (1823 - 1891)
Sibling	Col. Thomas William Steele (1827 - 1900)
Sibling	Elizabeth Leak Steele (1829 - 1883)
Sibling	Robert J. Steele ( - )