Steele came to Platte county, Missouri, and had become one of its most wealthy and influential citizens.

He was an eminent example of a courtly and courteous "Old Virginia gentleman," and was loved by the rich and loved by the poor, he was loved by white folks and black; loved by the mothers and their babies; and the people patronized his preaching, not because he was a great preacher, for he certainly was not, but because they loved the man.

He was an old Henry Clay Whig, and like that great Kentucky statesman was an Emancipationist.Bro.

S.was to come over the river and preach the first sermon in this new town, and it was a great event to the people.

On returning to Port William in the morning Bro.