James S. Steel

JAMES STEEL DEAD.

The Daily Telegram., April 06, 1907

Old map image of Odd Fellows' Cemetery--the final resting place of James Steel and many others

James Steel of Buffalo, N.Y., a former resident of Clarksburg died in Buffalo Saturday morning after an illness. The body will be brought to this city for burial in the I. O. O. F. cemetery and it will arrive Monday morning. Mr. Steel was a relative of the Cummins family of this city.

BURIED BESIDE WIFE.

The Clarksburg Telegram., April 11, 1907 pg 6

Stock image of steam engine used as an illustration of how the body of James Steel was transported back to Clarksburg

The body of James S. Steel, father-in-law of George Cummins, who owns the owl cafe wagons in this city, arrived here Monday from Buffalo, N. Y., where he died Saturday morning after an illness. The body was taken from the train to the I. O. O. F. cemetery and buried along side the grave of his wife who died about a year ago.