Taken from old clippings dealing with Kentucky family history, newspaper unknown. These clippings are about 100 years old (1997). Reprinted in Kentucky Explorer, Volume 12, Number 4 - September, 1997. p. 98. Shelby County. ADAM STEELE, born December 4, 1770, died July 15, 1824, at Shelbyville, Kentucky, was twice married, first December 9, 1799, to Betsy Brooke Beall, had seven children, namely: Patsy Somers, married William Gibson Luckett, and Betsy Brooke, married Michael Graham Bright, older brother of Senator Jesse D. Bright, of Indiana, December 2, 1815. Adam Steele married second Hannah Graham, had Amantha [sic], married Samuel Womack; and Minerva Fleming, married George Moore Bright, younger brother of Senator Bright. Adam Steele was president of the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank, at Shelbyville. He had brothers, Richard, William and Robert. The two latter had mercantile houses at Wheeling, Cincinnati, and Louisville. Adam Steele was related to the Steeles, of Lexington, who were original lot owners of that town. Steele Beall Luckett Bright Graham Womack = WV OH Louisville-Jefferson-KY Lexington-Fayette-KY http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/shelby/steele.a.txt