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Thomas D. Steele, postmaster and druggist of Cassville, Mo., was born in Washington County, Ark., in 1862. He is a young man of good business qualifications, and is highly esteemed. His parents, Dr. Marion D. and Mary E. (Deaver) Steele, were born in Tennessee, the father in Bedford County in 1824, and the mother in Maury County in 1843. When a young man Dr. Marion D. Steele left his native State for Lawrence County, Ark., where he married Elizabeth Poor. About 1853 he removed to Washington County locating at Elm Springs. He is a graduate of Louisville Medical College, but for the last fourteen years he has been engaged in merchandising. He is also a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. His first wife died, after which he married Mary E. Deaver, by whom he is the father of eight children, Thomas D. being the eldest. Thomas D. Steele’s education, which was begun in the public schools of Elm Spring, was finished in the Arkansas State Industrial University at Fayetteville. In 1879 he began the study of medicine. In 1880 he came to Cassville, and resumed his study under the direction of Dr. T. J. Hubbert. For three years he was salesman in a drug store, and for two years was deputy county recorder and circuit clerk. In 1885 he served as clerk on staff of Rough Journal Work of State Legislature. In July, 1885, he was appointed postmaster at Cassville, and in June, 1887, he purchased a one-half interest in a drug store with N. L. Hailey. His marriage with Mary M. Hobbs, a daughter of Hon. James Hobbs, was celebrated on February 28, 1881. Mrs. Steele is a native of Bentonville, Ark., born in 1861. Their union has been blessed by the birth of two children, William D. and Oliver Vest. Mr. Steele is a Democrat in politics, and is a member of the I. O. O. F