Contributed by Paul D. Frazier. Descendants of Unknown (Stinebach) Steinbeck (These are the ANCESTORS OF CHRISTIAN HENRY STEINBECK of the 1st WV Cavalry.) Generation No. 1 1. UNKNOWN (STINEBACH)1 STEINBECK was born in Prussia, Germany. Notes for UNKNOWN (STINEBACH) STEINBECK: Most of the information on the Steinbeck and Capito lines has been gathered by our cousin Shirley Toohey who has worked for more that 20 years on these family lines. Children of UNKNOWN (STINEBACH) STEINBECK are: 2. i. FREDERICK2 STEINBECK, b. 1770, Prussia (?); d. March 21, 1823, Romney, VA (WV) Hardy Co. 3. ii. DANIEL F. STEINBECK, b. July 21, 1777; d. February 02, 1825, Bedford, PA. Generation No. 2 2. FREDERICK2 STEINBECK (UNKNOWN (STINEBACH)1) was born 1770 in Prussia (?), and died March 21, 1823 in Romney, VA (WV) Hardy Co. He married SARAH ECKHART ECKERT, daughter of HENRY ECKHART ECKERT, SR.. She was born 1783, and died May 11, 1853 in Randolph or Hardy Co VA. Notes for FREDERICK STEINBECK: Purchased land 20 Nov.1808 from Joshua Orrahud, Hardy Co, VA 5 shillings 5 May 1803 Indenture for Hardy Co, VA land from Abel Seymour 1810 VA tax record shows Stinebeck, Frederick with 2-1-2 25 Aug 1820 land sale from Frederick to William Steinbeck Operated ordinary inn and tavern at time of his death. 1820 Federal Va. Census shows Frederick Stinebeck with wife, & 4 children. Nov. 20, 1820 Indenture of trust from Frederick Steinbeck Trustee for John C. Steinbeck, City of Baltimore, Md. for 1 Negro woman named Sukey and 3 children, Henry, Dinah and Jane, one Negro girl Susan, one Negro boy named Samuel, 1 horse,cart,etc Per Criss Steinbeck, Fred & Sarah settled in Hardy Co, now Grant Co, near Petersburg, VA early 1800s. Frederick died in 1823 and Wm. (son) sold Lunice creek property to Jeremiah Veatch for $137. in 1824. William may have gone in Inn business with Sarah(?) There is a Frederick Stinebeck applying for an intent for naturalization in Hagerstown, Maryland in January 1799. At that time he was a shop owner and lived in Sharpsburg, Maryland. There were Eckerts in that area across the border in Virginia, now West Virginia. More About FREDERICK STEINBECK: Burial: Romney Cemetery, 1835 NewIndian Cause of Death: unknown Notes for SARAH ECKHART ECKERT: 1st m. Frederick ca 1799 ? 2nd m. Morgan Burns/Byrns 7-20-1824 1850 Hardy Co. Va. census shows Sarah Byrns & son Christian live between 2 Thrashers Sarah Steinbeck granted ordinary license 19 May 1823 Hampshire Co, VA 11 May 1853 Hampshire Co, VA Register of Deaths 10 May 1853 Last Will & testament More About SARAH ECKHART ECKERT: Burial: unknown Cause of Death: pneumonia Fact 2: died of pneumonia, daughter Betsy Ann Clarke signed death cert.Hardy Children of FREDERICK STEINBECK and SARAH ECKERT are: 4. i. WILLIAM3 STEINBECK, b. 1799, Romney, Virginia; d. Aft. 1858, Cape Girardeau, Missouri. 5. ii. HENRY D. STEINBECK, b. February 04, 1801, Petersburg, Hardy County, Virginia; d. September 04, 1881, Lewis Co W.VA. 6. iii. ELIZABETH ANN STEINBECK, b. 1808; d. unknown. iv. DANIEL CHRISTIAN STEINBECK, b. 1812; d. 1881, Troy, W VA. 5. HENRY D.3 STEINBECK (FREDERICK2, UNKNOWN (STINEBACH)1) was born February 04, 1801 in Petersburg, Hardy County, Virginia, and died September 04, 1881 in Lewis Co W.VA. He married JULIA ANN CAPITO Abt. 1827 in perhaps Franklin, Pendleton County, (West) Virginia, daughter of DANIEL CAPITO and NANCY HERDERBERG. She was born October 26, 1808 in Probably Virginia, and died October 29, 1889 in Lewis Co, WVA. Notes for HENRY D. STEINBECK: Henry Steinbeck's Obituary from "The Weston Republican" of September 16, 1881 [Lewis County, West Virginia] On Tuesday last, 6 inst., the sad and painful duty devolved upon us of consigning to their last earthly tenement -- the bosom of mother Earth -- the mortal remains of 'Squire Henry Steinbeck, and Lewis County mourns the loss of one of the most worthy of her sons. The deceased 'Squire was of Prussian descent from the father's side, and of English descent from the mother's. His father was long engaged in the Fur trade with the Indians along the Ohio River. He himself was born in Petersburg, Hardy County, in this State, in February 1801, so that at his death he had reached the venerable age of nearly 81 years. He married Miss Capito of Franklin, Pendleton County, and settled near Jane Lew about 40 years ago, since which he has fully identified himself with the rise, progress and interests of Lewis County, dis- charging faithfully all the duties of a good citizen and an honorable man, and revered and beloved by all whom business or the amenities of social life brought into contact with him. He filled the office of Sheriff for several years, and for about twenty years he officiated in the Courts of Justice in our County, and in the discharge of the duties of these public offices he gave unqualified satisfaction to the community. 'Squire Steinbeck had already had two attacks of Paralysis, one about eight years ago, and a second and slighter one about two years ago. The third, as usual, proved fatal. On the 4th inst., near Reedville, Roane County, where he had gone to visit his daughter-in-law and grandchildren, he departed this life. It is not easy to find words that will do adequate justice to the many virtues of such a citizen as Mr. Steinbeck -- virtues that were implanted in him in his early youth by pious parents, that strengthened with his manhood and became venerable in his old age. Suffice it to say that he was charitable to the poor, hospitable to the stranger and honorable in the minutest as well as the most important of his transactions with his fellow-man. His kind word and helping hand were ever ready to cheer or to assist a distressed neighbor; and while one of these neighbors lives, his memory will abide fresh, sweet and green in the community in which he resided. Perhaps one of the most attractive traits of his many agreeable qualities -- and one which showed the innate nobility of his disposition and his kindness of heart -- was that no one ever heard from his lips the tale of scandal or the calumny of his neighbor. Alas! this charitable silence is only too rare! 'Squire Steinbeck was a man of excellent business habits, and might be reckoned almost a self-made man. One of his last business acts was one well worthy of him, and consistent with his benevolent life. It was to secure a home in Roane county for his widowed daughter-in-law and her orphaned children. He was at heart a true Christian, his words and acts proved it; and to his intimate friends he has expressed his hope and his faith. We have full trust that he is now rejoicing in the presence of the Heavenly One, who delights to look down upon a sinless and blameless life, and who loves to reward it. In the words of the poet, he "Has gone from this strange world of ours, No more to gather its thorns with its flowers; No more to linger where sunbeams must fade Where on all beauty death's fingers are laid. Weary with mingling life's bitter and sweet; Weary with parting and never to meet. Weary with sowing and never to reap; Weary with labor and welcoming sleep. In Christ may he rest from sorrow and sin, Happy, where earth's conflicts enter not in." The son referred to was Christian Henry Steinbeck who died on March 21, 1879, and the daughter-in-law referred to was Christian's widow, Araminta P. Ruhl. More About HENRY D. STEINBECK: Burial: Troy Cemetery Cause of Death: Stroke More About JULIA ANN CAPITO: Burial: Troy Cemetery Lewis Co Children of HENRY STEINBECK and JULIA CAPITO are: 13. i. SARAH ANN4 STEINBECK, b. 1828; d. Texas. ii. LOUISA STEINBECK, b. 1830, Virginia; d. 1853, Harrison County, (West) Virginia; m. LORENZO DOW SWISHER, October 13, 1851, Lewis Co. (W)VA; b. October 26, 1827, Virginia; d. December 15, 1891. 14. iii. DANIEL F. STEINBECK, b. December 1831, (West) Virginia; d. August 03, 1906, Atlantic City, N J. iv. PERRY G. STEINBECK, b. April 07, 1833, (West) Virginia; d. December 30, 1870, Texas. Notes for PERRY G. STEINBECK: Another birth year given is 1837, but his tomb stone gives the date 1833. More About PERRY G. STEINBECK: Burial: Bosqueville, Waco, TX Cause of Death: unknown Military service: Bet. 1861 - 1865, 23rd Texas Cavalry, CSA v. JOHN W. STEINBECK, b. June 25, 1835, McLennan County, Texas; d. February 23, 1881, Bosqueville, McLennan County, Texas. vi. CHRISTIAN HENRY STEINBECK, b. 1840; d. 1879, Middle Reedy, WVA. vii. GEORGE WILLIAM STEINBECK, b. May 30, 1843, (West) Virginia; d. August 16, 1903, Alum Bridge, Lewis Co, WV. viii. NANCY ELIZABETH STEINBECK, b. June 25, 1845; d. September 28, 1925, Colorado. ix. FRANCIS ECKERT STEINBECK, b. January 02, 1849, Virginia; d. March 05, 1905, Alum Bridge, Lewis Co, W.Va.