Steele, Edward Lindley Grey, 1842-1894.

E. L. G. Steele was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1842. He came to San Francisco on the ship Contest, and worked for commission merchants C. Adolphe Low & Company there; the firm later became E. L. G. Steele & Co. He would go on to become president of the Oceanic Steamship Company and American Sugar Refinery. Steele married Emma McPherson in 1869, was a longtime resident of Oakland, and died in 1894.

From the description of Edward Steele diary, 1861 March 1-1863 October 31. (San Francisco Public Library). WorldCat record id: 428448337