The JOSEPH STIRLEN (STERLING) Family Home Page:Information about William Sterling
William Sterling (b. April 27, 1808, d. September 05, 1888)
Notes for William Sterling:
[Walter.ftw]
His estate is recorded in Will Book 8, Page 10.He had title to the Sterling
Farm . By Deed Book 289, Page 189 he left an undivided one-sixth interest
to each of his six surviving children in the 200 acre farm.He was as
Presbyterian and an elder at Old Salem Church.He was buried at Old Salem
Church cemetery.His stone reads FATHER 1808 - 1888.
The farm remained in the Sterling family until 1953 at which time it was sold to Robert F. Eaglehouse, and as of the fall of 1993, was still farming 200 plus acres. I have a copyof the Deed search that was given to me by Mr. Eaglehouse when we visited him in 1993.
Dean SterlingListed in The Sterling Genealogy.
Listed as a farmer in Derry on the land of his grandfather. (Joseph Sterling).
10 children listed.
DOD listed as March 16, 1865 by Dean Sterling. His estate is recorded in Will Book 8, Page 10.He had title to the Sterling Farm . By Deed Book 289, Page 189 he left an undivided one-sixth interest
to each of his six surviving children in the 200 acre farm.He was as Presbyterian and an elder at Old Salem Church.He was buried at Old Salem Church cemetery.His stone reads FATHER 1808 - 1888.
More About William Sterling and Elizabeth Donaldson:
Marriage: January 27, 1831
More About William Sterling and Martha Hartley Marshall:
Marriage: November 10, 1846
Children of William Sterling and Elizabeth Donaldson are:
- Jennie Donaldson Sterling, b. March 01, 1832, d. date unknown.
- +Joseph Sterling, b. September 06, 1835, Derry, Westmoreland, PA, d. date unknown.
Children of William Sterling and Martha Hartley Marshall are:
- +Wilson Cunningham Sterling, b. September 04, 1847, Derry Twp. Westmoreland, PA, d. February 09, 1904, Cleveland, Ohio.
- Margaret Elizabeth Sterling, b. April 29, 1849, d. October 20, 1864.
- Celia Mary Sterling, b. September 28, 1851, Derry Twp, Westmoreland, PA, d. November 01, 19389.
- Sarah M. Sterling, b. August 28, 1853, Derry Twp, Westmoreland, PA, d. January 05, 19349.
- +James Marshall Sterling, b. June 16, 1855, Derry Twp, Westmoreland, Pa, d. date unknown, Latrobe, Westmoreland County, PA9.
- Robert Edwin Sterling, b. August 23, 1857, Derry Twp, Westmoreland, PA, d. Abt. 19279.
- William R Sterling, b. October 25, 1859, Derry Twp. Westmoreland, PA, d. July 18, 1922, Derry Twp., Westmoreland County, PA9.
- +Nettie M. Sterling, b. 1862, Derry Twp., Westmoreland County, PA9, d. October 11, 1905, Derry Twp., Westmoreland County, PA9.