The Sterling genealogy

420 THE STERLING GENEALOGY
He may have removed to Candor, Tioga county, New York, as
the History of that county states that Betsey Sterling (his daugh-
ter) was of Candor when she married Perez Dean. (P. 227.)
In 1817 Isaac and his family removed to Ontario, Can., and
settled near Stony Creek, township of Saltfleet, Wentworth Co.,
on the mountain side, east of the present city of Hamilton, where
his wife d. in 1821, and where she is buried. Isaac d. at or near
what is now the City of Rock Island, 111., somewhere about 1840.
His brother, Maj. Daniel, and his nephew, James, were en-
gaged in the construction of government works at the mouth of
the Rock River, at its junction with the Mississippi. Daniel d.
there of malarial fever in 1839, and it is inferred that Isaac was
associated with his brother in these works, although then a man
approaching the age of seventy. Daniel was buried at a place
formerly called Black Hawk Lookout. It is fair to suppose that
Isaac was buried near him, but while Daniel's remains were re-
interred in 1870, Isaac's appear to have been left undisturbed and
consequently the exact spot is unknown. The burial records of
Rock Island have been searched and no mention is found of Isaac's
re-interment. Black Hawk Lookout, a point about four and one
half miles from the city, is now known as Black Hawk Watch
Tower, and is a popular pleasure resort. Isaac's unmarked grave
is probably somewhere within this park.
Children
830 t Henry Sterling, b. Mar. 12, 1795; m. Abigail Murch.
831 Samuel Sterling, settled at Mineral Point, Wisconsin. He
had a family ; is said to have sons living in Colorado.
832 Barton Sterling, d. in Chicago. Left one dau. said to be
living in Michigan.
833 Benjamin Sterling, m. Sarah Thair; d. at Galena, 111.,
without issue.
834 tMary (or Polly) Sterling, b. Nov. 6, 1801; m. Bucklin
Alderman.
835 Betsey Sterling, m. Perez Dean, b. Dec. 17, 1791, son of
Mial and Sarah (Stafford) Dean of Newark Valley,
Tioga Co., N. Y. (Gazetteer of Tioga Co., p. 227).
They removed to Oxford, Ontario, Can. Had : James,
Lewis, Solomon, Edward, Julia, Sally Ann, Charity,
Betsey, Emeline, and possibly others.