The Sterling genealogy

478 THE STERLING GENEALOGY
524 SAMUEL LEVI STERLING (brother of the above), b. in
Sterling City, May 12, 1809; m. in Lima, N. Y., Jan. 26, 1835,
Lucinda Chester Forsyth, b. in Montville, Conn., July 4, 1813,
dau. of Elisha Forsyth of Norwich, Conn., who m. Feb. 24, 1811,
Sarah (or Sally) Chester, b. Jan. 12, 1785, dau. of Joseph and
Elizabeth (Otis) Chester, sister of Mabel Chester, who m. James
Sterling (No. 217), Samuel Levi's uncle. Sarah (Chester)
Forsyth d. at East Bloomfield, N. Y., Apr. 17, 1862, where they
removed late in life. They had beside Lucinda two sons, Leander
and Thomas.
Samuel Sterling lived in Lima, N. Y., for two or three years
after his marriage when he moved to Park, St. Joseph Co., Mich.,
where he bought a farm of 160 acres.
After some years he removed to the vicinity of Three Rivers,
Mich., where he passed the remainder of his life. He d. at Three
Rivers, Mich., Feb. 27, 1880. Lucinda d. there Mar. 4, 1891.
Children
1452 Sarah Chester Sterling, b. at Lima, N. Y., June 18, 1836
a graduate of the Oswego, N. Y., State Normal
1453
School, a teacher in the schools at Three Rivers, Niles,
Manistee, South Haven, Mich., Peru, Ind., and other
places. She d. at Three Rivers, unm., Sept. 11, 1888.
Mary Palmer Sterling, b. in Park, Mich., May 26, 1839;
d. Sept. 18, 1839.
1454 t Ellen Louisa Sterling, b. Oct. 16, 1840; m. Sidney F.
Mullin.
1455 Lord Sterling, b. in Park, Dec. 16, 1842 ; d. Aug. 31, 1847.
1456 George Palmer Sterling, b. in Park, Nov. 6, 1844 ; enlisted
in the 6th Mich. Vol. Infty. during the Rebellion, later
entered the regular army ; spent some years at Galveston,
Texas. Became an engineer, which occupation
he followed in Michigan, Kansas, and Utah.
Residence (1901) in Idaho; m. Emma Burnette of
Lawton, Mich. No issue.
1457 Teresa Lucinda Sterling, b. Mar. 13, 1848 ; m. Daniel S.
Frazier and left one son, Herbert S. of Ottawa Beach,
Mich.
1459 tLucy Sterling, b. July 17, 1849; m. John H. Knevels.
1460 Elisha Lord Sterling, b. at Park, Apr. 2, 1853; d. Apr.
10, 1861.