The Sterling genealogy

WILLIAM STERLING OF HAVERHILL, MASS. 483
1482 tEdward Henry Sterling,
Miller.
b. May 20, 1861; m. Marion
1483 Worthy Streator Sterling,
1890, unm.
b. Apr. 5, 1866; d. May 4,
532 ESTHER MARIA STERLING (sister of the above), b. in
Pitcher, Feb. 5, 1826; m. in Lima, N. Y., Oct. 27, 1851, Henry
C. Phelps, b. in Lima, Oct. 5, 1822, son of Abel and Abigail
(Sawyer) Phelps, natives of N. H. (For ancestry, see the " Phelps
Family in Am.") Mr. Phelps was educated at the academy and
the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary at Lima. He was a carriage
maker. They removed to Flint, Genesee Co., Mich., after their
marriage, where he worked at his trade. He retired in 1893. In
1901 they removed to Boulder, Colo., where he d. Dec. 12, 1902.
Children, born in Flint:
1484 t Sarah Sophia Phelps, b. Jan. 15, 1853; m. Eugene A.
Austin.
1485 tMary Jane Phelps, b. Aug. 7, 1856; m. Charles A.
Russell.
1486 Caroline Terressa Phelps, b. Nov. 4, 1859; unm., lives
at Boulder, Colo.
533 THERESSA CAROLINE STERLING (sister of the
above), b. in Pitcher, June 25, 1828; m. Feb. 12, 1852, Francis
Henry Barnard, b. in Mendon, Monroe Co., N. Y., Feb. 6, 1827,
son of Judge Timothy and Julia (Hills) Barnard of Mendon. Mr.
Barnard's father came from Hartford, Conn., in 1809, in company
with his father Timothy, Sr., who became one of the first judges
of Ontario Co. Timothy, Jr., was himself the first county judge
of Monroe Co. He d. in 1884, aged 91. Timothy, Sr., d. in
1847, aged 91. Francis H. has been a farmer all his life, occupy-
ing the farm of his grandfather at Mendon. In conjunction with
agriculture he has engaged in business as a cattle and produce
merchant. Present address, Lima, Livingston Co., N. Y. Theressa
d. of diphtheria May 27, 1864, within a few days of the deaths of
three of her children. Mr. Barnard m. 2d, Oct. 4, 1865, Martha
M. Hollister of Batavia, N. Y. By her he had: Allyn Hollister
Barnard, b. Nov. 29, 1867; Alfred Edwards Barnard, b. Mar.
19, 1871; d. Aug. 9, 1872; Ralph Ballou Barnard, b. Apr. 16,
1872, d. May 14, 1873; Edna Louise Barnard, b. Mar. 12, 1874.