The Sterling genealogy

WILLIAM STERLING OF HAVERHILL, MASS. 591
the Sterling family still residing in the neighborhood of the old
" Sterling City." His home is the one built about 1740 by John,
son of Capt. Daniel, and has always been occupied by the family.
Child:
2547 Sarah (Sadie) W. Sterling, b. Nov. 19, 1870; unm.
1074 JOHN RANDALL STERLING {John, Stephen, Stephen,
John, Daniel, William), b. in Sterling City, Oct. 18, 1841 ; m. Nov.
5, 1867, Lizzie Geer Bill, b. on Bill Hill, Lyme, Apr. 30, 1841,
eldest dau. of the Hon. James Alexander and Ann (Lord) Bill of
Bill Hill, Lyme, Conn.
Mr. Sterling received a common and academic school educa-
tion, after which he entered Fort Edward Institute, where he
remained two years.
He followed teaching for several years until he entered the
employ of the company running the Hartford and New York
line of boats, which he served as clerk until his death. During
the time he was thus connected he conducted a successful and
profitable commission business with the merchants along the Con-
necticut River from Hartford to Saybrook.
He was for many years a member of the board of school visit-
ors and was elected to the General Assembly in Nov., 1884, but
was prostrated by illness and d. at his home on Bill Hill (which
he had built a few years before), Dec. 20, 1884, before the con-
vening of the Legislature. Mrs. Sterling was living in 1908 at
Ivoryton, Saybrook, Conn.
Children
2548 tJohn Randall Sterling, b. Aug. 23, 1868; m. Minnie A.
Marvin.
2549 t James Alexander Sterling, b. Mar. 9, 1870; m. Mandana
M. Reynolds.
2550 tGilbert Lafayette Bill Sterling, b. Mar. 31, 1872; m.
Florence M. Ely.
2551 Simon Smith Sterling, b. Oct. 9, 1876; unm. (1906);
living in Ivoryton with his mother.
1079 SARAH GAMBLE CONE {Benjamin G. Cone, Rachel,
Daniel, John, Daniel, William), b. Oct. 10, 1824; m. in Green Co.,
111., Apr. 15, 1844, William Robert Boyles, b. in Athens Co., Ohio,