The Sterling genealogy

WILLIAM STERLING OF HAVERHILL, MASS. 645
Vaughn of Otsego, Mich. One child by 1st marriage,
b. 1898.
1462 MARY JEANNETTE STERLING (sister of the above),
b. at Lima, N. Y., Apr. 28, 1837; m. Aug. 29, 1855, Elbert
Irving Baldwin, b. in New Haven, Conn., May 13, 1829, son of
Silas and Eliza E. (Newton) Baldwin.
In Oct., 1853, Mr. Baldwin removed to Cleveland, Ohio, and
in partnership with his father established himself in the retail
dry goods business. The firm prospered and increased in scope
until it became the leading house in the city. Mr. Baldwin was
the pioneer in erecting fine business structures, his firm erecting
at a cost of one hundred thousand dollars, the first extension
building raised in Cleveland to accommodate a retail mercantile
concern. He d. in Cleveland, Jan. 27, 1893. Mrs. Baldwin
still claims Cleveland as her home although since her husband's
death she has resided in Europe.
Children
3021 tElbert Francis Baldwin, b. Mar. 10, 1857; m. Mary
Washburn.
3022 Ellen Sterling Baldwin, b. May 28, 1861 ; d. Feb. 21,
1868.
3023 Irving Baldwin, b. Jan. 23, 1863; m. June 6, 1894, Lila
Cartwright, b. Aug. 22, 1867, dau. of Robert and
Eleanor Dey (Mack) Cartwright of Rochester, N.
Y. Irving graduated from Williams College in
1886. Residence, N. Y. City. No issue.
3024 Arthur Kirk Baldwin, b. Nov. 29, 1867; m.
3025 Gertrude Baldwin, b. July 6, 1870; unm. (1901).
1463 JOHN MacWHORTER STERLING (brother of the
above), b. at Cincinnatus, N. Y., Aug. 13, 1840 ;
m. at Kalamazoo,
Mich., May 30, 1861, Sabina Campbell, b. at Ann Arbor, Mich.,
Nov. 13, 1842, dau. of John Henry and Caroline (Banghart)
Campbell.
John Sterling was educated at the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary
at Lima, N. Y. He was a civil engineer during the greater part
of his life, residing in Detroit, save for a period of a few years
when he was stationed at Grand Rapids, where he held the posi-
tion of superintendent of tracks, bridges and buildings on the