STERLING GENEALOGY

Family of James & Mabel (Chester) Sterling

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 Husband: JAMES STERLING   age: 92 
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    Born: 25-DEC-1770     in: Sterling City, Connecticut
    Died: 27-DEC-1862     in: Lima, Livingston Co, New York
  Buried:                 in: Presbyterian Cem, Lima, New York
     Ref: 10 000 009          Ocup/Title: Farmer
  Father: SAMUEL STERLING
  Mother: ELIZABETH PERKINS
Per 1855 New York census, he had lived in Lima for 60 years.
His gravestone says he was a resident of Lima for 68 years.
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    Wife: MABEL CHESTER   age: 81 
 Married: 03-DEC-1795     in:
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    Born: 11-NOV-1771     in: Montville, New London Co, Connecticut
    Died: 01-AUG-1853     in: Lima, Livingston Co, New York
  Buried:                 in: Presbyterian Cem, Lima, New York
     Ref: 10 000 009          Ocup/Title:
  Father: JOSEPH CHESTER
  Mother: ELIZABETH OTIS
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M Child 1 John Chester Sterling  age: 81
    Born: 15-AUG-1797     in: Sterling City, Connecticut
    Died: 06-JAN-1879     in: West Bloomfield, Ontario Co, New York
  Buried:                 in: Lima, Livingston Co, New York
  Spouse: Lucretia Leach
 Married: 21-MAR-1822     in: Lima, Livingston Co, New York
  Spouse: Nancy Crossgrove
 Married: 07-AUG-1839     in: Northeast, Pennsylvania
  Spouse: Ruth Phelps
 Married: 24-FEB-1842     in:
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M Child 2 JAMES JUSTIN STERLING  age: 84 
    Born: 23-AUG-1799     in: Lima, Livingston Co, New York
    Died: 22-APR-1884     in: Cleveland, Ohio
  Spouse: CAROLINE WRIGHT
 Married: 18-APR-1821     in:
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M Child 3 Samuel Sterling  age: 69
    Born: 29-SEP-1801     in: Lima, Livingston Co, New York
    Died: 30-AUG-1871     in: Grundy Co, Illinois
  Spouse: Cornelia Lathrop
 Married: 14-MAY-1828     in:
   He was one of the first settlers around Geneva, Kane Co, Illinois.  He built
   the first hotel in Geneva, Illinois and the first dam across the Fox river and
   the first mill.
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M Child 4 Joseph Sterling  age: 51
    Born: 30-APR-1803     in:
    Died: 28-NOV-1854     in: Three Rivers, Michigan
  Spouse: Esther Carpenter
 Married: 03-FEB-1828     in:
Publishd:                 in: no children
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M Child 5 Lord Sterling  age: 99
    Born: 14-MAY-1805     in: Lima, Livingston Co, New York
    Died: 21-JAN-1905     in: Glenville, Ohio
  Buried:                 in: Painesville, Ohio
     Ref:                     Ocup/Title: Judge
  Spouse: Ellen Elizabeth Sterling
 Married: 01-NOV-1835     in:
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F Child 6 Lucy Sterling  age: 93
    Born: 01-NOV-1807     in: Lima, Livingston Co, New York
    Died: 22-FEB-1901     in: Southfield, Michigan
  Buried:                 in: Pontiac, Oakland Co, Michigan
  Spouse: Eli H. Bristol
 Married: 28-SEP-1829     in: Lima, Livingston Co, New York
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F Child 7 Mabel Sterling  age: 51
    Born: 03-NOV-1810     in: Lima, Livingston Co, New York
    Died: 07-NOV-1861     in:
  Spouse: William Mead
 Married: 19-OCT-1831     in:
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M Child 8 Levi Sterling  age: 16
    Born: 14-AUG-1813     in:
    Died: 21-DEC-1829     in: Lima, Livingston Co, New York
  Buried:                 in: Presbyterian Cem, Lima, New York
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M Child 9 Adoniram Sterling  age: 68
    Born: 05-MAY-1816     in: Lima, Livingston Co, New York
    Died: 25-JUL-1884     in: Lima, Livingston Co, New York
  Buried:                 in: Presbyterian Cem, Lima, New York
     Ref:                     Ocup/Title: Farmer
  Spouse: Hannah Sterling
 Married:                 in:
   He is listed as a farmer in the 1868 Livingston Co, New York directory.
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    Wife: Dorcas (STERLING)
 Married:                 in:
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    Born: 1814/5          in: Pennsylvania
    Died:                 in:
  Father:
  Mother:
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