My second half-cousin once removed.
Born: 9 Oct. 1889, Greensboro, GA. 1 2
Parents: JOHN CARTER GRESHAM AND ANNIE HENDERSON
Married: 1918. 2 3 6
Death: between 1920 and 1930. 5
Notes:
Listed as a retail dairyman and a boarder in the home of Dora(Dona?) Whitfield in the 1910 Federal Census, Atlanta Ward 6, Fulton, GA.
As of 5 June 1917 Sterling was an unmarried Atlanta city police officer living with his invalid father, his mother, a brother and a sister at 732 DeKalb, Atlanta, GA; he was of medium height, stout, with light blue eyes and light hair. 2
Listed as a City of Atlanta Policeman in the 1920 Federal Census, Atlanta, De Kalb, GA; indicated as nephew, wife Ruby niece, son grand nephew in the household of Charles J. Terrell.
Wife Ruby listed as a widow and a linen seamstress in the 1930 Federal Census, Atlanta, Fulton, GA (indexed as Luby Gresham).
Spouse: RUBY ELIZABETH HALL b. about 1895, GA 3 d. 21 March 1948, Fulton Co., GA 4 6
CHILDREN OF STERLING HENRY GRESHAM AND RUBY ELIZABETH HALL:
(my third half-cousin)
CHARLES C. GRESHAM b. Dec. 1919, Georgia.
Sources:
1. 1900 Federal Census, Branch, Greene, GA.
2. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (indicates born 1887).
3. 1920 Federal Census, Union Point, Greene, GA.
4. Indexes of Vital Records for Georgia: Deaths, 1919-1998, Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records, 1998; Cert. 5695.
5. Wife Ruby listed as a widow in the 1930 Federal Census, Atlanta, Fulton, GA.
6. Information provided by granddaughter Pat Gresham.
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