1544  JOSEPH  RICHARD  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),
b.  at  La  Fayette,  Oct.  28,  1844 ;  m.  Apr.  29,  1866  (his  brother
James'  widow),  Mrs.  Ruth  Sophronia  Sterling,  b.  in  Nova  Scotia,
Dec.  2,  1840,  dau.  of  Hiram  Loomer  (b.  Dec.  2,  1809;  d.  in
Dec,  1900),  a  captain  of  coasting  vessels,  who  removed  to  Heart
Prairie,  Wis.  Hiram  m.  Mary  Ann  Newcombe  (b.  Dec.  28,  1812;
d.  in  Mar.,  1867).
Children :

3167  tWilliam  M.  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  19,  1868 ;   m.  Helen  Easier.
3168  tVinnie  Ream  Sterling,  b.  Jan.   1,  1870;    m.  Frank  W.
Maag.
3169  tLula  Ruth   Sterling,  b.   Jan.   4,   1872;    m.   George  W.
Pearson.
3170  tGrace  Marian  Sterling,  b.  June  26,  1874;    m.  Nicholas

F.  Howard.
3171  Ralph  Leroy  Sterling,  b.  June  14,  1879.
3172  Joseph  Rollo  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  28,  1883.
1545  GEORGE  WASHINGTON  STERLING  (brother  of  the
above),  b.  Dec.  10,  1848;    m.  June  9,  1874,  Mollie  B.  Sandison,


G62  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY

b.  Mar.  28,  1850,  dau.  of  Alexander  Sandison,  who  m.  Eliza
Brawner  at  Berryville,  Va.,  and  resided  later  at  Huron,  S.  Dak.
Mr.  Sterling  removed  from  Huron  to  San  Pedro,  Cal.,  where
he  is  a  real  estate  dealer.
Children :

3173  Florence  Sterling,  b.  June  24,  1875 ;    a  teacher  of  elocu-

tion in  Chicago.
3174  Paul  Sterling,  b.  Oct.  19,  1880 ;   d.  same  day.
1546  MARTIN  DUDLEY  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),
b.  Nov.  16,  1850;  m.  Nov.  13,  1873,  Harriet  Isabell  Lagrange,
b.  Aug.  28,  1851,  dau.  of  Abram  Huff  and  Leah  Ann  (Voris)
Lagrange  of  Indiana.  He  is  a  traveling  salesman;  residence,
Huron,  S.  Dak.
Children :

3175  Caroline  May  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  16,  1874;    d.  June  27,

1891.
3176  Frank  Lagrange  Sterling,  b.   Sept.   13,  1876;    a  book-

keeper at  Mason  City,  la.
