Mr.  Sterling  was  wounded  three  times  during  his  military  ser-
vice. He  entered  the  service  as  a  private  and  was  mustered  out  as
sergeant  major  of  his  regiment.  At  the  close  of  the  war  he
moved,  with  his  wife,  from  Elkhorn  to  Shellsburg,  la.,  where  he


WILLIAM  STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     G61


studied  law.  In  1874  he  removed  to  Helena,  Mont.  In  1876  he
was  appointed  receiver  of  public  moneys  in  the  Helena  land  office
by  President  Grant,  and  was  reappointed  in  1877,  and  continued
to  serve  for  four  years  and  seven  months.  In  1882  he  was  elected
probate  judge  of  Lewis  and  Clark  Co.,  and  served  his  full  term.
During  this  period  he  was  admitted  to  the  practice  of  law.  Mr.
Sterling  is  president  of  the  Helena  Bar  Association,  has  been  Post
Commander  of  the  G.  A.  R.,  and  is  now  Department  Commander
of  the  State  of  Montana.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order
and  other  secret  societies ;  has  served  four  years  on  the  Board  of
Education.  (History  of  Montana.)  Residence,  Helena.
Children :

3165  Fred  J.  Sterling,  b.  at  Fayette,  la.,  June  4,  1867.     Ex-

change clerk  in  the  banking  house  of  W.  A.  Clark
&  Bros.,  Butte,  Mont. ;   unm.
3166  Henry  H.  Sterling,  b.  at  Shellsburg,  la.,  Feb.  8,  1871.
Graduate  of  the  State  University  of  Colorado ;  clerk
in  the  offices  of  a  gold  mining  company,  Treadwell,
Douglas  Island,  Alaska  (1903)  ;   unm.
