Samuel Wiley STERLING

Male 1825 - 1886  (60 years)

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  • Name Samuel Wiley STERLING  [1, 2
    Birth 18 Apr 1825  , , Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Census 4 Aug 1860  , Warren, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 11 Aug 1870  , Benton, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1877  Fairfield, Freestone, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Tax List 1878  , Freestone, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    County 
    Census 4 Jun 1880  , Freestone, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Name Sam W Sterling 
    Death 25 Mar 1886  Wortham, Freestone, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Burial 26 Mar 1886  Wortham, Freestone, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Wortham Cemetery
    Texas
    Freestone County 
    Person ID I6087  An Armstrong & A Heffernan
    Last Modified 4 Oct 2017 

    Father Abraham STERLING,   b. 1797, , , Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1859 (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Mary A ???,   b. 1800, , , Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1859 (Age 60 years) 
    Family ID F5571  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Eliza J ???,   b. 1832, , , Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1863 (Age 31 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1851 
    Children 
     1. Mary E STERLING,   b. 1852, , , Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Deceased
     2. Elisha F STERLING,   b. 1855, , , Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Deceased
     3. Charles Joseph STERLING,   b. 3 Jun 1857, , Franklin, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Oct 1932, Mexia, Limestone, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     4. Nancy J STERLING,   b. Jul 1860, , , Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Mar 1916, , , Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 55 years)
     5. Samuel Robert STERLING,   b. 1 Apr 1863, , Franklin, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Apr 1908, Wortham, Freestone, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years)
    Family ID F2633  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Oct 2017 

    Family 2 Eliza Jane DRISKELL,   b. 11 Sep 1840, , , Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Apr 1909, Wortham, Freestone, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage 12 Apr 1866  , Franklin, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    • Married by AM Downey, JP.
    Children 
     1. William Thomas STERLING,   b. 1 Feb 1868, , , Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Mar 1955, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
     2. Grace Thurston STERLING,   b. 1869, , , Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Deceased
     3. George Washington STERLING,   b. 8 Mar 1872, , , Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jan 1952, , , Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     4. Michael Abraham STERLING,   b. 2 Apr 1874, , , Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Dec 1964, Wortham, Freestone, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
     5. Mary Ann STERLING,   b. 1878, , , Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Deceased
     6. Tempie Bell STERLING,   b. Abt 1880, , , Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Deceased
    Family ID F2630  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Oct 2017 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 18 Apr 1825 - , , Alabama, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - pg 128 (256) d/f #881/881 - 4 Aug 1860 - , Warren, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 12 Apr 1866 - , Franklin, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - pg 29 (324) d/f #197/197 - 11 Aug 1870 - , Benton, Arkansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1877 - Fairfield, Freestone, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsTax List - County - 1878 - , Freestone, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - ED 51, pg 9 (460A) - 4 Jun 1880 - , Freestone, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 25 Mar 1886 - Wortham, Freestone, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Address:
    Wortham Cemetery
    Texas
    Freestone County - 26 Mar 1886 - Wortham, Freestone, Texas, USA
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  • Notes 
    • So it would appear that Samuel Sr married two women named Eliza. I don't have a surname for the first wife (Eliza ?). Her children are Mary E, Elisha F, Charles Joseph, Nancy J and Samuel R. Then Samuel Sr married Eliza Jane Driskell Gibbons (Eliza D). Her Sterling children are William T, Grace T, George W, M Abraham, Mary Ann and Tempie B. That's a total of 11 children for Samuel Sr and he raised Eliza D's three Gibbons children. There is also the question of John, age 1, on the 1870 census. Is this John Gibbons, age 9? Is he a twin to Grace or a foster child? We don't see him again. I believe it's John Wiley Gibbons with an incorrect age.

      There is a marriage in 1840, Platte County,Missouri, to Mahaly Conwell, Sam was only 15 in 1840 so I don't believe it's our Sam. If this

  • Sources 
    1. [S393] Londo, Ida, Samuel Wiley Sterling.

    2. [S808] 1860 Warren, MO, pg 128 (256) d/f #881/881.
      Samuel Sterling

    3. [S857] Cemetery, Wortham, Freestone Co, TX, Sam W Sterling.
      18 Apr 1825

    4. [S808] 1860 Warren, MO, pg 128 (256) d/f #881/881.
      age 35, A

    5. [S857] Cemetery, Wortham, Freestone Co, TX, Sam W Sterling.

    6. [S1499] Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920, (FamilySearch.org), Sterling, Samuel.
      to Eliza J Gibbons, 12 Apr 1866, Franklin County


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