Person:Thomas Sterling (2)

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Judge Thomas Sill Sterling
d.26 Jan 1839
m. 11 Sep 1794
  1. Robert Ely Sterling1796 - 1806
  2. Judge Thomas Sill Sterling1798 - 1839
  3. William Erastus Sterling1801 -
  4. Jerusha Lay Sterling1803 -
  5. Maria Ely Sterling1807 - 1881
  6. Phebe Hubbard Sterling1809 - 1830
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  1. Thomas Falconer Sterling1830 - 1869
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Name Judge Thomas Sill Sterling
Gender Male
Birth? 5 Apr 1798 Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United Statesin Sterling City
Marriage Winchester, Wayne, Mississippi, United Statesto Mary P Falconer
Death? 26 Jan 1839 died of typhoid fever
References
  1.   Sterling, Albert Mack. The Sterling Genealogy. (New York, New York: Grafton Press, 1909)
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    661 JUDGE THOMAS SILL STERLING ...b. in Sterling City, Lyme, Conn., Apr 5, 1798; m. Aug. 25, 1824, Mary P. Falconer of Winchester, Wayne Co., Miss.
    Thomas S. Sterling was a graduate of Yale in the class of 1820; removed shortly thereafter to Winchester, Miss., where he practised law. After his marriage he settled at Quitman, Clarke Co., Miss.; in 1825 he was elected to the Mississippi Legislature, serving two terms, and in 1833 he was elected circuit judge of Pearl River circuit, an office he continued to hold until his death. He d. of typhoid fever Jan. 26, 1839. His widow then removed to Wilcox Co., Ala.
    Children:
    1651 William Sterling, m. Amanda Burton.
    1652 Thomas Falconer Sterling, m. Sarah T. Cooper.
    1653 Mary Jerusha Sterling, d. aged 10 years.