FOURTH GENERATION

210. William Alexander Sterling was born on 17 Jul 1835.⁽¹³⁾ He died on 21 Nov 1875.⁽¹⁴⁾ Listed in The Sterling Genealogy.

He was married to Maria Fulton (daughter of James Fulton and Elizabeth Thompson) about 1867 in Derry Twp. West Moreland County, PA.⁽¹⁵⁾ Maria Fulton was born about 1838 in Conemaugh Twp, Indiana, Pennsylvania. ⁽¹⁶⁾ She died after 1909. ⁽¹⁷⁾ Maria was still alive living in Blairsville, Penn at the time the book was printed. !Listed in The Sterling Genealogy as living in Blairsville, PA as of 1906. - Last name of FULTON was provided by Eileen Irwin (eileenirwin@netzero.net) on 2 Aug 2000 via email. William Alexander Sterling and Maria Fulton had the following children:

607 i. Harriet Elizabeth Sterling was born on 7 Mar 1868. ⁽¹⁸⁾ She died on 5 Apr 1904.⁽¹⁹⁾ She graduated in Wellesley.⁽²⁰⁾ !Listed in The Sterling Genealogy as a well known teacher in Western PA, a graduate of Wellesley Collage.
608 ii. Ida Margaret Sterling was born on 28 Apr 1870. ⁽²¹⁾ She died on 1 Feb 1882.⁽²²⁾
609 iii. Robert Fulton Sterling was born on 22 Feb 1872. ⁽²³⁾ He was a Presbyterian Clergyman about 1909 in Glennville, Maryland. ⁽²⁴⁾ He died after 1909. ⁽²⁵⁾ Robert was alive at the time the book The Sterling Genealogy was printed.
610 iv. Charles Alexander Sterling was born on 17 Dec 1873. ⁽²⁶⁾ He died on 6 Sep 1876.⁽²⁷⁾