Lived near Orrin & Melissa in PA.

Our Jones lines are from NY, VT and then went to Crawford Co in the early 1800's and some lines moved to IL in the mid 1840's. Problem that there are so many lines that its hard to connect all of them.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~fraber/biosterlingw...
Biography of Summerhill Twp., Crawford Co., PA

WILLIAM C. STERLING, farmer, P. O. Dicksonburg, was born
on the farm he now owns and lives on, in Summerhill Township, this
Co., March 16, 1840; son of Washington and Solama (Englehaupt)
Sterling, both born near Philadelphia, Penn., parents of eight children,
six now living; members of the Presbyterian Church. Washington
Sterling, was of Scotch-Irish descent, a soldier in the war of 1812. He
came to Crawford County in 1796, and took up 400 acres of land, most
of which he cleared. He was very liberal in church matters, and a man
of sound integrity. He died in 1861; his widow November 19, 1881. Their
son Hiram was a soldier during the Rebellion in the One Hundred and
Thirty-Seventh Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and died from disease
in hospital, February 7, 1863. Our subject, who is the sixth in the family,
received a good, common school education, and taught school one term.
He married June 9, 1863, Miss Sylvia Holman, a native of Chautauqua
Co., N. Y., and daughter of Benjamin F. Holman, a brother of John
G. Holman's father. Mr. Sterling is owner of 101 acres of land, part of
his father's old homestead; he has held several of the township offices,
and was the Census Enumerator in 1880; is a member of the A. O. U. W.
and Royal Arcanum; in politics he is a Republican. The first schoolhouse
built in Summerhill Township was located on the farm our subject now
owns. The mother of Mr. Sterling was of German descent. Her father was
one of the Hessian soldiers and sent over by the British to America during
the Revolutionary War, but he deserted and joined the American forces,
with whom he served five years, three of which as one of Gen. Washington's
body guard.



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Household Record 1880 United States Census Household:

Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Wm. STERLING Self M Male W 45 PA Farmer PA PA
Harriet STERLING Wife M Female W 43 PA Keeping House PA PA
Mary E. STERLING Dau S Female W 20 PA Housework PA PA
George STERLING Son S Male W 18 PA Laborer PA PA
Annetta STERLING Dau S Female W 17 PA Housework PA PA
James STERLING Son S Male W 16 PA Farmhand PA PA
Warren STERLING Son S Male W 16 PA Farmhand PA PA
Simon STERLING Son S Male W 14 PA PA PA
Hattie STERLING Dau S Female W 12 OH PA PA
Jane STERLING Dau S Female W 10 PA PA PA
Reuben STERLING Son S Male W 10 PA PA PA
Anna STERLING Dau S Female W 6 PA PA PA
Frank STERLING Son S Male W 5 PA PA PA
Jessie STERLING Son S Male W 1 PA PA PA
Bessie STERLING Dau S Female W 1 PA PA PA

Source Information:
Census Place Troy, Crawford, Pennsylvania
Family History Library Film 1255121
NA Film Number T9-1121
Page Number 316B
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Household Record 1880 United States Census Household:

Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
James SHIRKEY Self M Male W 63 IRE Farmer IRE IRE
Agness SHIRKEY Wife M Female W 52 PA Keeping House PA PA
Agness M. SHIRKEY Dau S Female W 21 PA At Home IRE PA
James B. SHIRKEY Son S Male W 18 PA Farmhand IRE PA
Eugene H. SHIRKEY Son S Male W 12 PA IRE PA
Sarah MC FALTEN Dau M Female W 16 PA At Home IRE PA

Source Information:
Census Place Troy, Crawford, Pennsylvania
Family History Library Film 1255121
NA Film Number T9-1121
Page Number 316B

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