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Captain Benjamin Franklin Sterling

Male 1831 - 1917  (85 years)


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  1. 1.  Captain Benjamin Franklin Sterling was born on 27 Nov 1831 in Monticello, Lawrence County, Mississippi, USA; died on 17 Jan 1917 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA; was buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA.

    Benjamin married Mary Jane Bryan on 10 Jun 1858. Mary was born on 25 Dec 1839 in Anahuac, Chambers County, Texas, USA; died on 18 Mar 1888 in Double Bayou, Chambers County, Texas, USA; was buried in Sterling Family Cemetery, Anahuac, Chambers County, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Florence Mary Sterling  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Oct 1871 in Anahuac, Chambers County, Texas, USA; died on 24 Mar 1940 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA; was buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA.
    2. 3. Franklin Prior Sterling  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Oct 1869 in Anahuac, Chambers County, Texas, USA; died on 16 Jul 1938 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA; was buried in Forest Park Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA.
    3. 4. Governor Ross Shaw Sterling, Sr  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Feb 1875 in Anahuac, Chambers County, Texas, USA; died on 25 Mar 1949 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA; was buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Florence Mary Sterling Descendancy chart to this point (1.Benjamin1) was born on 13 Oct 1871 in Anahuac, Chambers County, Texas, USA; died on 24 Mar 1940 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA; was buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA.

  2. 3.  Franklin Prior Sterling Descendancy chart to this point (1.Benjamin1) was born on 26 Oct 1869 in Anahuac, Chambers County, Texas, USA; died on 16 Jul 1938 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA; was buried in Forest Park Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA.

    Family/Spouse: Isla Randa Carroll. Isla was born on 17 Mar 1885 in Burleson, Tarrant County, Texas, USA; died on 2 May 1979 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA; was buried in Forest Park Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Lewis Bryan Sterling  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Apr 1909 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA; died on 5 Mar 1951 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA.
    2. 6. Isla Carroll Sterling  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Apr 1913 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA; died on 18 Feb 1994 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA; was buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA.

  3. 4.  Governor Ross Shaw Sterling, Sr Descendancy chart to this point (1.Benjamin1) was born on 11 Feb 1875 in Anahuac, Chambers County, Texas, USA; died on 25 Mar 1949 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA; was buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA.

    Ross married Maud Abbie Gage on 10 Oct 1898 in Double Bayou, Chambers County, Texas, USA. Maud was born on 21 Nov 1874 in Hamilton, Hancock County, Illinois, USA; died on 7 Mar 1963 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA; was buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Capt Walter Gage Sterling  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 May 1901 in Anahuac, Chambers County, Texas, USA; died on 1 Jun 1983 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA; was buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA.
    2. 8. Mildred Sterling  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Apr 1903 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA; died on 9 Feb 1982 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA.
    3. 9. Ruth (Wheeler) Sterling  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Apr 1905 in Texas, USA; died on 10 Feb 1994 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA; was buried in Old Mission Mausoleum, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA.
    4. 10. Ross Shaw Sterling, Jr  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 May 1907 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA; died on 19 Apr 1924 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA; was buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA.
    5. 11. Norma (Miller) Sterling  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 14 Jun 1910 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA; died on 14 Dec 1952 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA; was buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 5.  Lewis Bryan Sterling Descendancy chart to this point (3.Franklin2, 1.Benjamin1) was born on 15 Apr 1909 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA; died on 5 Mar 1951 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA.

  2. 6.  Isla Carroll Sterling Descendancy chart to this point (3.Franklin2, 1.Benjamin1) was born on 8 Apr 1913 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA; died on 18 Feb 1994 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA; was buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA.

    Isla married Bert F Winton in 1931, and was divorced in c 1940. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Isla Sterling Carroll Winton  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 13. Bert Winton  Descendancy chart to this point

    Isla married John Arthur Cowan in 1943. John was born on 15 Aug 1899; died on 29 Nov 1949; was buried in Forest Park Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Isla married Harris Masterson, III in 1951. Harris was born on 9 Jul 1914; died on 7 Apr 1997 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 7.  Capt Walter Gage Sterling Descendancy chart to this point (4.Ross2, 1.Benjamin1) was born on 20 May 1901 in Anahuac, Chambers County, Texas, USA; died on 1 Jun 1983 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA; was buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA.

    Capt married Ruth Dermody in 1942. Ruth was born on 17 Dec 1906 in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA; died on 10 Mar 1998 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Frankie (Mofeitt) Sterling. Frankie was born on 1 Jan 1906 in Chester, Tyler County, Texas, USA; died on 26 Dec 1981 in Baytown, Harris County, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 8.  Mildred Sterling Descendancy chart to this point (4.Ross2, 1.Benjamin1) was born on 20 Apr 1903 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA; died on 9 Feb 1982 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA.

    Mildred married Wyatt Cephus Hedrick on 17 Dec 1925 in Harris County, Texas, USA. Wyatt (son of Washington Henry Hedrick and Emma Cephas Williams) was born on 17 Dec 1888 in Chatham, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA; died on 5 May 1964 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 14. Pauline Stripling Hedrick  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Aug 1918 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA; died on 10 Sep 2003 in Texas, USA; was buried in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA.
    2. 15. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 16. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 17. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

  5. 9.  Ruth (Wheeler) Sterling Descendancy chart to this point (4.Ross2, 1.Benjamin1) was born on 15 Apr 1905 in Texas, USA; died on 10 Feb 1994 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA; was buried in Old Mission Mausoleum, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA.

  6. 10.  Ross Shaw Sterling, Jr Descendancy chart to this point (4.Ross2, 1.Benjamin1) was born on 3 May 1907 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA; died on 19 Apr 1924 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA; was buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA.

  7. 11.  Norma (Miller) Sterling Descendancy chart to this point (4.Ross2, 1.Benjamin1) was born in 14 Jun 1910 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA; died on 14 Dec 1952 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA; was buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Isla Sterling Carroll Winton Descendancy chart to this point (6.Isla3, 3.Franklin2, 1.Benjamin1)

    Isla married Thomas Radcliffe Reckling, III on 12 Oct 1957 in Harris County, Texas, USA. Thomas (son of William Joseph Reckling, Sr and Katherine Barry (Reckling)) was born on 8 Apr 1931 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA; died in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 18. Cliffe Reckling  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 19. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 20. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 21. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 22. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 23. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    7. 24. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    8. 25. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 13.  Bert Winton Descendancy chart to this point (6.Isla3, 3.Franklin2, 1.Benjamin1)

  3. 14.  Pauline Stripling Hedrick Descendancy chart to this point (8.Mildred3, 4.Ross2, 1.Benjamin1) was born on 21 Aug 1918 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA; died on 10 Sep 2003 in Texas, USA; was buried in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA.

  4. 15.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (8.Mildred3, 4.Ross2, 1.Benjamin1)

  5. 16.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (8.Mildred3, 4.Ross2, 1.Benjamin1)

  6. 17.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (8.Mildred3, 4.Ross2, 1.Benjamin1)



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