Dr. Whitmel Sterling1

Male, #45928, (1822 - 28 May 1894)

Parent*Wiley Jefferson Sterling1 (1 Jul 1796 - 7 Nov 1851)
Parent*Bethena Bonner1 (20 Dec 1802 - 27 Jun 1881)
Dr. Whitmel Sterling|b. 1822\nd. 28 May 1894|p45928.htm|Wiley Jefferson Sterling|b. 1 Jul 1796\nd. 7 Nov 1851|p45919.htm|Bethena Bonner|b. 20 Dec 1802\nd. 27 Jun 1881|p45920.htm|Charles Sterling of Georgia|b. say 1766|p45955.htm||||Whitmal Bonner|b. circa 1775\nd. 1821|p45935.htm|Alice Selman|b. 1779\nd. 28 Jul 1836|p45936.htm|

Birth*1822 He was born in 1822 at Troup Co., Georgia.1 
 He was the son of Wiley Jefferson Sterling and Bethena Bonner.1 
1830 Census1 Jun 1830 Whitmel was probably a free white male, age 5 and under 10, in Wiley Jefferson Sterling's household, on the 1830 Census at Troup Co., Georgia.2 
1840 Census1 Jun 1840 Whitmel was probably a free white male, age 10 and under 15, in Wiley Jefferson Sterling's household, on the 1840 Census at Troup Co., Georgia.3 
Death*28 May 1894 He died at Atlanta, Fulton Co., Georgia, on 28 May 1894.4 
Burial*29 May 1894 His body was interred on 29 May 1894 at Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton Co., Georgia.4 
Biography* The following obit was glued on the Family Record page of an 1874 Bible belonging to Mary Virginia ("Scrap") Cook, daughter of James Robb Cook (b 1811 d 1883 Troup Co) and Frances Emily Sterling (b 1821 d 1855 Troup Co). The obit is for Dr. Whitmel Sterling, brother of Frances and son of Wiley J. Sterling and Bethany Bonner of Troup Co. Mary Virgina Cook was a spinster and lived her last days in Columbia Co AR with my great grandfather, Thomas Sterling Cook, her nephew through her brother Sterling. The obit is as follows:

"Dr. Sterling Dead". An old and honored Citizen of Atlanta Passes to His Final Reward.

Dr. W. Sterling died at his home, corner of Luckie and Cain streets, yesterday afternoon.

The announcement will carry sorrow to many homes throughout the city, where for twenty-eight years Dr. Sterling has practiced his profession.

He came to Atlanta in 1866 from LaGrange, where he was reared from early boyhood, his birthplace being in Pike county. He leaves a wife and two children by a former marriage, W. E. Sterling of Carrollton, and Mrs. Lily Vorhees, of Atlanta, one brother, Mr. J. R. Sterling, of LaGrange, and many relatives throughout the state, besides legions of friends to mourn his loss.

Dr Sterling was a man of superior intellect and ability, though retiring and unassuming. He was a friend to the affliected, the needy and distressed, and his three score and ten years are filled with countless deeds of love and charity known only to Him who judges all. During the war he was a surgeon of distinction in the confederate army and when he came back from General Lee's surrender penniless it was to locate in Atlanta. He was a gradute of the University of the City of New York, one of the most renowned schools of that day, and was througout his professional career and intimate friend and associate, both socially and professionally, of the late Dr. Willis Westmoreland.

Arrangedments for the funeral have nott been perfected yet, but will be announced tomorrow.

NOTE: There is another very short obit listing pallbearers etc and is as follows:

STERLING - Died, Monday afternoon, May 28, 1894, Dr. Whitmel L. Sterling, in his seventy-second year. Friends of himself and family are invited to attend his funeral services from his late residence, 128 Luckie street, this (Tuesday) afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The following gentlemen are requested to act as pallbearers and honorable escort; Pallbearers - Messrs. D. Perkerson, Frank Graves, Harry Sharp, W. C. Dodson, E. T. Payne, J. S. Hall, J. H. Stark and T. J. Winn. Escort - Drs. Welborn, Miller, Westmoreland, Biggers, Asher, Clarence Johnson, Stephens, Parks and Hodgson. Please meet at Barclay & Evin's undertaking parlors at 2 o'clock sharp. Interment at Oakland.

(Posted 25 Jul 1999 by Karen Goudelock on Troup Co., GA Message Board at Rootsweb.com).5 

Last Edited 5 Feb 2004

Citations

  1. Forrest Clark Johnson III, editor, A History of LaGrange, Georgia, 1828-1900, Vols. I & III, LaGrange, Georgia: Family Tree, 1980, Repository: LDS Family History Library - Salt Lake City, Call No. 975.8463 H2j v. 1,3.
    p. 489.
  2. 1830 Federal Census, United States.
    Capt. Todaway's Township, Troup Co., GA, from Ancestry.com image 3 of 4.
  3. 1840 Federal Census, United States.
    Dist 656, Troup Co., GA, page 339, Ancestry.com image 2 of 6.
  4. Obituary.
    From an uknown newspaper of an unknown date. The obit was glued on the Family Record page of an 1874 Bible belonging to Mary Virginia ("Scrap") Cook, daughter of James Robb Cook and Frances Emily Sterling.
  5. E-mail from Karen Jackson Goudelock, e-mail address, Shalimar, FL to Warren Culpepper, 1999, 2004.