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Capt Walter Gage Sterling

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Capt Walter Gage Sterling

Birth
Anahuac, Chambers County, Texas, USA
Death
1 Jun 1983 (aged 82)
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Burial
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Founder of Sterling Oil & Refinery Co. (now Tenneco) and member and President of the Board of Trustees for Hermann Hospital for more than 20 years. Earned his law degree from UT in 1925.

Son of Gov. Ross Shaw Sterling of Texas and founder of Humble Oil Co.; and Maud (Gage) Sterling.

Married Ruth (Dermody) Smith on 30 Jan 1942 in Harris Co., Texas.
Founder of Sterling Oil & Refinery Co. (now Tenneco) and member and President of the Board of Trustees for Hermann Hospital for more than 20 years. Earned his law degree from UT in 1925.

Son of Gov. Ross Shaw Sterling of Texas and founder of Humble Oil Co.; and Maud (Gage) Sterling.

Married Ruth (Dermody) Smith on 30 Jan 1942 in Harris Co., Texas.


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