''The Sterling Genealogy;'' Albert Mack Sterling; The Grafton Press; New York 1909; Page 357: 140 ELIZABETH STERLING (possibly sister of the above), b. Feb. 23, 1766; m. John Elmore, b. in Sharon, Conn., Aug. 3, 1765, son of Col. Samuel and Sylvia Elmore of Sharon, later of Elmore, Vt. “John Elmore, Sen., was a native of Sharon; he settled as a lawyer in Canaan about 1793. He had no great eminence at the bar but was a great favorite with his associates for his genial humor, pertinent anecdotes, and witty sayings. The last years of his life were zealous in the cause of temperance.” (Hist, of Litchfield Co.) He d. Dec. 16, 1849; “was taken with a shock of the palsy on Friday Morning, died about 3 o’clock Monday Morning.” Elizabeth d. June 22, 1837, “a few moments after 9 O. C. A. M., very sudenly.”
''The Sterling Genealogy;'' Albert Mack Sterling; The Grafton Press; New York 1909; Page 357: 140 ELIZABETH STERLING (possibly sister of the above), b. Feb. 23, 1766; m. John Elmore, b. in Sharon, Conn., Aug. 3, 1765, son of Col. Samuel and Sylvia Elmore of Sharon, later of Elmore, Vt. “John Elmore, Sen., was a native of Sharon; he settled as a lawyer in Canaan about 1793. He had no great eminence at the bar but was a great favorite with his associates for his genial humor, pertinent anecdotes, and witty sayings. The last years of his life were zealous in the cause of temperance.” (Hist, of Litchfield Co.) He d. Dec. 16, 1849; “was taken with a shock of the palsy on Friday Morning, died about 3 o’clock Monday Morning.” Elizabeth d. June 22, 1837, “a few moments after 9 O. C. A. M., very sudenly.”
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