Sterling <Russell> Studley ²

   Other names for Sterling were Sterling R. Steadley, Sterling (Russell?) Studley and L. B. Studly.

  Research Notes:

Marriage 27 Oct 1849 recorded as:
Sterling R. Studley
Barbara Lensez

Lorna Wallace's family tree has "Sterling (Russell?) Studley," with the last name spelled "Studley," but his mother/sister (?), Mary Catherine, may have spelled her last name "Steadley." Mary Catherine inscribed the inside front cover of her copy of The Mental Friend, and Rational Companion <1831?> in pencil, now very faint, and it seems to read "Mary Catherine Steadley, Cedar Creek, Polk, Wis." I don't know what Mary Catherine's relationship was.

Handwritten Wallace family tree from around 1935 has his name as simply "Sterling Studley, Wisconsin."

According to The Town of Polk website (http://www.tn.polk.wi.gov/), the town of Polk, Wisconsin had its boundaries established by the U.S. government around 1830. The town's Cedar Creek flows out of Cedar Lake and is a tributary of the Milwaukee River. "By 1846, 14 families lived in Cedar Creek." Russell and Barbara (?) Studley were probably one of those 14 families.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census: U.S, 3 Sep 1850, Polk, Washington, Wisconsin, United States. ^{3 4} Page 358, Sheet 180A
Free Inhabitants in Polk Dis No 15 in the County of Washington State of Wisconsin enumerated by me, on the 3d day of Sept 1850. J. I. Loomis Ass't Marshal.
621 Wm Studly, 35, M, Pedler, N.Y.
623 630 S. R. Studly 33 M Farmer Value of property 100 Born N. Y.
623 630 Ann B. Studly 20 F Germany
623 630 Josephine Studly 4 F Wis.
623 630 Barbara Lincing 50 F Germany

Sterling married Ann Barbara Lintzen, daughter of < > Lintzen and Barbara < >, on 27 Oct 1849 in Polk, Washington, Wisconsin, United States.¹ (Ann Barbara Lintzen was born about 1830 in <Baden-Baden>, Germany and died after 1903.)