Northumberland-Columbia County PA Archives Biographies.....Sterling, George S. 1864 - living in 1899

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GEORGE S. STERLING, foreman of the Mount Carmel Iron Works, is an esteemed and

highly-respected citizen of Mount Carmel, Pa., and has done much to further the

progress of the town. He is a man of splendid abilities and good judgment, his

opinion being much sought after. Mr. Sterling is a son of Clinton B. and Lucy

(Loreman) Sterling, and was born April 20, 1864, in Bloomsburg, Pa.



  Clinton B. Sterling, father of our subject, was born in October, 1837, in

Columbia County, where he spent most of his life, and at present his home is in

Bloomsburg, Pa. His occupation, in his active life, was always that of a

teamster, and he was widely known throughout the county. He has always been a

stanch Democrat and has taken a very active part in the town politics, having

served as councilman for his native town thirteen consecutive years; then, after

a year out of office, he again served two years more, and was urgently requested

to continue to serve but refused. In church affairs he has been equally active,

being a member of the Presbyterian Church, and has served as elder in the

Reformed Church. Mr. Sterling married Lucy Loreman, a daughter of Samuel

Loreman, and they are the parents of nine children, six of whom are living.



  George S. Sterling, the subject of this biography, was educated in the common

schools of Bloomsburg, and at the age of seventeen entered the wood department

of the Bloomsburg Car Shops, where he remained one year, leaving at the end of

that period to attend school. After one year's schooling, on March 6 of the

following year, he entered the employ of Harman & Hassert to learn the trade of

a molder. After six years in that business he was ill for a year. When his

health permitted he began work in the Bloomsburg Desk Factory, and remained with

that company for five years, when he removed to Mount Carmel and became one of

the organizers of the Mount Carmel Iron Works. He was one of the directors until

1897, when he resigned. Mr. Sterling has splendid business abilities, and has

always applied himself with earnestness and diligence. He has always been an

active worker in the town politics, and is constantly looking after the

interests of his party. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. lodge at Mount Carmel.



  Mr. Sterling married Ellen Neyhard, a daughter of Samuel Neyhard of

Bloomsburg, and they have been blessed with two children, Myron and Francis. Mr.

Sterling has a large circle of warm friends in the county and is well known.





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Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District

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Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)



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