From "History of Whiteside County Ills." by Bent-Wilson (1877): page 394~"History of Sterling Township--Justices of the Peace:--1860,1864, 1868- John S. Stager,...." From "A History of Whiteside County" by Wayne Bastian (1968): page 393-394~ "The City Court of Sterling was instituted on June 6, 1910. The new court had domain over circuit court cases but was limited in jurisdiction to the city of Sterling. Judge Henry C. Ward presided at the opening of the curt and afterward. The offices were located in the City Hall.... There was also a master in chancery at the Sterling court. His duties were the regular ones of the office but were limited territorially. John Stager was the first master." page 413~"In May, 1912, the City took o er the hospital and changed its name to Sterling Public Hospital. The first board of directors included H. H. Wood, John M. Stager and Dr. S. S. Kehr." From the 1900 Census, Sterling: 158/163 Stager, Walter M 54 Married Lawyer PA PA PA Elizabeth F 47 M wife OH PA CT John M. M 18 Single son IL PA OH Floy F 14 S dau IL PA OH Frank M 7 S son IL PA OH Jurgens, Cora F 19 S servant IL GR IL 159/164 Stager, John S. M 81 M surveyor PA PA PA Lydia A. F 74 M wife PA PA PA Mock, Margaret F 17 S servant IL GR GR Dawn Everling dawnev@mninter.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <shirkjs@comcast.net> To: <ILWHITES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 10:04 PM Subject: [ILWHITES] Re: History of Whiteside County, Illinois by Wayne Bastian > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Zh.2ADE/1447.2 > > Message Board Post: > > john s stager b 1818 in PA migrated 1855 d 1905 he was my g grandfather i am interested in any biogrphical information of his life in sterling > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >