I am searching for the parents of WILLIAM
WILLISTON STERRY, b. 1816/22 NY State d. 1893
Cheatham county, Tn. Traveled newly opened
Erie Canal in 1825 to Syracuse with parents,
two sibs. WILLISTON name prob. from W. Spring
field, MA. In Tn. alone before 1856. married
the girl next door, Martha Ann Hudgens. No
record of the family in Syracuse but letter
proves the family was indeed living there.
Family established in Tn. No connection found
in researching Williston name. Thanks, Anne