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William W. Sterling

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Name	Sterling, William W.
Othernames	William Warren Sterling, W. W. Sterling
Born	04/27/1891
Birthplace	Bell County, Texas
Father	Edward Arthur Sterling
Mother	Mary Ludencia Chamberlain Sterling
Education	Texas A&M University
Notes	William Warren Sterling was born in Bell County, Texas; he spent his early years on his family's ranch. He graduated from Texas A&M at the age of seventeen and worked on several ranches in Brooks and Hidalgo County. During 1915 to 1916, when political unrest in Mexico spilled over the border, Sterling became a posseman and scout for the Third United States Cavalry. He was commissioned as second lieutenant during World War I. After the War he served as a deputy sheriff and justice of the peace in the oil boom town of Mirando City in Webb County. Sterling was appointed Captain of Ranger Company D in 1927 by Governor Dan Moody and worked many of the oil boom towns such as Borger, Pettus and Kilgore. He served as Adjutant General from 1930 until 1933, and in this capacity he closed the Red River bridge at Denison during the Red River Bridge controversy between Oklahoma and Texas in 1931. Sterling resigned from the Ranger force in 1933 after having been the only Ranger in history to serve in every rank from private to adjutant general. During World War II, Sterling served as a colonel in the U.S army and later managed the Driscoll ranches in south Texas. His autobiography Trails and Trials of a Texas Ranger was published in 1959 and features his life as a Texas Ranger. Sterling died on April 26th, 1960 and is buried in the Seaside Memorial Park in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Occupation	Texas Ranger Adjutant General of Texas
Deceased	04/26/1960
Deceased where	Corpus Christi, Texas

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