He married twice. He married First Wife before 1830. He married Mary A.
Richardson in Worcester Co., MD, January 12, 1837. Mary was born about 1812. Mary was the daughter of William H.
Richardson and Eleanor "Nelly" Sturgis. Mary died 1851. William appears in the 1850 census.
William Sturgis and First Wife had the following children:
887
i.
Margaret7 Sturgis was born in SC 1830.
888
ii.
Martha Sturgis was born in SC 1831.
889
iii.
Nancy Sturgis was born in SC 1834.
William Sturgis and Mary A. Richardson had the following children:
890
iv.
Ellen R. Sturgis was born in Worcester Co., MD September 7, 1838. Ellen died April 8, 1915. She married Major S. J. Dawson in Worcester Co., MD, 1868. Major was born 1842. Major
died 1907.
891
v.
William Sturgis was born March 17, 1840. William died April 8, 1917. He married twice. He married Anne Nelson. He married Danna Truitt. Danna was born 1853.
Danna died 1870.
892
vi.
John Irving Sturgis was born January 12, 1842. John died November 5, 1898. He
married Phoebe J. Marvin. Phoebe was born April 16, 1848. Phoebe died August 18, 1905.
893
vii.
Zadock Sturgis was born 1844.
894
viii.
Alexander D, Sturgis was born 1846. Alexander died 1910. He married Mary
Virginia Petitt 1873. Mary was born 1852. Mary died 1942.