Sterling married Lucy Josephine Wheeler on 13 Sep 1849 in Connecticut, USA. Lucy (daughter of Joseph Wheeler, II and Julia Knox Hull) was born on 5 Jan 1830 in Augusta, Richmond, Georgia, USA; died on 15 Jan 1919 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA; was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Caroline Smith was born about 1851 in New York, USA.
2. Louisa M. Smith was born about 1855 in New York, USA.
3. Lucy Smith was born about 1856 in New York, USA.
4. Sterling Sheldon Smith was born about 1858 in New York, USA; died after 1919.
5. Mary Sumers Smith was born about 1865 in New York, USA.
6. Julia H. Smith was born about 1867 in New York, USA; died after 1919.
7. Louise W. Smith was born about 1873 in New York, USA.