sting, william
1869-04-05 – 12/11/1952
- Name variants
- Sting, Wm.;Wm Sting;Wm. Sting;Sting, William;William Sting;William Sting (FG memorial 17827331)
- Record count
- 18
- Sources
- life_events,v2_names,death_certs,fg_cemetery_sweep
- Places seen
- Dexter; Oak Grove,St. Aubert,Missouri; T24N R10E,Stoddard County,Missouri; dexter-cemetery
- First event date
- 1915-01-28
- Last event date
- 1930
Timeline — 22 events
- 1869-04-05 Born in St. Aubert, Missouri. Parents: John Sting / Marie Getzler.
- 1915-01-28 Dexter. Wm Sting was in Dexter the first of the week Quote: "Wm Sting was in Dexter the first of the week."
- 1915-02-17 Dexter. Oak Grove Stock Farm advertisement (Section 12, one mile east and 3 miles south of Dexter): stallion Adrett, a German coach horse (dark bay, 16½ hands high, 1400 pounds), will make the 1915 season at $10 to insure colt to stand and suck; jack Jeff (5 years old, 15½ hands high, 1000 pounds) a…
- 1915-02-24 Dexter. Owner and keeper of Oak Grove Stock Farm in Section 12, one mile east and 3 miles south of Dexter; standing for the 1915 season (March 10 to July 1) the German Coach stallion Adrett (dark bay, 10-1/2 hands high, 1400 pounds) and the jack Jeff (5 years old, finely trimmed, black as a crow, 15…
- 1915-09-24 Dexter. Anyone wanting to breed for fall colts to Ed and Jeff may do so now; call at the Oak Grove Stock Farm, 1 mile east and 3 miles south of Dexter - Wm. Sting Quote: "Call at the Oak Grove Stock Farm"
- 1915-10-01 Dexter. Wm. Sting of Oak Grove Stock Farm, 1 mile east and 3 miles south of Dexter, offers breeding for fall colts to Ed and Jeff [date from clip_id] Quote: "Call at the Oak Grove Stock Farm, 1 mile east and 3 miles south of Dexter"
- 1916-02-25 Dexter. Wm. Sting, a prominent horse man from Route 4, was here yesterday Quote: "Wm. Sting, a prominent horse man from Route 4, was here yesterday."
- 1916-03-03 Dexter. Wm. Sting, a prominent horse man from Route 4, was here yesterday
- 1916-03-10 Dexter. Wm. Sting, owner and keeper of Oak Grove Stock Farm (Section 12, one mile east and 3 miles south of Dexter), advertised the German coach horse Adrett, dark bay, 16 1/2 hands high, 1400 pounds, and the jack Jeff, 6 years old, finely trimmed, black, 15 1/2 hands high, 1000 pounds; season March…
- 1916-03-17 Dexter. Oak Grove Stock Farm (Section 12, one mile east and three miles south of Dexter): imported German coach stallion Adrett (dark bay, 16 1/2 hands, 1400 pounds) and jack Jeff (6 years old, black, 15 1/2 hands, 1000 pounds) stand the 1916 season at $10 each to insure colt to stand and suck; seas…
- 1917-03-16 Wm. Sting, described as the old reliable horse man, was advertising his fine horse and jacks and has added a fine young jack to his stable Quote: ""has just added a fine young jack to his stable""
- 1918-04-19 Dexter, R. 4. Renewal of Dexter Statesman subscription ('Still We Grow')
- 1921-04-08 Oak Grove. The people of the Oak Grove settlement gave Mr. Wm. Sting a surprise on Sunday, April 3rd, that being his 61st birthday; Sunday morning Mr. H. H. Dumihoo took him for a ride down near ... (remainder obscured by page-navigation overlay) Co-mentioned: H. H. Dumihoo.
- 1926-11-05 Dexter. Wm. Sting is kept busy these days making sorghum Quote: "Wm. Sting is kept busy these days making sorghum."
- 1928-09-28 Wm. Sting baled hay Tuesday
- 1929-08-16 Oak Grove. Wm. Sting and Elmer Grim were out looking over Mr. Sting's crop Sunday morning Co-mentioned: Elmer Grim.
- 1930 T24N R10E, Stoddard County, Missouri. Landowner listed in the 1930 Hixson plat book, Page 15 - T24N R10E, section(s) 12. Entry from the index spreadsheet Aj uploaded 2026-09-23; transcription not yet spot-checked against the plat images Quote: "Sting, William — Page 15 - T24N R10E, sec 12"
- 1952-12-11 Age 83y 8m 6d. Cause: (a) Senility, Anasarca [uncertain]; (b) Senility. Burial: Dexter, Dexter, Missouri.
- (undated) Hanes (as printed). Wm. Sting, J. W. Long, Bernie Nevitt and A. Sting went to Hanes(?) Tuesday and got some real soy beans; Wm. Sting was also looking after some other breeding stock for his Oak Grove breeding barn Co-mentioned: J. W. Long; Bernie Nevitt; A. Sting.
- (undated) Wm. Sting advertises a new stallion standing at his Oak Grove Farm stables this season, to work with his Jack Quote: "I will have a new Stallion at my Oak Grove Farm stables to work with my Jack this season."
- (undated) Wm. Sting is still on the sick list Quote: "Wm. Sting is still on the sick list."
- (undated) Dexter. Mrs. Katie ReLagen of St. Louis, Miss Anna Kingfeld of Linn, Mo., and Walter Stings of St. Arbuth, Mo. (as printed), are visiting Wm. Sting and family this week Co-mentioned: Katie ReLagen; Anna Kingfeld; Walter Stings.
Dates and spellings are preserved as found in the source records; contradictions are kept, not smoothed over. See the methodology for how this archive handles uncertainty.