STERLING, a city of Whiteside county, Illinois, U.S.A., on the north bank of Rock river, 109 m.
JAMES WHITESIDE (1804-1876), Irish judge, son of William Whiteside, a clergyman of the Church of Ireland, was born on the 12th of August 1804, and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, being called to the Irish bar in 1830.
Whiteside was a man of handsome presence, attractive personality and cultivated tastes.
In 1833 Whiteside married Rosetta, daughter of William Napier, and sister of Sir Joseph Napier (1804-1882), lord chancellor of Ireland.