sentences:  Then he studied law at Litchfield Law School, was admitted to the bar in 1809, and commenced practice in Adams, New York, but the same year removed to Watertown and continued the practice of law there.He married Betsey Bronson (1795–1831), and they had five children of whom only John C. Sterling (1820–1903) survived infancy.Micah Sterling was Treasurer of the Village of Watertown in 1816, and was a director of the Jefferson County Bank.