. History of Steuben County, New York, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794. PHOTOS BV W. , K Y, ^~^-^-<^UJt^ ^^^ r-7-zj :^^^^^^>-. HENRY STEARNS. Henry Stearns was born in the town of Pramingham^ Mass., Aug. 19, 1809. His grandfather Stearns, with two brothers, emigrated from England during the early part of the last century; one settling in New Hampshire, a second in Con- necticut, and the direct ancestor of Mr. Stearns in Massa- chusetts, where he
. History of Steuben County, New York, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794. PHOTOS BV W. , K Y, ^~^-^-<^UJt^ ^^^ r-7-zj :^^^^^^>-. HENRY STEARNS. Henry Stearns was born in the town of Pramingham^ Mass., Aug. 19, 1809. His grandfather Stearns, with two brothers, emigrated from England during the early part of the last century; one settling in New Hampshire, a second in Con- necticut, and the direct ancestor of Mr. Stearns in Massa- chusetts, where he lived to be upwards of one hundred and two years of age. His father, Timothy Stearns, was a native of Massachusetts; married Mary Look, of Framingham ; was a shoemaker by trade; in early life commenced carrying mail between Boston and Worcester on horseback, and subsequently ran a stage between those two places. He died in middle life, and when the subject of this sketch was only three years of age, leaving a wife and seven children, viz.: George, Mrs. Alvah Curtis, Mrs. Nelson Stowe, Charles, William, Henry, and Tim- othy. The mother survived her husband some fourteen years, and died in Medford at the age of about sixty. Of these children, only Charles, of New Jersey, and Henry are living. Mr. Stearns spent the time from eleven to sixteen years of age with Richard Fiske, of Framingham, on a farm, receiving the opportunities of the common school and the academy at Framingham for an education. He served an ap- prenticeship in the cabinet and undertaking business with Frederick Van Dorn, of Lowell, Mass., for five years, closing upon reaching his majority, when he went to New York City and worked as a journeyman for one year, and afterwards one year in Cincinnati, Ohio, and two years in Newark, N. J. He married, in 1833, Cordelia, daughter of Rev. Clark Robinson, of Bath, this county. Her father was a native of Vermont, and was a grandson of Dr. Robinson, of Williams College, Ma
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