When Anna Maria Stearns was born in 1814, in Vermont, United States, her father, William Stearns, was 22 and her mother, Sarah Brew, was 26. She married John Anderson on 12 May 1833, in Highgate, Franklin, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons. She lived in Highgate, Franklin, Vermont, United States in 1850 and St. Albans, Franklin, Vermont, United States in 1860. She died before 1915.
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With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
The Anti-Slavery Society of Vermont was established in 1834. 100 people from different towns were at the first meeting, with the intent to abolish slavery.
English: variant of Stearn , with post-medieval excrescent -s (see Stern ).
History: In 1646 Charles Stearns was admitted as a freeman of Watertown, MA.
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