Brief Life History of Amos A.
When Amos A. Stearns was born on 3 May 1844, in Coldwater, Branch, Michigan, United States, his father, Wilson Stearns, was 29 and his mother, Mary Ferguson, was 25. He married Adelaide A Wyman on 2 October 1867, in Cooper, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Cooper, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States in 1880. He registered for military service in 1865. He died on 24 January 1922, in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Garfield Park Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States.
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- Amos A Stearns, "United States Census, 1910"
- Legacy NFS Source: Amos A. Stearns - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Amos A. Stearns
- Amos A. Steams, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1852
Oldest grave seen in the memorials list.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Stearn , with post-medieval excrescent -s (see Stern ).
History: In 1646 Charles Stearns was admitted as a freeman of Watertown, MA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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