Amos A. Stearns

3 May 1844–24 January 1922 (Age 77)
Coldwater, Branch, Michigan, United States

The Life Summary of Amos A.

When Amos A. Stearns was born on 3 May 1844, in Coldwater, Branch, Michigan, United States, his father, Wilson Stearns, was 28 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 Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States.

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Family Time Line

Amos A. Stearns
1844–1922
Adelaide A Wyman
1845–1882
Marriage: 2 October 1867
Luella E. Stearns
1874–1968
Cleland Wilson Stearns
1878–1931
Clarence Allen Stearns
1878–1955

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    2 October 1867Cooper, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
    • Children

    (3)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (3)

    World Events (8)

    1846
    Age 2
    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
    1847 · Moving the State Capital
    Age 3
    The capital of Michigan was moved from Detroit to Lansing on March 17, 1847. The capital was moved to be further away from Canada, to encourage settlement and boost economy toward the inner regions of the state, and to make to capital more accessible to everyone statewide.
    1865
    Age 21
    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Starns
    Sterns
    Starnes
    Stearn

    Sources (40)

    • Amos Sterns in entry for Loretta Sterns, "Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917"
    • Amos A Stearns, "United States Census, 1910"
    • Amos Stearns in entry for Cameron Armstrong and Luella Stearns Thomas, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"

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