When Lyman Stearns was born on 7 June 1803, in Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Samuel Stearns, was 49 and his mother, Thankful Raymond, was 48. He married Rebecca B. Hines on 18 January 1838, in Howard, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Linn, Missouri, United States in 1850 and Judicial Township 2, Tuolumne, California, United States in 1860. He died on 25 July 1879, in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Mountain View, Santa Clara, California, United States.
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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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