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Isaac Stearns (d.1671) and his family immigrated from England to Cambridge, Massachusetts. Charles Stearns (d.1695) immigrated from England to Watertown, Massachusetts and married twice. Nathanial Stearns immigrated from England to Dedham, Massachusetts, married twice, and died after 1690. Descendants of the three immigrants lived throughout the United States.
Examines a major Michigan timber baron and political figure who also founded a coal-mining empire in Kentucky. Near the turn of the twentieth century, "Pine King" Justus S. Stearns was Michigan's largest producer of manufactured lumber and the owner of a prosperous coal mining operation headquartered in Stearns, Kentucky, a town he founded. Over the course of his career, Stearns would own at least thirty manufacturing businesses—making everything from finished lumber to kitchen utensils, game boards, and motors—as well as hotels, a railroad, and a power company. He was also an active member of the Republican Party who served one term as Michigan's secretary of state and a philanthropist ...
Richard Sisson (ca.1608-ca.1683) emigrated from England about 1653 and settled in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. His descendants lived in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and other locations.