Researching Frank Stearns
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 92 people with the Stearns surname? In that year Stearns was ranked number 3487 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Frank means "Form of FRANCIS. (Male) A Free Man" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Frank Stearns on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Frank Stearns and the Stearns Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 173 people with the Stearns surname in the UK? Stearns is now ranked number 3880 for popularity in the UK. |
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Frank Stearns
Frank Waterman Stearns (November 8, 1856, Boston – 1939) was an American businessman whose father, Richard H. Stearns had founded the R. H. Stearns department store and company in Boston. His mother was Louise M. Waterman.
After graduating from Amherst College in 1878, he joined his father's retail dry goods firm in Boston. He became a partner in that company in 1881 and was appointed chairman of its board of directors in 1919.
Stearns was an early supporter and close friend of his fellow Amherst College alumnus, Calvin Coolidge, whose political career, culminating in the presidency following the death of president Warren G. Harding in 1923, he championed.
In 1880 Stearns married Emily Williston Clark, daughter of Amherst College alumnus William S. Clark. Frank Stearns died in Boston in 1939.
Source: Frank Stearns, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaFrank Preston Stearns
Frank Preston Stearns (1846–1917), the son of abolitionist George Luther Stearns, was a writer and abolitionist from Massachusetts during the 19th century. In addition to collaborating with Elizur Wright in ambitious abolitionist projects, such as the American Anti-Slavery Society, he is credited with several seminal works exploring the lives and careers of important American public figures and authors of note, including The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Life of Prince Otto von Bismarck, and The Life and Public Services of George Luther Stearns.
Source: Frank Preston Stearns, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
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