John Stearns, Jr

1820 - 1892  (71 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	John Stearns
  Suffix	Jr
  Born	14 May 1820	Haverhill, Grafton, New Hampshire
  Gender	Male
  Philanthropy	1854
  	About 1854 John donated land for a one-room schoolhouse that was named Stearns School in his honor. It was built at the corner of Hunt Club Road and Stearns School Road named for John and the school. A second brick building replaced the original wood building in 1917. In 1955 it was sold and used for farm storage. 1n 1995 the boarded up building was beyond repair and, it was demolished. the road is still know as Stearns School.
  		Stearns School 1995. Chicago Tribune, Sunday, August 1, 1995 section 18 (TempoLake), page 1.
  		Stearns School. Stearns School.
  		Stearns School Stearns School
  		Stearns School April 1918. Stearns School April 1918.
  Died	4 Jan 1892	Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado
  Biographical Information	1909
  		John Stearns Settlement. Northern Lake County, Illinois 1877. John Sr. purchased property in Warren Township at the intersection of what eventually became Stearns School Road and Hunt Club Road. It is located in Warren Township, section 8. The land was passed to John Jr. The school house is shown. It occupied the south-east corner of his property.
  		John Stearns Jr. Biography Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois And History Of Lake County, Edited by Hon. Charles A. Partridge. Munsell Publishing Company, Chicago 1909. Pages 720 & 721.
  		John Stearns Jr Land Patent 1844. John Stearns Jr Land Patent 1844.
  Library book: Genealogy and Memoirs of Isaac Stearns	4469
  Buried	Warren Cemetery, Gurnee, Lake, Illinois, United States
  Siblings	3 siblings
  1. Lydia Stearns,   b. 4 Sep 1823, Gurnee, Lake, Illinois ,   d. 25 May 1852
  2. George Kimball Stearns,   b. 13 Feb 1828, Haverhill, Grafton, New Hampshire ,   d. 2 Sep 1894, Gurnee, Lake, Illinois
  3. Harriet Stearns,   b. 1829,   d. 13 Apr 1850
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  Person ID	I63137	Nagel
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2022

  
  

  Father	John Stearns, Sr,   b. 28 Jan 1787, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts ,   d. 4 Aug 1860, Lake County, Illinois  (Age 73 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Lydia Smith,   b. 15 May 1790, Lisbon, Grafton, New Hampshire ,   d. 22 Jun 1861  (Age 71 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	18 Jan 1818	Haverhill, Grafton, New Hampshire
  Family ID	F19369	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Almira Augusta Shepard,   b. 7 Nov 1823, Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts ,   d. 17 Feb 1908, Gurnee, Lake, Illinois  (Age 84 years)
  Children	1. George Albert Stearns,   b. 8 Mar 1847, Warren, Lake, Illinois ,   d. 7 May 1922, Ridgefield, Clark, Washington  (Age 75 years)  [Birth]   2. Emily Eliza Stearns,   b. 29 Dec 1848, Warren, Lake, Illinois ,   d. 26 Apr 1927  (Age 78 years)  [Birth]   3. Harriet Francena Stearns,   b. 31 Jul 1855, Warren, Lake, Illinois ,   d. 15 Feb 1959  (Age 103 years)  [Birth]   4. Herbert Alonzo Stearns,   b. 27 May 1858, Warren, Lake, Illinois ,   d. 30 Sep 1958  (Age 100 years)  [Birth]   5. Elizabeth Augusta Stearns,   b. 27 Apr 1861, Gurnee, Lake, Illinois ,   d. 30 Jan 1907, Tacoma, Pierce, Washington  (Age 45 years)  [Birth]   6. Charlotte Marie Stearns,   b. 8 Oct 1862, Warren, Lake, Illinois ,   d. 2 Aug 1929  (Age 66 years)  [Birth]   7. Zilpha May Stearns,   b. 24 May 1864, Warren, Lake, Illinois ,   d. 23 Apr 1872  (Age 7 years)  [Birth]
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2022
  Family ID	F19370	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Died - 4 Jan 1892 - Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado Buried - - Warren Cemetery, Gurnee, Lake, Illinois, United States  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos		John Stearns jr. Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois And History Of Lake County, Edited by Hon. Charles A. Partridge. Munsell Publishing Company, Chicago 1909. Page 720.
  		John Stearns Jr. John donated land for a one room schoolhouse known as Stearns School in his honor. The school building was torn down in 1995 however the road that passed by it is still known as Stearns School Road.