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Stearns, Marcellus L

soldier, lawyer, state legislator, governor , was born April 29, 1839, in Lovell , Maine.

He entered the union army as a private, a private, and rose to the rank of first lieutenant He settled in Florida immediately after the close of the civil war; and was apwas appointed United States surveyor-general of Florida. He was twice elected a reprea representative to the legislature, and speaker of the house. He was elected lieutenantgovernor of Florida, and was governor of the state from 1874 to 1877.