Stearns, Samuel
physician, tronomer, author, was born in 1747 in Bolton, Mass. He was a physician and astronomer of Worcester, New York city, and lastly of Brattleboro, Vt. He was the author of Tour to London and Paris; Mystery of Animal Magnetism; American Oracle; and The American Herbal or Materia Medica. He died Aug. 8, 1819, in Brattleboro, Vt.
STEARNS, MRS. SARAH BURGER, reformer, was born Nov. 30, 1836, in New York city. For many years she has been vice-president for Minnesota of the National Woman Suffrage association. She is president of the Duluth Home society, and was instrumental in establishing a temporary home for needy women and children in that city.
STEARNS, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS, clergyman, author, was born March 17, 1805, in Bedford, Mass. He was a congregational clergyman, president of Amherst college in 1854-76, and the author of Infant Church Membership; and A Plea for the Nation. He died June 8, 1876, in Amherst, Mass.