Butler County KS Archives Obituaries.....Stearns, E. B.  December 20, 1902
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Walnut Valley Times, December 26, 1902, Volume XXXIII, Number 49
STEARNS:  E. B. Stearns died at his home on Farmer street, one block north of 
the Central school building, December 20th at 5 o'clock. He has been sick for 
several weeks with a complication of disease. Mr. Steearns came to Kansas with 
his parent sin 1868 and settled on a farm near Towanda. He was of a roving 
disposition and learning printing, engraving and drawing, traveled through many 
of the states working at these trades for several years. He married a daughter 
of Geo. Maxwell and their union was blessed by three sons and a daughtr. Their 
oldest son was accidentally shot and killed two or three years ago, he was 
visiting at Towanda while the family resided in St. Louis. Their daughter died 
last year. The two sons living are but four or five years old. Mr. Stearns 
mother lives near Towanda. He has resided in El Dorado for the past two years. 
He was quie an inventive genuis and secured a number of patents on articles 
that were of practical use. The funeral occurred today and he was buried at 
Towanda.

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