Newaygo County MI Archives Biographies.....Stearns, Chester E. May 24, 1824 - 
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CHESTER E. STEARNS, dealer in furniture, Fremont, is a son of Daniel and 
Sallie (Coburn) Stearns, and was 

born May 28, 1824; his father was a native of Brattleboro, Vt., and his mother 
of Massachusetts.  They 

settled in New York.  Chester E. attended the common schools of that State 
until 16 years of age, when he 

was apprenticed three years to learn the cabinet-maker's trade; at the 
expiration of his time, he engaged 

in business with his father for several years; was then employed by Norman 
Bonny four years; afterward 

worked at his trade until the fall of 1853; at this time he went to 
Connecticut, where he was engaged two 

years in the manufacture of hubs and felloes.  In the spring of 1856 he came 
to Newaygo County, worked at 

his trade two years, and then settled on a farm of 160 acres, in what was then 
known as the township of 

Fremont.  He lived on this farm until December, 1880, when he sold out and 
moved into the village of 

Fremont, soon afterward opening a furniture store, where he is now conducting 
a succesful trade.

Mr. Stearns was first married to Freelove Bemis, daughter of Benjamin and 
Marilla Bemis, and they had one 

child, Henry E.  Mrs. S. died on Nov. 19, 1856, in Newaygo. Mr. S. married 
Anna (Bezent) Hammond, a native 

of England.  The children by this marriage are:  Lettie E., Libbie L., Lafore 
C. and Olive L.  George died 

in infancy.  Mr. S. has been Highway Commissioner eight years, Township Clerk 
nearly eight years, and 

Justice of the Peace six years.  He is a Freemason, and in politics is 
neutral, but sympathizes with the 

Republican party.

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1884 Portrait & Bio Album of Newaygo County.

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