Person:William Stearns (11)

Rev. William Augustus Stearns, D.D., LL.D.

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m. 9 May 1797

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Name^[1]^[2]	Rev. William Augustus Stearns, D.D., LL.D.
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	17 Mar 1805	Bedford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Bedford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Bedford, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903)
p. 52.

STEARNS, William Augustus, s. Rev. Samuel and Abigail, [born] Mar. 17, 1805.
↑ STUDENTS. 1820., in Biographical Catalogue of the Trustees, Teachers and Students of Phillips Academy Andover 1778-1830. (Andover, Massachusetts: The Andover Press, 1903)
116.

William Augustus Stearns, 15, Bedford. H. 1827. *1876

Son of Rev. Samuel Stearns and Abigail French ;
brother of Samuel H., 1816, and Jonathan F., 1823.
— At Madam French's; John L. Abbot's, Esq.
Graduated 1823.
— And. Theol. Sem. 1831.
Principal of Duxbury High School.
Pastor, Prospect St. church, Cambridgeport, 1831-54.
President of Amherst College, 1854-1876.
Overseer, Harv. Coll.;
Trustee, Phil. Acad.;
Mem. Mass. Board of Educ. ;
Pres. of Mass. Home Miss. Soc. seventeen years.
Preacher of Artillery Election Sermon, 1852; of Convention Sermon, 1857; of Election Sermon, 1864.
Fellow Amer. Acad.;
Mem. Mass. Hist. Soc.
D.D.; LL.D.
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