Person:William Stearns (11)

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

  2. 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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