Individual Details

He went with his brother John to Virginia and was employed in the engineering department of the construction of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Involved in building railroads in Philadelphia and Baltimore. He returned to New England about 1837 and completed the Nashua and Lowell Railroad in 1838. He was then involved in building the Northern Railroad from Concord to West Lebanon, NH. He was also superintendent of the Vermont Central Railroad. In 1874, he became president of the Concord Railroad. He was also president of the New Hampshire state senate and the governor of New Hampshire.
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Birth	30 Aug 1810	Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Marriage	26 Jun 1845	Mary Abbott Holbrook
Death	29 Dec 1878	Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire

Spouse

Mary Abbott Holbrook (1819 - 1895)

Father	John Stearns (1765 - 1836)
Mother	Mary "Polly" Lane (1776 - 1815)
Sibling	Franklin Stearns (1802 - 1886)
Sibling	Mary Stearns (1803 - 1882)
Sibling	John Owen Stearns (1805 - 1862)
Sibling	Onslow Stearns (1807 - 1808)
Sibling	Eliza Ann Stearns (1808 - 1875)
Sibling	Lorenzo Stearns (1813 - 1836)
Sibling	Bernard Stearns (1815 - 1880)