Lincoln M. Stearns (1871 - 1917)

Born 20 Dec 1871 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States

Ancestors

Died 5 Jan 1917 at age 45 in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Lincoln was born in 1871 in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Melvin and May Sophia Stearns. Lincoln married Rodella M. Pope on 7 December 1893. They had at least six children. Lincoln died in 1917 in St. Louis, Missouri. ^[1]

In 1910, Lincoln and Rodella lived at 410 W. 5th, Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York. The household included Lincoln, 38, born in NY, as were his parents, an Assistant Secretary in a factory, who owned their house with a mortgage, and who had been married for 16 years; his wife, Rodella M., 36, born in Missouri, as was her mother, and whose father was born in New York. Rodella had had six children, four of whom were living; and their four children: Melvin C., 13, born in Missouri, in school; H. Pope, 10, born in Missouri, in school; John P., 2, born in New York; and Jane M., four months, born in New York. The parents and the two older children could read and write. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com Pedigree Resource File (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3828-3CB)
2. ↑ 1910 US Census, Jamestown Ward 2, Chautauqua, New York (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M59J-RGG)