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More to come

 

I have more information about my mother side then I do my father.

Here we go:

 

James Monroe Stearns which is my great great grandfather was born around 1806 unable to fine out the date of his death or where he is buried at.

 

James Monroe Stearns had three wives:

1)            Mary Ellen Outland

2)            Nancy Braswell

3)            Mary T Wyatt

 

No one was clear on which mother had which child there a total of nine children.

 

Here are the nine children:

 

1). Mary Ellen Stearns

           Married William Trout

 

2). Frances Ann Stearns

        Married William trout

 

3). William David Stearns

(My great great grandfather)

Born August 25, 1866

In Makanda, Ill

Buried- Stearns Cemetery

Stearns Cemetery off the highway 51 south of Carbondale, Ill

 

Married September 11, 1887

To Ella F Wright

 

First wife – Ella F Wright

Born august 22, 1871

In Makanda, ill

Died August 28, 1897

Buried Stearns Cemetery

 

They had three Children

Dallas Monroe Stearns

Ida Mae Stearns

Grace Lee Stearns

 

Then William remarried to

Melva (Mevvie) Ballaretts Lyerla

Born August 27, 1876

Died February 19, 1952

Buried Stearns Cemetery

William and Melva had eight children

 

Jasper Zachariah Stearns

Charles Herbert Stearns

Lolo Jenning Stearns

James David Stearns (my grandfather)

Naomi Catherine Stearns

Eric Leon Stearns

Slara (baby sister still born)

Lenoa Stearns

(18 month old die of spinal meningitis)

 

Also William and Melva also raised their 11 year old nice Ilene (Lyerla) Elliott.

 

4). Harriet Elizabeth Stearns

Married riley mcclaland Montgomery

 

5). Ida Stearns died

At twenty-two year old

 

6). Malisa Evelyn Stearns

Married Charley Brewer

 

7). Margaret Stearns

Married Moodie Brewer

 

8). Charles Stearns

Died at Seventeen year old

 

9). William Lafayette Stearns

Died when he was two day old.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More to come number two:

 

Listing of all William David Stearns children and their children:

 

1). Dallas Monroe Stearns

Born August 14, 1895

Died December 7, 1982

Buried Memorial park St. Louis, Mo.

Dallas married Maude Smith

On December 23, 1919 in

Alto Pass, ill

Maude (Smith) Stearns

Born November 21, 1897

Died December 26, 1988

Buried memorial park

St Louis, Mo.

 

 Dallas and Maude had two children

 

A). Helen Louise Stearns

        Born November 20, 1920

Died June 20, 2006

She married Lewis Mifflin

Lewis Mifflin

Born March 9, 1919

Died August 14, 2003

Both Buried in Spokane, Washington

 

Lewis and Helen had two children

 

a1). Nona Jane (Mifflin) married Trease

 

a2). Jeffrey Allen Mifflin

Born July 1, 1949

 

b). Donald Stearns

Born September 18, 1924

Died July 2, 1982

Buried San Diego, California

He married Connie Long in May, 1947

 

Donald and Connie had three children

 

b1). David warren Stearns

Born March 4, 1950

 

b2). Michael Allen Stearns

Born September 3, 1953

 

b3). Phyllis Ann Stearns

Born October 4, 1965

She married a Dallas poynter

 

  

2). Ida Mae Stearns

Born May 2, 1890

Died January 1, 1928

Buried unknown

She married Gilbert loyd Howerton

Gilbert Loyd Howerton

Born unknown

Died 1960

Buried unknown

 

Ida and Gilbert had Nine Children

 

1). Gilbert loyd Howerton

Born October 14, 1909

He married Hulda Unchurch

They had two children

 

2). Evertt Russell Howerton

Born October 11, 1911

No one remember his first wife name

They had two children

His second wife they could only remember her last name Boher

They had three children

   

3). Anna Ethel Howerton

Born October 12, 1912

She married Evertt Baher

They had four children

 

4). Joe David Howerton

Born November 13, 1914

He married Virginna Hermom

They had two children

 

5). Walter Woodrow Howerton

Born November 12, 1916

Die February 24, 2003

Buried at Fairview, Oklahoma

He married Olinda Marie Schnell 1938

They had two children

He remarried to Irene Nix on

February 8, 1952

They had four children

 

6). Dallas Lawrence Howerton

Born March 3, 1919

He married Mildred Copper

They had three children

  

7). Edna Elnora howerton

Born March 20, 1921

SHE MARRIED BARNEY KOHNON

THEY HAD FIVE CHILDREN

 

8). ELLA Ester Howerton

Born April 5, 1923

She married John Boehs

They had four children

 

9). Raymond Charles h0werton

Born January 9, 1925

Died June 26, 2008

Buried Enid, Oklahoma

He married Doris Schreiner

They had four children

 

3). I do not have to much information about

Grace Lee Stearns

There no dates of her birth or death

She buried at Toledo, Ohio

She married Zeno Gregory

They had two children

A-3-1). Zeno (Bud) Gregory

He married Jean

They had five children.

 

 

a-3-2). Francis Gregory

She married Bob Carpenter

They had two children

Butch carpenter

And

Six month baby girl died in a car accident with her mother Francis

 

4). Charles Herbert Stearns

Born August 7, 1905

Alto pass, ill

Died March 11, 1975

Buried Sikeston, mo.

He married Helen JONES in JONESBORO, ill

They had two children

 

1). William DAVID STEARNS

Born March, 1934

Died October 22, 2002

Of cancer of the brain

He was married

No one remember his

 Wife name

They had two sons

   

2). Robert EUGENE STEARNS

Born March 1, 1930

Died November, 2003

Of cancer of the brain

He was married

No one remember his

WIFE name

They had two sons

 

William David Stearns children

Continuing

 

5). Jasper Zachariah Stearns

Born September 30, 1903

Alto Pass, Ill union co.

Died May 30, 1970

Buried at Worthern Cemetery

He married Vera H. Jones

                      born December 25, 1916

 

Jasper and Vera had four children

 

1). John Edward Stearns

Born November 18, 1938

He married Patricai Ann Christian on

November 26, 1965

They had children

John remarried to Kathleen Allen

They had children

 

2). Delores Jean Stearns

Born November, 1939

Never married and no children

 

3). Carl Lavern Stearns (baby)

Born September, 1944

Died September, 1944

 

4). Gary Ray Stearns

Born March 1, 1951

He married star Healy

They adopted twins

Brother and sister

 

6). Lolo Jennings Stearns

Born August 24, 1907

Alto pass, ill

Died July 20, 1993

Buried at Pleasant Grove cemetery

East of Murphysboro, ill

He never married and no children.