Oregon Republican League "Bridging the Generations Project 400": ORL Stearns Family

Oregon Republican League "Bridging the Generations Project 400": ORL Stearns Family

Republican League Register of Oregon, The Register Publishing Company, 1896, page 267.

STEARNS, J. O. [Editor inserted: Joseph Orin Stearns], of Waldport was born in Jackson County, Oregon, October 15, 1855. From 1863 to 1879, he lived in Portland, working seven years as a machinist in Smith Bro.’ shops. In 1879 he moved to Walla Walla and engaged in insurance and real estate business, and in 1887 located at Waldport, where he is engaged in farming. He was a candidate on the Republican ticket for the legislature from Benton County in 1892, and was defeated by a small majority. He was appointed one of the first County Commissioners of Lincoln County in 1893 and served one year. He was Justice of the Peace seven years. In 1895 he was a delegate to the State League, and is now President of the Alsea Republican Club.

Joseph's parents were Samuel Stearns and Susan Terry Whitaker.

Descendants of Samuel Eastman Stearns

1 Samuel Eastman Stearns b: 1814 in Vermont
.. +Susan Terry Whitaker b: 1826 in Ohio m: 12 Mar 1844 in Batavia, Ohio
........ 2 Edwin Stearns b: 1851 in Ohio
........ 2 Anna Stearns b: 1854 in Oregon
........ 2 Joseph Oren Stearns b: 15 Oct 1855 in Medford,Jackson, Oregon d: 03 Sep 1945 in Portland, Oregon
............ +Isabella Smith b: Sep 1861 in Cowlitz, Washington m: 15 May 1881 in Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington
................... 3 Edwin Stearns b: Feb 1883 in Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington d: in Oregon
................... 3 Ellen Stearns b: in Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington
................... 3 Joseph O. Stearns b: 30 Oct 1885 in Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington
....................... +Julia McCormick b: 1891 in Oregon m: 16 Apr 1913
............................. 4 Donald Stearns b: 1916 in Oregon
............................. 4 Deanne Stearns b: 1918 in Oregon
................... 3 Ralph Stearns b: in Oregon
................... 3 Edith Stearns b: Oct 1890 in Oregon
................... 3 Ellice Stearns b: May 1891 in Oregon
................... 3 David Stearns b: Oct 1893 in Oregon
....................... +Violet b: 1900 in Oklahoma
............................. 4 Bernice Stearns b: 1925 in Oregon
............................. 4 Patricia Stearns b: 1927 in Oregon
................... 3 Walter Stearns b: May 1894 in Oregon
................... 3 Agnes Stearns b: Jun 1895 in Oregon d: 14 Aug 1978 in Washington
....................... +Walter Douglas Tinlin b: 12 Dec 1885 in Scotland m: 17 Sep 1922 in Portland Oregon d: 09 May 1937 in Washington
............................. 4 Margaret Tinlin b: 1923 in Oregon
............................. 4 Walter Tinlin b: 1925 in Oregon
................... 3 Kenneth P. Stearns b: 16 Feb 1898 in Oregon d: Dec 1980
....................... +Minnie b: 1898 in New York
............................. 4 Doris Stearns b: 1920 in New York
............................. 4 Virginia Stearns b: 1924 in Oregon
............................. 4 Grace Stearns b: 1927 in Oregon
................... 3 Howard Stearns b: 1900 in Oregon d: Sep 1985 in Portland, Oregon
................... 3 Horace Avery Stearns b: 1904 in Oregon
........ 2 David Stearns b: 1858 in Oregon
........ 2 Gustavus Stearns b: 1858 in Oregon
........ 2 Andrew J. Stearns b: 1859 in Oregon