J.S. Stearns Lumber Company (Bennett, Mich.)
Biographical notes:
Justus S. Stearns worked as an errand boy for Eber Brock Ward, President of Pere Marquette Railroad Company. Ward gave him a small lumber mill after Stearns demonstrated that he was a good worker. Stearns eventually married Ward's sister-in-law, Catherine Lyon, and served as Bennett's first post master. Bennett, in Lake County, Mich., had a post office and logging mill (Stearn's Siding) on the Pere Marquette Railroad, 1887-1900. Bennet, Mich. no longer exists. (For further information see Going farther : a treatise on Lake Comunty (p. 8) and Michigan Place Names (p. 50).).
From the description of Account book, 1886,1891. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 37880531
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Subjects:
- Account books
- Logging
- Lumber trade
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- Lake County (Mich.) (as recorded)
- Michigan--Lake County (as recorded)
