STEARNS, Samuel Horatio, clergyman, born in Bedford, Massachusetts, 12 September, 1801; died in Paris, France, 15 July, 1837. His father, Samuel, was for forty years pastor of the Congregational church in Bedford, Massachusetts The son was graduated at Harvard in 1823, became a minister of the Congregational church, and was pastor of the Old South church, Boston, from 16 April, 1834, till his death. A volume of his discourses, with a memoir by his brother, William A. Stearns, was published (Boston, 1838).--His brother, William Augustus, clergyman, born in Bedford, Massachusetts, 17 March, 1S05; died in Amherst, Massachusetts, S June, 1876, was graduated at Harvard in 1827, studied theology at Andover, and, after teaching for o short time at Duxbury, was ordained a minister of the Congregational church, and Installed pastor of the church at Cambridgeport, Massachusetts, 14 December, 1831. When the Reverend Edward Hitchcock resigned the presidency of Amherst college in 1854 Mr. Stearns was chosen to succeed him, and he held the office till his death. He published "Infant Church Membership " (Boston, 1844); "Infant Church Member's Guide" (1845) ; "Life and Select Discourses of Reverend Samuel H. Stearns" (1846); "Discourses and Addresses" (1855) ; "A Plea for the Nation," posthumous (1876): and sermons and discourses.--William Augustus's son, William French, merchant, born in Cambridgeport, Massachusetts, 9 November, 1834; died in Orange, New Jersey, 21 May, 1874, was engaged in the East India trade, and for several years was a resident of Bombay, India, as head of the firm of Stearns, Hobart and Co. On his return to this country he established a house in New York for the same class of trade. He rendered great services to the American board of foreign missions during the civil war, built a church for Amherst college, and, as the personal friend and correspondent of Dr. David Livingstone, aided largely in fitting out his last expedition.--Another brother of Samuel Horatio, Jonathan French, clergyman, born in Bedford, Massachusetts, in September, 1808, was graduated at Harvard in 1830, studied theology at Andover seminary, and was licensed to preach in 1834. He was minister of the Presbyterian church in Newburyport, Massachusetts, in 1835-'49, and in December, 1849, became pastor of the 1st Presbyterian church in Newark, New Jersey, which connection continued about thirty years. In 1836 he was a commissioner from the presbytery of Londonderry to the general assembly in Pittsburg, and he was moderator of the general assembly that met in Harrisburg in 1868. He published "Sermon on the Death of Daniel Webster" (Newark, 1852), and "Historical Discourses relating to the First Presbyterian Church in Newark" (1853).--Another brother, Eben Sperry, educator, born in Bedford, Massachusetts, in 1821 ; died in Nashville, Tennessee. in 1887, was graduated at Harvard in 1841, was master of the normal school at Framingham, Massachusetts, of the Albany female academy, and in 1875 became chancellor of Nashville university. Amherst gave him the degree of D. D. in 1876.--Samuel Horatio's cousin, Edward Josiah, author, born in Bedford, Massachusetts, 24 February, 1810, was graduated at Harvard in 1833, ordained a clergyman of the Episcopal church, and was professor of modern languages in St. John's college, Annapolis, Maryland, in 1849-'53. At other times he was either teaching or rector of a parish. He has published "Notes on Uncle Tom's Cabin" (Philadelphia, 1853);" Practical Guide to English Pronunciation" (Boston, 1857); " The Afterpiece to the Comedy of Convocation" (Baltimore, 1870); "Birth and New Birth, a New Treatment of an Old Subject" (1872) ; "The Faith of Our Forefathers, an Examination of Archbishop Gibbon's ' Faith of Our Fathers'" (New York. 1879) ; and "The Archbishop's Champion Brought to Book" (1881).