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Onslow Stearns

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1071: 1051: 1077: 33: 197: 239:, Stearns established himself in business. Starting as a construction contractor in partnership with his brother, Stearns eventually became a manager and executive, and was active in several different railroads, including the Lowell and Nashua, 288:
Stearns ran successfully for governor in 1869 and was reelected in 1870. During his time in office the state created a board of agriculture, taxes and deficits necessitated by New Hampshire's participation in the
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were lowered, and the state government continued to promote the development of railroads and manufacturing business.
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After leaving office Stearns retired from politics and resumed his business interests. He died in
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on August 30, 1810. He attended the local schools of his hometown, and moved to
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on December 29, 1878, and was buried in the Blossom Hill Cemetery in Concord.
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Stearns at New Hampshire's Division of Historic Resources
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Governor of New Hampshire
Walter Harriman
James A. Weston
New Hampshire Senate
Billerica, Massachusetts
Concord, New Hampshire
Republican
Onslow S. Rolfe

governor of New Hampshire
Billerica, Massachusetts
Boston
Concord
Northern Railroad
Vermont Central Railway
Old Colony Railroad
honorary degree
Master of Arts
Dartmouth College
Republican
New Hampshire State Senate
President pro tempore
1864 Republican National Convention
American Civil War
Concord, New Hampshire
John R. Brooke
Onslow S. Rolfe
"A Noted Man Gone"
The Boston Globe

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