Edward C. Stearns
Edward Carl Stearns was the founder of several companies in the late 19th century in Syracuse, New York, including E. C. Stearns amp Company, Stearns Automobile Company, Stearns Steam Carriage Company, Stearns Typewriter Company and E. C. Stearns Bicycle Agency.
Stearns was born in Syracuse and was the youngest of seven children born to Delilah Taylor and the George N. Stearns , a wagon maker, who also invented several tools and patented many of his innovations, including a boring and mortising machine and auger.
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