John L. Stearns and wife, Ella Powell, moved to Denver, Colo. from Virginia in 1892. He was president of the German-American Life Insurance Company. Children included John, Cuthbert S., Robert, Harriet, Mary and Rosalie. Robert was President of the University of Colorado (1939-1943), head of the Boettcher Foundation. Married Amy Pitkin, granddaughter of Frederick Walker Pitkin, second governor of Colorado.
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