Frank C. Stearns (1870-1957) was born in Rushville, New York, the son of Charles P. and Dorcas (Norton) Stearns. He came to Dakota Territory with his parents in 1886. The family lived on the Nester farm and on a farm east of Rogers, North Dakota. In 1894 Frank C. Stearns and Mary McFadgen were married. She was the daughter of John and Elizabeth McFadgen. She taught school in several Barnes County rural schools; while teaching in one school she was thirty-six miles from home, a six hour drive by horse and buggy. The Stearns farmed in the Rogers community and took an active part in the community. Nine children were born to them:
Donald married Mabel Molden;
Roy married Hannah Schreiber;
John married Hazel Newman;
Chester married Edna Kvislen;
Mary - Mrs. (Schwartz) Rogers;
Maude - Mrs. (Meade) Pickett;
Bernice Mrs. (Kulseth) Toso;
Florence - Mrs. Alex Steidl;
Bonnie died in infancy.
Mr. Stearns moved into Rogers after the death of his wife in 1909. He and his brother Fred were associated in the implement business for several years, then he was manager of an elevator at Rogers until he retired and moved to Valley City in 1957.
Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 234