Emily Goodnow Stearns

Found Photo: Emily Goodnow Stearns of Massachusetts

Name(s): Emily Goodnow Stearns
Date: 1896
Location: Chelsea, Massachusetts

Emily was the wife of George Monroe Stearns, a well-known attorney in Massachusetts. George served as the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts from 1886 to 1887. This photo was taken in 1896, two years after George's death.

Emily Goodnow was born on March 4, 1833 in Princeton, Massachusetts. Her parents were Erasmus Goodnow and Caroline Bullard. Emily and George met as schoolmates in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts. They married on May 17, 1855 in Brooklyn, New York. They had two daughters, Mary Caroline Stearns and Emily Spaulding Stearns. Most of their married years, they lived on Springfield Street in Chicopee, Massachusetts.
The photo was taken at Brown Photography Studio at 327 Broadway in Chelsea, Massachusetts.