George N. Stearns
George Noble Stearns was a tool designer and founded the George N. Stearns Company, a hardware business, in 1860 in Syracuse, New York.
After he became seriously ill in 1877, his son, Edward C. Stearns and daughter, Avis Stearns Van Wagenen took control of the firm and renamed it to E. C. Stearns & Company.
