The city now known as Utica was platted by Joseph Stead in 1829, who preferred to call it " Harlow.

In 1786, he remarried to Mary Stead, who came from a wealthy family of planters in Georgia.

Vanauken's circle of Oxford acquaintances includes other recognizable names as well, including Catholic priest Julian Stead, who went on to author books of religious poetry and a noted text on St. Benedict's rule of life.

* William Thomas Stead, well-known philanthropist, journalist and pacifist who was aboard the RMS Titanic when it sank.

William Force Stead ( 29 August 1884-8 March 1967 ) was an American diplomat and poet, who became an Anglican clergyman and chaplain of Worcester College, Oxford.

Jonathan Graeme " Jon " Stead ( born 7 April 1983 in Huddersfield, England ) is an English football player who currently plays as a striker for Bristol City.

The Onesacre estate, then known as Anesacre, was owned by the Le Rous family after the Norman Conquest until around 1380 when it passed to the Stead family who were large land-owners in the Sheffield and Hallamshire area.

In his book Hymns That Have Helped, W. T. Stead reported " when the SS London went down in the Bay of Biscay, 11 January 1866, the last thing which the last man who left the ship heard as the boat pushed off from the doomed vessel was the voices of the passengers singing " Rock of Ages ".

The mummy was eventually purchased by journalist William Thomas Stead, who dismissed the claims of a curse as quirks of circumstance.

Stead, the editor of the Pall Mall Gazette was approached by Benjamin Scott, who called his attention to its being set aside again.

Stead, one of those who had been opposed to the Contagious Diseases Acts since the 1870s, was convinced to agitate popular support for protective legislation.

With the assistance of Bramwell Booth of the Salvation Army, Stead bought 13-year old Eliza Armstrong from her parents, who lived in the Lisson Grove area of west London, and went through the procedure of preparing her for export.

Outraged by this defeat, Stead condemned it in the Gazette, listing the names of each member who voted against the clause.

With the help of Josephine Butler and Bramwell Booth of the Salvation Army, Stead got in touch with Rebecca Jarrett, a reformed prostitute and brothel-keeper who was staying with Mrs. Butler in Winchester as an assistant.

Then Eliza was taken to a brothel and lightly drugged to await the arrival of her purchaser, who was Stead.

Stead took his readers to the labyrinthine streets of London ( intentionally recalling the Greek myth ) to its darker side, exposing the flesh trade while exposing the corruption of those officials who not only turned a blind eye but also condoned such abuse.

Eventually the true details of the story, including the fact that it was Stead himself who was the " purchaser ", were unearthed.

The main rival to Richmond and Gage was Edward Stead ( sometimes called " Edwin Steed ") of Maidstone, who was the first of the noted Kent patrons.

# Lead actor Geoffrey Keen, who played Brian Stead, even found himself invited to the Oil Industries Club dinner, where he was warmly greeted by his “ fellow ” executives.

Then Edwin Binney, working with his wife, Alice Stead Binney, developed his own famous product line of wax crayons beginning on 10 June 1903, which it sold under the brand name " Crayola.

However, this assumption was swiftly dismissed by Stead some years later, declaring that, " The idea of Darkest England .. was the General's own.

Stead himself conducted his own defence.

The final episodes centre around Brian Stead maintaining control of Mogul and fending off hostile enemies, but at the cost of his own health.

During her academic career ( 1961 – 1987 ) she threw herself into championing Australian literature and publishing literary criticism to re establish authors she felt were undervalued, notably Martin Boyd, E. L. Grant Watson, Patrick White, ‘ Henry Handel Richardson ’, Christopher Brennan, Christina Stead and Kylie Tennant.

When his friend, the British publicist William T. Stead, asked him to create a new organization for the goal of a peace and arbitration society, his reply was as such:

* 1966 – Dave Stead, drummer for The Beautiful South

Christina Stead ( 17 July 1902 – 31 March 1983 ) was an Australian novelist and short-story writer acclaimed for her satirical wit and penetrating psychological characterisations.

* Christina Stead Centenary Essays at Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature

In Victorian Britain, campaigning journalist William Thomas Stead, ( editor of the Pall Mall Gazette ) procured a 13 year-old girl for £ 5, an amount then equal to a labourer's monthly wage ( see the Eliza Armstrong case ).

Besant and William Thomas Stead ( of the Law and Liberty League ) were particularly active in organizing legal defence for the arrested and in raising funds for the families affected by arrest or injury of a wage-earner.

Several members of the regiment played cricket for the Free Foresters Cricket Club and Pte Brian Stead played for the Yorkshire County Cricket Club.

* The Radical Tradition: Lawson, Furphy, Stead, Foundation for Australian Literary Studies, Townsville, 1993

Lord Rothermere engaged him to write for the Daily Mail, and a number of his travel articles for the Daily Mail were collected as a book with illustrations by Leslie Stead under the title Everyman's England in 1936.

The eastern ridge of Pillar stretches for about a mile, gradually descending before the final upthrust of Looking Stead.

After Stead AFB ( 20 miles to the west, and named in honor of Bill's brother, Croston Stead ) was closed in 1966, that field was turned over for public use and the races have been held there since then.

Reno / Stead Airport does not have regularly scheduled service, but it functions as a general aviation reliever for the nearby Reno / Tahoe International Airport.

* Brian Castro's novel Shanghai Dancing wins the Christina Stead Prize for fiction.

The last ever senior player to score at Ninian Park was Jon Stead, then of Ipswich Town and the last player for Cardiff City to score at Ninian Park was Ross McCormack in a 3-1 victory over Burnley in the penultimate senior game at Ninian Park.

Helicopter pilot training was transferred from Stead AFB, Nevada in October 1965, with H-19, H-43, Bell TH-1F, CH-3C and HH-3E helicopters used for training.

Stead went on to score two goals in a game on three further occasions for The Terriers during the first part of the 2003 / 04 season, with his other braces coming against Northampton Town on the 13 September in a 3 – 0 home win, in a dramatic 3 – 3 away draw at Mansfield Town on the 22 November and then again in a 3 – 1 home win over Doncaster Rovers on the 3rd January 2004.

Stead returned to collect his Playoffs Winners Medal with Huddersfield Town while he was playing for Blackburn Rovers.

However, the goals for Blackburn dried up the following season and with manager Mark Hughes signing additional forwards including Welsh international Craig Bellamy, Stead was transferred on 13 June 2005 to Sunderland in a deal worth £ 1. 8 million.

Stead was signed by Sheffield United from Sunderland for a fee of £ 750, 000, potentially rising to £ 1. 2 million, on a three-and-a-half year deal on 11 January 2007.