Ada Eugenia Stearns was the first daughter, and second of ten children born to Dulin Benson Stearns (1863-1962) and his wife Mary Jane Beachum (1867-1910). Her paternal grandparents were Dulin Stearns (1836-1863) and his wife Rusha Elizabeth King (1837-1894), of Union County, NC. And her maternal grandparents were Jeremiah Washington Beachum (1830-1910) and his wife Mary Jane Taylor (1836-1882), of Anson County, NC. Both her grandfathers were Confederate soldiers.

Ada's family moved to Charlotte, NC around 1890, and she lived there the rest of her long life. She married John Henry Bennett (1878-1962) in 1902. He was a son of D. Green Bennett (1831-1895), a Confederate soldier, and his second wife Amanda Johnston (1841-1910), of York Co., SC.

Ada and John Henry eloped, and were married at the home of a Justice of the Peace named Squire York, whose house was on the NC/SC border. In order for an under-age girl to be married without her parents' consent, a couple had to be married in the end of the parlor that was over the SC line. Despite her parents' opposition, the marriage turned out well, and when Ada and John Henry's children had a reception for their fiftieth anniversary at their home at 435 E. Morehead Street, Charlotte, Ada's father was present. It was much remarked at the time what a rare thing it was for the father of the bride to stand in the receiving line at a fiftieth anniversary party.

Ada Stearns and John Henry Bennett had four children: Lois Ethel Bennett (1904-1988, m. 1st Raymond R. Keplinger, 2nd. m. James Wesley "Jim" Springs), Lela Bernice Bennett (1906-1983, m. 1st John Alexander Boyd, Jr., 2nd. m. Melvin Lyles Grant), John Henry Bennett, Jr. (1909-1987, m. Zula Elizabeth Lowder), and Virginia Mae Bennett, (1914-2008, m. Carl H. Schlosberg). Ada only had one grandchild, Raymond R. Keplinger, Jr. (1925-1931, a son born to her daughter Lois and her first husband) who only lived a little while.

Ada Stearns Bennett was a member of the Tabernacle A. R. P. Church, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the Mizpah Chapter No. 36 Order of The Eastern Star, The Red Wing Council Order of Pocahontas, and The Areme Shrine.

The lovely home where she lived for many years at 435 E. Morehead Street has been restored and is presently used as lawyers' offices.