Genealogy of the Olmsted family in America : embracing the ...

Eighth Generation 113
Charles F., Craig W., and James W., followed him into the army. His son-inlaw,
Captain Ritchie, also served in the early part of the war. If, in the
annals of time, an instance of higher patriotism and intenser devotion to the
honor of their country has been shown by a father and three sons, possessing
millions of wealth, and beckoned by all the allurements of ease and luxury
from personal danger, that instance has yet to be written. General Wadsworth
fell in the " Battle of the Wilderness." The Wadsworth Family in
America, pp. 75-76.
2432, Charles Frederick +. 2433, Cornelia; b. 1839; m. (1) Montgomery
Ritchie; (2) John Adair. 2434, Craig Wharton -f. 2435,
Nancy; b. 1843; m. E. M. Rogers. 2436, James Wolcott +. 2437,
Elizabeth; b. 1848; m. Arthur Post.
(1261) WILLIAM WOLCOTT WADSWORTH, Geneseo, N. Y. b. July
7, 1810; d. 1852; m. 1846, Emeline Austin, of Boston, Mass.
2438, William Austin, Geneseo, N. Y.; b. 1847. 2439, Livingston; b.
1849; d. 1855. 2440, Herbert, Avon, Livingston County, N. Y.; b. 185L
(1286) ALBERTUS GREEN OLMSTED, b. Nov. 16, 1812; d. in Cali-
fornia, May 18, 1850; m. Aug. 17, 1834, Laura Catherine White; b. July 21,
1815 ; d. Sept. 18, 1856 ; dau. of George and Mary (Alford) White, Hartford, Ct
2441, Eveline Janette +.
(1288) MARY FRANCES OLMSTED, b. Aug. 7, 1819; d. Oct. 23, 1892;
m. Nov. 23, 1844, Austin Burnham; b. Feb. 22, 1820; son of Elijah and Lucina
(Austin) Burnham, of E. Hartford, Conn.
2442, Adeline Frances; b. Nov. 2, 1845; m. June 11, 1872, George Gilman.
2443, Ransom Miller +. 2444, Clarence Persius +. 2445,
Emma Olmsted; b. Nov. 14, 1856.
(1289) AUSTIN MILLER OLMSTED, b. June 17, 1822; m. (1) Feb. 9,
1848, Lydia Hyde; b. at Ellington, Conn., Apr. 1, 1825; d. July 4, 1851; dau.
of Dudson Hyde; (2) July 29, 1857, Julia Elizabeth Pitkin; b. Apr. 8, 1825;
d. in Peru, 111., Aug., 1888; dau. of George and Pamelia (Hills) Pitkin, of E.
Hartford, Conn.
2d marriage: 2446, Mary Lillian, Arlington, 111.; b. May 24, 1859; m.
Albert L. Hills. 2447, Albert; b. Apr. 18, 1861; d. same day.
(1298) RALPH ADAMS OLMSTED, b. Aug. 7, 1813; d. Dec. 9, 1888; m.
Nov. 6, 1838, Cornelia Cowles; b. Sept. 9, 1.811; d. June 22, 1892; dau. of
Anson and (Kennedy) Cowles.
2448, Lester Newton +. 2449, James Hubert +.
(1302) ELIHU OLMSTED, b. May 20, 1834; m. Oct. 31, 1871, Ellen
Irving; b. May 14, 1845; dau. of George P. and Elizabeth (Bissell) Irving.
He served in the Civil War, in the 21st Regt., Conn. Vols.
2450, Jennie Adelia; b. May 10, 1873. 2451, Ella Gertrude; b. Dec.
16, 1878.
(1304) JOSEPH OLMSTED HURLBURT. b. July 31, 1822; m. Oct. 30,.
1844, Amelia A. Hills; b. Oct. 9, 1825; dau. of Horace and Almira (Hills) Hills.
He was Principal of the Academies at E. Hartford and Wethersfield, Conn.
2452, Ellen Amelia; b. Sept. 19, 1846; m. Oct. 22, 1868, George W. Roberts,
of Middletown, Conn. 2453, Henry Winthrop; b. Feb. 13, 1851; d. June
—
.