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

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and Grace (Parsons) Foster, of Plainfield, III; grad. of Middlebury College,.
Vt., in 1838; lived in Plainfield until 1855, then moved to Monoma, la., and
thence in 1858 to Cambria, Cal.; he was Deacon, Judge, Teacher and Farmer.
5370, ORViLi,E;b. Oct. 10, 1841. 5371, Herbert; b. Dec. 11, 1843. 5372,.
Clara Elizabeth; b. July 13, 1846; d. Jan. 7. 1877; m. Apr. 16, 1868,
M. C. Marks. 5373, Mary Juliette; b. Dec. 25, 1847; d. Sept. 1, 1863.
5374, Emma Grace; b. Dec. 24, 1851; m. Feb. 18, 1875, Silas Williams, of
Walla Walla, Wash. 5375, Stella Lucretia, U. S. Mint, San Francisco,,
Cal. 5376, Ellen Rosaline; b. Aug. 1, 1859.
(4487) ZALMON OLMSTED, St. Albans, Vt. b. May 1809; d. Sept. 15,
1856; m. 1833, Elizabeth West; b. 1810; d. Mar., 1866; dau. of Rufus and
Cynthia West.
5377, Maria L.; b. Dec. 16, 1835. 5378, Myron B. +.
(4488) ISAAC TICHENOR OLMSTED, Olmsted Falls, Vt. b. Mar. 26,
1812; m. Mar. 18, 1839, Esther Bulkley Willard; b. Feb. 17, 1814; d. Nov. 2,
1869; dau. of Alexander and Anna (Smith) Willard, of Sheldon, Vt.
5379, Anna Huldah +. 5380, Alexander Sanford +. 5381, Lucretia
Lucy; b. Aug. 11, 1851; d. July 11, 1876.
(4489) (Hon.) PHINEAS PAGE OLMSTED, Monona, Iowa. b. Mar. 27,
1819; m. Dec. 26, 1843, Hannah Cummings Rowe; b. Oct. 27, 1816, at Carlisle,
N. Y. ; dau. of Frederick and Maria (Niver) Rowe.
5382, Eunice; b. Feb. 5, 1845; d. Aug. 12, 1864. 5383, Irving David,.
Monona, Iowa; b. May 29, 1846; m. Mar. 17, .1867, Helen Peck. 5384,.
Clara; b. June 2, 1848; m. June 11, 1867, Harvey G. Curtis, of Monona,
Iowa. 5385, Esther; b. Dec. 25, 1849; m. Apr. 25, 1871, Melvin Davis,,
of Monona, Iowa. 5386, Hannah; b. Mar. 10, 1851; d. Dec. 14, 1854.
5387, Parma; b. Oct. 23, 1852. 5388, Phineas Page, Jr.; b. Oct. 23, 1854.
5389, Sarah; b. Apr. 7, 1856; m. Oct. 4, 1875, Frank Gilbert.
Until twenty years of age Phineas P. Olmsted continued to make his home
with his parents, attending the common schools, and received practical instruction
on his father's farm in the duties pertaining to agriculture. Starting
for the West he worked at different points in order to obtain money to continue
his journey, and for a time was employed at Madison, Wis. From
there he proceeded to Grant County, thence to Prairie du Chien, in which
place he resided until April 1st, 1840. Near Patch Grove, Wis., he taught
school for three months, when he learned that the government had commenced
building Ft. Atkinson on the Turkey River, and in company with his brother
he went there to look the country over. This brother and he soon selected a
claim in what is now Monona Township, and the two were the first to settle
within its limits. They built a cabin in July, 1840, and kept house in primitive
fashion, often entertaining travelers, and also Indians. At that time there
were about two hundred red men in the township, who were known as the
Whirling Thunder Band. At one time when the cabin was only partially
constructed, the brother of our subject was obliged to go on business to Wisconsin,
and during his absence about eight Indians came to beg for food;
young Phineas gave them what he could, for his supplies were at a low ebb,
but it was evident that the red men were not satisfied, as they kept looking
aroimd in all corners for more. Seeing a knife in the hand of a murderous-