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

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

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268 Olmsted Family Genealogy ment. The case was first brought to the notice of Congress in February, 1879, by the following letter from the Hon. George W. McCrary, then Secretary of War: War Department, Washington, Feb. 11, 1879.' To Hon. N. C. Deering, House of Rept. Sir: I have considered the petition of Mrs. Eliza Upright, of Butler County, Iowa, praying for the discharge from military service of her son, Norman M. Merchant, Battery B., 4th artillery, which petition was presented by you, and is concurred in by numerous citizens. The discharge of this soldier is asked by the petitioner, who says that she is seventy-four years old, on the ground that she had ten sons in the, Union army during the Civil War, and the one above named, her eleventh and youngest son, has served for over five years in the regular army. She furnishes the names of her sons and a statement of the organizations in which they served: 6133, Enoch; b. Feb. 24, 1826; was Corporal Co. F., 156th 111. Vols., and honorably discharged Sept. 20, 1865; d. in Sycamore, 111., Jan. 19, 1892. 6134, Aaron; b. Feb. 19, 1829; was private in Co. G., 15th Wis. Vols., and was killed at Island No. 10, Dec. 26, 1862, by the accidental discharge of a cannon. 6135, George W.; b. July 17, 1830; was a private in Co. C, 74th 111. Vols., afterwards a Lieutenant and was honorably discharged Sept. 26, 1865. He lives in South Dakota. 6136, DeWitt C; b. July 4, 1832; was a private in Co. C, 15th 111. Vols., and was killed in action July 22, 1864, at Atlanta. 6137, Silas B.; b. Mar. 26, 1836; was a private in Co. G., 44th 111. Vols. ; was promoted to First Lieutenant, and resigned Sept. 25, 1864. He lives in Manchester, Boone County, 111. 6138, Abel L. ; b. Dec. 28, 1838 was a private in Co. C, 15th 111. Vols. ; came home on a furlough and died in Winnebago, 111., Nov. 16, 1864. 6139, Lewis H.; b. June 1, 1840; was a private in Co. G., 45th 111. Vols., and was honorably discharged Sept. 26, 1864. He lives in Kansas. 6140, David O.; b. Sept. 11, 1841; was a private in Co. C, 74th 111. Vols., and honorably discharged June 10, 1865. He lives in Le Mars, Iowa. 6141, Arlo J. ; b. Feb. 14, 1843; was a private in Co. G., 44th 111. Vols., and was honorably discharged Sept. 25, 1865. He lives in Rockford, Iowa. 6142, James P.; b. Mar. 5, 1846; was a Teamster in the employ of the quartermaster's department. He lives in Lanark, 111. 6143, Norman Mills; b. Jan. 30, 1850; enlisted Mar. 3, 1873, as a private in Co. B., United States cavalry, and was discharged Mar. 11, 1878, by reason of expiration of term of service. He again enlisted May 4, 1878, and was assigned to Battery B., 4th artillery, and was discharged in accordance with his mother's request. Besides these sons, Mrs. Upright had sons and daughters as follows: 6144, Gordon; b. Nov. 13, 1827. 6145, Oliver; b. Oct. 11, 1833. 6146, Rebecca Ann; b. Jan. 15, 1835; d. Apr. 29, 1889. 6147, Selina; b. Sept. 10, 1837. 6148, Millie E.; b. Oct. 11, 1844. 6149, Anna P.; b. July 15, 1847; d. July 1, 1849. (4830) NATHAN T. OLMSTED, b. Sept. 16, 1809; d. May 7, 1889; m. July 29, 1829, Julia Ann Knapp; b. Nov. 27, 1806; dau. of Ezra and Mary (Crofoot) Knapp, of Fairfield County, Conn. He moved to Chemung County, N. Y., thence to De Kalb County, 111., and settled in Holland, Butler County, Iowa; was a Farmer and a Minister. He served in Co. E.,32d Regt., Iowa Vols, for 11 months, in the Civil War. He died in New Hampshire, Iowa. 6150, Louisa M.; b. Mar. 2, 1831; m. Mar. 2, 1856, Henry Thomas. 6151, ;

Seventh Generation 269 Alonzo; b. Nov. 2, 1833; m. (1) Mar. 18, 1855, Margaret Palm; (2) Nov. 18, 1860, Martha Curtis. 6152, Edwin; b. Nov. 29, 1835; m. (1) Mar. 22, 1860, Electa Dryer; (2) 1877, Alice Boyd. 6153, Oscar D. +. 6154, Orrin p.; b. Dec. 5, 1839; m. Sept. 17, 1865, Emily Phelps. He served in the Civil War in Co. E., 32d Regt., Iowa Vols.; was wounded at the battle of Pleasant Hill, La. 6155, Theodore G. +. 6156, Julius; b. Feb. 16, 1843; d. Feb. 17, 1845. 6157, JuuA A.; b. Jan. 11, 1848; m. Dec. 30, 1866, Asa R. Lee. 6158, Lydia; b. Aug. 3, 1850; m. (1) Jan. 10, 1869, Alonzo Wolcott; (2) Mar. 11, 1875, Lewis Boyd. 6159, Silas; b. Sept. 7, 1854; d. Sept. 6, 1855. (4832) ANN OLMSTED, m. Samuel Roberts, of Adams Basin, Monroe County, N. Y. 6160, Daniel, Kalamazoo, Mich. 6161, Frances, Albion, Mich. 6162, Elizabeth; m. Fitch Williams, of Graftd Rapids, Mich. (4833) FRANCES OLMSTED, b. Apr. 30, 1807; d. Nov. 2, 1893; m. at St. Luke's Church, Rochester, N. Y. (1) Apr. 18, 1832, Theodore P. Clark, b. at Northanipton, Mass., 1800; d. Dec. 30, 1863; (2) at Le Roy, N. Y., July 17, 1867, (Capt.) Zechariah Longyer; b. abt. 1797; d. Dec. 30, 1867. Mr. Clark died in Le Roy, N. Y. 1st marriage: 6163, John Henry Hobart +. (4834) SILAS OLMSTED, b. May, 1808; d. at Pekin, N. Y., Apr. 17, 1856; m. Dec. 11, 1829, Elizabeth T. Squires; b. Sept., 1806; dau. of Phineas and Jennie (Thompson) Squires, of Suspension Bridge, N. Y. He was a Lawyer and Justice of the Peace. 6164, Samuel Thompson; b. July 7, 1832; d. Nov. 9, 1879. 6165, Silas Coleman; b. Sept. 11, 1837; d. Jan. 20, 1903; m. 1864, Eliza Morgan. He was a soldier in the Civil War. 6166, Elizabeth Jane; b. Nov. 2, 1840; d. Jan. 15, 1841. 6167, George Washington +• 6168, Frances +. 6169, LaFayette +. SUas Olmsted was a mUler, and spent most of his life in Niagara County, N. Y., where he built and operated five flouring mills, one of these being the present Franklin Mills of Lockport, N. Y. He was Mayor of Lockport during his residence in that city. On the banks of the Niagara River, one mile below the cataract, beside the pier from which the first suspension bridge was swung across the chasm to the Canadian bank, SUas Olmsted biult a large stone mill and he himself crossed the chasm on the rope cables, in a basket. (4835) DANIEL OLMSTED, Flint, Mich. b. Mar. 16, 1813; d. 1879; m. Jane Keeler; d. Aug. 20, 1878. 6170, Henry; served in the Civil War, 28th Regt., New York Vols. 6171, Lydia. 6172, Amos. 6173, Mildred; m. Prof. Thomas. (4837) SANFORD OLMSTED, b. Feb. 26, 1799; d. in Danbury, Conn., Jan. 5, 1873; m. (1) Sarah Northorp, of New Salem, N. Y.; (2) Oct. 21, 1858, Electa Richards; b. at New Haven, Conn., Dec. 6, 1817; dau. of Charles and Lucy (Marsh) Richards. 1st marriage: 6174, William; b. 1825; m. Maria Louise Hoyt. 6175, (Rev.) Hiram; m. Hermia Dolan, of Watertown, N. Y. 6176, Virginia Maria; b. Aug. 14, 1831; d. July 18, 1874; m. Dec. 1, 1849, Giles G. Horton, of New Britain, Conn.

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Alonzo; b. Nov. 2, 1833; m. (1) Mar. 18, 1855, Margaret Palm; (2) Nov.<br />

18, 1860, Martha Curtis. 6152, Edw<strong>in</strong>; b. Nov. 29, 1835; m. (1) Mar. 22,<br />

1860, Electa Dryer; (2) 1877, Alice Boyd. 6153, Oscar D. +.<br />

6154, Orr<strong>in</strong> p.; b. Dec. 5, 1839; m. Sept. 17, 1865, Emily Phelps. He<br />

served <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Civil War <strong>in</strong> Co. E., 32d Regt., Iowa Vols.; was wounded at<br />

<strong>the</strong> battle <strong>of</strong> Pleasant Hill, La. 6155, Theodore G. +. 6156, Julius;<br />

b. Feb. 16, 1843; d. Feb. 17, 1845. 6157, JuuA A.; b. Jan. 11, 1848; m.<br />

Dec. 30, 1866, Asa R. Lee. 6158, Lydia; b. Aug. 3, 1850; m. (1) Jan. 10,<br />

1869, Alonzo Wolcott; (2) Mar. 11, 1875, Lewis Boyd. 6159, Silas; b.<br />

Sept. 7, 1854; d. Sept. 6, 1855.<br />

(4832) ANN OLMSTED, m. Samuel Roberts, <strong>of</strong> Adams Bas<strong>in</strong>, Monroe<br />

County, N. Y.<br />

6160, Daniel, Kalamazoo, Mich. 6161, Frances, Albion, Mich. 6162,<br />

Elizabeth; m. Fitch Williams, <strong>of</strong> Graftd Rapids, Mich.<br />

(4833) FRANCES OLMSTED, b. Apr. 30, 1807; d. Nov. 2, 1893; m. at<br />

St. Luke's Church, Rochester, N. Y. (1) Apr. 18, 1832, Theodore P. Clark,<br />

b. at Northanipton, Mass., 1800; d. Dec. 30, 1863; (2) at Le Roy, N. Y., July<br />

17, 1867, (Capt.) Zechariah Longyer; b. abt. 1797; d. Dec. 30, 1867. Mr.<br />

Clark died <strong>in</strong> Le Roy, N. Y.<br />

1st marriage: 6163, John Henry Hobart +.<br />

(4834) SILAS OLMSTED, b. May, 1808; d. at Pek<strong>in</strong>, N. Y., Apr. 17, 1856;<br />

m. Dec. 11, 1829, Elizabeth T. Squires; b. Sept., 1806; dau. <strong>of</strong> Ph<strong>in</strong>eas and<br />

Jennie (Thompson) Squires, <strong>of</strong> Suspension Bridge, N. Y. He was a Lawyer<br />

and Justice <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Peace.<br />

6164, Samuel Thompson; b. July 7, 1832; d. Nov. 9, 1879. 6165, Silas<br />

Coleman; b. Sept. 11, 1837; d. Jan. 20, 1903; m. 1864, Eliza Morgan. He<br />

was a soldier <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Civil War. 6166, Elizabeth Jane; b. Nov. 2, 1840;<br />

d. Jan. 15, 1841. 6167, George Wash<strong>in</strong>gton +• 6168, Frances +.<br />

6169, LaFayette +.<br />

SUas <strong>Olmsted</strong> was a mUler, and spent most <strong>of</strong> his life <strong>in</strong> Niagara County,<br />

N. Y., where he built and operated five flour<strong>in</strong>g mills, one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se be<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong><br />

present Frankl<strong>in</strong> Mills <strong>of</strong> Lockport, N. Y. He was Mayor <strong>of</strong> Lockport dur<strong>in</strong>g<br />

his residence <strong>in</strong> that city. On <strong>the</strong> banks <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Niagara River, one mile below<br />

<strong>the</strong> cataract, beside <strong>the</strong> pier from which <strong>the</strong> first suspension bridge was swung<br />

across <strong>the</strong> chasm to <strong>the</strong> Canadian bank, SUas <strong>Olmsted</strong> biult a large stone mill<br />

and he himself crossed <strong>the</strong> chasm on <strong>the</strong> rope cables, <strong>in</strong> a basket.<br />

(4835) DANIEL OLMSTED, Fl<strong>in</strong>t, Mich. b. Mar. 16, 1813; d. 1879; m.<br />

Jane Keeler; d. Aug. 20, 1878.<br />

6170, Henry; served <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Civil War, 28th Regt., New York Vols. 6171,<br />

Lydia. 6172, Amos. 6173, Mildred; m. Pr<strong>of</strong>. Thomas.<br />

(4837) SANFORD OLMSTED, b. Feb. 26, 1799; d. <strong>in</strong> Danbury, Conn.,<br />

Jan. 5, 1873; m. (1) Sarah Northorp, <strong>of</strong> New Salem, N. Y.; (2) Oct. 21, 1858,<br />

Electa Richards; b. at New Haven, Conn., Dec. 6, 1817; dau. <strong>of</strong> Charles and<br />

Lucy (Marsh) Richards.<br />

1st marriage: 6174, William; b. 1825; m. Maria Louise Hoyt. 6175, (Rev.)<br />

Hiram; m. Hermia Dolan, <strong>of</strong> Watertown, N. Y. 6176, Virg<strong>in</strong>ia Maria;<br />

b. Aug. 14, 1831; d. July 18, 1874; m. Dec. 1, 1849, Giles G. Horton, <strong>of</strong> New<br />

Brita<strong>in</strong>, Conn.

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