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

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(6378) (Prof.) EVERETT WARD OLMSTED (Ph. D.), Ithaca, N. Y. b.
at the old homestead. North Academy St., Galesburg, 111., Wednesday, May
12, 1869; m. June 19, 1895, at the Church of Our Father (Unitarian), Delaware
Ave., Buffalo, N. Y., by the Rev. Thomas R. Slicer, Bula Hubbell; b.
at Leon, N. Y., June 27, 1873; dau. of (Dr.) Alvin Allace and Evangeline
(Fancher) Hubbell.
8087, Ward Hubbell; b. at Buffalo, N. Y., at 7.15 p.m., Sunday, Aug.
29, 1897; christened at the Church of Our Father, Buffalo, N. Y.,'by the
Rev. Adelbert L. Hudson, on Sunday, Mar. 27, 1898; named for his father's
mother's, and his own mother's families. 8088, Richard Hubbell; b. at
Ithaca, N. Y., at 4 a.m., Tuesday, July 24, 1900; christened at the Church of
Our Father, Buffalo, N. Y., by the Rev. A. L. Hudson, on Easter Sunday,
Apr. 7, 1901 ; named
for his ancestors, Richard Olmsted and Richard Hub-
bell, founders of their respective families in America. 8089, John Meigs
Hubbell; b. at Ithaca, N. Y., at 3.15 a.m., Wednesday, June 28, 1911;
named for his mother's family (Hubbell) and for his ancestor, John
Meigs, who d. at Killingworth, Conn., Jan. 4, 1672, whose blood, through
his daughter, Elizabeth, wife of Richard Hubbell, and through his daughter,
Tryal, wife of Andrew Ward, Jr., after flowing for over two hundred years in
the Ward and Hubbell families, again converges in the offspring of Everett
Ward Olmsted and Bula Hubbell.
It is of general historic interest to note here that John Meigs, on the
night of May 12, 1661, rode on horseback from East Guilford to New Haven,
Conn., to notify Rev. John Davenport that agents (Kellond and Kirk) of
the King were seeking for the Regicides or Judges (Whalleyand Goffe),
then hiding at his house, and that it was due to the efforts of John Meigs
that their lives were saved.
Prof. Olmsted received his first instruction in the schools of Philadelphia,
Pa., and Washington, D. C, but chiefly at Galesburg, 111., where he later entered
Knox College. After completing the Sophomore year, he entered
Cornell Univ., where he grad. in 1891, with the degree of Ph. B. The summer
after graduation he went to Europe for the first time.
Since then he has been a frequent traveller in Europe, where he has devoted
himself particularly to the study of the Romance Languages. From
1891 to 1893 he was Master of French in Cascadilla School, Ithaca, N. Y. In
1893 he became Instructor of French in Cornell University, which position
he held until his marriage. He spent the year 1895-1896 with his wife in
travel and in study in Europe. He pursued post-graduate studies at the Sorbonne.
College de France, Ecole des Chartes, Paris, and at Cornell, 1893-
1897. He received his Ph. D. at Cornell, 1897. Instructor of Romance
Languages, 1896-1898. Assistant Professor of Romance Languages, 1898-
1909, and Professor of the Romance Languages and Literatures since 1909,
Cornell University. Residence 730 University Ave., Ithaca, N. Y.
He is a member of the Modern Language Association of America, of which
he was Vice-President, 1908-09, the National Geographical Society, and the
Beta Theta Pi fraternity; also of the Town and Gown Club, the Country
Club, and the Savage Club, of Ithaca, N. Y. ; as well as of the Hispano-Americano
Club, and Book and Bowl, of Cornell University. He has served fre-