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

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8205, Ida; b. Dec. 29, 1864; m. Dec. 12, 1882, William Van Dusen; b. July
23, 1862. 8206, Jeanette; b. Oct. 19, 1866; m. Oct. 19, 1887, Peter Watson;
b. Oct. 30, 1866; son of William and Delia (Westerfield) Watson.
8207, Benjamin Franklin; b. Dec. 29, 1868; m. May, 1892, Ella Lowery.
8208, John; b. Oct. 17, 1874; d. 1881. 8209, Caroline Esther; b. Aug. 4,
1876; d. young. 8210, Harry Clifford; b. Sept. 21, 1878.
(6762) JOHN WANDS OLMSTED, Northport, L. I. b. Feb. 13, 1848; m.
July 20, 1873, Elizabeth Taylor; b. Mar. 17, 1856; dau. of Sidney Smith and
Jane (BlydenlDurg) Taylor, of Smithtown, L. I.
8211, Ellabelle; b. May 16, 1875; d. May 28, 1875.
(6769) ANNA MARIA OLMSTED. .
b. Aug. 27, 1827; m. Nov. 8, 1853,
Charles Foster, of Fostoria, Ohio; b. Apr. 12, 1828; son of Charles W. Foster.
8212, Jessie; m. 1890, Dr. Myers. 8213, Anna; b. 1860; m. June 1, 1882,
Frederick D. Mussey; b. at Middlebury, Vt., Dec. 3, 1845.
(6770) CHARLES OLMSTED, Fostoria, Ohio. b. at Fremont, Ohio, May
20, 1830; m. Nov. 27, 1861, Margaret Elizabeth Skinner; b. Feb. 11, 1837;
dau. of Morris P. and Mary (Gorsuch) Skinner. He served one hundred days
as 2d Lieut, in the Fostoria MiUtary Co. in 1864.
8214, Jesse S. +. 8215, Mary Azuba; b. June 12, 1869; m. June 10, 1891,
Frank T. Carroll, of Chicago, 111.
Charles Olmsted was educated in the public schools of Fremont, Ohio,
and received his early business education at his father's establishment. In
1854 he came to Fostoria and was employed as bookkeeper and afterwards
clerk by Chas. Foster, father of the Secretary of U. S. Treasury.
In 1858 Chas. Foster, Sr., retired, and Mr. Olmsted formed a partnership
with Chas. Foster, Jr., the firm being " Foster, Olmsted & Co." and for many
years enjoyed the distinction of being the largest general store in northern
Ohio. No concern was more successful financially than this, they having a
wide reputation for honest dealings and strict integiity. In 1875 Mr. Olmsted
retired from the dry goods business and entered the grain business, the firm
remaining the same and for 15 years was a most successful buyer and seller
of all kinds of grain, being well known in the produce exchanges of the country.
In 1890 he retired from active business and founded the Mechanics Savings
Bank of Fostoria of which he became President. In 1864, he enlisted as 2d
Lieut, in a company of volunteers, formed at Fostoria, returning after 100
days' service. He was a prominent man in the community.
(6772) ANNA MARIA OLMSTED, b. Dec. 5, 1833; m. Mar. 10, 1856,
James Hoyt Humphrey, of S. Orange, N. J.; b. at Albany, N. Y., Feb. 21, 1832;
son of Friend and Julia Ann (Hoyt) Humphrey.
8216, Julia; b. Jan. 12, 1858. 8217, Jeannie Dauchy; b. Dec. 1, 1859;
d. Mar. 6, 1861. 8218, Annie; b. Apr. 7, 1862. 8219, James L.; b. July
10, 1864; d. Apr. 25, 1890. 8220, Alice; b. June 2, 1868. 8221, Theodore
Friend; b. Jan. 22, 1873.
(6773) HENRY SANFORD OLMSTED, Cleveland, Ohio. b. Nov. 22,
1835; m. June 8, 1865, Helen Bishop; dau. of Jonathan and M. Elizabeth
(Smith) Bishop.
8222, Martha +. 8223, Millicent; b. July 1, 1871.