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

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York and Colon, S. America. The ships of this Hne formed a sort of auxiliary
force to the United States Navy and were commanded by naval oflScers.
Dr. Olmsted served under the command of Captain Porter, afterwards so
distinguished as an admiral in the Civil War.
On leaving the service the doctor returned home and settled in East
Hartford as a practicing physician. Here he married Anna, daughter of
Colonel Solomon Olmsted, his fifth cousin.
(It is perhaps not unfitting to note here a curious little coincidence. In
the celebration on the occasion of Lafayette's visit to Hartford during his
return journey through the States, the Governor's Foot Guard was commanded
by Major Lynde Olmsted, the doctor's father and the First Regiment
was commanded by Colonel Solomon Olmsted, his father-in-law to be.)
After practicing his profession in East Hartford for ten (10) years, illness
in his family, which necessitated a change of climate, caused him to give up
his practice, and an incipient heart affection led him later under the advice
of some of the most eminent New York physicians to abandon his profession
altogether. After several years spent in favorable climates the health of his
family was restored and he came back and took up his residence in Hartford,
where he lived until his home was broken up by the death of his wife and the
marriage of his daughters. His later years he devoted to the Olmsted Genealogy
which proved to be to him indeed a labor of love and in which he took
lasting satisfaction—a satisfaction marred only by the fact that he did not five
to see it published. He died at the residence of his son-in-law, Rev. William
E. Strong, in Jackson, Michigan.
Dr. Olmsted was a member of the Congregational Church and was for
many years a deacon in the Park Church, Hartford.
2661, Anna Amelia; b. Oct. 14, 1860; d. Oct. 15, 1860. 2662, Ellen -|-.
2663, Mary -|-.
(1524) LUCY ANN OLMSTED, b. Apr. 3, 1817; d. Oct. 5, 1896; m. Dec.
24, 1834, Aaron Chapin, of Hartford, Conn. He died in 1866.
2664, Lucy Viann; b. July 23, 1837; m. June 18, 1867, Joel S. Paige, of
Pittsfield, Mass. 2665, Sophia N.; b. Jan. 20, 1839; m. Sept. 14, 1862,
Samuel Nathan Benedict, of Hartford, Conn.; b. Aug. 9, 1833; son of Ezra
and Polly (Benedict) Benedict. 2666, Howard C, Denver, Col.; b. Feb.
21, 1841; m. 1869, Louisa Mills. 2667, Samuel L., Leadville, Col.; b.
Jan. 11, 1844. 2668, William H., Seneca Castle, N. Y.; b. May 28, 1847;
m. 1871, Ella Wilson, of Penn Yan, N. Y.
(1526) THATCHER JETHRO OLMSTED, Chicago, 111. b. at Stockbridge,
Mass., July 20, 1826; m. Mar. 5, 1858, Sarah E. Brockway. Mr.
Olmsted settled in Camden, 1837, and in Ripon, Wis., in 1857, thence to
Chicago.
2669, Miner Brockway, Chicago, III.; b. Mar. 12, 1860. 2670, Pauline
S. ; b. May 15, 1864. 2671, William T. ; b. Aug. 4, 1869.
(1530) HENRY FRANCIS OLMSTED, Evanston, 111. b. Dec. 25, 1825;
m. Sept. 8, 1857, Cordelia P. Browne; b. Mar. 15, 1834, at Slyboro, Washington
County, N. Y.; dau. of Jonathan and Abbey (Everts) Browne, of Ripon, Wis. '
2672 Frank H. -I- . 2673, Charles B.; b. Apr. 4, 1863; d. 1866. 2674,
WiLLMM B. -t-. 2675, George -|-. 2676, Henry Aborn -f-.