... [b] Sept. 22, 1825, Charles (Gen. Charles Olmstead, 1896, of Norwalk). The young Charles Olmstead came early in life to Norwalk and was one of the most energetic and popular public school instructors of his day. He married, Dec. 8, 1850, Mary Jane, born Aug. 24, 1830, daughter of Deacon Charles and Emeline (Brown) Lockwood, of Norwalk, and had
- Mary Frank, who married LeGrand, son of Frederick T. and Susan (Stevens) Betts;
- Clara Elizabeth, who married Hon. John Sammis Seymour, of Washington, D.C., and Norwalk;
- Horace L.;
- Anna A. and
- William T.
After the decease of his first wife, Gen. Olmstead married, second, Nov. 12, 1874, Nannie E. Taylor, born at Whitestown, N.Y.k, Oct. 8, 1836.
Gen. Olmstead has for many years filled positions of trust in Norwalk. ...