Person:Edwin Olmstead (2)

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Rev. Edwin Bigelow Olmstead
b.20 Aug 1826 Unadilla, Otsego, New York, United States
d.10 Mar 1902
Parents and Siblings
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m. 18 Mar 1819
  1. Rev. Edwin Bigelow Olmstead1826 - 1902
  2. Lydia Ann Olmstead1830 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 4 Mar 1849
  1. Victor Hugo 3019 Olmstead
  2. Le Dru Rollin Olmstead1856 -
  3. Edwin Bigelow 3021 Olmstead
  4. William Dennison Olmstead1866 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 1 Jul 1879
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Rev. Edwin Bigelow Olmstead1826 - 1902
  • W.  Mary E Strong - 1910
m. 28 Nov 1881
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Facts and Events
Name Rev. Edwin Bigelow Olmstead
Gender Male
Birth[1] 20 Aug 1826 Unadilla, Otsego, New York, United States
Marriage 4 Mar 1849 [1st wife]
to Adelia Jane Church
Other[1][2] 1868 Washington, District of Columbia, United Statescharged with stealing $75,000 from his U.S. Postal Service co-workers
Marriage 1 Jul 1879 [2nd wife - she is the widow Fife]
to Adelia L Jefferies
Marriage 28 Nov 1881 [3rd wife]
to Mary E Strong
Death[4] 10 Mar 1902
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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Congressional Series of United States Public Documents, Volume 7100
    140.
  2. ↑ Defalcation of Olmstead in the Post Office Department, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States. Chicago Tribune. (Chicago, Illinois)
    2 Oct 1868.
  3.   Olmstead's Defalcation, in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States. Brooklyn Daily Eagle. (Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States)
    22 Sep 1868.
  4. ↑ Family Recorded, in Olmsted, Henry King (1824-1896), and George Kemp Ward (1848-1937). Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America: Embracing the Descendants of James and Richard Olmstead and Covering a Period of Nearly Three Centuries, 1632-1912. (New York: A. T. DeLaMare, 1912)
    138.

    (1841) (Rev.) EDWIN BIGELOW OLMSTED, b. at Unadilla, N. Y., Aug. 20, 1826; d. Mar. 10, 1902; m.
    (1) Mar. 4, 1849, Adelia Jane Church; b. Mar. 3, 1830, at Governor's Island, N. Y.; d. Nov. 17, 1878; dau. of Nathaniel E. and (Wheeler) Church;
    (2) July 1, 1879, Mrs. Adelia L. (Jeffress) Fife; b. Feb. 8, 1853, at Quincy, Gadsden County, Florida; d. Aug.
    27, 1879;
    (3) Nov. 28, 1881, Mary E. Strong; d. Dec. 15, 1910.

    Mr. Olmsted taught School two years at Mount Sterling, Ky., and ten years in Ohio; removed to Washington, D. C, and became Superintendent and Pay Clerk P. 0. Dept. and local Editor of Daily National Intelligencer; removed to Murphy, N. C, where he taught School for four years. Then became President of the Presbyterian (Cumberland) High School, at London, Tenn. Removed to Jacksonville, Fla., in 1874 and was Principal of the City School. Removed to Eufala, Fla., in 1879 and was President of the Union Female College there.

    He served in the Civil War as Capt., Co. H., 4th Regt., Ohio Vols. Detailed by Gen. McClellan to construct fortifications in West Virginia; was afterwards Chief of Engineers on Staff of Gen. James Shields, then Capt. Pioneer Corps under Gens. Banks and Pope. He was discharged on surgeons' certificate of disability in 1863.

    1st marriage:
    3019, Victor Hugo +,
    3020, Le Dru Rollin; b. May 17, 1856, at Fredonia, N. Y.
    3021, Edwin Bigelow, Jr. +.
    3022, William Dennison, Eufala, Fla.; b. at Washington, D. C, Oct. 17, 1866.

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