Person:Oscar Olmstead (1)

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Oscar Oliver Olmstead
b.31 Oct 1840 Erie, Whiteside, Illinois, United States
d.11 Feb 1932 Murtaugh, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States
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m. 19 Nov 1837
  1. Oscar Oliver Olmstead1840 - 1932
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Oscar Oliver Olmstead1840 - 1932
  • W.  Mary Clifton (add)
  1. Eugene Butler Olmstead1869 - 1966
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Facts and Events
Name Oscar Oliver Olmstead
Gender Male
Birth? 31 Oct 1840 Erie, Whiteside, Illinois, United States
Marriage to Mary Clifton (add)
Military[1] 1864 Illinois, United StatesSergeant, 34th Illinois Infantry (Civil War)
Death[1] 11 Feb 1932 Murtaugh, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States
Burial[2] Spring Hill Cemetery, Conway Springs, Sumner, Kansas, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Death notice, in Twin Falls Daily News (Twin Falls, Idaho).

    FUNERAL AT MURTAUGH FOR CIVIL WAR VETERAN
    A final tribute is to be paid to Oscar Oliver Olmstead, 91-year-old Civil War veteran and Twin Falls county resident since 1919, at funeral services to be held at the Methodist church at Murtaugh at 1:30 P.M. today. Services will be conducted by the pastor, Rev. Charles W. Ronk. The body, accompanied by a granddaughter, Miss Ruth Brown, Twin Falls, will be taken to the former home at Conway Springs, Kansas, for interment. The body will lie in state at the Twin Falls mortuary chapel until 12:30 P.M. today.

  2. ↑ Grave Recorded, in Find A Grave
    [Includes headstone photo], last accessed Feb 2017.

    [Inscription: "Oscar Merritt Olmstead" [sic]. Supposedly the middle name "Merritt" was inscribed in error on his military stone.]

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