Family:Theodore Olmsted and Laura Bissell (1)

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Marriage[1] 13 May 1861 New York, United States[1st wife]
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  1. 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).

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    (5855) THEODORE FRELINGHUYSEN OLMSTED, Geneseo, N. Y. b. Sept. 16, 1836; m. (1) May 13, 1861, Laura Emeline Bissell; b. Jan. 7, 1836; d. Feb. 15, 1910, at Moscow, N. Y.; dau. of Daniel Halsey and Lucy (Grosvenor) Bissell; (2) Aug. 26, 1911, Sarah Reed Vance, at Minneapolis, Minn.

    Mr. Olmsted was born at Lakeville, Livingston County, N. Y. ; attended the Academy at Canandaigua during the years 1847, '48, '49 and '51 ; removed to Geneseo in the fall of 1853; entered the dry goods store of Turner, Bishop & Co., and was with them until Feb. 24, 1858, when he was appointed Teller of the Genesee Valley Bank (afterwards the Genesee Valley National Bank), which position he still holds. He has held several positions of trust, among them that of Treasurer of Livingston County for nearly four years. In politics, a Republican; in religion, a Presbyterian.

    1st marriage:
    7599, Frances Emmeline; b. Dec. 11, 1872; d. Nov. 26, 1873.