(5272) (Capt.) CHARLES STEWART OLMSTED, b. Nov. 5, 1799; d. Feb. 12, 1874; m.
(1) Apr. 13, 1820, Ann Johnson; b. abt. 1802; d. July 4, 1842;
(2) Martha Ann Rogers; d. May 11, 1888. ...
Captain C. S. Olmsted always had a particular desire to lead the life of a sailor. At about sixteen years of age he shipped before the mast, on an outward bound vessel and, before his return, made the voyage round the world. He visited England and witnessed the coronation of King George IV. When on his next voyage the crew mutinied and as Mr. Olmsted was the only member of the crew who understood navigation, the sailors expressed a desire to make him captain. Upon the night before the mutiny, he made his escape from the vessel and returned home. Two months later the ship was brought into port, the captain having been murdered by the crew. The mutineers were afterwards tried, found guilty and every man of them hung. Mr. Olmsted was for many years an Alderman of the 3d Ward of Albany, N. Y., and also Supervisor. When Hon. William H. Seward was Governor of the State, he was one of the chiefs of the Whig party. He was also Chaplain of the Burgesses Corps, and with them participated in the now almost forgotten Helderburg Antirent war. He was for some years connected with Isaac Newton, William Adams, the Monteiths, the Schuylers, and other forwarders. At that time he was captain of the sloop De Witt Clinton, the largest sloop then plying on the Hudson River. At a later period he was captain of the Henry Eckford, a passenger and towing steamer between Albany and New York. In his later years he resided with his son-in-law. Captain Tupper, of Albany.
