Olmstead, Francis ...200,000 [estimated worth in 1845] A worthy fellow and one of the few instances of a prosperous merchant retiring at the right time. He is of the land of "steady habits" and cousin of the very distiguished Prof. O., of Yale. Made his money in the firm of Peter Remsen & Co. Married a fair widow not fifty miles from St. Mark's Church.
p 70 - (642) FRANCIS OLMSTED, b. at E. Hartford, Conn., June 3, 1791; d. Aug. 6, 1846; m. (1) Maria Wycoff; dau. of Henry and Phebe Wycoff. Mrs. Olmsted died in Florence, Italy. (2) Ellen Stuyvesant. ...