He was born "Henry Perkins Olmsted" - but his father renamed him "Frederick Law Olmsted Jr." so that he could carry on both the family name and profession.
p 109 - 2356, FREDERICK LAW ; b. July 24, 1870 ; m. Mar. 30, 1911, Sarah Hall Sharples, dau. of Stephen Pashall and Abbie L. (Hall) Sharples, of Concord, Mass. ... [more]