Person:Gideon Olmstead (4)

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1842 - Bellevue Cemetery is established in Gatineau (formerly Aylmer), Quebec (GPS: 45.407301,-75.785118) on land donated by Gideon Olmstead. In this cemetery a stone was erected by Sarah (Olmstead) Sparks in memory of her parents, but they are not thought to be buried there.

1. ↑ 9147, 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)
   397.

   9147, Gideon; b. at West Stockbridge, Mass., abt. 1764-66; d. at Northville, N. Y., soon after 1791; m. at Stockbridge, Mass., Feb., 1788, Esther Andrews; prob. dau. of Jeremiah and Sarah (Bryant) Andrews. He removed with his brother, Jeremiah, to Hope, N. Y., but soon settled in the adjoining town of Northampton, where he died soon after his settlement. His death is the first recorded in that town.

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Bellevue Cemetery is established in Gatineau (formerly Aylmer), Quebec (GPS: 45.407301,-75.785118).

   Erected by Sarah Olmstead
   Widow of the Late
   Nicholas Sparks, Esq
   In Memory of her Parents
   Gideon Olmstead
   Who Died May 14, 1837
   Age 69 years
   And
   Ester Andrews
   His Wife
   Who Died Jan 27, 1840
   Age 69 Years