Person:William Olmstead (33)

Brig. Gen. William Adams Olmstead, M.D.

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m. 13 Apr 1820

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Name^[2]	Brig. Gen. William Adams Olmstead, M.D.
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]^[2]	25 Dec 1834	Albany, Albany, New York, United States
Education`^?`		Washington, District of Columbia, United StatesM.D.
Death^[1]	8 Mar 1909	Manhattan, New York, New York, United Statesage 75 - died at St. Vincent's Hospital

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Death Record, in New York, New York, United States. Death Index, 1862-1948.

Name: William Olmstedt [sic]
Birth Year: abt 1834
Age: 75
Death Date: 8 Mar 1909
Death Place: Manhattan, New York, USA
Certificate Number: 7413
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Death Notice, in Boston Evening Transcript
2, 9 Mar 1909.
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)
293.

... 6779, (Gen.) William Adams; b. at Albany, N. Y., Dec. 25, 1834; volunteer in Civil War, Apr. 17, 1861; made Captain Apr. 20, 1861; Lieut. Col. Aug. 27, 1861, of 2d New York Vol. Infantry, from Troy, N. Y.; served two years until expiration of term of enlistment; re-entered the service as Col. of 59th N. Y. Vols.; assigned to the command of the 1st Brigade, 2d Div., 2d Army Corps in Army of the Potomac, Nov. 4, 1864; served to the end of the war, July 12, 1865. Gen. Olmsted received a Brevet promotion of Brigadier General for gallant and meritorious conduct at Richmond, Va., in 1862, and at Glendale, Malvern Hill, Hatcher's Run, and Petersburg, Va. ; was mustered out July 12, 1865. In 1889 was Doctor of Medicine at Trinidad, Col. ...