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• Birth	6 Feb 1858	Beaver Dam, Allen, Oh
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I95840	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	30 Mar 2000 00:00:00
  Father	Jesse Doud OLMSTED, Rev., b. 9 Apr 1833, Warren, Trumbull, Ohio
  Mother	Leanna BEMISS, b. 29 Sep 1839, Lima, Oh
  Family ID	F41653	Group Sheet
  Family	Mary Colorado GRAHAM, b. 22 Jun 1867
  Married	25 Oct 1887	Middleport, Meigs, Oh
  Family ID	F41659	Group Sheet

• Notes

  !Was editor of the Marin Journal at San Rafael. Went with his father to MonroeCounty in 1872, learned the printer's trade and for a time was associated withhis father in the publication of the Independent at Quaker City, OH; later inthe Tribune at Gallipolis, OH. For one year was editor of the News at MissouriValley, Iowa; of the North Side Chief at Denver, Colorado, and established theHendly (Nebraska) Rustler, but later went to Colorado and from there to San Diego, CA on account of his wife's health. At San Diego he served as a member ofthe city council for three terms. Came to San Rafael in 1898 and with his brother, Cassius Clay OLmsted, purchased the Journal; represented Marin County asa member of the Legislature in 1903 and 1905 - two terms; was United States Supervisor of Census for Northern California in 1900. !IGI Batch #8701212 - Call #1396299 15.

• Sources

  [S718] GEDCom File from Cassandra Olmstead [CassandraO@msn.com], with information from"Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in Americ, 10 Jun 2002.