1827 - 1888

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• Suffix	Rev.
  Birth	26 Oct 1827	United States
  Gender	Male
  Died	29 Jun 1888	Joliet, Il
  Person ID	I96247	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	15 May 2000 00:00:00
  Father	Lathrop OLMSTED, b. 29 Aug 1800, Enfield, Connecticut
  Mother	Mary W. COLTON, b. 30 Nov 1802
  Family ID	F41878	Group Sheet
  Family	Julia A. PRATT, b. 1831, Middletown, Pa
  Married	10 Jun 1857
  Family ID	F41892	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Name Suffix: Rev. This was found in OLMSTEDS OF AMERICA, p.99. He was aclergyman in the M.E. Church. At 8 yrs old he came w/his parents to Russell's Grove, Kane County, Ill., and 3 yrs later to Iowa. His father and mother were Christians and active members of the Congregational Church. His mother, who died when he was eleven, was sister to Joseph Colton of Colton's geography and maps. He was converted in Sep, 1843, at Fairplay, Wis., where he was engaged w/his father in mining. He united w/the Congregational Church, and was anearnest and faithful member. Desiring to obtain an education, he entered Wilbraham (Mass.) Academy, and had for instructors such men as Miner Raymond, Oliver Marcy, and Geo. M. Steele. Here he remained for 6 yrs, studying hard and paying his own way. Among the students at this time were Fales H. Newhall, Bishop H. W. Warren, and Wm. Aug. Smith. On leaving school he taught for severalyears at Georgetown, near Washington, and then returned west, to Geneva, Ill.He began his career as a preacher under the presiding-eldership of Rev. S. P.Keyes, in the Rock River conference.

• Sources

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