Joe BARBER responded to the query of Mr. Clare A. OLMSTED, who noted there is an OLMSTED Place, a well known historical site, near Ellensburg, WA. It was the homestead of Samuel Benient OLMSTED, a Union veteran, who settled there in 1875. Mr. OLMSTED wants to ask if Samuel OLMSTED is a Jabez descendant. Joe confirmed that Samuel was a descendant of Richard OLMSTED of Norfolk.
Joe
also responded to Janet EGLER’s query relative to the surname of Mahatable,
wife of Jedadiah (9090), son of Jeremiah and Elizabeth. Joe says that from
information he has receiveed from Doreen DOLLEMAN, he believes the surname was
JENKINS. He states that he has more information about descendants of Jedadiah,
which he will pass along to Janet if she writers him.
Sue
LLOYD, 12262 Harbor Boulevard, Garden Grove, CA 92840, wrote to ask the
marriage date of Abagail OLMSTEAD, daughter of Moses OLMSTEAD and Abigail
ELWELL, and Aaron CASE.
Joe
BARBER asked where OLMSTEAD University is located. (See Joe’s column on page
1.) I searched the INTERNET for this uiniversiry, and consulted a directory of
US and Canadian Colleges and Universities in my town library, and found no
reference to such a University. It appears that the name was made up, and
OLMSTEAD University does not exist. The name is wide open if one of us wants to
start a new one!
I (COH) have a query myself. I am trying to trace Mercy Wells (1768-1861), wife of Jeremiah Olmsted (1762-1846) (9071). They were both buried in Spafford, Onondaga Co., NY, but there is no record of her in the Census records for 1850, 1855 or 1860 for Spafford. If I could find her in the 1855 New York State Census, it would tell me where she was born, and if in New York State, which county. It may be that she went to live with another of her children after her husband died, but there were nine other children, who lived in places ranging from Hope, NY, to Michigan. Incidently, my niece has Mercy’s heirloom china set.