Alasco
Olmsted
Born in East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Elisha Sage Olmsted
and Harriet (Judson) Olmsted
Brother of
Conrad Sage Olmsted, Alasco Olmsted, Charles Bradley Olmsted, Harriet (Olmsted) Copeland, Jesse Olmsted, Lillian (Olmsted) Moening and Elisha Sage Olmsted
Husband of
Leoda (Addison) Olmsted
— married
10 Apr 1881 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Alasco Sage Olmsted, Leoda McCoy Olmsted, Minerva (Olmsted) Haynie, Albino Thomas Olmsted, Harman Olmsted, William Randolph Hearst (Olmsted) Olmstead and Lacey Olmsted
Died
at age 78
in Cottondale, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Oct 2022
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Biography
Alasco Olmsted, son of Elisha and Harriet (Judson) Olmsted was born in East Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut on 17 December 1859.[1] He was named in memorial of a sibling of the same name born in 1850 and died in 1855.
Sometime after the end of the "Civil War" his family moved to Cottondale, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama where his parents operated a mercantile business.[2]
Alasco took to farming just outside of Cottondale.
He married Leoda Addison, the daughter of Thomas and Mary (Ayers) Addison on 10 April 1881.[3] They had seven children:
- Alasco Sage, b. 1882, d. 1894
- Leoda McCoy, b. 1883, d. 1899
- Minerva, b. 1885, d. 1968; m. Samuel Haynie
- Albino Thomas, b. 1887, d. 1951; m/1 Virginia Millican; m/2 Ila Hinton; m/3 Lulu Pennington
- Harman, b. 1896
- William Randolph Hearst, b. 1898, d. 1950; m. Kelly (unknown)
- Lacey, b. 1906, d. 1947; m. Stella Chapman
Alasco died in Cottondale on 21 February 1938.[4] He is buried near many family members in the Old Salem Cemetery in Cottondale.[5]
Obituary
- A. Olmsted Dies At Cottondale
- Widely Known Resident, Political Leader, To Be Buried Wednesday
- Alsaco Olmsted, prominent Tuscaloosa resident and member of the County Democratic Executive Committee, died today at the home of a son at Olmsted Station, 15 miles from Tuscaloosa. He had been in ill health for several months.
- Mr. Olmsted was 79 years old, the son of Elisha Sage Olmsted and Harriet Judson Olmsted. Although born in Hartford, Conn., he came to Northport as a child. His father operated a hat factory in Northport for a number of years.
- Surviving Mr. Olmsted are his widow, Mrs. Leona Olmsted, three sons, Hearst and Lacey Olmsted of Olmsted Station, and B. Olmsted of Fort Payne, Ala., and two daughters, Mrs. Henay and Mrs. Scales of Birmingham, and one sister, Mrs. F. W. Monnish of Tuscaloosa.
- He was widely known in county political circles, serving as Democratic committeeman for Beat 15, Cottondale, for many years. His passing will be widely mourned throughout the county.
- Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11 o'clock from Salem Church near Cottondale with interment in the church cemetery. [6]
References
- ↑ Birth Certificate: "Birth returns and certificates, 1852-1911"
Catalog: Birth returns and certificates, 1852-1911 Birth returns and certificates 1857-1866
Film number: 007616210 > image 250 of 774
FamilySearch Image: 3QSQ-G9V5-P31G (accessed 5 May 2023) - ↑ 1870 Census: "United States Census, 1870"
citing Page: 32; Affiliate Publication Number: M593; Line: 13; FHL microfilm: 000545542; Record number: 11032;
FamilySearch Record: MH23-QXN (accessed 5 May 2023)
FamilySearch Image: S3HT-DCW7-2P3 Image number 00281
Alasco Olmstead (10) in Cottondale, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. Born in Connecticut. - ↑ Marriage: "Alabama, U.S., Select Marriage Indexes, 1816-1942"
Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013; FHL Film Number: 1290748
Ancestry Record 60000 #2809286 (accessed 5 May 2023)
Alasco Olmsted marriage to Leoda Addison on 10 Apr 1881 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. - ↑ Death: "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"
citing FHL microfilm: 1908563; Record number: 9;
FamilySearch Record: JDTD-SB9 (accessed 5 May 2023)
FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C9TT-Q988-V Image number 01909
Alasco Olmsted death 1938 (age 28), son of Sage E. Olmsted & Harriett Judson, husband of Leada Olmsted, in Cottondale, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. Record Image. - ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
Find A Grave: Memorial #39747347 (accessed 6 May 2023)
Memorial page for Alasko Olmsted (17 Dec 1858-21 Feb 1938), citing Old Salem Cemetery, Cottondale, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Kennybob (contributor 47263694). - ↑ Tuscaloosa News, February 21, 1938; posted on the memorial cited above
Sources
- Birth Certificate: "Birth returns and certificates, 1852-1911"
Catalog: Birth returns and certificates, 1852-1911 Birth returns and certificates 1857-1866
Film number: 007616210 > image 250 of 774
FamilySearch Image: 3QSQ-G9V5-P31G (accessed 5 May 2023) - 1870 Census: "United States Census, 1870"
citing Page: 32; Affiliate Publication Number: M593; Line: 13; FHL microfilm: 000545542; Record number: 11032;
FamilySearch Record: MH23-QXN (accessed 5 May 2023)
FamilySearch Image: S3HT-DCW7-2P3 Image number 00281
Alasco Olmstead (10) in Cottondale, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. Born in Connecticut. - Marriage: "Alabama, U.S., Select Marriage Indexes, 1816-1942"
Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013; FHL Film Number: 1290748
Ancestry Record 60000 #2809286 (accessed 5 May 2023)
Alasco Olmsted marriage to Leoda Addison on 10 Apr 1881 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. - 1910 Census: "United States Census, 1910"
citing enumeration district (ED) ED 153, sheet 3B, family 49, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 35; FHL microfilm 1,374,048.
FamilySearch Record: MKWZ-7CC (accessed 5 May 2023)
FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9RK9-RYM Image number 00530
Glasco Olmsted (50), married head of household in Cottondale, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. Born in Connecticut. - 1920 Census: "United States Census, 1920"
citing Affiliate Publication Number: T625; Affiliate Film Number: 45; Line: 1; FHL microfilm: 1820045; Record number: 24975;
FamilySearch Record: MXDB-CWR (accessed 5 May 2023)
FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GR67-8HY Image number 00512
Alace Olmstead (60), married head of household in Election Precinct 15 Cottondale, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. Born in Connecticut. - 1930 Census: "United States Census, 1930"
citing enumeration district (ED) ED 20, sheet 10B, line 79, family 199, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 51; FHL microfilm 2,339,786.
FamilySearch Record: 3GSC-BT2 (accessed 5 May 2023)
FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GR78-VZS Image number 00453
Alasco Olmsted (72), married head of household in Precinct 15, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. Born in Alabama. - Death: "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"
citing FHL microfilm: 1908563; Record number: 9;
FamilySearch Record: JDTD-SB9 (accessed 5 May 2023)
FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C9TT-Q988-V Image number 01909
Alasco Olmsted death 1938 (age 28), son of Sage E. Olmsted & Harriett Judson, husband of Leada Olmsted, in Cottondale, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. Record Image. - Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
Find A Grave: Memorial #39747347 (accessed 6 May 2023)
Memorial page for Alasko Olmsted (17 Dec 1858-21 Feb 1938), citing Old Salem Cemetery, Cottondale, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Kennybob (contributor 47263694).
- See also
- Olmste(a)d files of Walt Steesy
- Olmsted, Henry King, M.D. Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America (A.T. De La Mare, New York, 1912); pgs. 76,124, #1841
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