Mary Fidelia (Canfield) Olmsted (1840 - 1863)

Born Feb 1840 in Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Charles Elihu Olmsted — married 15 Dec 1863 in Norfolk, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Mary was born in 1840. She passed away in 1863.

Daughter of Samuel C. and Rebecca (Sexton) Canfield, of Norfolk, Conn.

1863 Litchfield County News: Bride Dies 2 Days After Marrige

Litchfield County. - - We last week recorded the marriage in Norfolk of C. E. Olmsted and Miss Mary F. Canfield, on the 15th. On the 17th, two days later, the bride died of diphtheria.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M68K-G9S : 12 April 2016), Mary F Canfield in household of David Sexton, Norfolk, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States; citing family 28, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH5B-39J : 13 December 2017), Mary F Canfield in entry for Samuel Canfield, 1860.
• "Connecticut Marriages, 1640-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7PG-B4Y : 4 November 2017), Charles E. Olmsted and Mary H. Canfield, Marriage 15 Dec 1863, Norfolk, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States; Connecticut State Library, Hartford; FHL microfilm 1,503,193.
• Olmsted, Henry King, M.D. Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America (A.T. De La Mare, New York, 1912); pg. 132, #1759

Acknowledgment

Thanks to Dee (Olmsted) Poole for sourcing and writing this biography.