Ebenezer Olmstead (1812 - 1884)

Born 1812 in New York state, USA

Descendants

Died Mar 1884 at about age 72 in Meadville, Crawford Co., PA, USA

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Biography

Ebenezer was born in New York state 1802 or 1812.

He married Nancy Green, likely in Ohio, and they had eight children:

1. Elizabeth, b. 1834
2. Emeline, b. 1836
3. Charles Henry, b. 1839, d. 1923
4. Maria(h), b. 1842
5. Julia Ann, b. 1844
6. Frances Eugene, b. 1844, d. 1921
7. Nancy, b. 1850
8. Esther Lorancy, b. 1853, d. 1937

Ebenezer and Nancy lived somewhere in Ohio (possibly Ashtabula County) in the 1830s as their first three children were born there. He apparently moved to Crawford County, Pennsylvania between 1840 and 1842.

He is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, East Mead Twp., Crawford Co., PA

Research Notes

This may be Ebenezer Judson Olmstead, #4771 in the Olmsted genealogy. This is mostly speculation and not proved in the slighest at this time.

Ebenezer appears in the Census in Pennsylvania as Olmstead (with the "a") while known descendants use the Olmsted (no "a") form of the name.

When his family was created (Nov 2016) on WikiTree all of the children were entered as Olmstead. Only his son Charles has been changed to Olmsted (Apr 2019) as there is enough documentation to prove his use of the family name.

Geographic Note

Crawford County, Pennsylvania and Ashtabula County, Ohio share a common border which also is the state line. It would have been an easy move of only a few miles to change from one state to other.

Sources

• Olmste(a)d files of Walt Steesy including notes made from telephone conversation with McLaughlin-3042:Bob McLaughlin who was reviewing his brother Richard's genealogy records.
• 1850, 1860, 1870 US Census of Meadville, Crawford Co., PA