Born in Spencertown, Columbia, New York, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Olmsted
and Lucinda (Davenport) Olmsted
Sister of
John Crosby Olmsted, William Davenport Olmsted, Herbert Olmsted, Lewis G. Olmsted, Lucy Olmsted and Wells Olmsted [half]
Wife of
Horace Erastus Dresser
— married
5 Jun 1866 in Yonkers, Westchester, New York, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 42
in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
Cecelia was born in 1840. She was the daughter of John Olmsted and Lucinda Davenport.
She married Horace Dresser and they had four children: Lucy, Horace, Gardiner, and John
Cecelia died 10 December 1882, probably in Brooklyn, New York.
Research Notes
In 1850 a Lucy Olmsted (69, b. NY) headed an Austerlitz, NY (Columbia County) household with Mary Olmsted (39, b. NY), Sophia Olmsted (30, b. NY), John C. Olmsted (12, b. NY), Cecelia Olmsted (9, b. NY), Wm. D. Olmsted (7, b. NY), Herbert Olmsted (5, b. NY), Lucinda Olmsted (36, b. NY), and Lucy Olmsted (1, b. NY).
In 1860 a Jno Olmsted (45, b. NY, president Nat. Bank) headed a Yonkers, NY (Westchester County) household with Mrs. Olmsted (44, b. NY), L.G. Olmsted (female, 40, b. NY), John Olmsted (21, b. NY, student), Rebecca Olmsted (19, b. NY), William Olmsted (17, b. NY), Hubert Olmsted (15, b. NY), Lucy Olmsted (11, b. NY), Jully? Olmsted (female, 2, b. NY), and Mary Hays (40, b. Ireland, servant).
Sources
- 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); pg. 92, 143, #1993
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