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Olmsted, Denison
educator, author, was born June 18, 1791, in East Hartford, Conn. He was a scientist who was professor of natural philosophy at Yale college in 1825, and the author of Letters on Astronomy; Compendium of Natural Philosophy; Students' Commonplace Book; and Introduction to Natural Philosophy. He died May 13, 1859, in New Haven, Conn.
Olmsted, Francis Allyn
physician, author, was born July 14, 1819, in Chapel Hill, N. C. He was a physician who published Incidents of a Whaling Voyage. He died July 19, 1844, in New Haven, Conn.
Olmstead, John Wesley
journalist, clergyman, was born Nov. 13, 1836, in Saratoga county, N. Y. In 1846 he became editor of the Christian Reflector in Boston. On the union of this paper with The Watchman, in 1848, he took editorial control of the consolidated journals, and continued in that post until 1877. In 1878 he established The Watchtower, a baptist journal in New York, but subsequently returned to The Watchman, of which he is now editor-in-chief.
Olney, Charles Fayette
educator, was born Aug. 27, 1831, in Hartford, Conn. He established a high school in Stafford, Conn.; for thirty years was engaged in educational work in New York city, and was one of the founders of the New York Teachers' association.
Olney, Cyrus
lawyer, jurist, was born in New York. He was an early emigrant to the territory of Oregon, and in 1853 was appointed an associate justice of the United States court for that district.
Olney, Edward
educator, author, was born July 24, 1827, in Moreau, N. Y.
This eminent educator was the author of fourteen complete books of mathematics, from primary arithmetics to general geometry and calculus. He died Jan. 16, 1887; in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Olney, Jesse
educator, author, was born Oct. 12, 1798, in Tolland county, Conn. He was a noted educator of Connecticut; and the author of The National Preceptor; Geography and Atlas; and, History of the United States. He died July 31, 1872, in Stratford, Conn.
Olney, Richard
lawyer, state legislator, secretary of state, was born Jan. 15, 1835, in Oxford, Mass. He served as a member of the Massachusetts house of representatives in the year 1874; and was appointed attorney-general by President Cleveland, and entered upon his duties in 1893. He was appointed secretary of state June 8, 1895, to fill a vacancy, and took the oath of office June 10, 1895.
Olson, Julius E
educator, author, was born Nov. 9, 1858, in Cambridge, Wis.
He has been connected with his alma mater as instructor and professor of Scandinavian, and since 1884 has filled the chair of languages and literature. He is the author of Norwegian Grammar and Reader; and other works.
Onderdonk, Henry
educator, author, was born June 11, 1804, in North Hempstead, N. Y. He was an educator of Long Island, principal of Union Hall academy in 1832-65, and the author of Queens County in Old Times; Annals of Hempstead, 1643-1832; and Long Island and New York in Olden Times. He died June 22, 1886, in Jamaica, N. Y.
Onderdonk, Henry Ustick
bishop, author, was born March 16, 1789, in New York city. He was the second protestant episcopal bishop of Pennsylvania, and the author of piscopacy Tested by Scripture, republished as Episcopacy Examined and Re-Examined; Essay on Regeneration; Sermons and Charges; and Family Devotions. He died Dec. 6, 1858, in Philadelphia, Pa.
O'Neal, Edward Asbury
soldier, lawyer, jurist, governor, was born in Madison county, Ala. He entered the conféderate army as a captain, in 1861, and rapidly rose to the rank of brigadier-general. In 1882 he was elected governor of Alabama; and was re-elected in 1884.