Olmsted, Alexander Fisher – Onderdonk, Henry
Olmsted, Alexander Fisher
educator, author, was born Dec. 20, 1822, in Chapel Hill, N. C. He was a professor of chemistry in the university of North Carolina who published Elements of Chemistry. He died May 5, 1853, in New Haven, Conn.
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, Edwin B
educator, clergyman, inventor, was born Aug. 20, 1826, in Sidney, N. Y. He received his education at the Franklin institute, New York. He has been superintendent of schools of Akron, Ohio, and several other places, north and south; has been pastor of Arcade, N. Y., and other baptist churches. He was the first inventor of paper bag machines, and also invented machines for making envelopes for wrapping and packing tobacco, starch and like articles; and for making various other kinds of boxes.
He designed and superintended the construction of the dead letter office at Washington, D. C. He was city editor of the Daily National Intelligencer of Washington, D. C., until its suspension, when he became editor-in-chief of the Saturday Evening Visitor. During the war he became captain of company H, fourth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry, and was mustered out by reason of wounds received in the service.
Olmsted, Elizabeth Martha
journalist, poet, was born Dec. 31, 1825, in Caledonia, N. Y. For several years she taught school in Canandaigua, N. Y., and at the Ingham university. She has contributed extensively both prose and verse to the New York Independent, and the leading newspapers and magazines in America. During the civil war she wrote many spirited lyrics, among which are the well-known Our Boys Going to the War; The Clarion; and the Upas.
Olmsted, Elmer Benton
lawyer, financier, politician, was born Dec. 22, 1860, in Jersey Shore, Pa. He attended the Dickinson college, of Pennsylvania, from which institution he graduated in 1884. He then began the study of law at Williamsport, Pa., and soon afterward became managing clerk in one of the largest law offices in New York city. In 1889 he moved to St. Paul, Minn., where he has since been engaged in the practice of law. He has made a specialty of real estate, banking and commercial law and probate practice. He is considered authority on mortgage foreclosures and titles, and has an extensive clientage reaching into many of the states.
He also represents several banks in making loans, examining titles, and foreclosing mortgages. He is a director in the St. Paul Chamber of Commerce, and in 1892 was a delegate to the national republican convention.
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.
Olmsted, Frederick Law
landscape architect, author, was born April 26, 1822, in Hartford, Conn. He received a liberal education and studied under private tutors. He has attained prominence as a landscape architect; has been president of the board of park commissioners of New York city; and commissioner of Yosemite Valley. In 1850 he made a pedestrian tour through Great Britain and parts of continental Europe for the purpose of observing closely the agricultural and ornamental grounds of the various countries. He is the author of Walks and Talks of An American Farmer in England; A Journey Through Texas; A Journey in the Back Country; and other works. He has filled numerous public positions of trust; in 1861 was appointed a member of the commission of inquiry and advice in regard to the sanitary condition of the United States forces. He was active in the founding of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and of the American Museum of Natural History. In 1872 he was appointed president of the department of public parks in New York. Since 1886 he has been largely occupied in laying out an extensive system of parks and parkways for the city of Boston.
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.
Olmsted, Marlin Edgar
lawyer, legislator, railroad president, congressman, was born in Potter county, Pa. He received the rudiments of his education in the public schools, and subsequently attended Couderport academy.
He is one of the leading lawyers of Harrisburg, Pa.; has been counsel of his city; president and general counsel for the Beach Railroad company; also president of the Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad company. He has been counsel for the Lehigh Valley Railroad company; the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad company; Delaware and Hudson Canal company; Lehigh Coal and Navigation company; the Western Union Telegraph company, and many other corporations. He was elected to the fifty-fourth congress, and served with distinction in that body.
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.
Olson, Martin Conrad
orator, was born Aug. 13, 1871, in Chicago, Ill.
He received his education in the grammar schools of Chicago, and graduated from the Soper school of oratory. He has been secretary of the Luther League of Illinois, and is now general secretary of the Luther League of America; and also director of the Rock River Chautauqua assembly at Dixon, Ill.
Olssen, William Whittingham
educator, clergyman, author, was born May 11, 1827, in New York city. He is an episcopal clergyman and educator, and professor of mathematics in St. Stephen's college, Annandale, New York, from 1871.
He is the author of Personality, Human and Divine; and Revelation, Universal and Special.
Olsson, Olof
clergyman, college president, author, was born March 31, 1841, in Sweden. He is a lutheran clergyman, president of Augustana college, Rock Island, Ill., since 1891, and the author of At the Cross; Greetings from Afar, a volume of travel; and The Christian Hope.
Onderdonk, Benjamin Tread- Well
clergyman, theologian, bishop, was born July 15, 1791, in New York city. In 1809 he graduated from Columbia college; in 1813 became assistant pastor of Trinity parish in New York city; and befavorite preacher. In 1820 he was elected professor of ecclesiastical history in the General Theological semicame a nary of New York; and in 1830 was consecrated protestant episcopal bishop of the diocese of New York. He died April 30, 1861, in New York city.
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.