RESIDENCES:
(1846-May 1856) Davenport, Delaware Co, NY.
(May 1856-1873) Copley Twp (near Victoria & Oneida), Knox Co, IL.
(1873-1874-) Galesburg, Knox Co, IL.
(-1878-1882-) Victoria, Knox Co, IL.
( -1887) Near Houghton, Brown Co, SD.
(1887-1897) Victoria, Knox Co, IL.
(1897-1918) Lovell Twp (near Ludden), Dickey Co, ND.
( - ) Oakes, Dickey Co, ND.SOURCES FOR STEPHEN ARMSTRONG OLMSTED:
NAME: Stephen Armstrong Olmsted went by his middle name Armstrong.
BIRTH-MARRIAGE: H K Olmsted & G K Ward, GENEALOGY OF THE OLMSTED FAMILY IN AMERICA; 1632-1912; New York, De La Mare Printing & Publ, 1912, Reprint, with supplements, by Ralph Olmsted, 1979; p 307.
CENSUS: 1850 US Census, Davenport, Delaware Co, NY; 1850; ; p 147R; Roll #494 (Rick Crume's file #O 2).
BIOGRAPHY-EDUCATION-OCCUPATION: Marion C Olmsted (1887-1978), REMINISCENCES OF M C OLMSTED; 1887-1973; typed manuscript, 1954, with addenda dtd Sep 1971, Sep 1975 and Nov 1973, and OLMSTED FAMILY, dtd 22 Feb 1954 & 31 Jan 1958; pp 1-2; (Rick Crume's file #O 37, O 146); NOTE: Stephen Armstrong Olmsted was a teacher in Illinois, had a hardware store, general merchandise store and bank in Victoria, Illinois, and was a farmer in North Dakota.
CENSUS: 1860 US Census, Copley Twp (P.O. Oneida), Knox Co, IL; 1860; ; p 60; Reel #195 (Rick Crume's file #O 39, O 115); NOTE: Stephen Armstrong Olmsted is listed twice.
CENSUS: 1870 US Census, Copley Twp (P.O. Victoria), Knox Co, IL; 1870; ; p 28; Roll #M593-240 (Rick Crume's file #O 78).
EDUCATION: Letter from Jerome W Winn, Sioux City, IA, to Rick Crume, Glyndon, MN; 1809-1984; Letter dtd 17 Oct 1984; ; (Rick Crume's file #O 115, M 550); NOTE: S Armstrong studied at Knox College (Academy), Galesburg, Knox Co, IL, 1873-1874.
CENSUS: 1880 US Census, Victoria, Knox Co, IL; 1880; ; p 378; (Rick Crume's file #O 3).
CENSUS: 1900 US Census, Lovell Twp, Dickey Co, ND; 1900; ; p 3; National Archives, reel 1228 (Rick Crume's file #O 74).
CHURCH: Membership records; 1906-1907; Ludden [ND] Methodist Episcopal Church; ; Records in poss of Gladys Oliason, membership secy, Guelph United Methodist Church (Rick Crume's file #O 181); NOTE: S A Olmsted & Lizzy Olmsted were received by letter on 18 Feb 1906. Later Stephen Olmsted is listed as a trustee.
CENSUS: 1910 US Census, Lovell Twp, Dickey Co, ND; 1910; p 79R; dwelling 25, family 25; National Archives, reel 1141 (Rick Crume's file #O 94, M 84).
CHURCH: Membership records; 1910-1920; Trinity United Methodist Church, Ellendale, ND; ; Records viewed by the Rev. Gerald D Oliver, Pastor, Presbyterian-United Methodist Church, Ellendale, ND, 1989 (Rick Crume's file #O 181); NOTE: Stephen Armstrong Olmsted of Ellendale was received into full connection on 23 Feb 1910, by transfer from Ludden, ND, with the same information given for his wife Elizabeth Robinson Olmsted. They both transferred to Oakes, ND, on 5 Jan 1920.
BIOGRAPHY: S A Olmsted, Letter to the editor, an Ellendale, ND, newspaper, prob THE DICKEY COUNTY HERALD; ca 1918; ; ; in poss of Evelyn (Olmsted) Wigen, Medford, OR (Rick Crume's file #O 212); NOTE: S A Olmsted urges the establishment of a city park in Ellendale as a memorial to soldiers killed in WW I.
CENSUS: 1920 US Census, Oakes Dickey Co, ND; 1920; ED 87; p 2, line 56; (Rick Crume's file #O 236).
CEMETERY-BIRTH-DEATH: Red River Valley Genealogical Society, CEMETERIES OF NORTH DAKOTA: NORTH HALF, DICKEY COUNTY; 1846-1987; publ 1987, Vol 18; p 75; RRVGS Library, Fargo, ND (Rick Crume's file #M 113, M 216); NOTE: Oakes View Cemetery, Oakes, ND. Section 8. "Olmsted, Stephen A. Aug. 10, 1846 - Dec. 19, 1931."
RESIDENCES:
(1859-1877) South Worcester, Otsego Co, NY.
(1877-1882-) Victoria, Knox Co, IL.
( -1887) Near Houghton, Brown Co, SD.
(1887-1897) Victoria, Knox Co, IL.
(1897-1918) Lovell Twp (near Ludden), Dickey Co, ND.
(1918- ) Ellendale, Dickey Co, ND.
( -1931) Oakes, Dickey Co, ND.
(1931-1944) Rockwell Twp (near Borup), Norman Co, MN.BIRTH-MARRIAGE-RESIDENCES-CHURCH: Note written by Elizabeth Lucy (Robertson) Olmsted; 1859-1918; ; ; (Rick Crume's file #R 15); NOTE: "I, Elizabeth L. Robertson, was born in South Worcester, Otsego County, New York, Nov. 27, 1859. Lived there till I was married to Stephen A. Olmsted, of Victoria, Illinois on May 17, 1877. We went to Illinois and lived [there] til we came to North Dakota and settled on a farm southeast of Ludden in 1897. Sold the farm and moved to Ellendale in 1918 [for] one year when we moved to Oakes. Joined ME Church when young..."
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: Marion C Olmsted (1887-1978), REMINISCENCES OF M C OLMSTED; 1887-1973; typed manuscript, 1954, with addenda dtd Sep 1971, Sep 1975 and Nov 1973, and "Olmsted Family", dtd 31 Jan 1958; ; (Rick Crume's file #O 37, O 146).
CENSUS: 1860 US census, Worcester (PO East Worcester), Otsego Co, NY; 1860; ; p 34; reel 840 (Rick Crume's file #R 2).
CENSUS: 1865 NY State Census, Worcester, Otsego Co, NY; 1865; dwelling 78; family 81; Otsego Co Clerk, Cooperstown, NY (Rick Crume's file #R 36).
CENSUS: 1870 US Census, Worcester (PO South Worcester), Otsego Co, NY; 1870; ; p 613R; (Rick Crume's file #R 3).
CHRISTENING: Oneonta Chapter of the DAR, EARLY RECORDS OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCHES OF THE TOWN OF DAVENPORT, DELAWARE COUNTY, NEW YORK; 1869-1909; publ 1978; ; NY State Historical Assoc, Cooperstown, NY (Rick Crume's file #R 35); NOTE: Record of the Davenport and Fergusonville Methodist Episcopal Church, 1869-1893. Baptisms by W S Winans (adults unless specified otherwise). 1875 Apr 4, Libbie Robertson, S Worcester
CENSUS: 1880 US Census, Victoria, Knox Co, IL; 1880; ; p 378; (Rick Crume's file #O 3).
BIOGRAPHY: Interview with Frances Crume; 1893; conducted by Rick Crume, 4 Jul 1993, in Glyndon, MN; ; NOTE: Elizabeth (Robertson) Olmsted attended the World's Fair in Chicago in 1893 where the Ferris Wheel was invented; Rick Crume's file #R 298
CENSUS: 1900 US Census, Lovell Twp, Dickey Co, ND; 1900; ; p 3; National Archives, reel 1228 (Rick Crume's file #O 074).
CHURCH: Membership records; 1906-1907; Ludden [ND] Methodist Episcopal Church; ; Records in poss of Gladys Oliason, membership secy, Guelph United Methodist Church (Rick Crume's file #O 181); NOTE: S A Olmsted & Lizzy Olmsted were received by letter on 18 Feb 1906. Later Stephen Olmsted is listed as a trustee.
CENSUS: 1910 US Census, Lovell Twp, Dickey Co, ND; 1910; p 79R; dwelling 25, family 25; Reel 1141 (Rick Crume's file #O 94, M 94).
CHURCH: Membership records; 1910-1920; Trinity United Methodist Church, Ellendale, ND; ; Records viewed by the Rev. Gerald D Oliver, Pastor, Presbyterian-United Methodist Church, Ellendale, ND, 1989 (Rick Crume's file #O 181); NOTE: Stephen Armstrong Olmsted of Ellendale was received into full connection on 23 Feb 1910, by transfer from Ludden, ND, with the same information given for his wife Elizabeth Robinson Olmsted. They both transferred to Oakes, ND, on 5 Jan 1920.
CENSUS: 1920 US Census, Oakes Dickey Co, ND; 1920; ED 87; p 2, line 57; (Rick Crume's file #O 236).
OCCUPATION: She gave piano lessons.
OBITUARY: Obituary of Mrs S A Olmsted, NORMAN COUNTY HERALD, Ada, MN; 1859-1945; ; ; clipping in poss of Betty (Olmsted) Wigen, Kirkland, WA (Rick Crume's file #O 165).
CEMETERY-BIRTH: Red River Valley Genealogical Society, CEMETERIES OF NORTH DAKOTA: NORTH HALF, DICKEY COUNTY; 1846-1944; publ 1987, Vol 18; p 75; RRVGS Library, Fargo, ND (Rick Crume's file #M 113, M 216); NOTE: Oakes View Cemetery, Oakes, ND. Section 8. Olmsted, Elizabeth R. Nov. 27, 1859 - [no other date]
In June 2009, Frances (Morgan) Crume said that her grandmother Elizabeth (Robertson) Olmsted saw Tom Thumb at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893.