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was a clerk for his uncle, Matthew Newkirk, of Cincinnati, Ohio, when twelve years old; went to Newark, Ohio, in 1838; and, in 1843, to Slocum Hollow (then a hamlet of about 150 inhabitants), now the city of Scranton, with 50,000 people. There he has since been employed by the Lackawanna Iron Works, and its successor, the Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company, in their store department, for about twenty-nine years as chief clerk, and for three years as storekeeper.
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II. Mary Elizabeth Olmstead, b. at Pittsgrove, N. J., 22 Nov. 1824; married, 8 Oct. 1850, at her father's house in Tamaqua, Penn., by Rev. B. F. Bittinger, Presbyterian, to John Franklin Trenchard, a physician, son of John and Hannah Lawrence (Pierson) Trenchard, or Fairton, N. J., where he was born 8 Dec. 1820. He was graduated at Hanover College, South Hanover, Ind., in 1843, and at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Penn., in 1847; was appointed Port Physician of Philadelphia, by Gov. Curtin, in 1860, and held the office during two terms of three years each; and was living at 1037 Richmond Street, corner of Ball, Philadelphia, In Ap. 1875. She died of pulmonary consumption, 4 Nov. 1870, at 1037 Richmond Street, Philadelphia, and was buried at the "Old Stone Church," Fairfield, N. J. She was, for eighteen years. a member of the Presbyterian Church. "She was a woman of rare worth; of quiet and retiring habits; little known beyond the circle of her immediate friends; but of these there were many who, having witnessed her loving, friendly ways, her conscientious discharge of duty, and her self-sacrificing devotion to the comfort of others, held her in very high esteem."
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III. William Henry Olmstead, b. at Pittsgrove, N. J., 21 Feb. 1827; a master-mariner; unmarried; and was, in Ap. 1875, mate of the steamer Wilmington, running between New York and Havana, Cuba. He was engaged in whaling, for several years; and was afterward commander and part owner of a bark, which was lost on an island off the coast of Oregon, "where his strict discipline, and cheerful example, were the means of saving his crew from starvation, and of their final delivery." He then made several successful European voyages, and was again wrecked on the coast of Marocco.
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IV. ----- Olmstead, a son, b. at Pittsgrove, N. J., 27 Jan. 1829; died 3 Feb. 1829.
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V. Josiah Olmstead, b. at Pittsgrove, N. J., 7 Feb. 1830; died, 27 July 1832, at Pittsgrove, and was buried there.
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VI. Sarah Ann Olmstead, b. at Pittsgrove, N. J. 16 Feb. 1832; dwelt chiefly at Pittsgrove and Bridgeton, N. J., and for the last year of her life, with her brother-in-law, Dr. John Franklin Trenchard, at 1037
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