Olmsted (Olmstead) History

An incredible wealth of information of Pat's ancestry. First let's take a quick look at Pat's 
1938 Beaver Pa. High School Senior Class Will where she leaves...

Going back centuries this free e-book from Cornell University offers precise detailing of the Olmstead (Olmsted) journey to America spanning over 300 years.

http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924029843244

The book looks best in this format:

http://ia600502.us.archive.org//load_djvu_applet.php?file=13/items/cu31924029843244/cu31924029843244.djvu

Below is a link showing just how well the book works. It details the son's of George Olmstead, an 8th generation family member researched. Before clicking the link we know...

Chloe Doud marries George Olmstead (born 10 Nov 1797²³) in Warren, Trumbull Co., OH on, 22 Aug 1822²⁴. They had 8 children:²⁵

Lydia Mary (went by Mary) (Allison) b. 1823, m. Alexander Allison, Jr. on 10 Mar 1842²⁶

Esther (Everett) 11 Jun 1827 - 18 Jul 1852 m. Elias Everett on 19 Nov 1846²⁷

George Orson b. c.1830 m. Rachel Jane Sprott on 17 Mar 1853

Stephen b. c.1832 m. Eleanor C. Young on 14 Nov 1855

Jesse Doud b. 9 Apr 1833 m. Leanna Bemiss on 12 Apr 1857

Olive (Wise) b. 25 Apr 1836 m. T. Jefferson Wise of Ada, OH on 25 Aug 1852

Emeline (Rich) b. 24 Jan 1838 m. (1) Andrew Jackson Rich on 23 Nov 1856 m. (2)

A. J. Rich of Glendale, MI

James 1843 - 1864 Died in the Civil War in Knoxville, TN

The book verifies the boys on page 162. George, Stephen, & Jesse :
In the last paragraph we see there's even a Cassius Clay Olmsted!http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924029843244#page/n273/mode/1up