Edwin Harrison Olmstead

1914 - 2004  (90 years)

• Name	Edwin Harrison Olmstead
  Born	10 Jul 1914	Mount Morris, Livingston County, New York
  Gender	Male
  FamilySearch ID	LVY4-76G
  	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LVY4-76G
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	188275692
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188275692
  Group	Halls of Groton - DNA Family 019
  	Descendants of Christopher Hall of Groton, Massachusetts
  Died	15 Sep 2004	Newville, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
  Buried	Aft 15 Sep 2004	Second Presbyterian Church Memorial Garden, Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
  Person ID	I20554	New England Hall Families Master Tree
  Last Modified	24 Aug 2021

  
  

  Family	Ruth Marie Yates,   b. 12 Nov 1914, Lee, Berkshire County, Massachusetts ,   d. 9 Oct 1990, Sewickley, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania  (Age 75 years)
  Married	Bef 1947
  Last Modified	24 Aug 2021
  Family ID	F9711	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 10 Jul 1914 - Mount Morris, Livingston County, New York Died - 15 Sep 2004 - Newville, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Buried - Aft 15 Sep 2004 - Second Presbyterian Church Memorial Garden, Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  From FindaGrave: Mr. Olmstead received a degree in physics from Allegheny College in 1935 and two degrees in mechanical engineering from MIT in 1937. He retired in 1972 as president of the former Eaton Dikeman Co. in Mt. Holly Springs. He also had a second career as a military historian with special expertise in Civil War ordnance pieces, about which he co-authored two books titled, "Field Artillery Weapons of the Civil War" in 1983 and "The Big Guns" in 1997. For more information, see: Edwin Harrison Olmstead https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/LVY4-76G