History of Saratoga County New York United States of America

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John Wesley Olmstead Biographical Sketch

John Wesley Olmstead, clergyman and editor, was born in Saratoga county, N.Y., Nov. 13, 1816; son of Joshua and Salome (Arnold) Olmstead; grandson of Lemuel and Silence (Weed) Olmsted, and a descendant of Richard Olmsted, settler of Hartford, Conn., and of Thomas Arnold of Providence, R.I. After receiving an ordinary school training, his parents, who were Methodists, intended that he should enter that ministry, but he joined the Baptist church in Schuylerville, N.Y., in 1836, and attended Johnstown academy, 1836-37. He was pastor of the Baptist church in Little Falls, N.Y., 1837-41, and of the Baptist church in Chelsea, Mass., 1841-46; and was editor of the Christian Reflector, Boston, Mass., 1846-48. When that paper was consolidated with the Watchman in 1848, he retired, owing to ill health. He established and conducted The Watch Tower in New York city, 1878-81, and in the latter year returned to Boston, Mass., where he continued as editor-in-chief of the Watchman until his death. He was one of the executive committee of the Missionary union. He received the honorary degree A.M. from Yale in 1854, and D.D. from Rochester university in 1863. He died in Manchester, Mass., Aug. 31, 1891.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

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