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     Cotesworth Pinckney Olds was born on 22 Sep 1820.^1,2 He was the son of Asaph Olds and Anna Hale.¹ Cotesworth Pinckney Olds married Acshah Helen Carpenter on 25 Nov 1847 at Savoy, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.³
     "NOTICE. I hereby certify that I have this day given my son, Cotesworth P. Olds, his time, and shall claim none of his earnings, nor pay any of his debts after this date. ASAPH OLDS. Warren, March 4, 1841. Attest. Francis Carruth."⁴
Cotesworth Pinckney Olds and Acshah Helen Olds appeared on the census of 22 Aug 1850 at Warren, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as follows:

Cotesworth Pinckney Olds and Acshah Helen Olds appeared on the census of 10 Jun 1870 at Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, as follows:

     Courtney Lee Olds was born on 15 Dec 1983 at Peterburg, Indiana.¹ She was the daughter of Grant Olds.¹

     Cozetta M. Olds was born in 1888 at Kansas.^1,2,3 She was the daughter of Alexander Hamilton Olds and Sarah C. Layton.¹ Cozetta M. Olds married Frank O. Spence on 14 Mar 1909 at Junction City, Geary County, Kansas.^4,5 Cozetta M. Olds died in 1983⁶ and was buried at Hillcrest Cemetery, Gravette, Benton County, Arkansas.⁶
     Cozetta M. Spence and Frank O. Spence appeared on the census of 20 Apr 1910 at 123 W. 11th Street, Junction City, Geary County, Kansas, as follows:
     139/144 Spence, Edith, head, 37, widow, 2 children, 2 living, b. New York, parents b. New York
      , Frank, son, 21, married once, 1 year, b. Kansas, father b. Virginia, mother b. New York, miller in flour mill
      , Cozetta, dau-in-law, 21, married once, 1 year, 0 children, b. Kansas, parents b. New York.⁷
Cozetta M. Spence and Frank O. Spence appeared on the census of 3 Jan 1920 at 347 N.7th Street, Salina, Saline County, Kansas, as follows:
     79/96 Spence, Frank, head, 31, b. Kansas, father b. Kansas, mother b. New York, 2d miller at flour mill
      , Cozetta, wife, 31, b. Kansas, father b. New Jersey, mother b. New York
      , Lawrence, son, 9, b. Kansas, parents b. Kansas
      , Josephine, dau., 7, b. Kansas, parents b. Kansas.⁸
Cozetta M. Spence and Frank O. Spence appeared on the census of 10 Apr 1930 at Salina, Saline County, Kansas, as follows:
     379/393 Spence, Frank, head, 41, 1st marr at 20, b. Kansas, father b. Kansas, mother b. New York, Superintendant in mill
      , Cozetta, wife, 41, 1st marr at 20, b. Kansas, father b. New York, mother b. New Jersey, manager of rabbit and chicken farm
      , Josephine, dau., 17, b. Kansas, parents b. Kansas
      , Lawrence (absent), son, 19, b. Kansas, parents b. Kansas.⁹
Cozetta M. Spence and Frank O. Spence appeared on the census of Apr 1940 at 215 W. 12th Street, Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas, as follows:
     318 Spence, Frank O., head, 51, 8 yrs of school, b. Kansas, superintendent in flour mill
      , Cozetta M., wife, 51, 7 yrs of school, b. Kansas
They had lived in rural Oklahoma (not on a farm) on 1 April 1935. Cozetta provided the information.¹⁰

     Cozetta Nebraska Olds was born on 28 Oct 1871 at Carleton, Nebraska.^2,1,3 She was the daughter of David Osmun Olds and Matilda E. Patton.² Cozetta Nebraska Olds married Francis Elwyn Brownson on 29 Apr 1888 at Colby, Thomas County, Kansas.¹ Cozetta Nebraska Olds died on 22 May 1952 at Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, at age 80³ and was buried at Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska.⁴
     Cozetta Nebraska Olds was also recorded as Sarah P. Olds.²
     WARNING: I have NO DATA on Sarah P. Olds after her listing in the 1880 census with her parents. I do have some data indicating that there should be a daughter named Cozy who was born at about the same time as Sarah. I will list here information found on Cozy. Perhaps they are the same person.
     The obituaries both David and Matilda, her parents, indicate they had a child named named Mrs. Goza [sic] Brownson of Lincoln, Nebraska or Mrs. Cozie Brownson of Nebraska.
Cozetta Nebraska Brownson and Francis Elwyn Brownson appeared on the census of 12 Jun 1900 at 2114 Howard Street, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, as follows:
     354/356 Brownson, Frank F., b. Oct. 1861, 38, marr. 12 years, b. N. Y., parents b. N. Y., carpenter
      , Cozaetta[sic], wife, b. Oct. 1871, 28, marr. 12 years, 3 children, 3 living, b. Neb., father b. Vt, mother b. Ohio
      , Georgia M., dau., b. Dec. 1899, 10, b. Neb., father b. N. Y., mother b. Neb., at school
      , Elwyn J., son, b. Oct. 1892, 7, b. Neb., father b. N. Y., mother b. Neb., at school
      , Warren D., son., b. Mar. 1897, 3, b. Neb., father b. N. Y., mother b. Neb.⁵
Cozetta Nebraska Brownson and Francis Elwyn Brownson appeared on the census of 19 Apr 1910 at 2109 S. 16th Street, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, as follows:
     161/163 Brownson, Frank E., head, 49, marr. once, 21 yrs., b N. Y., parents b. N. Y., house carpenter
      , Cozetta, wife, 39, marr. once, 21 yrs., 4 children, 4 living, b. Neb., father b. Vt, mother b. Va.
      , Georgia, dau., 20, single, b. Neb., father b. N. Y., mother b. Neb., Dept. Store fore lady
      , Elwin, son, 20[sic], single, b. Neb., father b. N. Y., mother b. Neb., no occupation
      , Warren, son, 12, single, b. Neb., father b. N. Y., mother b. Neb.
      , Frances, son, 4, single, b. Neb., father b. N. Y., mother b. Neb.
      Roush, Bessie, lodger, 20, single, b. Neb., parents b. "un'", seamstress in own home.⁶
Cozetta Nebraska Brownson and Francis Elwyn Brownson appeared on the census of 3 Jan 1920 at 2113 Howard or 16th St., Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, as follows:
     95/97 Brownson, Frank E., head, 59, b. N. Y., parents b. Vt., general carpenter
      , Cozetta, wife, 49, b. Neb., father b. Vt., mother b. Va.
      , Georgia, dau., 30, single, b. Neb., father b. Vt., mother b. Neb., stenographer in electrical shop
      , Frank, son, 13, single, b. Neb., father b. Vt., mother b. Neb.⁷
Cozetta Nebraska Brownson and Francis Elwyn Brownson appeared on the census of 4 Apr 1930 at 2200 S. Sizteenth Street, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, as follows:
     79/81 Brownson, Frank E., head, 68, married, 1st marr. at 26, b. N. Y., father b. N. Y., mother b. Vt., building contractor
      , Cozetta, wife, 59, married, 1st marr. at 17, b. Neb., father b. Vt., mother b. W. Va.
      Allen, Georgia, dau., 40, married, 1st marr. at 34, b. Neb., father b. N. Y., mother b. Neb.
      , Jesse R., son-in-law, 36, 1st marr. at 31, b. Neb., father b. Neb., mother b. Iowa, automobile mechanic.⁸

     Curtis Olds was born in 1831 at New York.¹ He was the son of Philander Olds and Sally McMillan.² Curtis Olds died c 1850.³

     Curtis Lyon Olds was born on 18 Jun 1810 at Belchertown, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.^1,2 He was the son of Jonathan Olds and Lucy Wood. Curtis Lyon Olds married Emily Wright in 1838 at Ware, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.¹ Curtis Lyon Olds died on 15 Oct 1878 at age 68.³
     Curtis Lyon Olds and Emily Olds appeared on the census of Nov 1850 at Lamoille Township, Bureau County, Illinois, as follows:
     211/231 Curtis L. Olds, 39, farmer, b. Mass.
      Emily Olds, 30, b. Mass.
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      Julian Olds, female, 8, b. Mass., attended school with the year
      Jonathan Olds, 4, b. Mass.⁴
Curtis Lyon Olds appeared on the census of 3 Jul 1855 at Lamoille, Bureau County, Illinois, as follows:
     Curtis Olds 3 males under 10, 1 male 30-40, 1 female 10-20, 1 female 20-30.⁵
Curtis Lyon Olds and Emily Olds appeared on the census of 10 Jul 1860 at Lamoille Township, Bureau County, Illinois, as follows:
     1875/1874 Curtis J. Olds, 50, male, farm laborer, b. Mass.
      Emily ", 40, f.⁶ "
Curtis Lyon Olds appeared on the census of 3 Jul 1865 at Lamoille Township, Bureau County, Illinois, as follows: Curtis Olds, 1 male 10 and under, 1 male and 1 female age 40-50 [??].⁷
Curtis Lyon Olds and Emily Olds appeared on the census of 10 Jun 1870 at Lamoille, Bureau County, Illinois, as follows:
     100/101 Olds, Curtis, 60, farm laborer, b. Mass.
      , Emily, 50, keeping house, b. Mass.⁸
     His obituary states:
     "We forgot last week to mention the death of Curtis Olds, whose death occurred on the 15th inst. He died of disease of the heart, after great suffering, which he endured with great fortitude."³

     Cynthia Olds was born on 18 Jun 1798 at Southwick, Hampden County, Massachusetts.¹ She was the daughter of Moses Olds and Silence Loomis.¹ Cynthia Olds died on 3 Apr 1872 at Portage, New York, at age 73.¹

     Cynthia Olds was born on 17 Mar 1784.^1,2 She was the daughter of Samuel Olds and Persis Rice.¹

     Cynthia Olds was born on 26 Aug 1803 at Marlboro, Vermont.^1,2 She was the daughter of Thaddeus Olds and Helena Mather.¹ Cynthia Olds married Timothy Laribee on 26 Aug 1821 at Marlborough, Vermont.^3,4 Cynthia Olds died on 26 Jun 1835 at Guilford, Vermont, at age 31.⁵ She died on 20 Jan 1886 at age 82.⁶
     Cynthia Laribee and Timothy Laribee appeared on the census of 23 Sep 1850 at Halifax, Windham County, Vermont, as follows:
     Timothy Laraby, 52, farmer, b. Vt
     Cynthia, 47, b. VT
     Martha, 22
     Cynthia, 19
     Timothy, 17
     Ira, 15
     Lucy, 9
     John Whitney, 9, pauper.⁷

     Cynthia Olds was born on 1 Oct 1805 at Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts.^1,2 She was the daughter of Jonathan Olds and Ruth Richmond.¹

     Cynthia Olds was born on 20 Jan 1813 at Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts.^1,2 She was the daughter of Solomon Francis Olds and Thankful Rice.¹ Cynthia Olds died on 22 May 1816 at Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, at age 3.^1,3

     Cynthia Olds was born c 1820.² She was the daughter of Solomon Francis Olds and Relief Drury.^1,2 Cynthia Olds married Peres Morton Hathaway on 18 Apr 1847 at Warren, Massachusetts.³
     Cynthia Hathaway and Peres Morton Hathaway appeared on the census of 17 Aug 1850 at Warren, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as follows:
     Perez Hathaway, 33, shoemaker, b. Mass.
     Cynthia , 30, b. Mass.
[Later census records also give no indication that there were any children of this couple.]⁴

     Cynthia Olds was born on 30 Jul 1829 at Conneaut, Ashtabula County, Ohio.¹ She was the daughter of Ezekiel Olds and Betsey Pitney.¹ Cynthia Olds married William Brooke Chapman on 14 Oct 1847 at Ashtabula County, Ohio.^1,2
     Cynthia Chapman and William Brooke Chapman appeared on the census of 21 Jul 1850 at Conneaut, Ashabula County, Ohio, as follows:
William B. Chapman, 23, carpenter, b. O.
Cynthia , 20, b. O.
Sarah , 1, b. O.³
     "Cynthia, ninth child of Ezekiel Olds and his first wife. Betsey (Pitney) Olds, was born in Conneaut, Ashtabula county, Ohio, July 30, 1829. She was educated in the public schools of her native town, finishing at Conneaut Academy. She now resides in Bradford, Pennsylvania, a widow, greatly loved and admired by her many friends. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church; Ladies' Auxiliary of the Grand Army of the Republic; the Women's Relief Corps; the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Union Veteran Legion, and Willard Union of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, the latter a work in which she has long been interested. She has resided in Bradford since 1877 and after forty-eight years of married life was left a widow in 1895.
"She married, October 14, 1847, William Brooke Chapman..."⁴ "Ruth and Cynthia are the only living children of Ezekiel and Betsey [1915]."¹

     Cynthia Olds died young.¹ She was born on 12 Mar 1811.¹ She was the daughter of Ezekiel Olds and Betsey Pitney.¹

     Cynthia Diana Olds was born on 20 Jun 1815 at Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts.^3,4 She was the daughter of Jonathan Olds and Ruth Richmond.³ Cynthia Diana Olds married Josiah Tooley on 24 Apr 1848 at Washington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.^3,2

     Cynthia Jean Olds was born on 26 Dec 1947.² She was the daughter of Charles Bryant Olds and June Mills.¹ Cynthia Jean Olds died on 6 Jun 2007 at Alpharetta, Fulton County, Georgia, at age 59. Charles Olds called John Olds in Springfield on 6 June 2007 to report that Cynthia had died that day in Alpharetta, Georgia. She died while being treated for cancer. No service was announced.^3,4
     Classmates.com shows Cynthia Olds-Lanahan as a 1962 graduate of S. E. Gross Elementary school in Brookfield, Illinois and in the class of 1966 at Wauwatosa East High School in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. She is also listed as of Lowell, Arkansas in the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, "Class of 1977". In 1970, Cynthia graduated from Arizona University at Tuscon and was in the top 25 of her class. In the fall of 1973, she entered the college of law at Arizona State in Tempe.² In April 1977, she passed the Arizona bar exam and became a full-fledged attorney.⁵
     In 1980, Cynthia became executive director of the International Foundation for the Promotion of Homeopathy.⁶ As such, she appears in some 1981-82 notes made and later updated by a Julian Winston, on an information gathering tour of homeopathy related individuals in the US, who says:
"INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR HOMOEOPATHY
Fairfax, California
"An afternoon with Cynthia Lanahan, and a discussion of all the issues talked about in Part II.
"The IFH eventually became the "mouthpiece" for George Vithoulkas in the USA and moved to Seattle, WA. It shut its doors in 1998."⁷
     "Cynthia is leavng Washing[ton] D. C. in Jan. for a new job in California."⁸
     Here are some quotes from the uniquely designed wedding announcement card:
""Date-time-in a two bracelet ceremony ceremony the couple was wed in a no frills flight of fancy. Vows were exchanged knee-deep in the Chesapeake Bay, while the minister, awash in the fomemnting sea, cited the liturgy. The bride, a member of the Arizona Bar (hic!), and the groom, who is researching a text on geodetic geometry (yawn!) will reside in Elizabeth, N. J. (ugh!) --- excerpt from the American Dream"
"Demographers tell us this might be the shortest lived phenomenon since the discovery of the Lambda particle. However, this merger enjoys the benefits of most conglomerates: tax advantages. reduced insurance rates, slush funds when available, and problems of State such as defense contracts to secure peace from matrimonial battles and diplomacy rivalling the New York shuttle. --some politico somewhere"
"Ed [Editor??] Exact States: Date: August 31, 1977,Time: 11 P. M., Place: Empty beach onthe outer channel, Township of Ewell, Smith Island, Chesapeake Bay, Md; Latitude 38^o North; Lingitude: 76^o 2' West; Conditions: Radiant full-moon, clean air night, Attendees: none; Reception: A 'carefully selected' Gallo wine served at the minister's home; Wedding Night: on board the Yacht "Meander".
There is an accompanying picture of the couple.⁹
     This ad for a lawyer was located by Google in June, 2009, and is listed as being updated 26 Oct. 1999.
Cynthia J. Olds-Lanahan
212 Franklin Way
Lowell, AR 72745-8717.
     In 2000, Cynthia was living in Arkansas and was consulting with a D. C. medical group.¹⁰

     Cynthia Lucinda Olds was the daughter of Alexander Olds and Lovicy Prouty.¹

     Cyrus Olds was born on 10 May 1803 at Palmer, Massachusetts.^1,2 He was the son of Enoch Olds and Eunice Hatch.¹ Cyrus Olds married Keziah Dodge at Troy, New York.^3,4
     Cyrus Olds appeared on the census of 1840 at Ward 1, Troy, Rennsleaer County, New York, as follows:
2 males 30 - 40, 2 females under 5, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 30-40.⁵
Cyrus Olds appeared on the census of 25 Sep 1850 at Upton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as follows:
Cyrus Olds, 47, Bootmaker, b. Mass.
Keziah Olds, 46, b. New Hampshire
Carolina Olds, 15, b. New York
Adelaide Olds, 13, b. New York
Charlotte Olds, 11, b. New York.⁶

     D. Jay Olds was born in 1857 near Lafayette, Oregon.^2,3 He was the son of Ruel Reed Olds and Elmina Perkins.¹ D. Jay Olds married Nora E. Wall on 12 Jun 1881 at Yamhill County, Oregon.⁴
     "In 1890 he was living at South Bend, Washington; was appointed Postmaster there in August, 1898. The obituary of his sister, Elzina Olds Stewart, indicates that at the time of her death on Aug. 9, 1925, he was living in Oakland, California. No further information presently available."⁵
D. Jay Olds appeared on the census of 1 Jun 1900 at South Bend Precinct, Pacific County, Washington, as follows:
     Olds, Jay D., head, b. Feb. 1860, 40, marr. 19 yrs, b. Oregon, father b. N. Y., mother b. Ind., Port Master
      , Nora, wife, b. July 1861, 38, marr. 19 yrs, 4 chn, 4 living, father b. Ireland, mother b. W. Va.
      , Jetta, dau., b. Feb. 1882, 18, single, b. Ore., parents b. Ore., assistant port master
      , Horace, son, b. Dec. 1883, 16, single, b. Ore., parents b. Ore., at school
      , Eva, dau., b. Feb. 1887, b. Ore., parents b. Ore., at school
      , Kathleen, dau., b. Nov. 1895, 4, b. Wash., parent b. Oregon.⁶ In a 1905 publication, he was described as living in South Bend, Washington.¹
D. Jay Olds appeared on the census of 17 Apr 1930 at Orinda town, Contra Costa County, California, as follows:
     Olds, D. Jay, head, 73, 1st marr. at 25, b. Ore., father b. N. Y, mother b. Ind.
      , Nora E., wife, 62, 1st marr. 19, b. Ore., father b. Ireland (Free State), mother b. KY.⁷

     Daisy A. Olds was born on 28 Aug 1875 at Highgate, Vermont.¹ She was the daughter of Barnard Lorenzo Olds and Lizzie A. Cross.¹

     Dale L. Olds was the son of Peter Eugene Olds.¹

     Damaris Olds was born on 14 Feb 1754 at Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts.^2,3,4,5 She was the daughter of William Old and Damaris Gilbert.¹ Damaris Olds married Simeon Rockwood on 11 Jul 1771 at Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts.⁶

     Damaris Olds was born on 29 Apr 1782 at Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts.¹ She was the daughter of William Olds and Abigail Hewes.¹ Marriage banns for her and William Hastings were published on 3 Mar 1805 at Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts.² Damaris Olds married William Hastings on 3 Mar 1805.³ Damaris Olds died in 1863.⁴

     Dana E. Olds was born on 2 May 1894.¹ He was the son of Walter Ruben Olds and Roseltha Birch.¹

     Dana Elisha Olds was born on 25 Apr 1853 at East Mill Creek, Pennsylvania.² He was the son of Elisha Olds and Mary Ann Deming.¹ Dana Elisha Olds married Cora Isabella Edwards on 9 Oct 1881 at Dunnings, Pennsylvania.² Dana Elisha Olds died on 14 Feb 1885 at Geneva, New York, at age 31.²
     "[H]e was a pump manufacturer, doing business in Geneva and vicinity at the time of his death."²

     Daniel Olds was baptized on 25 Mar 1744 at Woodbury, Connecticut.^2,3 He was the son of Caleb Olds and Sarah Sanford.¹ Daniel Olds married Abigail Granger on 11 Apr 1768.^4,5 Daniel Olds died on 14 Sep 1806 at age 62.¹
     Daniel Olds appeared on the census of 1800 at Otsego, Otsego County, New York, as follows:
     Danl "Oles", 1 male 16-26, 1 male 45 and over, 1 female 45 and over. This family is listed just after that of Caled "Oles".⁶

     Daniel Olds was born on 16 Nov 1784 at Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of Joseph Old and Bethia Marsh.¹ Daniel Olds died on 9 Jan 1855 at age 70.²
     I have found an 1806 death notice that conflicts with the death date given by E. B. Olds and may well apply to another Daniel Olds. DIED: "At sea, Mr. Daniel olds, aged 21, son of Mr. Joseph Olds, of Brookfield."³

     Daniel Olds was born in 1785.^2,3 He was the son of Enoch Olds and Martha Wright.¹ Marriage banns for him and Sally Olds were published on 27 Nov 1813 at Belchertown, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.^4,5 Daniel Olds married Sally Thornton on 16 Dec 1813.⁶ Daniel Olds died on 9 Jan 1855.^7,8 He was buried at Liberty Cemetery, Belchertown, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.⁹
     Daniel Olds appeared on the census of 1850 at Ludlow, Hampden County, Massachusetts, as follows: Daniel Olds, age 66, in the family of David and Marcia Paine.¹⁰

     Daniel Olds was born on 5 Apr 1759 at Ashford, Windham County, Connecticut.^2,3 He was the son of James Ould and Sarah Kingsley.¹ Daniel Olds married Lois Stanley on 15 Sep 1780.^4,3 Daniel Olds was buried at Sunset View Cemetery, Jonesville, Hillsdale County, Michigan.⁵ He died on 16 Sep 1836 at Scipio, Hillsdale County, Michigan, at age 77.^6,7
     On 27 Sep 1832, Daniel Olds, age 73 and infirm, of Lenawe County, Michigan Territory, appeared before Benaniah Jones, Jr., Justice of the Peace, and made an affadavit for his pension application under the Act of 7 June 1832. His pension file contains a very detailed record of his Revolutionary War service.
"On the first of June 1776 I enlisted as a soldier for one year in a Regiment raised by the State of Connecticut. ... I returned home to my native place in Ashford Con., on the first of June 1777. I enlisted again into a company commanded by Capt. John Keyes of Ashford ... ". It was during this time he served with "John Olds a brother of mine". Later, he served as a sergeant -- "Capt. Squire Hills a neighbor to my father told me that if I would list and were called out I should do the duty of a Sergeant
"I was born according to the record of my age at Ashford, Windham Co., Connecticut on the 5th day of April 1759. In the year 1780 I mooved[sic] to Berkshire Massachusetts In the year 1812 I remooved[sic] to Painesville, Geauga County, Ohio where I lived untill In the year 1831 I remooved to Jonesville Linawe County Michigan Territory and that by reason of infirmity and Bodily health I am not able to go before the Court of Record of Lenawe Co. Territory aforesaid to make the necessary affadavit Pursuant to the Requisition of the Law Prescribed"
For proof of his birth, he cited a transcript of a manuscript of his father. He was living in Ashford, Connecticut, when he went into service.
His pension was entered on the roll of Michigan Territory, to commence 4 March 1831 at the rate of $80 for 16 months service as a sergeant and $26.66 for 8 months service as a private. It was first paid on 25 Sep 1833 to include $266.65 in arrears and a semi-annual payment of $53.33.
Included in the file is a Family Record (page 677) from a Bible titled "Marriages" and recording only "Daniel Olds Married to Lois Stanly Ashford Con., Jun 15th 1780." The day and year have been written over, perhaps to make them clearer. In March 1845, Benjamin C. Simmons, clerk of Ashford, Connecticut, certified that Ashford had no record of the marriage of Daniel Olds and Lois Stanley. On 15 May 1845, Lois Olds of Hillsdale County, Michigan, widow of Daniel Olds, late of said county, and Israel D. Morly presented the record and certified it to be from the family Bible of said Daniel Olds, now in the possession of Lois Olds, and in the handwriting of James Olds, son of Daniel and Lois. Lois Olds of Jonesville, Hillsdale County, Michigan, age 83, on 8 Sep 1845 applied under the 7 July 1838 Pension Act (also cited as 4 July 1836) as widow of Daniel Olds, deceased, former resident of Jonesville. They had married on 15 June 1780, and he had died 16 Sep 1836 in Scipio Township, Hillsdale County. She also applied for increased pensions under various later Acts and Joint Resolutions. In her application of 20 November 1849, she stated that she was 87 years old.
On 24 March 1855, Lois Jones of Jonesville, daughter of Lois Olds, deceased, who was the widow of Daniel, a pensioner under the Act of 1832, appointed C. W. Bennett to represent the heirs in pension matters. Lois Olds had died 7 Sep 1854 and the only surviving children were Daniel Olds, Dexter Olds, Kingsley Olds, Jeremy Olds and Lois Jones.³

     Daniel Olds was born on 5 Jun 1785 at Peru, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.^1,2 He was the son of Daniel Olds and Lois Stanley.¹ Daniel Olds married Lois Burchard on 11 Dec 1806 at Dalton, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.¹ Daniel Olds died on 13 May 1874 at age 88³ and was buried at Olema Cemetery, Olema, Marin County, California.⁴
     He was living in Mentor, Geauga County, Ohio in 1813 and San Rafael, Marin County, California in 1871. He was a soldier of the War of 1812.¹
Daniel Olds appeared on the census of 9 Oct 1850 at Division 10, Berrien County, Michigan, as follows:
     Daniel Olds, 64, farmer, b. Mass.
     Lois " , 64, b. Mass.
     Lois Harrison, 29, b. Ohio.⁵
Daniel Olds appeared on the census of Jun 1860 at Bolinas Township, Marin County, California, as follows:
     Daniel Olds, 75, farmer, b. Mass.
     Lowis " , 75, female, b. Mass.
     Sylvester Davis, 27, laborer, b. N. H.
     Mary C., " , 20, housekeeper, b. N. H.
     Burton Shippey, 21, male laborer, b. N. Y.
     Martha Powel, 45, b. Ohio
[This listing is on two consecutive pages but, on Ancestry.com, they are not displayed consecutively (Aug. 2010). On the microfilm, consecutive families are headed by: Daniel Olds, 75, b. Mass; James Wynans, 50, b. Ohio; Daniel Olds, 47, b. Ohio; John Garrison, 50, b. N. Y; N. H. Olds, 36, b. Ohio.].⁶
     Daniel Olds was a charter member of his Masonic Lodge in Marin County. "In accordance with previous announcement, the corner-stone of the Court House was laid on Saturday, August 3, 1872, under the auspices of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of California, W. M. Chas. Stevens, Acting Grand Master, assisted by the officers and members of Marin Lodge, No. 191, and by the Board of Supervisors of Marin county, Messrs. Chas. A. Parsons, Thomas J. Abies and William L. Barnard. The attendance on the occasion was very large, our county being well represented by citizens from the interior.

"At two o'clock the procession commenced to form on B street, in front of the Masonic Hall, headed by the San Rafael Brass Band, and marched through the principal streets to the Court House. One of the features of the procession was the presence of Daniel Olds, Sr., Grand Bible Bearer, the oldest Mason on the Pacific coast, having been a member of the Order for a space of sixty-seven years, and now aged eighty-eight years. Arriving at the Court House, after music by the band, followed a prayer by the Grand Chaplain and the chant by the Masonic Choir."⁷