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     Martha Olds was born c 1864 at Massachusetts.¹ She was the daughter of William Henry Olds and Elizabeth Laura (?).¹

     Martha Olds was born in Sep 1912 at Nevada.¹ She was the daughter of Albert J. Olds and Sarah Elizabeth Thompson.¹
     In order to finish high school, Martha went to Hawthorne, Nevada, to live with her married sister, Jessie.²
     These news items helps identify the Meginness marriage:
"Edson Olds, Carpenter's mate second class, Seabees, who spent the past 13 months in the Aleutians, is visiting his sister, Mrs. Clarence Meginness."³
     "Saurday evening at 7 p. m. Mrs. Martha Meginness and Lynn Kimball were united in marriage by Bishop Vern Schoenfield of the Latter-day Saints Church at his home here.
"Attending the wedding were Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Buchanan and Pete Fordyce. The new Mrs. Kimball is the sister of Mrs. Buchanan and has resided here for the past several months.
"Mrs. Kimball is employed at Paradise Valley where the couple will make their home."⁴
     "Surprise Party For Mrs. Kimball
"Winnemucca -- A surprise party for Mrs. Lem Kimball in Paradise Valley was staged recently at her home by her mother, Mrs. Sarah Olds, sister, Mrs. Jessie Buchanan, and niece, Miss Jean Raker, who motored to the valley from Winnemucca for the occasion.
"Other relatives present to participate in the surprise and enjoy the dinner were Lem Kimball and her daughter, Janie McGinness."⁵

     Martha Olds was born on 13 Dec 1781 at Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts.^1,2 She was the daughter of Reuben Olds and Elisabeth (?).¹

     Martha A. Olds was born on 7 Mar 1844.¹ She was the daughter of Jonathan Olds and Frances Minerva Bush.¹ Martha A. Olds died on 26 Jan 1847 at age 2.^2,3

     Martha A. Olds was born c 1848 at Illinois.¹ She was the daughter of James S. Olds and Martha Franklin.¹

     Martha Ann Olds was born on 19 May 1846 at Franklin, Vermont.¹ She was the daughter of John Preston Olds and Mary Porter Burr.¹ Martha Ann Olds married Orrin M. Reynolds on 24 Oct 1865 at Swanton, Vermont.¹

     Martha Jane Olds was born on 1 Nov 1906.¹ She was the daughter of Fred A. Olds and Minnie L. Reed.¹

     Martha Kapp Olds married Harry M. Ennis.³ Martha Kapp Olds was born on 8 Feb 1894 at Newark, Essex County, New Jersey.^4,5 She was the daughter of David E. Olds and Anna Amelia Renninger.^1,2
     Martha Kapp Ennis and Harry M. Ennis appeared on the census of Apr 1940 at 178 ??? Street, Belleville, Essex County, New Jersey, as follows:
     267 Ennis, Harry, head, 49, 4 yrs high school, b. New Jersey, erector engineer in private industry
      , Martha, wife, 45, 4 yrs high school, b. New Jersey
      , Barbara, dau., 19, 4 yrs high school, b. New Jersey, insurance clerk
      , Harry Jr., son, 15, 8 yrs grade school, b. New Jersey
The family had lived in the same place on 1 April 1935.⁶

     Martha L. Olds was born on 28 Jan 1852.¹ She was the daughter of Amos Olds and S. Minerva Rice.¹ Martha L. Olds married William H. Mason on 23 Jun 1875 at Palmer, Massachusetts.^2,3

     Martha M. Olds was born on 14 Aug 1848 at Williamstown, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.^1,3 She was the daughter of Henry G. Olds and Harriet Cronk.^1,2 Martha M. Olds married Henry Partridge on 31 May 1868 at Cummington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.⁴ Martha M. Olds died on 9 Oct 1909 at Chesterfield, Massachusetts, at age 61.⁵ She was buried at Center Cemetery, Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.⁶

     Martha W. Olds was born c 1875 at California.¹ She was the daughter of James S. Olds and Martha Franklin.¹

     Martin Olds married (1) Lavilla J. Stoughton.² Martin Olds was born on 16 Mar 1818 at Otsego County, New York.^1,3,2 He was the son of George Olds and Mary Ann Kent.¹ Martin Olds married (2) Ellen J. Conger on 12 Mar 1854 at Yates, Orleans County, New York.⁴ Martin Olds died on 15 Jul 1870 at age 52.^1,2 He was buried at Daniel's Cemetery, Town of Ridgeway, Orleans County, New York.²
     Martin Olds appeared on the census of 30 Oct 1850 at Yates, Orleans County, New York, as follows:
     Martin Oles, 31, blacksmith, b. N. Y.
     Lavilla " , 31, b. N. Y.
     Edward " , 7, b. N. Y.
     Frances " , 1, b. N. Y.⁵

     Martin Olds was born on 30 Mar 1798 at Peru, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.^1,2 He was the son of Daniel Olds and Lois Stanley.¹ Martin Olds died on 7 Oct 1837 at age 39.³

     Martin Olds was born on 14 Mar 1798 at Dalton, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.^1,2 He was the son of Timothy Olds.¹ Martin Olds married Temperance Parker on 15 Nov 1823 at Huron County, Ohio.^3,4,5 Martin Olds died on 15 Nov 1872 at Lafayette, Yamhill County, Oregon, at age 74^2,6 and was buried at Masonic Cemetery, Lafayette, Yamhill County, Oregon.⁷
     "Martin Olds was an infant in arms when his parents moved from Dalton, Massachusetts, to Pompey, New York. He was about seventeen years of age when his parents moved from Pompey, New York, to Huron County, Ohio, and was about nineteen when they died. After their death he continued to live in Huron County for about three years but in 1820 moved over into Seneca County, which adjoins Huron County to the west. He lived there until about 1834, when he moved to Batavia, Branch County, Southern Michigan.
"He purchased a farm near there and later became President of the Bank at Batavia. He was a member of the Michigan State Legislature in 1843-4; and was Town Clerk of Batavia in 1845-6.⁸
     Some more biographical information is provided in this sketch:
"His father [i. e. father of James H. Olds], Martin was born in Boston, Mass., in 1799, and lived until 1877; while his paternal grandfather, Timothy, here follows a section about Timothy Olds
"Martin Olds followed farming during his entire active life, and wherever he lived took an active interest in politics. In his youth he had limited educational chances, but he learned much from observation and life-long investigation and was always accounted a well informed and progressive man. He was one of the very early settlers of Branch county, Mich., where he attained to great prominence, not only serving as the first county judge, but being elected to the state legislature of 1843-44. Mr. Olds crossed the plains in 1851, and located on a donation claim of three hundred and twenty acres at the head of the Chehalem waters, where he lived until i860. He then took up a claim three miles west of Middleton, in Washington county, where his last days were spent. As in Michigan, his special fitness for office was soon recognized, and after filling several offices with extreme credit he was made county judge of Yamliill county. From 1854 until 1858 he was a member of the constitutional convention of Oregon, and he was postmaster of Lafayette for many years. In his youth he married Temperance Parker, whose grandfather, Green Parker, was a Free Will Baptist preacher, and who settled on a farm in New York state near where his granddaughter was born in 1809. She died in North Yamhill, Yamhill county, in 1889. Of the children born of this union we make the following mention : Green is a farmer in Goldendale, Ore; George died in Washington county in 1862; Martin is in Michigan; James H. is next in order; Nancy H. Jacobs lives in McMinnville; and Mrs. Sarah Cook also lives in McMinnville."⁹
Martin Olds appeared on the census of 1830 at Adams, Seneca County, Ohio, as follows:
     3 males under 5, 1 male 5-10, 1 male 30-45, 1 female 20 - 30.¹⁰
     "Martin Olds, was the next settler [in Batavia Township, Branch County, after his brother Abel Olds in 1834], and, as he was one of the most prominent of the early pioneers, we have selected his experience as a type of the experiences of the pioneers, and relate it somewhat in detail.¹¹ He was a native of the old "Bay State," being born in the township of Bolton[sic], in Berkshire Co., Mass., and lived emphatically a pioneer life, taking an active and somewhat prominent part in the settling up of the country in four different States. His boyhood was spent in the town of Pompey, Onondaga Co., N. Y., and he then came with his father's family to Huron Co., Ohio, and after the death of his parents located in Seneca County in that State. From that place he emigrated to Michigan, and later crossed the great plains of the West, and became a citizen of the (now) State of Oregon. While living in Ohio he was married, and at the time of their removal here, the family consisted of father, mother, and five sons¹², the eldest a lad of eleven years. Having decided to leave Ohio for Michigan, preparations were made accordingly. A "Pennsylvania" wagon was procured and loaded with the household goods, a canvas covering being stretched above them to protect them from sun and storm; two yokes of oxen to draw the load, and two cows to assist in furnishing provisions for the pioneers, were got in readiness, and about the middle of May the little cavalcade moved slowly out of the town of Thompson on its way to the West. The journey was uneventful. The season was quite dry, and the roads as a consequence were unusually good. Even the much-dreaded Maumee Swamp was passed with very little trouble. About three weeks were consumed in the journey, and they arrived at their destination on the 7th of June. They found no bridges across any of the streams until they reached the Coldwater River, and there (at Masonville) they found a bridge had been completed the day before their arrival. They reached the top of an elevation a short distance west of the river just as the summer's sun was sinking below the western horizon. In front of them, at the foot of the hill, was a tamarack swamp, and the thick vapors of evening were already rising in a cloud from the marsh. On this the sun cast its ruddy beams, giving it the form and color of sulphurous flame and smoke, which rolled and seethed among the trees as the light breezes tossed it hither and thither in gentle play. Mrs. Olds, who was very tired from the long journey, and not exceedingly well pleased with the country, looked upon this lurid picture, and finally said, " I have often heard of 'Tophet,' but I never expected to see it before." They descended the hill, and an hour later, in the twilight of the long summer evening, drew up at the door of Allen's tavern (at Wallace's stand), and halted for the night. And here, too, they remained until about the last of June or the first of July; Mr. Olds, in the mean time, being engaged in selecting and entering his land, and in building a house for the family residence. The land he selected was 160 acres on the openings on sections 13 and 14. He entered the west half of the southwest quarter of section 13 and the east half of the southeast quarter of section 14. When he went to the land-office at Bronson (now Kalamazoo), he had three locations in view, the one most pleasing to his taste being the Lockwood place in the northwest part of the town of Ovid, but he found that two of the pieces he had selected had already been entered, and he had to take 'Hobson's choice,' 'this or none.' The house he built was a slab shanty, which was to give them shelter while the work of preparing ground and planting and sowing was going on. A little piece of ground was prepared, and some corn, potatoes, and a little garden-sauce planted. Then the work of preparing for fall-sowing began. The land being on the burr-oak openings, the work of fitting it for crops was comparatively slight, and before seeding-time came, fifteen acres were ready for sowing. But there was no seed to be had nearer than at Pigeon Prairie (now White Pigeon), and Mr. Olds prepared to go there for some. His family was also nearly out of flour, and he must get some at the mills at that place. So, hitching up his ox-team, he started off, expecting to be absent three days. But when he arrived at his destination he found that the wheat had not yet been threshed, and he was obliged to assist in the performance of that operation. It was done in the Scriptural fashion. A piece of ground was leveled and the surface pounded smooth with heavy mauls. Then the wheat was strewed upon this floor, and the oxen driven round and round upon it until their continued tread had separated the wheat from the stalk. It was then winnowed in the wind by tossing in a basket, and finally put into bags for transportation. On account of this extra and unexpected labor the three days had lengthened into six before Mr. Olds appeared at his cabin with fifteen bushels of seed-wheat and a welcome supply of flour. The wheat was sown at the rate of one bushel to the acre, and the crop, when it came to be harvested the next summer, yielded an average of tliirty bushels to the acre. After the wheat was committcd to the care of mother earth, the next business was to put up a log house for the use of the family. The slab shanty answered very well for a pioneer summer residence, but the storms of autumn and winter would inevitably find every crack and crevice, and render it an uncomfortable habitation. So a log house of comfortable dimensions was put up a few rods east of the southwest corner of section 13, and the family moved in. No other settlers are known to have come in until the next spring."¹³
Martin Olds appeared on the census of 1840 at Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan, as follows:
     1 male 5-9, 2 m. 10-14, 2 m. 15-19, 1 m. 40-49, 1 female under 5, 1 f. 5-9, 1 f. 10-14, 1 f. 30-39
[The Aaron Olds family is listed next.].¹⁴
          "MARTIN OLDS, of Batavia, who was selected as the candidate for representative, is a plain, practical farmer -- a man of respectable talents and integrity. He has long been a resident of the county, and enjoys the esteem and confidence of the people to an eminent degree. His undeviating course and firm attachment to republican principles, has endeared him to the democracy of the county. At the last election, when a portion of the democratic party, forgetful of their long cherished principles, and dissatisfied with the nominations of the convention, refused to acquiesce in the will of the majority, and lent all their influence to the support of the whig ticket, Judge OLDS, like a true democrat, surrendered his personal predelictions, & by his unwearied exertions succeeded in rescuing our county from the embrace of whigery. His popularity may be inferred from the fact that on the first informal ballot he received nearly the entire vote of the convention."¹⁵
     "[T]he grandfather [of Clarence L. Olds], Martin Olds, was a native of Berkshire county, Massachusetts. He became a resident of Branch county in 1834, locating in Batavia township. He entered land from the government on sections twenty-three and twenty-four, and was one of the pioneer settlers of the county, few having taken up their abode in this part of the state at the time he established his home in the midst of the forest here. He aided in reclaiming a wild district for the purposes of civilization and was one of the valued pioneer settlers who assisted in laying strong and deep the foundation for the present development and progress of the county. He was president of the first bank of Branch county, which was a state bank established in the village of Branch, then the county seat. He was also judge of probate and he was representative for Michigan territory in the national congress. In fact his fitness for leadership made him one of the most prominent men of Michigan in early days, and he left the impress of his individuality upon the public life and did much toward molding public thought and action. His early political allegiance was given to the Democratic party, but later he became a stanch Republican and continued to support the men and measures upholding the principles of that organization until his death. He belonged to the Universalist church and passed away at the age of seventy-three years. He had carved his name deeply upon the records of the state and is remembered as one of the honored pioneer settlers of Branch county."¹⁶
Martin Olds appeared on the census of 10 Sep 1850 at Batavia, Branch County, Michigan, as follows:

     A Michigan Biography reports: "Martin Olds, Representative from Branch county in 1843, was born in Bolton [sic], Mass., resided in New York and Ohio, and settled as a farmer in Batavia, Mich., in 1838, and was first supervisor and held the office seven years, also other local offices. He was judge of probate eight years, and president of the company that started the first paper in Branch county. Removed to Oregon in 1851, where he was postmaster, probate judge, and delegate to the constitutional convention. Died in 1873."¹⁸
          On 29 Sep 1851, from "25 miles from Oregon City," Martin Olds wrote back to his family, reporting on the trip west.
"Dear Children: We have arrived in Oregon, and I am now writing at the house of my Brother. He lives 25 miles above Oregon City, has a good claim of 640 acres of land, and improvements to procure all his family needs. We are all in good health at this time, and have been since we left home, except James. He had the mountain fever two weeks. Our journey was a long and tedious one, but we got through with our horses all alive, yet very poor. The range here is good and they will pick up soon." He gave a description of the trip and added: "The Indians did not trouble us, but we had to keep guard all the way from Kanesville. There was but little sickness among the emigrants this season, and all those who in advance of the flood, arrived in Oregon from the 8th to the 18th of August and they had good grass for their stock all the way through. Those who had to wait for the flood to pass away, got over the mountains from the 18th to the 24th of September with their stock very poor. The Snake Indians committed some depredations on the emigrants, stealing horses and cattle, and killing five men and woman. The trains that the Indians attacked were careless in their management, and those that kept together and took good care, escaped without loss." ... "We are too late to get a good claim in this part of the valley, but hope that we shall be able to get one on the upper part of the Willamette valley. There are plenty of timbered land claims, but I prefer opening or prairie, and I think that I shall go to the upper end of the valley next week to see the country.
     "My Brother has lived in Oregon seven years and has never cut any fodder for his cattle or horses, and they are the fattest that I ever saw. In Michigan the stall fed cattle will not equal those fatted here on grass. The country is healthy, and there is not one person sick here for forty in Michigan, and one day's work will buy as much as two will in Michigan."
On 8 Nov 1851, he wrote from Lafayette, Yam Hill Co., Oregon. "Dear Children: I will now attempt to give you a sketch of things as I view them. We are all well. The boys are at work. George gets $1,00 per day by the month, and James is getting $2,00 per day by the day." ... "The lands where I am are all claimed, except the 2nd and 3rd rate: but I think you will have no difficulty in getting a tolerable claim next fall, if you can get here early. The climate is very even; never very hot or very cold. ..." This letter included a long description of how to prepare for the journey.¹⁹
     "In 1851 Martin Olds and his son James Hiram Olds, and a nephew, George W. Olds, came out to Oregon. Finding the country very much to his liking, Martin Olds arranged for his wife and other members of his family to join him in Oregon the following year. He took up a homestead near Middleton, Oregon, about 18 miles southwest of Portland, but later purchased a farm in the Chehalem Valley, near Lafayette, where he resided thereafter.
"Martin Olds was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention which met at Salem during the period Aug. 17, 1857, to Sept. 18, 1857, for the purpose of drafting a constitution for the State of Oregon, such constitution being adopted at a Special Election on Nov. 9, 1857. He received the second highest number of votes for President of the Constitutional Convention. He was the first County Judge of Yamill County and served as a member of the Oregon State Legislature."²⁰
     His claim for Donation Lands in Oegon provides the folowing information: Martin Olds of Yamhill County was born in Berkshire County, Massachusetts in 1799, arrived in Oregon on 25 Sep 1851 and settled his claim on 24 Nov 1852. He married Temperance on 15 Nov 1823 in Huron County, Ohio. On 2 Feb 1864 James H. Olds signed Oath of Allegiance as purchaser of claim. James W. Cook, Eli Perkins, Felix G. Dorris, James Johnson and Abijah S. (or L.) Hendrix signed affidavits. James W. Cook is reported as "MA for 1830". The MA means he gave an affidavit that he had known them as husband and wife since the day of marriage. [So why the 1830?]²¹
     Martin Olds was one of 60 delegates to the convention that drafted the Oregon Constitution in 1857. He had been in Oregon for sixr years at that time. Most of the delegates were Democrats but Martin was an "Anti-Democrat".
"Alienated from the Democratic Party machine, Olds was a ‘free state” delegate to the constitutional convention representing Yamhill County. He was an opposition candidate for president of the convention garnering fifteen votes. Olds served as a member of the Committee on Suffrage and Elections. During the early debates he stated “he did not come here as a party man but to make a constitution for the people”, and he called upon the members 'to let no party faction bear them down, but to get up a good constitution.' At the conclusion of the convention Olds voted against final adoption of the constitution and did not sign the document."²²
Martin Olds appeared on the census of 13 Jun 1860 at Lafayette Precinct, Yamhill County, Oregon, as follows:

Martin Olds appeared on the census of 1870 at Ceda Creek Precinct, P. O. Forest Grove, Washington County, Oregon, as follows:

[This Mary may have been daughter of a deceased son, George D. Olds.].²⁴

     Martin Olds was born on 25 Apr 1865 at Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of William Henry Olds and Elizabeth Laura (?).¹

     Martin P. Olds was born on 14 Nov 1827 at Seneca County, Ohio.¹ He was the son of Martin Olds and Temperance Parker.¹ Martin P. Olds married Caroline B. Sprague, daughter of Isaac Sprague and Sabrina Lyon, on 13 Nov 1850 at Coldwater, Michigan.^2,3 Martin P. Olds died on 6 Jun 1903 at Batavia Township, Branch County, Michigan, at age 75⁴ and was buried on 9 Jun 1903 at Oak Grove Cemetery, Branch County, Michigan.⁴
     "In the southwest corner of section 24 [Bethel Township, Branch County, Michigan], Abel Olds settled in 1834. His brother, Martin Olds, one of the most prominent of the early settlers, came in June of that year."⁵
     "His father [of Clarence L. Olds], Martin P. Olds, was a native of Seneca county, Ohio, born November 14, 1827..."
"Martin P. Olds, the father of Clarence L. Olds, was about seven years of age when he came with his parents to Michigan. He was educated in the common schools of Batavia township and in his youth assisted in the development of the home farm, while the experiences and conditions of pioneer life became very familiar to him. He was married on the 13th of November, 1850, to Miss Caroline B. Sprague, a daughter of Isaac and Sabrina (Lyon) Sprague, the former a native of Rhode Island and the latter of Saratoga
[p. 690]"county, New York, where they were married in February, 1826. They lived for a time in Troy, New York, and there the father was connected with mechanical pursuits. Mrs. Olds, their eldest child, was born in Troy, November 27, 1827 and went with her parents on their removal to Penfield, Monroe county, New York, whence they came to Branch county in 1836, settling in Coldwater. Not long afterward they took up their abode on a farm in Batavia township and resided there for some time, after which they returned to Coldwater, where their remaining days were passed."²
Martin P. Olds appeared on the census of 9 Jul 1860 at Batavia, Branch County, Michigan, as follows:
     Martin P. Olds, 32, farmer, b. Ohio
     Caroline B. , 22, b. New York
     Clarance L. , 6, b. Mich.⁶
Martin P. Olds appeared on the census of 6 Aug 1870 at Batavia, Branch County, Michigan, as follows:
     Olds, Martin P., 42, farmer, b. Ohio
      , Caroline B., 42, keeping house, b. N. Y.
      , Clarance L., 15, at home, b. Michigan.⁷
Martin P. Olds appeared on the census of 18 Jun 1880 at Batavia, Branch County, Michigan, as follows:
     Olds, Martin P., 52, farmer, b. Ohio, father b. Mass., mother b. R. I.
      , Caroline, 52, wife, keeping house, b. N. Y., father b. N. Y., mother b. R. Il
      , Clarence, 27, son, farmer, b. Mich., father b. Ohio, mother b. N. Y
      , Alma, 27, daughter-in-law, assistant house keeper, b. Ohio, father b. Ohio, mother b. N. Y.
      , Mortimer, 4, grandson, b. Mich., father b. Mich., mother b. Ohio.⁸
Martin P. Olds appeared on the census of 19 Jun 1900 at Batavia Township, Branch County, Michigan, as follows:
     Olds,Martin P., head, b. Nov. 1827, 72, marr. 47 years, b. Ohio, father b. Mass., mother b. Ohio, farmer
      , Caroline, wife, b. Nov. 1827, 72, marr. 47 years, 1 child, 1 living, b. N. Y., parents b. N. Y.⁹

     Marvin L. Olds was born in Jul 1860.¹ He was the son of Albert Manley Olds and Charlotte Taylor. Marvin L. Olds died on 22 Sep 1861 at age 1² and was buried at Rowley Cemetery, Webberville, Ingham County, Michigan.³

     Mary Olds was born on 3 Jul 1793.^1,2 She was the daughter of Ezra Olds and Mary Thompson.¹ Mary Olds married Henry Foust in 1812.³ Mary Olds died in 1878³ and was buried at Oxford Cemetery, Oxford Township, Delaware County, Ohio.³

     Mary Olds was born on 28 Jan 1801 at Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts.¹ She was the daughter of Joseph Old and Bethia Marsh.¹

     Mary Olds was born in Apr 1794.¹ She was the daughter of Benjamin Olds and Lois Baldwin.¹ Mary Olds married Emory Strong in Mar 1818.^1,2 Mary Olds died on 11 May 1829 at age 35.¹
     She was the mother of triplets and lived at Strongville, Ohio.³

     Mary Olds was the daughter of Ira Mather Olds and Roxanna Whitney.¹ Mary Olds married Franklin Smith.¹

     Mary Olds was the daughter of Alva Olds and Mary Crampton.¹

     Mary Olds was born on 4 Nov 1804 at Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts.¹ She was the daughter of Ezekiel Olds and Lydia Stevens.¹ Mary Olds married (1) Carleton Guy Branch.¹ Mary Olds married (2) John D. Chandler at Auburn, New York.¹
     "She was b. in Brookfield, Mass., 4 Nov 1804, dau. of Ezekiel Olds, of Auburn, N. Y., by his wife Lydia Stearns, of Brookfield. She had previously m. Carleton Guy Branch, of Scipio, N. Y., and had by him Mary Branch, who m. Alva Sprague, of Duquoin, Ill."²
Mary Olds appeared on the census of 9 Nov 1850 at District 37, Whiteside County, Illinois, as follows:

Mary Olds appeared on the census of 30 Jul 1860 at Albany, Whiteside County, Illinois, as follows:

     Mary Olds was born on 27 Jun 1821 at Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts.^1,2 She was the daughter of Joshua Olds and Betsy Abbott.¹

     Mary Olds was born c 1834 at Ohio.¹ She was the daughter of Ezra Olds and Theda Washburn.¹

     Mary Olds was born on 5 Apr 1847.¹ She was the daughter of Elisha Olds and Abigail W. Flint.¹ Mary Olds died on 15 Aug 1847.¹
     Her obituary states: DIED: "On the 15th inst, MARY, daughter of Mr. Elisha Olds, aged 4 months and 10 days."²

     Mary Olds was born on 10 Dec 1836.¹ She was the daughter of Edson Baldwin Olds and Anna Maria Carolus.¹ Mary Olds married George Hunter Smith on 7 Mar 1860.¹ Mary Olds died on 16 Sep 1904 at age 67.¹

     Mary Olds was born on 6 Mar 1822.² She was the daughter of Aaron Olds and Melinda Taylor.¹ Mary Olds married Bryon W. Nichols in 1846.^3,4 Mary Olds died in May 1866 at age 44.²

     Mary Olds married George Grandville.² Mary Olds was born c 1839 at New York.³ She was the daughter of John Bissell Olds and Hannah Brown.¹
     "MARY OLDS, B- , Mar. George Grandville, lived Benton Harbor, Mich., Berrien Co."⁴
     Possibly she was the Mary M. Granville buried in the Morton Hilll Cemetery, Benton Harbor, Michigan.⁵

     Mary Olds married (?) De Vogt.¹ Mary Olds was born in 1860.¹ She was the daughter of Levi T. Olds and Mary Elliott.¹
     She "lives at Detroit, Mich."¹