| |  OLCOTT:
See also
Willie
Olcott Burr —
Olcott
C. Chamberlain —
Olcott
Hawthorne Deming —
Olcott
D. Smith |
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Olcott, Alexander —
of Steuben
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County 2nd District, 1864-65.
Burial
location unknown.
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Olcott, Austin —
of Killingly, Windham
County, Conn.
Member of Connecticut
state senate at-large, 1822-25.
Burial
location unknown.
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| | Olcott, B.
W. See Ben Wilson Olcott |
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Olcott, Ben Wilson
(1872-1952) —
also known as Ben W. Olcott; B. W. Olcott —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ore.; Redlands, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born in Keithsburg, Mercer
County, Ill., October
15, 1872.
Son of Hiram Wallace Olcott and Mary Jane (Wilson) Olcott.
Republican. Miner; secretary of
state of Oregon, 1911-20; appointed 1911; resigned 1920; Governor of
Oregon, 1919-23; president, American Savings Bank, Long
Beach, 1923.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., July 21,
1952 (age 79 years, 280
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mount
Crest Abbey Mausoleum, Salem, Ore.
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Olcott, Franklin —
of New York.
U.S. Consul in Jerusalem, 1861-63.
Burial
location unknown.
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Olcott, Frederic P. —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
New York
state comptroller, 1877-79.
Burial
location unknown.
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Olcott, Frederick P. —
of Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Jersey, 1900.
Burial
location unknown.
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| | Olcott, J. Van
Vechten See Jacob Van Vechten
Olcott |
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Olcott, Jacob Van Vechten
(1856-1940) —
also known as J. Van Vechten Olcott —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 17,
1856.
Son of John N. Olcott and Euphemia Helen (Knox) Olcott.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1905-11; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1912.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Alpha
Delta Phi; Union
League.
Died June 1,
1940 (age 84 years, 15
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Olcott, Otis W. —
of Patriot, Switzerland
County, Ind.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana,
1904.
Burial
location unknown.
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Olcott, Peter (1733-1808) —
of Norwich, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Bolton, Tolland
County, Conn., April 25,
1733.
Member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1778, 1801; justice of
Vermont state supreme court, 1782-85; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1790-94.
Died in Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H., September
12, 1808 (age 75 years, 140
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Olcott, Simeon
(1735-1815) —
of Charlestown, Sullivan
County, N.H.
Born in Bolton, Tolland
County, Conn., October
1, 1735.
Member of New
Hampshire state senate from Cheshire County, 1784-85; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1790-95; chief
justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1795-1802; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1801-05.
Died in Charlestown, Sullivan
County, N.H., February
22, 1815 (age 79 years, 144
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Charlestown, N.H.
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Olcott, Simeon —
Justice
of Vermont state supreme court, 1781-82.
Burial
location unknown.
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| | Olcott, Van
Vechten See Jacob Van Vechten
Olcott |
| |
Olcott, William Morrow Knox (b.
1862) —
also known as William M. K. Olcott —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
27, 1862.
Son of John N. Olcott and Euphemia Helen (Knox) Olcott.
Republican. Lawyer; New
York County District Attorney, 1896-98; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1904;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 18th District, 1915;
vice-president and director, Lawyers Engineering
and Surveying Co.; director, Mary Powell Steamboat
Co.; director, Everard Brewing Co.
Burial
location unknown.
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