Background
Olin, William Milo was born on September 18, 1845 in Warrenton, Georgia, United States. Son of William Milo and Mary Augusta (Bowen) Olin.
Olin, William Milo was born on September 18, 1845 in Warrenton, Georgia, United States. Son of William Milo and Mary Augusta (Bowen) Olin.
Education common schools Worcester and Grafton, Massachusetts, and high school, Leicester, Massachusetts.
Private 36th Massachusetts Volumes, 1862-1865. Reporter and editor Boston Daily Advertiser, 1865-1879. Private and military secretary to governments Talbot and Long, 1879-1882.
Private secretary to Collector Worthington, 1882-1885, to the United States Senator Dawes, 1885-1890, to Collector Beard, 1890.
Adjunct general, G.A.R., 1882, inspector general, 1896, senior v.-commander-in-chief, 1903. Lieutenant colonel and assistant adjutant general, 1st Brigade, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, 1882-1889.
Married Lizzie Wadsworth Read, November 3, 1869.