Background
Olmsted, John Bartow was born on January 28, 1854 in LeRoy, Genesee Company, New York, United States. Son of John R. and Elizabeth (Allen) O., Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1876.
Olmsted, John Bartow was born on January 28, 1854 in LeRoy, Genesee Company, New York, United States. Son of John R. and Elizabeth (Allen) O., Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1876.
Studied University of Heidelberg, 1879-1880.
Admitted to bar, January 1879. Attorney Buffalo Pitts Company, 1885-1908. Trustee of Buffalo Savings Bank, 1914-1917.
Ex-civil service commissioner of Buffalo.
Member of council University of Buffalo. Public service commissioner, 2d District State of New York, 1908-1913.
President Elmwood School. Trustee Buffalo Seminary Treasurer of Buffalo Civil Service Reform Association since 1884 (now vice president).
Was dean Saturn Club, 1898-1899 (now honorary member), president Liberal Club, 1900-1901, Harvard Association of Western New York, 1901, Buffalo Municipal League, 1908, and Peace and Arbitration Society of Buffalo.
A vice president Men's League for Woman Suffrage.
Clubs: Harvard (president 1917-1918), Saturn, Phi Beta Kappa (president 1914).
Married Clara A. Morgan, of LeRoy, New York, March 12, 1879 (died January 3, 1937). Children: John Morgan, Charles Mongan, Remington, Harold LeRoy, Allen Seymour, Seymour Hatch.