Clinton County MI Archives Biographies.....Olin, David January 16, 1795 - August 30, 1860

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Author:  C. C. Olin 

     
	David Olin (sone of Caleb and Freelove Olin) was born January 16, 1795, in
Addison, Vermont.  He lived on the farm with his parents until they emigrated to
Canton, St. Lawrence county, New York.  He volunteered in the war of 1812 and
was in an engagement between the American and English forces that took place
between the towns of Kingston and Ogdensburg, New York.  After peace was
declared, and at the age of nineteen, he married Anna Edgbert, at Canton, New
York.  She died in 1830.  They had one child which died in infancy.  The same
year he was married to a widow, Sarah Young, who had seven children.  She had
previous to this marriage given the oldest one to Dr. Solomon Olin, who had no
children.  His name was John Young.  He lived with the doctor until he was of
age and received the advantages of a good school, and he improved his
opportunities to good advantage.  The girls, six in number, were brought up by
Mr. Olin and he gave them such advantages in the way of an education that they
became good and influential school teachers.  All of these six girls had great
respect for their stepfather, and lived him dearly for the advantages he had
given them.  In the spring of 1837 he moved West and made his home in DeWitt,
Michigan, where he lived until his death, August 8, 1860.  Mr. Olin was a kind
husband and indulgent to his family.  He was an enterprising citizen in the
community in which he had cast his lot, and was foremost in the establishment of
churches and schools and other enterprises which would benefit the community. 
Although the country was new when he arrived in DeWitt yet he took his share in
all public enterprises, and it was his life to see good society encouraged in
the neighborhood, and the Sabbath duly respected by all of the citizens.
     David Olin was one of the best of men.  Simple in his wants in this life,
good to the poor and needy, and in sickness he always gave a helping hand.  In
distress his sympathies were given for the benefit of those that most needed
them.  His wife, who had been the mother of his children, died July 14, 1862, at
DeWitt, Michigan.
     By his second marriage he had six children, three sons and three daughters.
 They all married and raised families with the exception of the oldest, John,
and he is still a bachelor at the age of sixty-two years.
     We visited the graves of Uncle David and his wife at DeWitt in 1891.  It
was a beautiful spot.  The cemetery was located on a gentle slope to the South.
 It had many grave stones and monuments to mark the spot where the dead were at
rest.  I tarried near uncle's grave for a few moments and said to myself: "In
1836, when I left Canton to come West, I bid my uncle good-bye, as he lived only
a short distance from my father's house."  Then I thought what changes had taken
place in the last fifty-five years, which was more than a half century of time.
 I left the cemetery grounds feeling that our dear uncle had been greatly
blessed in good deeds and kind acts performed by him in the place of his
adoption, and that he was certain of a rich reward for all these good deeds in
his simple way to those that he could call his friends and neighbors, whether in
sickness, in health or death.

Additional Comments:
from: A complete record of the John Olin Family by C. C. Olin published in 1893
by Baker-Randolph Co.

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