BIOGRAPHIES: George H. Olds, Caledonia Township, Trempealeau Co., WI

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George H. Olds, pioneer, was born in Chenango County, New York, Jan. 8, 1834, 
son of William and Marietta (Jackson) Olds.  William Olds was born in 
Hillsdale, N. Y., March 1, 1799, and in that state grew to manhood and was 
married.  In 1853 he came to Wisconsin and located at Caledonia Township, 
where he purchased 40 acres of land from William Cram.  Later he secured a 
homestead from the government, and from time to time added more land until 
he owned in all some 520 acres.  His wife died in Caledonia Township.  He 
died at Rice Lake, Wis., when more than 98 years old.  George H. Olds came 
west with his parents and remained with them several years.  In 1857, with 
his brother, James D. -- who had come west in 1851, located in Chippewa Falls, 
Wis., and there remained until  joining the family in 1853 -- he opened a 
mercantile establishment in Caledonia.  In 1861 he served for a short time in 
the Civil War, being discharged on account of ill health.  He moved to Pigeon 
Creek in 1863 and in 1874 came to Whitehall and secured the first lot sold in 
the townsite.  The same year he was made postmaster, a position he held until 
May, 1889, when he retired.  He died Sept. 13, 1905.  Mr. Olds was married in 
Pigeon Township, June 26, 1864, to Nancy J. Oliver, their only child being 
Hattie M., who was born March 27, 1869, and was married Sept. 5, 1889, to 
Joseph B. Beach, now deceased.

--Transcribed from the "History of Trempealeau County Wisconsin, 1917," 
page 295