Dexter Olds

1805 - Bef 1878

• Name	Dexter Olds
  Born	01 Nov 1805	Peru, Berkshire Co, Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Bef 1878
  Notes	More from 150 YEARS IN THE HILLS AND DALES. Vol 1 The peace of the settlement was interrupted by the Black Hawk uprising and everey one responded. When Major Benaiah Jones received the call from General Brown at 4 o'clock in the afternoon of May 23, 1832, to call out his batallion and march to the defence of Chicago, it took him only until 10 O'clock the following morning muster his three companies. One from Hillsdale County and two from Branch Counties. There was about thirty men eligable to fight in Hillsdale County. Of those going were Major Benaiah Jones, commanding, Ambrose Nicholson, his nephew, Staff officer, Edmund Jones, Quartermaster, James Olds Captain of the 2 nd Company and Dexter Olds, his brother a Corporal When the troops reached Niles, they found that Black Hawk had been captured and the war was at an end. The Indians in Hillsdale County remained friendly but were ordered to go to a Kansas Reservation. They resisted but were forced by soldiers to leave. Pg 218 About 1835 Benaiah and his eldest son. Croesus, decided to go to Texas. They ran out of money on the lower Mississippi and he started building boats at $ 100,00 each and living in the brush. Then in a letter dated 10 January 1835 he wrote about running the rivers. He eventually had two 60 foot boats which were towed up the river and then came down loaded. In Louisiana he built a large home and several buildings for a Mr. Bemen Texas was still in the war with Mexico and was not now a part of the United States but he decided to go there anyway. While there he became a spiritualist and was very devoted. In 1854 he wrote that he was looking for Leonidas and family to return and wished that Claudius would come so he could show him the good life. The feeling between the North and the South became more intense Many issues brought feeling to a white heat. Benaiah Jones's sympathy was with the North and he let everone know. Regardless of veiled threats from his neighbors he never failed to express his convictions. Not even when his life was menaced did he falter his path. In 1863 he was captured by a posse of his political foes . An outspoken partisan to the last, he was hanged by them for his union sentiments, sacrificing himself for his country's cause as truly as though he had died on the battlefield. Dexter Olds a land patent for 40 acres in Hillsdale County, Michigan dated 15 September 1835. He received another land patent for 80 acres in Hillsdale County, Michigan dated 20 October 1835. These parcels were adjacent. In 1854 he was still living in Hillsdale Co. Additional source: OLDS, Dexter Birth Date: 1805 Birth Place: Massachusetts, Michigan Volume: 127 Page Number: 310 Reference: Olds (Old, Ould) fam. In England and America. By Edson Baldwin Olds, [et al.] Washington, DC, 1915. (359p.): 278
  Person ID	I9849	Bryant
  Last Modified	20 Mar 2004

  
  

  Family ID

  F456

  Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Charity Campbell,   b. 25 Apr 1802, probably, Walden, Orange Co, New York ,   d. Abt 1887, probably, Pierport, Manistee Co, Michigan
  Married	20 Jun 1856	Benton Twp, Berrien Co, Michigan
  Family ID	F256	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 01 Nov 1805 - Peru, Berkshire Co, Massachusetts Married - 20 Jun 1856 - Benton Twp, Berrien Co, Michigan  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S60] MASS, Vital Rec., Peru. [S346] Olds Family, Olds, Edson Baldwin, (Olds, Washington, 1915), p. 277.