Ira Olds

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 1861; American Civil War (North) Co C 1st Regt. Vet Cavalry NY

Notes:

of Leicester,NY 1867

WYOMING COUNTY TIMES, September 15, 1909: Ira Olds, a Civil war veteran, aged 71 years, died at his home in Attica September 2, 1909. The deceased was born in Wethersfield, had lived in Gainesville and Perry, living the past fifteen years in Attica. He leaves his second wife to whom he married fourteen years ago; two brothers, Wilbur of Rock Glen and Fletcher of Hermitage. Rev. J. F. Lefflin officated at services. The remains were taken to Perry and interred beside his first wife, Celestra (1840-1892).

Ira married Celestia A. Sleight on 20 Nov 1867 in Allen's Hill, Ontario County, New York. Celestia (daughter of Elias Sleight and Catherine) was born in 1840 in Cayuga County, New York; died in 1892 in Perry, Wyoming County, New York; was buried in Hope Cemetery, Perry, Wyoming County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]