Olmstead, James Munson, D.D.
Olmstead, James Munson, D.D.
an American Presbyterian divine of note, was born at Stillwater, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1794; was educated at Union College, class of 1819; then studied at the Princeton Theological Seminary, class of 1822; was licensed to preach immediately after graduation, and performed missionary work until 1825, when he was ordained pastor of the churches at Landisburg and Centre; subsequently became pastor at Middle Tuscarora, Flemington, N. J., and Snow Hill, Md. He died at Philadelphia Oct. 16, 1870. Besides Sermons and Essays, he published Thoughts and Counsels-for-the Impenitent (1846): Our First Mother (1852): and Noah and his Times (1853).