Asa Wilmoth Olin
Born: 1 Jan 1818 Canton, St Lawrence, NY
Died: 16 Jan 1864 Camp Relief, Washington DC

Asa was the son of Deacon Joseph Mitchel Olin and his line was >Ensign Caleb Olin> Henry Olin> John Olin I.

Asa died serving as a Private in the Union Army in the Civil War. Recently I was teaching a class on using military records to discover biographical data about ancestors and I used Asa as my test case for my students.

With technical assistance from Ruth Ellis, I have finally marked off a 16-year-old action item. (I'm sure the fact that I had a 16-year-old action item says a lot about me, but no comments are needed. I already know. On a more positive note, I am proud to say that I persisted in completing this task.)

As you may know, the first real OLIN Family Historian was a man named George Sheldon NYE.  George was a member of the Ezra OLIN Tribe (John>John>John>Ezra OLIN, SR.) and that was his primary focus.  George published his family history in 1892.  It was the first known published book about the history of a branch of our clan.  He was aware of Grandmother’s Bible and quoted from it in his book.  In the book he wrote:

Also Now Known as "The John>John & Susan (PIERCE) OLIN Bible and The OLIN Family Society Bible".

Part II: How We Came Into Possession
by Jeffrey Olin

I got the inquiry about the Bible that Mike mentioned, in early-August 2016. She did not have photos to share of the book, but her description matched the photo’s. Mike Fisch had sent me more than a year before.