Edwards, Rev. Jonathan.  "An Illustrated History of Spokane County, State of
Washington."  San Francisco: W. H. Lever, 1900.  p. 467.
 
HON. E. D. OLMSTED, M. D.

     offices in Trader's block, rooms 400-1-2, is a man with an enviable
standing in his profession, in business circles, in politics, and as an honored
and esteemed member of society. He was born in Davenport, Delaware county, New
York, June 6, 1848, but when he was seven years old his family moved to the
vicinity of Galesburg, Illinois. In 1876 he entered the Missouri Homeopathic
Medical College, graduated two years later, opened an office in Plymouth,
Illinois, where he practiced until 1887. He then came to Spokane and has
succeeded in building up a large and desirable practice. In 1897 he was elected
mayor on the citizen's ticket, and he discharged the duties of that office in an
able and efficient manner for a term of two years.  He is now president of the
Chamber of Commerce, which position he has held since its organization, and of
the board of pension examiners through two administrations; president of the
board of trustees of State Normal School, president of the Spokane Industrial
Exposition and vice-president of the Golden Lion Little Four Consolidated Mining
Company and of the Conquest Mining Company. He is also interested in many other
mining enterprises. Socially he is a member of the Elks and is very prominent in
Masonry, having taken all of the  thirty-three degrees, and having been
commander-in-chief of the consistory for the past six terms. He is at present
worshipful master of Oriental Lodge, No. 74, and vice-president of the Pacific
Coast Masonic Veteran Association. He is an ardent admirer of William McKinley
and is honorary president of the McKinley club of the county. He is also a
member of the County Medical Society, ex-president of the State Homeopathic
Medical Society,and a member of the American Institute of Homeopathy. He was
married first in Victoria, Illinois, April 15, 1869, to Miss Ella Laing, native
of Illinois, by whom he has two daughters, Amy L., wife of Bert M. Taylor, a
farmer in Tecumseh, Nebraska; and Carrie E., wife of Frederick Taylor, a farmer
at Fairfield, Nebraska. He was married again at Plymouth, May 15, 1882, to Miss
E. L. Sutton, a native of Illinois.


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