David Olin    

DAVID OLIN was another of the upbuilders of Girard, one of its first and most prominent merchants. He was the proprietor for many years of a general store in the city, carrying on business in a large business block which he erected. He was born in Otsego, New York, February 11, 1814, and after obtaining a common-school education he entered upon his career as a merchant, and that was his occupation until his busy and useful life was ended in death on the 4th of May, 1876. He was always active in church affairs, first as a Presbyterian and later as a member of the Methodist denomination, he having helped very materially in the erection of the church building in Girard. His political affiliations were with the Democratic party.

On the 25th of December, 1844, Mr. Olin was married to Polly M. Hutchinson, but she only survived her marriage a few years, dying on the 15th of June 1847, and in 1849, on the 17th of September, he married her sister, Eliza Hutchinson who was born February 28, 1828. This union was without issue. Mrs. Olin is one of the oldest living residents of Girard, a woman of a keen, intellectual mind, and loved and honored wherever known, and further than this she is the daughter and widow of two of the most honored early residents of Erie county.

A twentieth century history of Erie County, Pennsylvania : a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests, Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1909, page 480. More Erie County History Books   Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!   Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com.