The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-10-02
THE OLIN REUNION
SIXTH ANNUAL GATHERING
The Excursion OF Seventy-IWO oars
COlIisIOn En-rOute-vIslt to Shafts
bury Homestead Yesterday - Re
union Exercises TO-day.l

OOlIisIOn En-rOuto-vIsIt to Shafts
bury Homestead Yesterday - Re
union Exercises TO-day.l
The interest attached to this memora-
bic gathering has increased daily, as
stated in another place to-day, and much
anxiety was felt after the telegram of
Wednesday afternoon until it was ascer-
tanned that in the collision near Kent,
Ohio, none of the Olins were injured,
they being safely housed at the time in
the sleeping coaches, and these were not
wrecked. However, the large number of
Ohio members of the Reunion Society,
who were to have follows Wednesday,
cancelled their contracts for cars after
the accident and remained at home.
Such of the Ohio party as had already
then joined the Michigan delegation came
through and the New Workers also are
herein all ffty-one as follows: George
S. Nye and wife of GalesbuIg, Mich.
Mr.. Nye is the historian of the whole re-
union. The Michigan party are w. W.
DIN and wife, D. l. Russell and wife,
Arvin Olin and wife, the
first gentleman being chairman and
the other two, members, constituting the
Michigan Executive Committee. The
Others are: Frank Il. DIN, wife and son,
Lucas Stratton and wife, Asa Stratton,
Joseph B. Stratton and wife, and Mrs.
Doane, seventeen in all. E. Z. Galusha
formerly of SALISBURY, accompanied
this delegation. From Ohio are: L. A.
DIN and wife, c. r. Doolittle and wife,
S. W. Bent and wife, the three gentle
men being of the Executive Committee,
the first named being chairman. The
balance of the delegation are: Arvin
DIN and wife, Ezra DIN, Jr., and wife,
N. E. DIN, wife and son, Elmira B. DIN,
J. n. Stratton, wife and daughter, S. II.
Greene and wife, Elon DIN, E. Case and
wife, Mrs. Almira Bradley, Mrs. Post
and nephew, twenty-six all told. C. c.
Olin from Wisconsin. From New York
State Albert Wood, w. D. Van Der
werken, NJ. H. Olin, Albert E. DIN, Paris
Bolton and wife, Warren Bolton and
wife, eight in all. The Chairman of the
Executive Committee is NJ. H. DIN, and
the members are A. E. DIN and Paris
Bolton.
This party Of fifty-one arrived during
the forenoon of yesterday eighteen hours
late on account Of the accident.
Yesterday afternoon New York, Lake
Erie and Western car was attached to
the Adirondack Limited and the whole
company were carried to SALISBURY and
left within a short distance of the DIN
homestead. This gave them nearly
three hours to visit the place Occu-
pied by the ancestor of this branch of
the family, Ezra DIN, senior, and who,
with his fourteen children left for the
then Far West sixty-seven years ago.
| OF these fourteen two survive, brother
and sister. The former Ezra DIN, Jr.,
now in his ninetieth year, and the latter,
Mrs. Almira Bolton, born in 1915, were
present and walked from the railroad to
the site of the house, long since gone
to decay. There is nothing remaining
that is familiar. The cellar is visible,
the well was found in a corn field, and
few trees of the old orchard are still
standing. Artist Watson accompanied
the family and took a photograph of the
Olins grouped around the old cellar, and
seuusA deS autographs Of the whole
eobsp@k With w Green Mountains as
background. The Editor of the BAN
NER, who accompanied these distin-
guished people, was adopted by them
inasmuch as they insisted that he form
a part of one of these groups.
1t had been the intention to visit the
old cemetery at Center SALISBURY, but
for want of time two ladies only of the
party did so. 1t is proposed that several
others may do SO tomorrow. The
steamboat train drawing the special car
stopped and brought these excursionists
back to Bennington together with their
mementoeS gathered at the old home
stead), arriving in time for supper at The
Putnam where the Olins are comfortably
quartered during their stay in historic
Bennington.
The chart referred to in the "histor-
ian's report" below, begins with John
DIN, the first generation; John, Henry
and Joseph, of the second generation,
and brings all but one branch las yet I'M
traceableE down to the ninth generation.
According to this chart DIN W. and
George Louis Harwood, sons of Geo. II.
Harwood of this village, are of the
seventh generation; the Ohio society
trace descent to the ninth, the Michigan
Olins to the eighth generation, while the
Messrs. Scott of this town are of the
sixth generation. Mrs. Roxanna Har-
wood is of the fifth generation.
This idea of a reunion society orginat-
ed with Historian Nye and Mr.. w. W.
Olin at family party held at Gull Lake,
Michigan six years ago. Since that time
the history of tine family has beenloOked
after by Mr.. Nye and the annual arrange
ments by Mr. w. w. Olin who was the
first president. The monster excursion
this week from Michigan, Ohio and
Western New York, to New England,
about 5000 all told is the outcome of the
executive ability of Mr.. Olin. The sec
ond reunion was held at Streetsboro, o.,
0. f. Haymakcr, president. The third
was on the banks of Silver Lake, m
Perry. y. Y. where they hone To rendez-