Frederic P. Olcott

Frederic Pepoon Olcott (February 23, 1841, in Albany, Albany County, New York – April 15, 1909, in Bernardsville, Somerset County, New Jersey) was an American banker and politician.

Early life Olcott was born on February 23, 1841, in Albany, New York. He was the eleventh and last child of Thomas Worth Olcott (1795–1880) and Caroline Dwight ( Pepoon) Olcott (1797–1867). His father, as well as his elder brother Dudley, served as President of the Mechanics' and Farmers' and the Mechanics' and Farmers' Savings Bank of Albany.

He was educated at The Albany Academy, and then began working at his father's bank.

Career In 1866, he relocated to New York City and became a stockbroker in Wall Street. At the New York state election, 1877, he was elected on the Democratic, German-American Independent and Bread-Winners' League tickets to succeed himself, and remained in office until the end of 1879. He was defeated for re-election at the New York state election, 1879.

Personal life Olcott was married to Mary Esmay, a daughter of Isaac Esmay and Eliza ( Angus) Esmay. Together, they had two children, a son and a daughter: who married Barend van Gerbig. who married Sarah Lewis ( Crozer) Howard in 1903. They divorced in 1932 and he married Leontine "Leo" Marie Berry (1883–1981). His first wife later married Prince Basil Narischkine.

After suffering from heart trouble and chronic Bright's disease, he died at his farm in Bernardsville, New Jersey. He was buried at Albany Rural Cemetery, Section 53, Lot 12.

Descendants Through his daughter Edith, he was a grandfather of Howell Van Gerbig (1902–1965), who married four times, including to Geraldine Livingston Thompson and Dorothy Randolph Fell, and was the mother of Howell John "Mickey" van Gerbig (1941–2006), and Barend "Barry" van Gerbig (b. 1939), best known as the owner of the NHL's California Seals.

Through his son Dudley, he was a grandfather of Jeanne "Jean" Grubb Olcott, who married George M. Owens, and Gladys Grubb Olcott (1904–1978), who married French soldier and diplomat, Jean de Pendril Waddington, in 1922. They divorced in 1932, and she married Count Josef Graf von Ledebur-Wicheln a month later. They also divorced.