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Olds, Ransom Eli
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Olds, Ransom Eli

Born
06/03/1864
Birthplace
Geneva, Ohio
Titles and Honors
Mason
Chairman, Ideal Power Lawn Mower Company, Reolds Farms Company, First Bank and Mortgage,Kalamazoo College.
Director, Hillsdale College.
First car driven in Lansing 1886 Washington ave.,1895, steam. 1896 gasoline.
First transcontinent tour ,1902.
First National Ad Saturday Evening Post,1902
Notes
1897 Olds Motor Vehicle Company, Lansing
1899 Founded Olds Motor Works, Detroit.
1901 Curved Dash Olds, Smithsonian.
1902 Detroit plant buned, return to Lansing
Retires once as a millionaire, 1903.
Olds purchased by General Motors 1908.
Family cemetary Mt. Hope, Lansing
Occupation
Automotive invventor.
Company founder, Olds Motor Works, REO.
Power lawn mowers. Ideal Power Lawn Mower Company.
Michigan Screw Company
Atlas drop Forge Company
Father
Pliney F. Olds
Mother
Sarah Whipple Olds
Spouse
Metta U. Woodward
Children
Mrs. Gladys Anderson
Mrs. Clarence S. Roe
Nationality
American

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