Oliver Ormsby
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Oliver Ormsby was the son of John Ormsby
John Ormsby (Pittsburgh)
John Ormsby was a soldier in the French-Indian War, Pontiac's Rebellion, and the American Revolution, and among the first settlers of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The son of the Anglo-Irish landed gentry, he emigrated from Ireland to the Thirteen Colonies in 1752...

. Mount Oliver, Pennsylvania
Mount Oliver, Pennsylvania
Mount Oliver is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a largely residential area situated atop a crest about west of the Monongahela River. The borough is surrounded entirely by the city of Pittsburgh....

 is named for him. His son Oliver's residence, Ormsby Manor, included a private racetrack, and overlooked the Monongahela River
Monongahela River
The Monongahela River is a river on the Allegheny Plateau in north-central West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania in the United States...

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