Thomas Fitch Oliver and Almira Jane Freeman Bible
Be It Known and Remembered: Bible Records Vol V. Pub by Louisiana Genealogical
& Historical Society. 1992
OLIVER BIBLE
The Oliver Bible, in the possession of Sargent Pitcher, Jr., Baton Rouge, La.
was copied by his wife, Charlie H. Pitcher. It was published by Cornish,
Lamport & Co., No. 8 Park Place, presumably N. Y., though place and date of
publication are not given.
MARRIAGES
Thomas Fitch Oliver was married to Almira Jane Freeman on the 17th October
A.D. 1844 at the residence of W. T. Oliver, Deerfield, Carroll Parish, La.
Sanders F. Oliver was married to Lucy F. Land on the 14th day of Dec. A.D.
1882 at the residence of L. J. Land's Plum Grove, West Carroll Parish, La.
BIRTHS
John Allison Cooksey Oliver was born at Bayou Macon, Madison Parish, La. on
the 7th day of June, A.D., 1846.
Mary Almira Oliver was born at Deerfield, La. on 11th Sept., 1848.
Samuel Peter Oliver was born at Deerfield, La. on 1st Sept., 1850.
Margaret Bertha Oliver was born at Issaquena County, Miss. on 14th Aug., 1851.
William Turner Oliver was born at Deerfield on 14th Nov., 1853.
Preston Pond Oliver was born at Deerfield on 1st Nov., 1855.
Almira Jane Freeman, consort of T. F. Oliver and mother of above children was
born at _______, Tennessee on 29th March, 1829.
T. F. Oliver, husband of Almira J. Oliver and father of the above children was
born at Poplar Plains, Kentucky, son of Peter G. and Mary D. Oliver on 16 May
A.D., 1823.
Mary F. Oliver was born in Carroll Parish, La. 2nd day of Dec., 1857.
Sanders Freeman Oliver was born 6 of August, 1859 in Carroll Parish.
Irene Oliver was born August the 4, 1861 in Carroll.
Thomas Fitch Oliver was born at Cottonport, opposite Monroe in Ouachita
Parish, La. on the 15th day May, A. D., 1863.
DEATHS
Mary Almira Oliver died 12th Oct., 1847.
Samuel Peter Oliver died 12th Oct., 1850.
William Turner Oliver died 6th of July, 1855.
Margaret Bertha Oliver died on May ___, 1858.
Mary Florence Oliver died on May ___, 1858.
Preston Pond Oliver died on the 25 September, 1859.
John Allison Oliver died the l8th December, 1862.
Irene Oliver died the 3 May, 1863.
William Fitch Oliver died 4 Jan., 1865.
Almira Jane Oliver died at Clinton, La., Nov'r. 12th, 7 a.m., aged 58 yrs. 8
months 3 days.
Elsewhere in this Bible are the following clippings:
Obituary: Departed this life at her residence in this Parish on the 21st day
of September Mrs. Margaret A., consort of W. T. Oliver. Thus has passed from
our midst one who has left a husband and four children as well as a large
circle of friends to mourn her loss...
Obituary: Died in Franklin Parish on the l4th inst. at the residence of her
brother-in-law, Mrs. Julia A. Pearce, in the 28th year of her age...
Obituary: Died on the 4th inst., of typhoid pneumonia, in his 18th year, at
the residence of R. Hine, in Limestone County, Alabama, C. T. Castleman, son
of D. F. Castleman of Carroll Parish, La. Charles was a member of the
Briarfield Rebels, of this Parish, and at his country's call went forth to
meet the enemy of his country with true Southern valor, and nobly did he stand
up for Southern rights until death called him... His remains now rest in a
bright, sunny spot in a beautiful cemetery in Athens, Alabama. Monticello,
March 14, 1862.
Funeral of S. D. Oliver: The funeral of the late Sanders Day Oliver which
took place from his late residence, No. 315 Annunciation Street, yesterday
morning at 11 o'clock, was largely attended... S. D. Oliver was a native of
Kentucky, and at the time of his death had reached the ripe age of sixty-three
years. He had resided in this city for nearly twenty-three years... Mr.
Oliver was appointed inspector of customs in the special agents' department in
October 1885, a position he creditably filled up to the hour of his death.
Mr. Oliver resided in the parish of East Carroll for a long period, where his
worth and popularity exalted him to positions of trust and profit. He served
as sheriff and subsequently as recorder of the parish during and through the
war. The deceased was married and is survived by a wife and four children,
three daughters and one son. He was the father-in-law of Dr. J. Rollo Knapp,
C. R. VanWickle, and Rob't Manson, and occupied an honored place in Perfect
Union Lodge No. 1 of the Order of Masons, of which he was a member.
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