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OLIVER William
Father :
OLIVER James (1785 - 1882) (Age in the birth of the child : 31 years old)
Mother :
HOLMAN Rachel (1786) (Age in the birth of the child : 30 years old)
Siblings :
OLIVER Martha (1822
Roane County, Tennesse, USA - 1869
Taney County, Missouri, USA)
OLIVER Milton (1827
Callaway County, Missouri, USA - 1905
Bellefonte, Boone County, Arkansas, USA)
Birth :
Date : 6 OCT 1816
Place :
Boone County Kentucky, USA Source :
S4326 Name : Page
Death :
Date : 3 JUN 1908 (91 years old)
Place :
Waco, McLennan County, Texas, USA Burial :
Place :
McLennan County, Texas, USA Address : Evergreen Cemetery
Source :
S4692 Name : Page
Source :
S4437 Name : Page
Note :
[fowlvill.ged] Roane? 1816? Moved with parents to Boone? Co. MO at age 7 (1823). Later went to Taney Co. MO: owned a grist and saw mill, and also improved a farm. Later sold mills and concentrated on farming until 1854 when he started for Texas. He was the only settler for ten miles up the creek. He purchased 690 acres of land from Captain Erath where he built a cabin. Sowed a crop of wheat, but the next spring a snowstorm came and killed it to the ground. It afterward sprouted up and made 8 or 10 bushels to the acre. 1893 owned 400 acres of good land and had 140 acres cultivated by tenants. Held the office of Postmaster at Mt. Olivet for many years and belonged to the Methodist Episcopal Church. 1870-1900 lived West of Brazos River in McLennan Co. TX Resided in McLennan Co. until his death.
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Given name : William
Surname : Oliver
Family Information :
with HAGGARD Annie (1818 - 1851) :
Marriage :
Date : 30 MAY 1840 (23 years old)
Place :
Taney County, Missouri, USA Source :
S4568 Name : Page
with BEALS Margaret (1828 - 1909) :
Marriage :
Date : 17 MAR 1853 (36 years old)
Place :
Forsyth, Missouri, USANext page
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