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OLIVER William
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    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 :
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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.
    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, USA

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