SAM OLIVER ANNOUNCES BID FOR CALHOUN COUNTY, ARKANSAS SHERIFF Sam Oliver of Hampton (AR) announces his plans to seek the office of Calhoun County Sheriff and Tax Collector. Sam was born and raised in Calhoun County, the son of the late Walter Pete and Kathryn Witherington Oliver, graduated from Hampton High School, and attended the University of Arkansas at Monticello from 1959 through 1964, majoring in Biology and Chemistry. He was married to Darien Wallingsford, also of Hampton, until her untimely death in 1993. Their daughter, Lori Oliver Fawbush is a Registered Nurse and lives in Sherwood. Sam is a member of the First Baptist Church of Hampton. Sam is currently employed by Calion Lumber Company working with explosives for beaver control. ******************** Above copied from the Hampton, AR "South Arkansas Sun", Feb. 2000 by Bill King of Houston, Texas lynn.bill.king@pdq.net 3rd Cousin of Sam Oliver thru the Witherington Family Connection. NOTE: Sam Oliver is a descendant of William Witherington, Jr. of Darlington, SC and Conecuh County, AL. He also descends from John Witherington (SC, AL and Calhoun County, AR) and John Ebenezer Witherington & Lucius Asberry Witherington of Calhoun County, AR. Sam's Great Grandfather, John Ebenezer Witherington, served in the Confederacy during the Civil War. ****************** JOHN EBENEZER WITHERINGTON (Civil War Data) 1-24-99 From Bryan Howerton, Civil War Researcher howerton@cswnet.com "Everyone knows about the 3rd Arkansas Infantry; but not many know the reputation of the 2nd Arkansas Cavalry. They were part of Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry back east. The Trans-Mississippi Army specifically asked that the regiment be sent back to Arkansas, in hopes that they could bolster the Arkansas cavalry regiments back home. They were hard-riding, hard-fighting backwoodsmen, but poor generalship back here in Arkansas just whittled them down to nothing." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >From Civil War Rosters of 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Batallion <http://www.insolwwb.net/~egerdes/2batcava.html> Witherington, John E Private - Enlisted in Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Battalion, at Hampton, Arkansas, February 20, 1862; transferred to Co. H, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; transferred to Co. G, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, August 18, 1862; born c1839; died October 22, 1908; married Marcilla McAdams in Calhoun county, Arkansas, October 28, 1860; filed Federal land patent in Calhoun county in 1905; widow 'Lettie' Witherington filed Arkansas pension application #13131 from Calhoun county, August 14, 1912.