Greetings Steven, It was wonderful to hear from you and learn that the research was somewhat helpful to you. I will keep an eye out for "all things "Oliver' . I truly enjoyed hearing from you and to learn more about your family. It offers comfort to know we came from the same region that our common ancestors walked, went to church, and tilled the soil. :-) If you have something you would like me to look up, throw out a name, era or township in Lucas Co., IA, and I will give it a go. God bless you and yours as well. Mary Beth in Wisconsin On 03.09.2004 at 18:57:10, Steven Oliver <[email protected]> wrote: > Mary Beth & Deborah, > > My many thanks for this information. You have allowed me to fill in a couple of blanks and also opened new lines of thought and investigation. > > To answer some questions: > > Sarah Jane Oliver Graves and William Oliver were sister and brother. They were born in Indiana to Joseph William Oliver and Rachel Neff. There were at least 5 other siblings of which 4 died in childhood. Another brother lived to adulthood, Jacob, but he died in the Civil War in 1864. > Sarah Jane and Alexander had 4 children. John and Joseph died in childhood, but Racheal Rebecca and Willis B. lived to adulthood. I have been in contact with Willis B's great grandson and his wife and have a complete family tree > of descendants. > > I do think that "W.R." is William, although I have no record of his middle name. His wife is Elizabeth, so "L.E." is probably her. Sheds > light on her > that she seems to have used her middle name rather than her first > name. I > have two last names as possibilities: Howard (most likely) or > Hanvard. > William was born 3/8/1839 in Indiana. Elmer Martin was one son that > I knew > of (he is my great grandfather). One record I have other children > were > Emma, b. 1863; Eva Mary, b. 1864; Joseph E, b 1865. I have no > record of > Elva or Eltie, but cannot rule them out either. > > I also have Sarah Jane and Alexander T as being buried in Newbern > Cemetery, > located on the Lucas/Warren County line in Liberty Township. When I > lived > in Waterloo, IA my wife and I drove to Lucas County and found the > cemetery > and located the grave sights. I hope that the information in the > book > "Lucas Co, IA Cemetery Records", published 1981 was a misprint. I > live in > Yuma, AZ now. I hope to be able to visit family in Iowa next year, > so I'll > have a chance to visit Lucas County again and go to Chariton for > some > searching of records. > > Mary Beth, again many, many thanks for your e-mail. It has jump > started my > search for ancestors. I can now concentrate on Lucas County (along > with > Marion and Warren). I had Elmer Martin Oliver as dying in Kansas - > thats > were his two sons, Voyle and Earl (my grandfather) were born and had > thought > that is were he was buried. But my 2nd cousin (Voyle's > granddaughter) and I > could not find his grave. Now we know why. > > Deborah, you're an angel!! I've visited the Lucas County Message > boards. > My have you been busy!! Many people owe you alot of thanks for the > amount > of information you have posted. Although you posted about William > twice and > now other Olivers, I keep an eye out for GRAVES, HOWARD, HANVARD, > and WHITE > surnames as they are part of the family tree. > > May God Bless both of you! > > Thanks, > Steve > > > > Parr - Wheeler Cemetery, Liberty Twp. > >p. 57 > >Row 14 N-S > > > >1. Graves, Alexander T., Nov. 26, 1834-Dec. 7, 1910 Father. > >p. 58 > > Sarah Jane Aug. 30 1836 - Sept 27, 1909 Mother. > >2. Graves, Rosa Feb 13, 1873-Mar. 3, 1900. > >3. Loan, Infant Sn of T. & R. [son of Thomas & Rosa Loan] > >4. h.s. John A. > >5. Graves, John S. Aug. 30, 1859 ag 1y 9m 19d. > > Our little twins died Apr. 16, 1867. > > Joseph A. Oct. 9, 1865 ag 3y 4m 16d > > Sons & Dau. of A.T. & S. J. // > >p. 58 > >Row 17 N-S > > > >2. Oliver, Elva Sn of Wm & E. Mar. 8, 1874 ag 1y 7m. > >3. Howard, Mary E., Dau. of R. & P. Jan 22, 1859, ag 8y 7m 6d. > >4. Oliver, Eltie Sn of Wm. & E. Apr. 16, 1874 ag 3y 11m. > >5. Oliver, William Sept. 22, 1874 ag 35y 6m 14d. > >6. Oliver, Elmer M. Sn of W.R. & L.E.* Oct. 19, 1890 ag 22y 6m > 28d. > > // > > * Are W.R. & L.E. same parents as Wm & E. ? Per Steven, they > did > >have an Elmer. > > > >Let me know if you have questons, corrections. > >Mary Beth in Wisconsin > > > >Not my line, just another "Random Act of Genealogical Kindness". > >:-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >On 30.08.2004 at 13:49:57, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > Steven Oliver can be contact at: [email protected] Can > > > someone confirm > > > for him that this is a correct match? > > > Thank you Deborah > > > > > > Steven writes: > > > William Oliver was my grgrgrandfather. My reocrds show that he > was > >born March 8, 1839 in Indiana. He apparently moved to Iowa with > his > >sister, Sarah Jane Oliver Graves to Lucas County in the Newbern > area. > >He married Elizabeth Betty > > > Howard and had 4 children, Emma, Eva Mary, Joseph E, and Elmer > >Martin (my grgandfather). My records show that he died September > 22, > >1874. I had no idea where he died until now. > > > Thank you for this post. Do you have any other information on > >William Oliver? I have information on his sisters, brothers, and > >parents (along with uncles and cousins). > > > I am willing to share information if this is a correct match. > > > Thank you, > > > Steve > > > > > > The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa > > > Saturday, September 26, l874 > > > > > > We are informed of the sad death of WM. OLIVER, of Newbern, > who > >has > > > for some > > > time past been lying very low with sickness. MR. 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