Thomas Polk Oliver, Calhoun County, AR

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SOURCE: Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889.
Contributed by Carol Smith.
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Calhoun County, Arkansas - from Goodspeed's History of Arkansas

Thomas Polk Oliver, a resident of Calhoun County, Franklin Township, Hampton post office, was born in Calhoun County, Arkansas January
25, 1848, the third child born to Jeptha and Elizabeth Oliver, natives of Talladega County, Alabama. His parents are still living three miles from
Hampton in Calhoun County. The subject of this sketch was reared in this county, receiving a limited education in the common country
schools. He began doing for himself at the age of twenty years, engaging in agricultural pursuits. He now owns 265 acres of land, with 100 acres
under cultivation, and from which he always gathers a good crop. Mr. Oliver was married, July 5, 1870, to Miss Margaret I. King, daughter of J.
S. and Martha King, natives of Alabama, St. Clair County. She died, leaving four children: William L., Jeptha L., John S. and James H. September
4, 1889 Mr. Oliver was again married, this time to Miss Lula C. Ashford, daughter of Hiram Ashford, a native of Tennessee. Politically he
affiliates with the Democratic party, but takes no active part in politics. Mr. Oliver is at present serving as constable of Franklin Township. He
was elected in 1888 without any electioneering or canvassing on his part. He is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and takes an
active interest in educational and religious work, as well as anything that will promote the public welfare. He is a good citizen and a successful
farmer.