Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Oakley, Oliver S 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

Oliver S. Oakley is a farmer of Mt. Pleasant Township, located on 463 acres of 
land on section 29, which is all under advanced, cultivation excepting about 
100 acres. Mr. Oakley is a native of Sweden, where he was born Feb. 7, 1836. 
His father and mother, Swan and Christiana (Jenson) Oakley, lived and died in 
that country. Mr. Oakley was brought up by his parents at home, and when he 
was 18 years of age he came to this country. The track of the Chicago & 
Northwestern Railroad was being laid, and he was employed as a laborer in the 
vicinity of Round Grove for some time. He next engaged by the month at farm 
labor, in which capacity he operated until 1862. He then began to rent farms, 
and devoted his attention to agriculture for about seven years, pursuing that 
method of operation. He went to Iowa in 1869, and bought 160 acres of land, 
which he continued to own and operate six years. In the spring of 1875, having 
sold his property in Iowa, he returned to Whiteside County, where he obtained 
possession, by purchase, of the fine estate he now owns. Since obtaining the 
privileges of citizenship, Mr. Oakley has supported the issues of the 
Republican party. Mr. Oakley was united in marriage Jan. 3, 1865, to Jennie L. 
Maxwell. Alice M., Cora A., Ida S., Lottie C. and Freddie S. are the names of 
their children. Mrs. Oakley is the oldest of a large family of children, and 
is the daughter of David and Barbara (Cassels) Maxwell. Her parents lived and 
died in Scotland, their native land. She was about 12 years of age when she 
came to the United States. She is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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