Greene-Monroe County IN Archives Biographies.....Oliphant, J. T. 1837 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com May 16, 2006, 12:48 am Author: Goodspeed (1884) CAPT. J. T. OLIPHANT, one of the prominent men of Greene County, is a native of Monroe County, Ind., born in the year 1833, a son of Lawson and Ruth (Pennington) Oliphant. His parents were born in North Carolina, but removed to Indiana in about 1826, where Mr. Oliphant died in 1882. His widow yet survives him, and resides on the old homestead near Hobbieville, at an advanced age. J. T. Oliphant was raised a farmer, beginning for himself when twenty-one years old. In 1862, he volunteered his services in his country's behalf, as a member of Company E, Ninety-seventh Volunteers. He was elected First Lieutenant by his company, and afterward promoted to its Captaincy, serving as such until severely wounded by a gunshot at Kenesaw Mountain. This effectually put an end to further military duties on his part, and resulted in his honorable discharge. He was an active participant in numerous hotly contested engagements, among which was the siege of Vicksburg. In 1867, he was elected Recorder of Greene County, and after serving one term of four years, engaged in merchandising, which he continued until a recent date, since when he has turned his attention to farming and stock-dealing. Mr. Oliphant is a Republican in politics, a member of the Blue Lodge in Masonry, and owns a valuable farm of 465 acres. In 1854, he was united in wedlock with Miss Mary M. Alexander, and their union has been blessed with seven children, all but one yet living: their names are Elizabeth, Williamson L., Francis M., Dowell, Mary and Bertha. The parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Additional Comments: Center Township Biographies Extracted from: HISTORY OF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES, STATE OF INDIANA, FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC. ILLUSTRATED. CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS. & CO., PUBLISHERS. 1884. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/greene/bios/oliphant625nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/infiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb