Bible: Bible records of the John Wesley Oliver Family, Winn, Bienville & Caddo Parish Louisiana Submitted by Michael Drewett, 321 Clegg Rd., Pensacola, FL 32526 Submitted: October 4, 1998 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Below are bible records of my great grandparent's family. They lived, worked, reproduced, and died in Winn, Bienville and Caddo. Bible Records of the John Wesley Oliver Family Page # 1. HOLY MATRIMONY John Wesley Oliver of Bienville Parish and N. R. Durrette of Bienville Parish on the 14 day of March 1878 at Arcadia by Rev. G. N. Clampet Witness: A. L. Oliver, Bill Janes Page # 2. BIRTHS T. J. Oliver was born Jan. the 22, 1815. Mary Hamilton was born March the 10, 1816. J. W. Oliver was born July 1, 1857. Nannie R. Durrett was born Sept 25, 1860. Willie H. Oliver was born May 10, 1879. Matie L. Oliver was born Aug. 18, 1880. Sallie E. Oliver was born Aug . 29, 1882 T. Claude Oliver was born Aug. 2, 1884. Daniel L . Oliver was born March 8, 1887. I. Della Oliver was born March 8, 1887. Florence P. Oliver was born June 5, 1889. John W. Oliver Jr. was born Oct. 10, 1891. One infant born Feb the 15, 1894. Durrett L. Oliver was born Feb. the 15, 1894 Lessie Arelia Oliver was born April the 5, 1898. Leon L. Oliver was born Jan. the 6, 1901. Carl O. Oliver was born Dec 12, 1902. Page # 3. MARRIAGES Sallie Oliver to George Moore, Jan. 28, 1904. Della Oliver to W. U. Drewett, Dec 25, 1904. Florence Oliver to E. L. Brock, Dec 13, 1908. Durrett Oliver to Effie Robinette, May, 1917. Leon Oliver to Irma Lee Boddie, Aug. 10, 1922. Lessie Oliver to Cecil I. Row, Dec. 1923. Claude Oliver to Ella Kenit, 1919. Carl Oliver to Ruby Jackson, Oct. 29, 1928. Page # 4. DEATHS T. J. Oliver died Dec. the 12, 1880. Mary Oliver died Jan. the 11, 1890. Matie L. Oliver died March the 3, 1882. Feb. the 15, 1894 one infant died Johny W. Oliver Jr. departed this life, Aug. the 5, 1899. Willie H. Oliver departed this life Aug. the 12, 1900. Daniel L. Oliver departed this life Aug. the 30, 1900. J. W. Oliver died March 28, 1924. Nannie R. Oliver died March 14, 1937. Carl Otto Oliver killed by car Aug. 17, 1962. (NOTE: I am the grandson of I. Della Oliver Drewett. In 1980, I received from Lessie Marie Endel, of Shreveport, La. and daughter of Florence Oliver Brock, photocopies of the four record pages from this bible, and with them, four pages on which she had transcribed them "as is." C. Darlene Adams Sanford of Deer Park, Tx. presently has the bible in her possession. I have tried to transcribe all entries as they appear in the original, but for ease of reading, I have inserted commas between the names and the dates on the marriage page. I'm not sure that the name of witness Bill Janes ends in a "s." On page one, Durrette is spelled with a final "e," but this is not so on following pages. On page three, the name of the wife of Claude Oliver is Kenit, but in his obituary of 1942, her name is Kornigue. T. J. Oliver and Mary Hamilton are the parents of John Wesley Oliver. In 1977, Lessie Arelia Oliver Row, daughter of Nannie Durrett Oliver, told me and I recorded that Nannie's birth name was Nancy Rebecca Durrett. The J. W. Oliver lived and worked in Bienville, Grant, and Winn Parishes. I know for certain that at least three are buried in Winn Parish, and at least six are buried in Caddo Parish.)