Bible record: John Wesley Oliver Family, Winn Parish, LA Submitted by Michael Drewett, 6321 Clegg Rd., Pensacola, FL 32526 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** 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." I do not know who presently has possession.**(see below) 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.)* Since initial posting of this file I have discovered that this Bible is in the possession of C. Darlene Adams Sanford of Deer Park, Texas. -- MD