Nobles County MN Archives Biographies.....Oliver, Will E. 1866 - 
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Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908)

  WILL E. OLIVER, member of the firm of Oliver & Madison, proprietors of a

Worthington meat market and dealers in live stock, has resided in the county

since he was a boy. He was born in New Ipswich, N. H., Oct. 30, 1866, the son of

L. C. and Sarah (Harding) Oliver.



  L. C. Oliver was one of the pioneer settlers of Nobles county. He was born in

New Hampshire, and came to Nobles county in 1878, taking a homestead of 160

acres on section 32, Summit Lake township. He took a prominent part in the

affairs of his community, and for a time was commander of the G. A. R. post at

Worthington. He left the county in 1893 and located at Watonga, Oklahoma, where

he engaged in the livery business and where he died April 11, 1906. Our

subject's mother was born at Auburn, N. Y., in 1842, and died at Peterboro, N.

H., in 1875. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Oliver were the parents of the following

children: Will E., of this sketch; Katie W., of St. Paul; Gertrude, of Seattle,

Wash.; Frank P., who died in Worthington in 1880, aged 11 years.



  W. E. Oliver came to Worthington Aug. 22, 1882, and for several years worked

on the farm. He then began working, in a butcher shop, and in 1889, in

partnership with W. E. Madison, opened a butcher shop and engaged in the stock

business-a partnership which has had a life of nineteen years. The firm of

Oliver & Madison is the oldest stock shipping firm in the city.



  At Worthington on Sept. 30, 1896, Mr. Oliver was married to Miss Emma S.

Pepple, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Pepple. They are the parents of four

children: Ernest, born Aug. 18, 1897; Walter, born May 12, 1899; Dorothy, born

Oct. 28, 1901; Dell, born Dec. 25, 1902.



  Mr. Oliver is a Mason, Woodman and Yeoman. He served one term as a member of

the village council, elected in 1903.



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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NOBLES COUNTY

MINNESOTA

BY

ARTHUR P. ROSE



NORTHERN HISTORY PUBLISHING COMPANY 



WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA 

PUBLISHERS

1908

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