Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Oliver, William M. December 29, 1886 - 
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Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Volume II, 
Pages 163-164

	WILLIAM M. OLIVER, manager of the Pittock block, in Portland, is well 
qualified for this responsible position, being a man of mature judgment in 
practical matters, and he has here rendered a type of service that has been 
satisfactory to both owners and tenants of this popular office building.  Mr. 
Oliver was born in Greeley, Weld county, Colorado, December 29, 1886, and is a 
son of George S. and Julia Davis Oliver, the former born in Maryland and the 
latter in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and both are now deceased.
	Mr. Oliver completed a course of the public schools and attended 
Racine College, after which he went to work for the California Powder Works, 
in San Francisco, where he remained about one year.  In November, 1907, he 
came to Portland, where he was employed by the California Powder Works, whose 
interests were later taken over by the Dupont Powder Company, and here Mr. 
Oliver had charge of the office until 1911, when he became a traveling 
representative for the Duponts on the coast.  Later he resigned that position 
and went to work for the Hercules Powder Company, with which he remained until 
January, 1917, when he became paymaster for the Northwestern Electric 
Company.  He filled that position in a very capable manner until July, 1923, 
when he resigned in order to accept his present position as manager of the 
Pittock block.
	On September 12, 1912, Mr. Oliver was united in marriage to Miss 
Frances Martha Corbin, a daughter of J. S. and Dora Corbin, the latter a 
former music teacher in Portland, to which city she came with her daughter in 
1893 and lived here until her death.  Mr. Corbin is now living in Kansas City, 
Missouri, at the age of ninety-five years.  Mr. and Mrs. Oliver are the 
parents of two children, Carrie C. and Dora Frances.  Mr. Oliver gives his 
political support to the republican party, and is a member of the Portland 
Chamber of Commerce.  Fraternally he is a Mason, and has received the thirty-
second degree of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite.  His business career has 
been characterized by industry, persistence and thoroughness and among those 
who know him he is held in a high regard, being a man of earnest purpose, 
courteous manner and honorable life, so that he has a large circle of loyal 
friends in this city.


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History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Volume II, 
Cnicago, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1928

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