Stephen Oliver Biography


	This biography appears on page 1834 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	STEPHEN OLIVER, of Bon Homme county, South Dakota, was born in 
Rock county, Wisconsin, September 13, 1860. His early life was spent in 
the state of his birth and during his childhood and youth he attended 
the public school and acquired a good practical education. When a young 
man he learned the machinist's trade and worked at the same until 1883, 
when he came to Bon Homme county, South Dakota, with the object in view 
of devoting his attention to farming and stock raising. He first 
purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land, but later exchanged it 
for a like number of acres, on which he has since lived and prospered, 
and which, under his effective labors and judicious management has 
become one of the best improved and most productive farms of its size 
in the county. He has made a number of substantial improvements on his 
place, the buildings, well-tilled fields, and the large number of fine 
domestic animals bearing evidence to its prosperous condition. Mr. 
Oliver votes the Republican ticket. He was married to Miss Amy 
Crandall, of Bon Homme county, and to them have been born six children.