Joseph W. Oliver1,2

ID# 15581, (abt 1852 - 1883)
     Joseph W. Oliver was born about 1852 in Kentucky.3 He married Mary Ellen Kinsolving, daughter of John Kinsolving and Mariah Beck.4,5 He died in Dec 1883.6,4

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     Joseph W. Oliver and Mary Ellen Kinsolving appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Eddyville, Lyon Co., Kentucky, enumerated 15 Jun 1880. Their children Walter and Boyce were listed as living with them.1
     He was a farmer.7
     He was elected sheriff of Lyon Co., serving from 1881 until his death in 1883. A significant part of his responsibility seems to have been the collection of taxes and fees. An act of the state Assembly approved 5 Feb 1884 authorized the administrator of his estate, John W. Clark, to collect any unpaid amounts for those years with the same powers as if he were sheriff.8

Children with Mary Ellen Kinsolving:

  • Walter Finton Oliver9,10,11 b. 5 Mar 1878, d. 20 Jan 1952
  • Boyce Oliver11 b. Apr 1879

Citations

  1. [S2810] Jos. W. Oliver household, 1880 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky.
  2. [S820] Cobb, "Cobb connection," e-mail to author, 03 Apr 2005, shows Mary Kinsolving Oliver was a widow when she married Jefferson D. Cobb, and had sons by the first marriage with surname Oliver.
  3. [S2810] Jos. W. Oliver household, 1880 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows age 28 and state.
  4. [S820] Cobb, "Cobb connection," e-mail to author, 03 Apr 2005, shows Mary Kinsolving Oliver was a widow when she married Jefferson D. Cobb.
  5. [S2810] Jos. W. Oliver household, 1880 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
  6. [S3175] Acts of the General Assembly of Kentucky, 1883, 1:129, shows month and year.
  7. [S2810] Jos. W. Oliver household, 1880 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows occupation as farmer.
  8. [S3175] Acts of the General Assembly of Kentucky, 1883, 1:129, shows term served and authority granted to administrator.
  9. [S2811] Walter F. Oliver, birth register.
  10. [S2958] "Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960," FamilySearch.org, record for Walter Finton Oliver, citing FHL #2033058.
  11. [S2810] Jos. W. Oliver household, 1880 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as parent and child.

 

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