Joseph William Oliver1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 15581, (abt 1851 - 1883)
FatherWalter Oliver5
MotherJane Davis4 (abt 1824 - )

Key Events:

Birth: about 1851, Kentucky6,7
Marriage: 12 Feb 1877, Pope Co., Illinois, Mary Ellen Kinsolving (29 Feb 1860 - 13 Jun 1943)8,9
Death: Dec 188310,11

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Narrative:

     Joseph William Oliver was born about 1851 in Kentucky.6,7
     He appeared with his mother, Jane Davis on the 1860 Federal Census of Lyon Co., Kentucky, in the household of James Davis, who appears to have been her father.12
     Joseph married Mary Ellen Kinsolving, daughter of John Kinsolving and Mariah J. Beck, on 12 Feb 1877 in Pope Co., Illinois, with Jonathan Graham, justice of the peace, officating.8,9
     Joseph and Mary appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Eddyville, Lyon Co., Kentucky, enumerated 15 Jun 1880. Their children Walter and James were listed as living with them.13
     He was a farmer by 1880.14
     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.15
     Joseph died in Dec 1883.10,11

Children:
     Children with Mary Ellen Kinsolving:

  • Walter Finton Oliver16,17,18 (5 Mar 1878 - 20 Jan 1952)
  • James Boyce Oliver13,19,20 (20 Sep 1879 - 27 Oct 1940)
  • Clyde Oliver21 (24 Aug 1882 - 23 Dec 1935)

Citations

  1. [S12146] James Davis household, 1860 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows name as Joseph Oliver.
  2. [S10154] Marriage Record, Pope Co., Illinois, D:28, no. 1068, Joseph W. Oliver and M. E. Kinsolving.
  3. [S10151] Clyde Oliver, Certificate of Death, shows name as Joseph Wm Oliver.
  4. [S12146] James Davis household, 1860 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  5. [S7974] Marriage Bonds, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, A:221, Walter Oliver and Jane Davis, shows he had married the boy's mother.
  6. [S12146] James Davis household, 1860 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows age 9 and state.
  7. [S2810] Jos. W. Oliver household, 1880 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows age 28 and state.
  8. [S10154] Marriage Record, Pope Co., Illinois, D:28, no. 1068, Joseph W. Oliver and M. E. Kinsolving, shows date and officiant.
  9. [S2810] Jos. W. Oliver household, 1880 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
  10. [S3175] Acts of the General Assembly of Kentucky, 1883, 1883:1:129, shows month and year.
  11. [S820] Cobb, "Cobb connection," e-mail to author, 03 Apr 2005, shows Mary Kinsolving Oliver was a widow when she married Jefferson D. Cobb.
  12. [S12146] James Davis household, 1860 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky.
  13. [S2810] Jos. W. Oliver household, 1880 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky.
  14. [S2810] Jos. W. Oliver household, 1880 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows occupation as farmer.
  15. [S3175] Acts of the General Assembly of Kentucky, 1883, 1883:1:129, shows term served and authority granted to administrator.
  16. [S2811] Walter F. Oliver, birth register.
  17. [S2958] "Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960," FamilySearch.org, record for Walter Finton Oliver, citing FHL #2033058.
  18. [S2810] Jos. W. Oliver household, 1880 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  19. [S1500] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com, record for James Boyce Oliver, Soc. Sec. No. 491-16-3966.
  20. [S10152] James Boyce Oliver, Standard Certificate of Death, shows father as Toby Oliver.
  21. [S10151] Clyde Oliver, Certificate of Death.