Menard County Texas

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The Menard Messenger
Vol. IX No 27
Thursday, April 27, 1916
(page 1)

S. L. Oliver

S. L. Oliver, a civil war veteran and an old citizen of Bell County, died at his home on Freeman Heights late yesterday afternoon from a stroke of paralysis which he survived only a few hours.

Funeral services will be conducted at the home, 2 Sought Thirty-first street, at 4 o'clock this afternoon, Rev. McCollough officiating.

Biographical

S. L. Oliver was born in South Carolina, March 14, 1843. At age of 17 he enlisted in the service of the confederacy, serving throughout the war. He was with Lee at the surrender with title of second lieutenant of his company. Wounded at Manassas, he was out of service about two months, but returned to fight until the last ditch was lost.

In 1867 Mr. Oliver located in Mississippi and in that year he was united in marriage with Miss Susan Stephenson, and in 1872 the young family moved to Texas, first locating in Grimes County, then in Milam, and coming to Bell county in1875, where the home has been for over forty years. Until recent years, Mr. Oliver was a prominent farmer and fine stock raiser near Temple, but with advancing age the home was made in town.

Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Oliver, all surviving and with residence as follows:

W. L. Oliver at Menard, Texas; Mrs. Luna Swearingen, Dallas; J. R. Oliver, Temple; Mrs. J. T. Carrol, Kingsville; Mrs. Katherine Nail, Temple, Texas; Mrs. W. T. Ford, Dallas; Mrs. B. H. Cadawalder, Pitsburg Kan.------Temple Telegram.

The Menard Messenger
Vol. 10 No. 10
Thursday, January 4, 1917

DEATH OF D. C. ODGEN
D. C. Odgen, a wealthy and highly respected rancher of Schleicher county, died at his ranch home, Friday, from old age. Mr. Odgen came to this county in the early 70's and was foreman of the famous Las Moras ranch for some time. He afterwards entered into goat raising on Elm with John Wallick as partner. Later he was a partner in business with Mr. Wallick at Ft. McKavett. Mr. Odgen had many friends among the old timers of Menard county who will learn with regret of his death. The remains were shipped to Ohio, his native state, for burial.

(Alicia's footnote: In the book "In Those Days-Memoirs of Edwards Plateau" by Edith Black Winslow (publ. The Naylor Company/Copy 1950 by the Winslow Estate) it states on page 22: (raising money to start a church) "Mrs. D. C. Ogden, whose husband owned a large ranch next to ours, had friends in Ohio who gave liberally after hearing from her. Mrs. Ogden was also a faithful organist for many years, and developed a large choir both of adults and children").

Owen, Donald Arthur "Tiny" 1995

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