‡Source: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio Together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History, Portrait of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. 1883 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z < CLICK HERE to RETURN to 1883 BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX > H. A. OVERNOLZER SOURCE:  History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 534 CORNELIUS BATTELLE O'BLENESS SOURCE:  History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 369 HENRY O'BLENESS SOURCE:  History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 369 PATRICK O'CONNOR SOURCE:  History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 594 AARON OGG SOURCE:  History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 711 ANDREW J. OGG SOURCE:  History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 711 WILLIAM OGG SOURCE:  History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 757 Lee Twp.- JOSEPH OLIVER, farmer, was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, May 19, 1828.  In 1859 he came to Athens County and lived in Alexander Township eighteen months, and then came to Lee Township.  He has nine acres of good land in the corporation of Albany.  For fifteen years he drove a hack from Albany to Marshfield, and a part of the time to Pomeroy.  Three years of the time he was United States mail carrier, and was also employed during this time by the Adams Express Company.  He was married Feb. 3, 1853, to Rebecca B., daughter of William and Margaret Figley, a native of Harrison County, Ohio, born Aug. 30, 1827.  They have had seven children, five now living—Mary, J. D., Lizzie J., John M. and Addie M.  Mr. and Mrs. Oliver and their daughter Mary are members of the Free-Will Baptist church.  Mr. Oliver’s father, Jesse Oliver, was born in Virginia in 1799, and is now living in Noble County, Ohio.  His mother, Rebecca Oliver, was born in Harrison County, Ohio, March 25, 1805, and died March 15, 1882.  There was a family of nine children, seven of whom are living—Leven, L. B., Joseph, William, Maria, Martha and Mary.  Mrs. Oliver’s father was born in Harrison County, Ohio, in 1800, and died in January, 1881.  Her mother died when Mrs. Oliver was only three years old, leaving three children—Margaret A., Rebecca B. and Martha J. SOURCE:  History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 620 L. OLIVER, born Jan. 22, 1825, in Harrison County, Ohio, is a son of Jessie Oliver, a native of Virginia.  When he was four years of age his parents removed to Guernsey County, where his early life was spent on a farm and in attending the common schools.  He was married Oct. 16, 1851, to Elizabeth Adair, a native of Guernsey County, and a daughter of George Adair.  They have seven children - Adandra, Joanna, Horton, Clara, Elizabeth, Ernest and William.  Mr. Oliver has a good farm of forty acres, where he has lived since 1854.  He has held the office of Justice for twelve years.  Politically he is a Republican.  He is a member of the Presbyterian church. SOURCE:  History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 563 DAVID W. O'NEAL SOURCE:  History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 535 HORACE C. OWEN SOURCE:  History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 535 JAMES G. OWEN SOURCE:  History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 535 NELSON B. OWENS SOURCE:  History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 641