Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Lewis Publishing Company, 1904,
pp 578-579 [McCracken]

     GEORGE W. OLIVER, one of the successful young attorneys of
Paducah, Kentucky, was born on a farm in Marshall county, Kentucky,
August 2, 1869, and is a son of James N. and Mary E. (Bowerman)
Oliver.  The father was born in Hickman county, a son of William W.
Oliver, a West Virginian, who moved to Caldwell county, Kentucky. 
The mother was born in Buchanan county, Kentucky, a daughter of
Michael Bowerman.  James N. Oliver has followed farming all his
life, and now resides in Marshall county, aged sixty-three years. 
     From 1861 to 1865 he was in the Confederate army, and was a gallant
and brave soldier.  In politics he is a Democrat.  His wife is also
living, and to them were born children at [sic] follows: William
Mike, attorney-at-law and partner of our subject, although a
resident of Benton, Kentucky; Sarah A.; George W.; Lander K.; and
one who died at the age of two years.
     George W. Oliver was reared upon his father's farm, and in the
county schools he gained his primary education.  At the age of
eighteen years he commenced teaching school, and so continued until
he was twenty-nine years, in the meanwhile studying law. Although he
was admitted to the bar, he did not actively engage in that
profession until 1898, when he opened an office with his brother at
Benton, but the following year he located in Paducah, and has an
excellent business.
     In politics he is a Democrat, while fraternally he is a Master
Mason and a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.  His
religious affiliations are with the Christian church, in which he is
an active worker.  Mr. Oliver is a self-educated man, and has gained
his present position of responsibility through earnest endeavor
directed along legitimate channels.

Oliver Bowerman
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Marshall-KY Hickman-KY WV Caldwell-KY Buchanan-KY

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