OLIVER, James - 1895 - Putnam

James Oliver was born in Rockingham County, NC Jan 2, 1811 died Dec 1, 1895, aged 84 years 10 months and 29 days. Deceased emigrated to Putnam County Indiana in the year 1834 and settled in Franklin Township, within a quarter of a miles of the place where he is now l aid in his last resting place on earth at the Hartman graveyard. He lived in the same neighborhood until about four years ago when he made his home with his son Henry in Monroe Township about one mile south of Bainbridge.  Deceased was married in North Carolina in 1832, to Nancy Oliver and to this union 9 children were born: six sons and three daughters: four of the sons survive him: Jackson, Allen, Anderson and Henry.  His wife, Nancy Oliver died in 1862 and in 1867 he married Martha Hinkle - one child was born of thismarriage, a son who died in 1891. Mr. Oliver united with the Regular Baptist Church at Mt. Pisgah about the year 1837 and he was a regular attendant at church for 52 years; for the last four years declining health prevented regular attendance at church. His last days were passed in close communion with his Saviour; in waking hours his thoughts were continually of Him, and were devoted to prayer and praise.  Deceased was a faithful and earnest Democrat, casting his first vote for Andrew Jackson and from that time until the election of 1894 he was regularly at the polls to vote the straight Democratic ticket - in 1894 his health was so poor that he could not go to the polls. His death is mourned - those who best knew him mourn the loss of a good man and a good citizen. - kbz