The Southeast Missourian
Cape Girardeau MO
July 5, 1928 page 1
Funeral services for Arthur L. Oliver former U.S. district attorney, and for many years a prominent lawyer and former member of the Missouri legislature, were held this afternoon at the Pleasant Hill Presbyterian church near Fruitland. Rev. Charles H. Morton, pastor of the Presbyterian church here, conducted the services and interment was in the Pleasant Hill cemetery.
The body was brought from St. Louis at noon today, being taken from Neelys Landing to the rural church. A group of close friends and relatives of the deceased accompanied the body from the home in St. Louis. W. Palmer Oliver and H. E. Alexander, cousins of the deceased, met the body at Neelys Landing.
Oliver was found dead in his home, 1245 Shawmut place, St. Louis, Tuesday afternoon, by W. E. Martin, manager of the Beg Death Disinfectant Company, who had gone to the Oliver apartment to release gas which had been used to kill insects in the home.
Oliver, who was 50 years old, was born on the ancestral Oliver farm near Leemon, Cape Girardeau county, and was the son of Clay Oliver. He was a descendant of pioneer families in this county, and during his boyhood lived on the farm which his great-grandfather secured by homesteading in 1819.
His mother, formerly Louise Alexander, a lifelong resident of Cape Girardeau county, descended from a family which immigrated here from North Carolina over 100 years ago.
Oliver attended the grade school at Leemon, and after finishing there he came to Cape Girardeau to complete two years in the Normal School, living with his uncle, R. B. Oliver, while in school here. Following two years of teaching at Cottonwood Point, near Caruthersville, he attended the law school of Texas University, finishing there. He then went to Caruthersville to take a partnership in law with Charles B. Farris. After Farris became circuit judge, Oliver remained in Caruthersville several years to practice law alone. During the Wilson administration he served as United States district attorney. Other positions which he held were representative from Pemiscot county, 1905 to 1907, and state senator from the 23rd senatorial district, 1909 to 1911. Following the completion of his term as district attorney in 1919, he had practiced law in St. Louis.
His wife, formerly Miss Mary Roberts of Caruthersville, is a member of an old pioneer family of that section. They have two sons, john, age 17, who attended Bloomfield High School last year, where he attracted considerable attention as an athlete, and James, age 15, who has been attending a high school in St. Louis.
Oliver was widely known throughout Missouri. He was once regarded favorably as a candidate for Governor and it was thought that he would have been elected if he had cared to make a campaign, but he did not attempt to gain the office. While in the senate he introduced a bill creating the Missouri flag which was designed by his aunt, Mrs. R. B. Oliver, of Cape Girardeau. The bill passed.
His last visit to Cape Girardeau was made last April when he attended the annual banquet of the Teachers College Benton Literary Society of which he was a member in 1897 and 1898 while attending the Normal. During the banquet he gave a talk on the organization, considered highly valuable because of the history involved.
Because of his pleasing personality and congeniality, Oliver made many friends during his career as an attorney and legislator. He was a member of the Masonic order.
A number of relatives of the Oliver and Alexander families of Cape Girardeau attended the funeral services.
Nearest surviving relatives are a sister, Miss Anna Oliver, a resident of Arizona, and three brothers, Charles Oliver of Bloomfield, John Oliver of Pittsburgh, Pa., and A. S. Oliver, St. Louis attorney.
Cape Girardeau MO
July 5, 1928 page 1
Funeral services for Arthur L. Oliver former U.S. district attorney, and for many years a prominent lawyer and former member of the Missouri legislature, were held this afternoon at the Pleasant Hill Presbyterian church near Fruitland. Rev. Charles H. Morton, pastor of the Presbyterian church here, conducted the services and interment was in the Pleasant Hill cemetery.
The body was brought from St. Louis at noon today, being taken from Neelys Landing to the rural church. A group of close friends and relatives of the deceased accompanied the body from the home in St. Louis. W. Palmer Oliver and H. E. Alexander, cousins of the deceased, met the body at Neelys Landing.
Oliver was found dead in his home, 1245 Shawmut place, St. Louis, Tuesday afternoon, by W. E. Martin, manager of the Beg Death Disinfectant Company, who had gone to the Oliver apartment to release gas which had been used to kill insects in the home.
Oliver, who was 50 years old, was born on the ancestral Oliver farm near Leemon, Cape Girardeau county, and was the son of Clay Oliver. He was a descendant of pioneer families in this county, and during his boyhood lived on the farm which his great-grandfather secured by homesteading in 1819.
His mother, formerly Louise Alexander, a lifelong resident of Cape Girardeau county, descended from a family which immigrated here from North Carolina over 100 years ago.
Oliver attended the grade school at Leemon, and after finishing there he came to Cape Girardeau to complete two years in the Normal School, living with his uncle, R. B. Oliver, while in school here. Following two years of teaching at Cottonwood Point, near Caruthersville, he attended the law school of Texas University, finishing there. He then went to Caruthersville to take a partnership in law with Charles B. Farris. After Farris became circuit judge, Oliver remained in Caruthersville several years to practice law alone. During the Wilson administration he served as United States district attorney. Other positions which he held were representative from Pemiscot county, 1905 to 1907, and state senator from the 23rd senatorial district, 1909 to 1911. Following the completion of his term as district attorney in 1919, he had practiced law in St. Louis.
His wife, formerly Miss Mary Roberts of Caruthersville, is a member of an old pioneer family of that section. They have two sons, john, age 17, who attended Bloomfield High School last year, where he attracted considerable attention as an athlete, and James, age 15, who has been attending a high school in St. Louis.
Oliver was widely known throughout Missouri. He was once regarded favorably as a candidate for Governor and it was thought that he would have been elected if he had cared to make a campaign, but he did not attempt to gain the office. While in the senate he introduced a bill creating the Missouri flag which was designed by his aunt, Mrs. R. B. Oliver, of Cape Girardeau. The bill passed.
His last visit to Cape Girardeau was made last April when he attended the annual banquet of the Teachers College Benton Literary Society of which he was a member in 1897 and 1898 while attending the Normal. During the banquet he gave a talk on the organization, considered highly valuable because of the history involved.
Because of his pleasing personality and congeniality, Oliver made many friends during his career as an attorney and legislator. He was a member of the Masonic order.
A number of relatives of the Oliver and Alexander families of Cape Girardeau attended the funeral services.
Nearest surviving relatives are a sister, Miss Anna Oliver, a resident of Arizona, and three brothers, Charles Oliver of Bloomfield, John Oliver of Pittsburgh, Pa., and A. S. Oliver, St. Louis attorney.
The Southeast Missourian
Cape Girardeau MO
July 5, 1928 page 1
Funeral services for Arthur L. Oliver former U.S. district attorney, and for many years a prominent lawyer and former member of the Missouri legislature, were held this afternoon at the Pleasant Hill Presbyterian church near Fruitland. Rev. Charles H. Morton, pastor of the Presbyterian church here, conducted the services and interment was in the Pleasant Hill cemetery.
The body was brought from St. Louis at noon today, being taken from Neelys Landing to the rural church. A group of close friends and relatives of the deceased accompanied the body from the home in St. Louis. W. Palmer Oliver and H. E. Alexander, cousins of the deceased, met the body at Neelys Landing.
Oliver was found dead in his home, 1245 Shawmut place, St. Louis, Tuesday afternoon, by W. E. Martin, manager of the Beg Death Disinfectant Company, who had gone to the Oliver apartment to release gas which had been used to kill insects in the home.
Oliver, who was 50 years old, was born on the ancestral Oliver farm near Leemon, Cape Girardeau county, and was the son of Clay Oliver. He was a descendant of pioneer families in this county, and during his boyhood lived on the farm which his great-grandfather secured by homesteading in 1819.
His mother, formerly Louise Alexander, a lifelong resident of Cape Girardeau county, descended from a family which immigrated here from North Carolina over 100 years ago.
Oliver attended the grade school at Leemon, and after finishing there he came to Cape Girardeau to complete two years in the Normal School, living with his uncle, R. B. Oliver, while in school here. Following two years of teaching at Cottonwood Point, near Caruthersville, he attended the law school of Texas University, finishing there. He then went to Caruthersville to take a partnership in law with Charles B. Farris. After Farris became circuit judge, Oliver remained in Caruthersville several years to practice law alone. During the Wilson administration he served as United States district attorney. Other positions which he held were representative from Pemiscot county, 1905 to 1907, and state senator from the 23rd senatorial district, 1909 to 1911. Following the completion of his term as district attorney in 1919, he had practiced law in St. Louis.
His wife, formerly Miss Mary Roberts of Caruthersville, is a member of an old pioneer family of that section. They have two sons, john, age 17, who attended Bloomfield High School last year, where he attracted considerable attention as an athlete, and James, age 15, who has been attending a high school in St. Louis.
Oliver was widely known throughout Missouri. He was once regarded favorably as a candidate for Governor and it was thought that he would have been elected if he had cared to make a campaign, but he did not attempt to gain the office. While in the senate he introduced a bill creating the Missouri flag which was designed by his aunt, Mrs. R. B. Oliver, of Cape Girardeau. The bill passed.
His last visit to Cape Girardeau was made last April when he attended the annual banquet of the Teachers College Benton Literary Society of which he was a member in 1897 and 1898 while attending the Normal. During the banquet he gave a talk on the organization, considered highly valuable because of the history involved.
Because of his pleasing personality and congeniality, Oliver made many friends during his career as an attorney and legislator. He was a member of the Masonic order.
A number of relatives of the Oliver and Alexander families of Cape Girardeau attended the funeral services.
Nearest surviving relatives are a sister, Miss Anna Oliver, a resident of Arizona, and three brothers, Charles Oliver of Bloomfield, John Oliver of Pittsburgh, Pa., and A. S. Oliver, St. Louis attorney.
Cape Girardeau MO
July 5, 1928 page 1
Funeral services for Arthur L. Oliver former U.S. district attorney, and for many years a prominent lawyer and former member of the Missouri legislature, were held this afternoon at the Pleasant Hill Presbyterian church near Fruitland. Rev. Charles H. Morton, pastor of the Presbyterian church here, conducted the services and interment was in the Pleasant Hill cemetery.
The body was brought from St. Louis at noon today, being taken from Neelys Landing to the rural church. A group of close friends and relatives of the deceased accompanied the body from the home in St. Louis. W. Palmer Oliver and H. E. Alexander, cousins of the deceased, met the body at Neelys Landing.
Oliver was found dead in his home, 1245 Shawmut place, St. Louis, Tuesday afternoon, by W. E. Martin, manager of the Beg Death Disinfectant Company, who had gone to the Oliver apartment to release gas which had been used to kill insects in the home.
Oliver, who was 50 years old, was born on the ancestral Oliver farm near Leemon, Cape Girardeau county, and was the son of Clay Oliver. He was a descendant of pioneer families in this county, and during his boyhood lived on the farm which his great-grandfather secured by homesteading in 1819.
His mother, formerly Louise Alexander, a lifelong resident of Cape Girardeau county, descended from a family which immigrated here from North Carolina over 100 years ago.
Oliver attended the grade school at Leemon, and after finishing there he came to Cape Girardeau to complete two years in the Normal School, living with his uncle, R. B. Oliver, while in school here. Following two years of teaching at Cottonwood Point, near Caruthersville, he attended the law school of Texas University, finishing there. He then went to Caruthersville to take a partnership in law with Charles B. Farris. After Farris became circuit judge, Oliver remained in Caruthersville several years to practice law alone. During the Wilson administration he served as United States district attorney. Other positions which he held were representative from Pemiscot county, 1905 to 1907, and state senator from the 23rd senatorial district, 1909 to 1911. Following the completion of his term as district attorney in 1919, he had practiced law in St. Louis.
His wife, formerly Miss Mary Roberts of Caruthersville, is a member of an old pioneer family of that section. They have two sons, john, age 17, who attended Bloomfield High School last year, where he attracted considerable attention as an athlete, and James, age 15, who has been attending a high school in St. Louis.
Oliver was widely known throughout Missouri. He was once regarded favorably as a candidate for Governor and it was thought that he would have been elected if he had cared to make a campaign, but he did not attempt to gain the office. While in the senate he introduced a bill creating the Missouri flag which was designed by his aunt, Mrs. R. B. Oliver, of Cape Girardeau. The bill passed.
His last visit to Cape Girardeau was made last April when he attended the annual banquet of the Teachers College Benton Literary Society of which he was a member in 1897 and 1898 while attending the Normal. During the banquet he gave a talk on the organization, considered highly valuable because of the history involved.
Because of his pleasing personality and congeniality, Oliver made many friends during his career as an attorney and legislator. He was a member of the Masonic order.
A number of relatives of the Oliver and Alexander families of Cape Girardeau attended the funeral services.
Nearest surviving relatives are a sister, Miss Anna Oliver, a resident of Arizona, and three brothers, Charles Oliver of Bloomfield, John Oliver of Pittsburgh, Pa., and A. S. Oliver, St. Louis attorney.
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