Lake County Biographies

H. A. OLIVER

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The subject of this sketch was born in Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois, April 
12, 1843.  When he was but a child, his parents moved to Chicago, where his 
mother died when H.A. was only six years old.  In 1850 the father came to 
California, leaving the boy with his grandparents for a short time, when they 
died.  He then attended school, and worked out at times, until April, 1861, when 
he was found among the first who �went at their country�s call,� and enlisted as 
private in Company �E,� 16th Regiment Illinois Volunteers.  Although entering 
the service as a private, he was in a short time promoted to the office of 
Sergeant, then Orderly Sergeant, and finally was chosen as Captain of Company 
�G,� 154th Illinois Volunteers.  In all he served about four and a half years, 
and at the close of the war was mustered out of the service at Springfield, 
Illinois.  He then returned to Carthage, Illinois, and engaged in clerking in a 
store in Hancock County.  At the end of sixteen months he went to Kansas, and 
was engaged in farming and merchandising until 1871, when he came to California. 
 He came to Lake County in October of that year, and engaged in farming in 
Coyote Valley until 1875, when he was elected to the position of County Clerk, 
which office he still holds, giving entire satisfaction to the people of the 
county.  In his official and social relations Mr. Oliver is a pleasant and 
genial gentleman, and in his office no more accommodating man can be found.  He 
was married February 22, 1867, to Miss Sarah J. Howard, a native of Ohio, and 
their children are Lizzie, Mettie, Bertha and Charles E.
 
History of Napa and Lake Counties, California, publ. 1881 � pg. 267