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William Temple Oliver

William Temple Oliver

Male 1833 - 1909  (76 years)   Has no ancestors but more than 100 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name William Temple Oliver 
    Birth 27 May 1833  Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Initiatory (LDS) 11 Sep 1857  EHOUS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    FamilySearch ID KW83-YYQ 
    Death 25 Jun 1909  Show Low, Navajo, Arizona, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 27 Jun 1909  Adair Cemetery, Show Low, Navajo, Arizona, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Person ID I161437  mytree
    Last Modified 25 Feb 2024 

    Family Nancy Frances Lovern,   b. 27 Jun 1839, South Macon Township, Macon, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Apr 1925, Eden, Graham, Arizona, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage 29 Mar 1856  Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. William Edward Oliver,   b. 2 Apr 1858, Santaquin, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Feb 1935, John's Canyon, San Juan, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     2. Lucinda Adaline Oliver,   b. 31 Aug 1859, Santaquin, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 May 1941, Rock Springs, Sweetwater, Wyoming, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     3. Mary Catherine Oliver,   b. 20 Mar 1860, Santaquin, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jun 1861, Santaquin, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
     4. John Lovern Oliver,   b. 4 Apr 1862, Santaquin, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Nov 1947, Moab, Grand, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     5. Wesley Martin Oliver,   b. 24 Feb 1863, Santaquin, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 May 1863, Santaquin, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     6. Nancy Elizabeth Oliver,   b. 25 Jun 1865, Fairview, Sanpete, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Dec 1865, Fairview, Sanpete, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     7. Mary Chatiena Oliver,   b. 20 Mar 1866, Fairview, Sanpete, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. 1866, Santaquin, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    +8. Emma Melissa Oliver,   b. 21 Sep 1867, Payson, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Aug 1948, Show Low, Navajo, Arizona, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     9. Harrison Oliver,   b. 3 Nov 1870, Payson, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Oct 1887, Show Low, Navajo, Arizona, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 16 years)
     10. Christena Luella Oliver,   b. 24 Dec 1872, Fairview, Sanpete, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jul 1883, Eden, Graham, Arizona, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 10 years)
     11. Armena Adelaide Oliver,   b. 19 Mar 1874, Fairview, Sanpete, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jul 1958, Safford, Graham, Arizona, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
     12. Rilla Anne Oliver,   b. 20 Sep 1876, Fairview, Sanpete, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Nov 1947, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     13. Hannah Jane Oliver,   b. 27 Dec 1878, Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1975, Safford, Graham, Arizona, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years)
     14. Effie May Oliver,   b. 1 Jun 1886, Show Low, Navajo, Arizona, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Dec 1901, Eden, Graham, Arizona, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 15 years)
    Family ID F41067  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Mar 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 27 May 1833 - Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 29 Mar 1856 - Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsInitiatory (LDS) - 11 Sep 1857 - EHOUS Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 25 Jun 1909 - Show Low, Navajo, Arizona, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 27 Jun 1909 - Adair Cemetery, Show Low, Navajo, Arizona, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • WILLIAM TEMPLE OLIVER by Alice Shumway

      He was born 27 May 1833 at Danville, the oldest child of Harrison and Ha n nah Martin Oliver. His earlyt life was in Illinois. He remembered seei n g the prophet Joseph Smith when he was 10 years old. He went to a meeti n g in a grove of trees where the prophet talked to the people, sat on lo g s that had been put there for seats. He sat on a limb of a tree and i t se emed to him that the prophet was 8 inches taller than any of the me n an d as he spoke his eyes seemed like sparks of fire. His memory alway s stay ed with him. He came across the plains with the ox team compan y - The Edw ard Martin Co., his uncle. He was bout sixteen years old whe n he came t o Utah.

      He helped haul logs for building the Salt Lake Tabernacle. He was al s o a minute man. He married Nancy F. Lovern 27 March 1857 and made thei r h ome at Santaquin, Utah. They lived there until the Indians were makin g tr ouble for them. They moved to Payson, then a fort for safety from th e Ind ians. He built the first house in Payson with a shingle roof, man y of th e adobe houses that were built in Payson, he laid the adobes fo r them. Th at was his early occupation, a brick mason. He also laid roc k and adobe h ouses and did carpenter work. They buried two children at S antaquin. He r emained at Payson until 1860.

      He then moved to North Bend, Sanpete County, now known as Fairview. He b u ilt the first adobe house in Fairview and lived there until 1872. He th e n moved to a farm at Birch creek between Fairview and Mt. Pleasant. H e le ft there in 1878.

      On January 1881 he moved to Arizona. He first settled at Brigham and th e n moved to Holbrook the first of March and worked on the railroad unti l J une when he moved to Adair. This was their home for many years. He bu il t a log house-one large room with a fireplace in one corner. While the re , their last child, Effie Mae, was born. Then he built another log hou se , larger and with a shingle roof. While here, they lost a little gir l 1 2 years old and a son, Harrison, 18 years old. They then moved to Cur tis , Arizona.

      He was one of the first settlers there. He built the first store there a n d was the first merchant and first postmaster and named the Post Offic e " Eden". Later the town was changed to Eden. He developed the first spr in g of water which is now the towns water supply. While he and others we r e making homes at Adair they were disturbed by the Apache Indians.

      At one time they all had to go to Taylor for protection - a town two mil e s away. All small settlements went to Taylor for protection. There w a s a fort for small towns to gather at times when the Indians got bad . A t one time word came that the Indians were on the warpath. They wer e goin g to kill Wolfe, a Squaw woman\. The people gathered together at T homas A dair's home. They dug a hole in the floor of a log room he had bu ilt a s a grainery and piled dirt against two logs. Then the men got dow n in th e hole and two men kept guard. The water barrel was placed so al l men cou ld get water without leaving their post, but the Indians neve r came.

      He stayed at Eden until he was past 70 years old, then sold his store a n d moved to Jewett, New Mexico, where his two sons and two daughters liv ed . He bought a small home here. In 1909 he started back to Eden, Arizon a . He was in very poor health and was buried at Adair where two childre n w ere buried and he always felt that that was his home and asked to b e buri ed there. Alice Shumway



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