James B. Oliver and Amelia Shields

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Husband James B. Oliver ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: Apr 1844 - Allegheny City, Allegheny Co, PA 4
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           Died: Bef 1908
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         Father: Henry W. Oliver, Sr. (      -1888) 2 5 6
         Mother: Margaret Brown (      -1900) 2 5 6

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Wife Amelia Shields ^{1 7}

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           Died: Aft 1908
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         Father: Thomas L. Shields (1809-1879) 8
         Mother: Amelia Neville Chaplin (1812-      ) 8 9 10

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General Notes: Husband - James B. Oliver

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He received his education in the public schools. In 1865 he was admitted to the firm with which his brothers were connected as extensive iron workers and steel makers. He was one of the prominent developers of this branch of industry. This company was first established in 1863, as the Oliver and Philips Company, and in 1887 was known as the Oliver Iron and Steel Company, it having been incorporated as such at that time. For thirty-seven years Mr. Oliver devoted his time and talents to the business, which came to be one of large proportions. Mr. Oliver was the vice-president of the Oliver Steel and Iron Company and later president. He was recognized the country over as an expert in iron and steel business operations. Politically he was a supporter of the Republican party.

1 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 508.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 1.

3 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 4.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 4.

5 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 238.

6 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 2.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 1, 5.

8 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 431, 508.

9 Editor, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Vol. I (Madison, WI: Northwestern Historical Assosciation, 1904), Pg 360.

10 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 26.