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JOHN N. OLIVER, farmer; P. O., Gilead
Station; is among the enterprising young men of the township,
and bids fair to become one of the most successful
agriculturists in the county; he was born Nov. 23, 1848 in this
township; is the third of a family of seven children, born to
Allen and Lucy O. Oliver; John remained with his
parents until he attained his 26th year, at which time he was
united in wedlock to Libbie Jewell which event was
solemnized Nov. 15, 1874. She is a native of Licking Co.,
born Oct. 24, 1851, the daughter of Joseph and Anna Jewell,
the former a native of Pennsylvania; the latter from Licking Co.
He purchased 100 acres of good land, well improved, upon which
they have made their home. They have two children -
Monna Bell, born July 27, 1876; Minnie Myrtle, Sept.
11, 1879. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver are members of the M.
E. Church.
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| JAMES
OUTCALT, Gilead Station; dealer in groceries, provisions,
notions, queens and glass ware and confectionery; highest prices
paid for country produce. Mr. Outcalt was born on
his father's farm in Fairfield Co., Ohio, Dec. 22, 1838, and
lived there eighteen years, attending school and working on the
farm; he then taught school for one year, when he went to
Chesterville, Ohio, and engaged as clerk in the general
merchandise store of his uncle, J. G. Miles, until 1861 -
in that year he enlisted in the 17th Ohio Infantry Regiment, and
served with the command until 1864, he entering the service as a
private and being mustered out as 1st Lieutenant; he
participated in the battles of Pittsburg Landing, Murfreesboro,
Chickamagua, Atlanta Campaign., the March to the Sea, and the
other battles of his regiment; on his return home he resumed his
clerkship in his uncle's store, then conducted by Miles &
Sperry, and continued with them until 1868; May 20 of that
year he married Miss M. J. Lyon; she was born in Morrow
Co., Ohio. He principally engaged in the grocery and
provision trade in Mt. Gilead until 1873, when he removed to the
village of Poplar, Crawford Co., Ohio, and engaged in the
general merchandise business, which he carried on until the
spring of 1880, when he came to Gilead Station and engaged in
his present business. By his marriage there are two
children - Bertha M. and Eddie C. His
parents John and Mary A. (Clark) Outcalt, were natives of
New Jersey; they married in Ohio, where they moved with their
parents when young. He died in Fairfield Co. in the fall
of 1878. Mrs. Outcalt lives in Lancaster, Ohio.
They had a family of three children - James, Clarkson and
Harrison all are married and have families; the two
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