Mary Cool Oliver was born April 17, 1849 at Pittsburgh PA (most likely in the Mt. Washington area), a daughter of Frederick and Eliza Owens Cool. She married David Oliver in 1866 at Pittsburgh and then moved to Belpre OH shortly afterward and remained there the rest of her life. She died there on June 24, 1922 and was buried in the IOOF Cemetery (now Parkersburg Memorial Gardens) in Parkersburg WV.
Her obituary: (The Parkersburg Sentinel, Parkersburg WV, June 24, 1922, p 5)
"Friends in Belpre and also in Parkersburg will be deeply grieved to learn of the death of Mrs. Mary Oliver, wife of David Oliver, which occurred this morning at 10:00 at the family residence on Florence St., after an illness of about five weeks, caused by complications affecting the heart.
The deceased who was 74 years old had resided in Belpre for 56 years coming to that village shortly after her marriage to Mr. Oliver, who survives her, her maiden name being Mary Coole. She was one of the best known and respected women in Belpre, her life lived quietly in the family circle being one of great charity and unselfishness and she was a devoted wife and mother and an excellent neighbor. Early in life she affiliated with the Presbyterian church in Pittsburgh and her succeeding years carried out nobly the teachings of religion in the influence for good which she exerted on all about her.
Mrs. Oliver was the mother of nine daughters, six of whom are living and were with her when death came. These are Mrs. P. S. McCulsky (sic) of Belpre; Mrs. William McCory (sic), Akron, O.; Mrs. William Heasley, Sabina, O.; Mrs. P. G. Smith, Harrisville, W. Va.; Mrs. P. H. Glancy and Mrs. Floyd Anderson of this city. She is also survived by 16 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Oliver's funeral will be held Tuesday morning at 10:00 o'clock from the family residence in Belpre where services will be conducted by Mrs. Gill I. Wilson of the Congregational church. Burial in Odd Fellows cemetery, Parkersburg."
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