William R. Oliver, student 1857-1858

Oliver, a retail merchant from Buchanan County, Missouri, served in the Union Army in Co. B of the 12th Missouri Cavalry. He was enrolled for duty September 23, 1863 and mustered in on November 3, 1863. He was assigned to enrolling recruits in St. Joseph, MO on December 18, 1863, where he was injured by an accidental gunshot wound to the hand on December 31, 1863 and was discharged for disability on April 28, 1864. He returned home to DeKalb. MO where he was a dry goods merchant in 1870. By 1880, he was a railroad agent. In 1872, he was awarded a monthly pension of $8.00 for his service disability. Oliver died on April 30, 1916 and is buried in Dearborn Community Cemetery in Dearborn, MO.