George H. Oliver (Coahoma County)

State House: 1890-1891

Born: June 1857 in Georgia

Teacher and administrator. Listed on the 1900 census in Claiborne County with wife Susan and family. Listed on the 1910 census in Clarksdale, divorced, with school superintendent as his occupation. In 1920, 1930, and 1940, he was still working in education in Clarksdale, living with wife Alice.

Alice Carter Oliver, born in Frankfort, Kentucky, in 1887, was the first Black home demonstration agent in Mississippi, serving in that capacity for over thirty years. She retired in 1950.

There is a George H. Oliver Elementary School in Clarksdale today.

Oliver is possibly one of the men shown in this portrait of the 1890 legislature, which is unlabeled.

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Clarion-Ledger, 13 Feb 1890

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Daily Commercial Herald, 7 Aug 1890

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Vicksburg Evening Post, 15 May 1899

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Clarksdale Press Register, 23 Apr 1927

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Clarksdale Press Register, 23 Jan 1934

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Extension Service Review, Aug 1950

George H. Oliver