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James Olive Family, Wake County, N.C. Norfolk? Va.: Olive Family Association, 1965. ix, 281 por. illus., coats of arms, ports. 23 cm. A third printing (1997) is available from Irene Olive Kittinger, 1218 Scott Place, Cary, NC 27511-4721. For more about this book see the Olive books on Dan Olive's page.

Books (in alphabetical order by book title)

Biography of a County Church [Story of Johnson Olive pastor of the Olive Chapel Baptist Church] For this book see Olive books on Dan Olive's page.

Bloodletters and Badmen by Jay Robert Nash. New York : Warner Books, c1975 Abridged, Warner Books ed. ill.; 18 cm. [Isom Prentice Olive]

The Cattleman: From the Rio Grande across the Far Marias by Mari Sandoz (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1958). [Isom Prentice Olive]

The Flush Times of Alabama and Mississippi: A Series of Sketches by Joseph Glover Baldwin [1815-1864] Electronic edition available by clicking here. The chapter entitled "OLD UNCLE JOHN OLIVE" is on pages 318-323. Chapel Hill, N.C.: Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1998. The electronic edition is a part of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill digitization project, Documenting the American South. I would like to thank the UNC at Chapel Hill for their efforts in preserving these documents that represent the history of the South and our families.

A history and geneology [sic] of a portion of the Olliff family. Book one. by Martin T. Olliff. Huntsville, AL: Martin T. Olliff. 1971. 88, [15] p. ; 27 cm. Mimeographed. Includes index.

The honourable A.T. Oliff : a family history. by E. M. Hood-Williams. Out of Print. according to Amazon books

The Ladder of the Rivers: The Story of I. P. (Print) Olive. [Isom Prentice Olive] 1962, revised 1983 by Harry E. Chrisman. Denver and Chicago: Sage Books. 460 pp. Revised with additional photos, and a fold-out map of the Nebraska and Texas areas of the Olive history. Harry Chrisman tells the story of the Olive family and the cattle empire they built in Texas, on the Platte River, and in the sandhills of Nebraska. From cow hunt in the Texas brush country to Print Olive's death on the steps of his Colorado saloon, follow the deeds and misdeeds of this legendary man.

The Ladder of Rivers: The Story of Print Olive, revised edition. [Isom Prentice Olive] Dawson County, Nebraska Historical Society. 456 pages. (1962, 1995) ISBN 0-8040-0845-0. Available from the Historical Society. The rich and haunting story of the range cattle industry is vividly depicted in the life story of I. P. "Print" Olive-from cow hunts in the brushy thickets of Texas in the 1850's to Olive's death on the limestone steps of his saloon in Colorado in 1886. For this book see Olive books on Dan Olive's page.

Land of Good Water: A Williamson County History by Clara Stearns Scarbrough (Georgetown, Texas: Williamson County Sun Publishers, 1973). [Isom Prentice Olive]

Mississippians all. by Frank E. Smith and Audrey Warren. Publisher New Orleans, Pelican Pub. House, 1968. Desc 86 p. ports. 22 cm. Contents Jake W. Lindsey.--Milton Olive.--Eudora Welty.--Leontyne Price.--Blanche Kelso Bruce.--Lucius Q.C. Lamar.--Jake Gibbs.--George Scott.

One of the wonders of the age, or, The life and times of Rev. Johnson Olive, Wake County, North Carolina by Johnson Olive [1816-1885]. Electronic edition available by clicking here. Chapel Hill, N.C.: Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1998. The electronic edition is a part of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill digitization project, Documenting the American South. "Documents Olive's career as a preacher, and especially the period 1860-1865, during which he went through a period of "spiritual darkness" and left the ministry. One of the wonders of the age, or, The life and times of Rev. Johnson Olive, Wake County, North Carolina [1850's] by Johnson Olive, at the solicitation of friends, and for the benefit of all who read it ; with supplement by his son H.C. Olive.

Olliff family history : Descendants of John Shears Olliff and Johannah (Jackson) Olliff of Bulloch County, Georgia. by Robert Brooks Casey and Bernice (Brooks) Casey. Publisher Austin, TX : Brooks Pub. Co., 1992. Edition 1st ed. Note this book is now on the web.

Olive family Bible records [records, ca. 1855-1941] Salt Lake City, Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1978. IN Family Bible records of Warren County, Iowa. Microfilm of typed transcript of original records (1 leaf). Bible published: New York: American Tract Co., 1861. "Holder of Bible: Kathleen Coe Weeks, Indianola, Iowa. [John Alex Olive (d. 1886) and Mary Ann Hall (d. 1909) were married in 1855. They had nine children, 1856-1876.] Available from the LDS Library via Family History Center. US/CAN Film Area 1034025 item 33.

The Olive Trial by Carl E. Smith. For this book see Olive books on Dan Olive's page.

Oral genealogy interview, 1981 Feb. 19 of Tevita Mounga Olive (1934- ) of Mu'a, Tongatapu, Tonga. 13 leaves. Pedigree and lineage charts from interview conducted by Tevita U. Mapa for the Genealogical Society of Utah. Text in Tongan and English. Available from the LDS Library via Family History Center. SPECIAL Book area 996.12D2no.882 and also OCEANIA Film Area 0795892 item 77.o.2635 and also US/CAN Film Area 1698083 item 5.

Rawhider: The Story of Print Olive. [Isom Prentice Olive] by Gene Shelton. (Texas Legends: Book 3 (New York: Doubleday 1992). Edition 1st ed. Desc 180p. ; 22 cm. Supposedly Out of Print. Note the this books is considered by some to be a work of fiction. I have not seen this book to determine how much is fiction and how much is the true story.)

A Record of the Family of James Olive: of Olive Township, Madison County, Illinois by John C. Olive. Clearwater, FL: J. C. Olive, 1926 (Clearwater, FL: Court Printery). 7 pages. [James Olive was born near Manchester, England ca. 1725 and later immigrated to North Carolina ca. 1740. Descendants lived in North Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois, and elsewhere. One of his descendants was James Olive (1817-1902) who was born in Trigg County, Kentucky and died in Madison County, IL. Includes Kinnekin, Kienle, Livingston, Camp, and related families. Available from the LDS Library via Family History Center. US/CAN Book area 929.273A1n

The roots of the Olive tree : a family history. by Marian Olive. 1992. iv, 172 p. ; 28 cm.

The Shooters by Leon Claire Metz. For this book see Olive books on Dan Olive's page.

True West, May 1990. Vertical Files, Barker Texas History Center, University of Texas at Austin. [Isom Prentice Olive]

Two Boys in the Civil War and After by William Robert [1842-1906] Electronic edition avilable by clicking here. Mentions Elizabeth Ann Houghton who had married Caleb R. Olive [Alabama families] and other statements on page 16.

Books with Olives as related or allied families: (in alphabetical order by title of book)

Alford, antecedents and descendants of James Lodwock Alford 1749-1820 with emphasis on the descendants of his grandson Green Haywood Alford compiled by Lodwick Houston Alford, assisted by Gilbert K. Alford. 1987. Approx. 200 pages. [Includes Alford, Lobdell, Godwin, Campbell, Olive, and related families.] Available from the LDS Library via Family History Center. US/CAN Book Area 929.273Al28aj. Also on 4 microfiches US/CAN Fiche Area 6087516.

Ancestors and Descendants of James Milton Crisp (1834-1925) and wife, Sarah Catherine (James) Crisp (1841-1911) by Orville Bixler Hoy. 276 pages. Arvada, Colorado: Ancestor Publishers, 1978. [James Milton Crisp was born near Spencer, Owen Co., Indiana and moved to Willow Lake, Clark Co., South Dakota about 1908.Includes Coffey. Cole, Hoy, James. Olive, and related families.] Available from the LDS Library via Family History Center. US/CAN Book Area 929.273C868b.

Ayot Rectory by Carola Oman. St. Paul's House, London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1965. London: The Camelot Press Ltd. 219 pages. [Mary Sneade was born at Netley Hall near Dorrington in Shropshire, England on March 21, 1780. She was the second of the three daughters of the Rev. Samuel Sneade of Bedstone, Ludlow, and Wentnor, and his wife Flavella Atkis of Netley and Ryton, Shropshire. She married 21 June 1806, Joseph Thomas Brown at Ludlow. It was her first marriage and his second. Joseph having married first Mary Ann Shipton, daughter of Isaac Shipton of Watford. Mary Ann died in 1803. Joseph and Mary had six children before he died in 1817. She lived until 1858. Includes Brown, Olive, Sneade, and allied families.] Available from the LDS Library via Family History Center. British Book Area 929.242Sn21a.

History and Genealogy of the Ricks Family of America: Containing Biographical Sketches and Genealogies of Both males and females Compiled by Guy S. Rix. Logan, Utah: J. Ricks, 1908. 14 leaves of plates and 184 pages. [Isaac Ricks/Rickesis (1638- 1732), a Quaker, emigrated from England and landed at Jamestown, Virginia. He and his wife, Kathren (d. 1717, had at least seven children, 1669-1684. Descendants listed lived in Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, Illinois, Utah, Idaho, and elsewhere. Includes Olive, Pearce, Smith, and other related families. Revised copy included more information.] Available from the LDS Library via Family History Center. US/CAN Film Area 0962182 item 3 also US/CAN Film Area 1698166 item 1.

Letter from an Old Tin Trunk: A Story of Early Settlers in Queensland from 1863 to 1983 by William Emmanuel Acton (1903- ). Brisbane, Queensland: Boonlarong Publications, 1984. 182 pages. [William Acton (1840-1880) immigrated from Ireland to Gympie, Queensland in 1863, and married Elizabeth Jane McMonagle (a fellow Irish immigrant. Emmanuel Sullican (1840-1909), a fellow passenger, married Sarah Ann Perrott in 1869 (Sarah Ann has immigrated via New York). Descendants and relatives lived in Queensland and elsewhere in Australia. Includes ancestry of the four in Ireland. Includes Collins, Handley, Olive, and related families.] ISBN 0-908175-84-1. Available from the LDS Library via Family History Center. British Book Area 929.294 Ac87a.

Pearce, Bartlett, Matthew, Smart, and Allied families complied by James Alonzo Matthews., Jr. Midland, TX: L. Pearce, 1983 (Austin, TX: Eakin Publications). 392 pages. Indexed. Edited and updated by Lucille Pearce. [Nehemiah Pearce (b. ca. 1640/1642) and his family probably immigrated from England to Albany, New York in 1674. Descendants lived in New York, New England , Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Kansas, Texas, California and elsewhere. Includes Harnsberger (Harrenparger), Keown, Olive, Tye and related families. Available from the LDS Library via Family History Center. US/CAN Book Area 929.273P314m. Also on 5 microfiches US/CAN Fiche Area 6104222.

The Tyner Family: The Descendants of Simeon Tyner and Hester Ann Southwell, 1805- 1980 by Thomas Heflin Compton. Inverness, FL: T. H. Compton, 1982. 441 pages. Includes index. [Descendants of Simeon Tyner (1805-1873), son of Elijah Tyner and his wife Frances Gideon, and Hester Ann Southwell (1808-1899). This couple was married in 1827 in Effington Co., GA. They had 17 children, who were all born in Georgia, and two foster children. Descendants live in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and elsewhere. Includes related families of Priest, Olliff, Compton, Carnes, Blitch/Bleach/Blitchington, etc. Available from the LDS Library via Family History Center. US/CAN Book area 929.273T979c and also US/CAN Film Area 1697628 item 2.

Articles (in alphabetical order by subject/title of sketch)

Hainline-Olive-Foy Bible, 1849-1972. Journey Into the Past. Vol. 5, No.. 2 (Winter 1995).

Illif-Olive Taxpayers in England, 1621-36. National Genealogical Society Quarterly. Vol. 55, No. 1 (March 1967).

James Olive Family History [Illinois.] Macoupin County Searcher. Vol. 9, No. 1 (July 1988).

Olive, Carl. M. Obit . [1828, New Brunswick.] Loyalist Gazette. Vol. 20., No. 1 (Spring 1982)

Olive, David (Rev.) [Virginia & Muskungum Co., Ohio.] Muskingum Annals. No. 3 (Spring 1986).

Olive Family [North Carolina, Kentucky, Illinois, Texas.] Central Texas Genealogical Society Bulletin. Vol. 5, No. 6 (November 1962).

Olive, Ison Prentice. Tyrant of the Plains by Mari Sandoz.. il por Saturday Evening Post. Vol. 230, pages 48-49+ (June 7, 1958).

Olive, [Ison Prentice] Print (1840-1886) The Reader's Encyclopedia of the American West. Edited by Howard R. Lamar. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1977.

Olive, James [1825?, Eng.; NC; KY, Illinois.] Stalker. Vol. 8, No. 4 (1988).

Olive, Milton [Illinois, Congressional. Medal of Honor.] Lest We Forget. Vol. 1, No. 6 (January 1962).

Remington-Olive Deed, 1858 [Georgia.] Tallahassee Genealogist. Vol. 7, No. 4 (June 1988).

Thomas Ollive Family; England [Burlington Co., New Jersey.] Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine.Vol. 27, No. 3, (1972) [Note the name is spelled Ollive]

Biographical sketches (in alphabetical order by subject of sketch)

Olive, Agnes W. [1919- ] Who's Who of American Women. Wilmette, IL: Marquis Who's Who, 1988.

Olive, Charles [1630?-1673] Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Edited by James Grant Wilson and John Fiske. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1888-1889. Reprint. Detroit: Gale Research, 1968.

Olive, David Wolph [1927- ] American Men & Women of Science. A biographical directory of today's leaders in physical, biological, and related sciences. Physical & Biological Sciences. New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1971-1973. 19791982. 1986.1989

Olive, Donald Cole [1917- ] United States. Department of State: The Biographic Register, July, 1974. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1974.

Olive, Eugene Irving [1890-1968] Encyclopedia of American Biography. New Series. Volume 40. New York and West Palm Beach, FL: The American Historical Society, 1970. Biography contains portrait.

Olive, Eugene Irving [1890-1968] Encyclopedia of Southern Baptists. Volume III, Supplement. Nashville, TN: Broadman Press, 1971.

Olive, Eustace John Parke [1862-1951, English physician, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England] Biography Index. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., and Volume 2 and 3.

Olive, Frank, [1929-1995]. Obit. The New York Times Biographical Service v. 26 (Dec. '95) and New York Times (Late New York Edition) (Dec. 20 '95) p. B15.

Olive, George Scott [1881-1962] Biography Index. Volume 8: September, 1967-August, 1970. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1971.

Olive, George Scott [1881-1962] The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. 50. New York: James T. White & Co., 1968. Reprint. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms, 1967-1971.

Olive, George Scott [1881-1962] Who Was Who in America. Volume 4, 1961-1968. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1968.

Olive, Gloria [1923- ] American Men & Women of Science. A biographical directoryof today's leaders in physical, biological and related sciences. New Providence, NJ: R.R. Bowker Co., 1971-1973, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1986, 1989, 1994, 1998.

Olive, Jacques [1913- ] Who's Who in France. Qui est qui en France. Dictionnaire biographique de personnalites francaises vivant en France, dans les territoires d'Outre-Mer ou a l'etranger et de personnalites etrangeres residant en France. 1979-1980. Paris: Editions Jacques Lafitte, 1979.

Olive, James Austin [1943- ] Who's Who in the West. 1989-1990. Wilmette, IL: Marquis Who's Who, 1989.

Olive, James Hilton [1932- ]Who's Who in Religion. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1975, 1977.

Olive II, J. Fred [1916-1990] Who's Who in American Politics. New York: R.R. Bowker, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1995.

Olive III, J. Fred [1955- ] 1982 Outstanding Young Men in American. Montgomery, Alabama: Outstanding Young Men of America. 1982.

Olive, John [1949- ] National Playwrights Directory. Edited by Phyllis Johnson Kaye. Waterford, CT: The O'Neill Theater Center, 1981.

Olive, John [1949- ] Who's Who in America. Wilmette, IL: Marquis Who's Who, 1986, 1988, 1992.

Olive, John [1949- ] Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America. Wilmette, IL: Marquis Who's Who, 1987.

Olive, John [1949- ] Who's Who in Entertainment New Providence, NJ: Marquis Who's Who, 1997.

Olive, John [1949- ] Who's Who in the Midwest. Wilmette, IL: Marquis Who's Who, 1984. 1985, 1989.

Olive, John H. [1929- ] American Men & Women of Science. A biographical directory of today's leaders in physical, biological and related sciences. New Providence, NJ: R.R. Bowker Co., 1998.

Olive, John H. [1929- ] American Men & Women of Science. A biographical directory of today's leaders in physical, biological, and related sciences. New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1971-1973, 1976. 1979. 1982, 1986, 1989 1994.

Olive, John H. [1929- ] Who's Who in Technology. Detroit: Gale Research, 1989, 1995.

Olive, John Ritter [1916- ] American Men & Women of Science. A biographical directory of today's leaders in physical, biological, and related sciences. New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1971-1973, 1976.

Olive, John Ritter [1916-4974] Who's Who in America. Wilmette, IL: Marquis Who's Who, 1974, 1976.

Olive, John Ritter [1916-1974] The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Volume 58. New York: James T. White & Co., 1979.

Olive, John Ritter [1916-1974] Who Was Who in America. Volume 6, 7. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1976, 1981.

Olive, Lindsay Shepherd, [1917-1988]. Obit. Mycologia v. 81 (July/Aug. '89) p. 497-503.485.

Olive, Pierre Jean [1247-1298] A Dictionary of Biography, Past and Present. Containing the chief events in the lives of eminent persons of all ages and nations. Edited by Benjamin Vincent. Haydn Series. London: Ward, Lock, & Co., 1877. Reprint. Detroit: Gale Research, 1974.

Olive, R Allibone's Critical Dictionary of English Literature. British and American authors living and deceased from the earliest accounts to the latter half of the Nineteenth Century. By S. Austin Allibone. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1858-1871. Reprint. Detroit: Gale Research, 1965.

Olive, Richard T. [Austrialian engineer] Biography Index. Vol.13. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1984.

Olive, Thomas [d1693] Biographical Directory of American Colonial and Revolutionary Governors, 1607-1789. By John W. Raimo. Westport, CT: Meckler Books, 1980.

Olive, William John [1907- ] Directory of American Scholars. Volume 2. New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1974.

Olive, William. M. Account of Vice Counsul Olive's detention by Shanghai Communists. U.S. Department of State Bulletin. Vol. 22, page 23. (January 2, 1950).

Articles written by Olives but does not necessarily contain Olive family information.

Olive, Harry. Big Fix [story]. Saturday Evening Post. Vol. 224, pages 38-39 (March 29, 1952).

Olive, Harry. Night Attach [story] por on page 160. Saturday Evening Post. Vol. 224, pages 38-39 (Arpril 12, 1952).
 

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