William Oliver "W.O." was born in Elsberry, Missouri, and came to the Abilene area with his family when he was just a young child. He was the only boy and had five sisters ! Needless to say, he knew all the girls in town. He also worked in Cisco at a grocery store, where he met and married the daughter of the man who owned the Judia Theater. They married Aug. 4, 1918. When they moved back to Abilene, he ran the bus company, and became involved with all sorts of other businesses, snack & vending machine sales, real estate and ranching operations, etc. He was always looking ways to buy and sell something, which may or may not make money. But he was a people person, and liked to buy and sell all sorts of things, equipment, property, livestock, etc. He would go to neighboring cattle sales in Mineral Wells, San Angelo, Sweetwater, Coleman, and all over central Texas. He was known by most of the old time ranchers. He would buy livestock and fatten them up and resell them, which was mostly a hobby of his. He maintained a ranch for years near Potosi and one near Tuscola. Maude rode with him very often to the ranch, and he would drop her off at the "tank" with fishing poles & tackle, where she would sit and fish all day long.
He wasn't particularly musical, as his wife was, and his contribution was usually an odd up and down variable whistle, which usually accompanied her piano playing. Odd but funny. I can just hear him whistling to "Wonderful One", which was "their song"
He wasn't particularly musical, as his wife was, and his contribution was usually an odd up and down variable whistle, which usually accompanied her piano playing. Odd but funny. I can just hear him whistling to "Wonderful One", which was "their song"
William Oliver "W.O." was born in Elsberry, Missouri, and came to the Abilene area with his family when he was just a young child. He was the only boy and had five sisters ! Needless to say, he knew all the girls in town. He also worked in Cisco at a grocery store, where he met and married the daughter of the man who owned the Judia Theater. They married Aug. 4, 1918. When they moved back to Abilene, he ran the bus company, and became involved with all sorts of other businesses, snack & vending machine sales, real estate and ranching operations, etc. He was always looking ways to buy and sell something, which may or may not make money. But he was a people person, and liked to buy and sell all sorts of things, equipment, property, livestock, etc. He would go to neighboring cattle sales in Mineral Wells, San Angelo, Sweetwater, Coleman, and all over central Texas. He was known by most of the old time ranchers. He would buy livestock and fatten them up and resell them, which was mostly a hobby of his. He maintained a ranch for years near Potosi and one near Tuscola. Maude rode with him very often to the ranch, and he would drop her off at the "tank" with fishing poles & tackle, where she would sit and fish all day long.
He wasn't particularly musical, as his wife was, and his contribution was usually an odd up and down variable whistle, which usually accompanied her piano playing. Odd but funny. I can just hear him whistling to "Wonderful One", which was "their song"
He wasn't particularly musical, as his wife was, and his contribution was usually an odd up and down variable whistle, which usually accompanied her piano playing. Odd but funny. I can just hear him whistling to "Wonderful One", which was "their song"
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Married August 4, 1918; PVT US ARMY - WORLD WAR I
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