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MINI STER IA L BIOGRAPH ICA L FORM
DETROIT CONFERENCE HISTORICAL SOC IETY FILE
Date of Recor dName: Oli ver
CJast)
Cl ayton
(first)
Bi r th : Oct. 27 , 1892
(date)
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Frederick
(mi ddle )
\ala l e:s: T\·m. St. Clair Co • .
(place)
Personal Appearance~
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Faml Iy Bac kgr.ound :
Father ' s name in fu 11 Wi J liam Fr ederick Oliver
Date ot blrthFeb . l l ,4J861
Mother ' s
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Nationa 1ity America~ccu pation
Mini ster
den Name -=~~~~~~~~---------------------El l a A . Parson
Date of birth Feb . 17' 1869
Natlona ll ty_A
_"1_e_r_i _c _a_n____ __________
Any Notable item In fami ly history (Public Service , Authorshi p, Invention,
Education~ Medicine, etc., etc.
My father was a mi n i ster for 24{- years i n the f or me r Methodi st
Prot e s t a nt church .
PERSONAL HJ SJORY :
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Re II g Ious ExperIence a nd Ch urch Work before enterIng the Ml n I st rv--- - - - - -
Just a layman althou gh t aught a clas s of bo ys in S. S . for several
yea rs ann Pr es . o f a yonng people ' s group for one year .
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Cal l to th e Minlstry--=.i!:!:n~A~u:.cg~u~s~t~l:....<9~1:...9~-----------------
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Ed ucat ion:
Schoo ls and Degrees-- -High
Sc hoo i ~
F~o_ur
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Co l lege~tw~O_ _ _ _______ se minary_T~h~r~e~e_______________ ____
Post-Graduate ______________________________________________
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Ad mitted on Tri a l, and Ordinat ions :
In Augu st 1 91 9 and ordained .A t' g . 2.7
1922
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Marriage :
Date _ Aug . 10, 1922 _
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Wi fe' s maiden name~abel Stephenson
Educat i on ..._(!~ aq e _sc ho o l
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Children:
Pl ace Me mphis, Mi~_t?.i~_?n
a nd Hi g h School
one
Name ~rs. JQhn P . Fisher
Date of Birth NQV • . 9, 1 9.23 ...
Appointments served, with dates:
~t~ic~ ~919, Saginaw First 1925, Clio 1927,
Sherman Street.
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Capac
1 93~, C~rq 1941,
Perry 194~, Ric hfieldl 9~-8, Walled Lake 19 5b ·
Offices held in the Conference, or on District:
SE cretary. of the_ Fo r mer
Methodi~t Protesta nt~Ch~h
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Pu blic or Community Offices:none
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Service Record with U. S. Armed Force s:
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Writings -- Artic les or Books:
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Recreation, Hob bles, etc. - Football, Baseball, Baske t ba ll, Hunting ,_ Fishing_.
_ Gardening.
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none
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Clubs and Fraterna l Or gan iza ti ons :
Ma s onic Order also have been a member of the Rotar y and Li on ' s club
Also wa s a member of t he Al pha Tau Omega f rater nity in Adiran, Col l e ge
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Lis t one or two items which you cons ider outstanding in your Mini s t ry;
such as a Bu ilding Program, an Evangelistic Crusade, an exceptiona l Class
of New Members, some bit of commu nity ser v ice, etc.
vlhil e at Wall ed Lake I took i n 50 members during an E1ba n g~ $'Sti c
Crus a.,fe and performed 30 baptisms . Built a n e1v baseme nt ~h in
Walled La ke and an Educationa l Bldg •. at Clio, Mi chi gan
C L I P P I NG S
(about you personall y or your ministry)
MRS. MABEL OLIVER, 77, of Memphis
died December 14 in Almont Communi~y
Hospital. She was born Oct.:Jber 30, 1895, m
Riley Center and married Rev. Clayton F .
Oliver August 10, 1922, in M-emphis . .Mr.
Oliver died March 1, 1960. She h ad liVed
in Memphis since 1957. Survivors include
a sister, Mrs. Hilda Deaner of Riley Center; a grandson, Douglas K . Fisher of
Livonia; and a granddaught-er , Miss Lou
Elizabeth Fisher of Detroit. The fun eral
was held December 16 at the Memphis
First Church with Rev. Duane E. Miller
and formet: pastor, Rev. Max Weeks, officiating.
1/11/73
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Clayton F . Oliver
EV. Clayton F. Oliver , 67, died in
h is sleep at Almont Communit y
Hospital, after a short illn ess. He was
born October 27, 1892, in Wales Townsh ip, St. Cla ir County, t he son of W illi am F . and E lla A. Oliver. He was
united in ma rri age to Mabel Stephenson,
Aug ust 10, 1922, in Mem phis.
Mr. Oliver attended Adrian College,
Eastern Michigan College at Y ps ila nli ,
and Westm ins ter 'l'heological Semina t·y,
Balti more, Md. He ta ug ht for three
years in St. Cla it· County and was
ordained a minis ter in the Methodist
Protestant Church in 1922. He s erved
pastorates in Attica, Dryden, Saginaw1
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M ICHI GA N C'HRI Sli AN A DVOCATE
Clio, Capac, Car o, Per ry, Richfield, and
Wailed L ake.
He was secretary of the Methodist
P rotest~n t Conf erence f or several years,
nnd a hf e member of Fo1·est Lodge in
Capac. He r etired in June 1956 from
lhe Det roit Confe r ence ueca use of poor
health and ma de his home at 34715
Bordman Roa d, Memph is.
He is s m·v_ived by his widow; a d·m ghter, J ean F ts her of La ke Villa,~!.; a
fos ter son, K la us Volkh otz, Ann
·bor;
a nd . two gTandchildren.
The
1ner a l
se r vice was held in the Memphis Methodis t Church with Rev. Arthur E. Smith
Pt:t. ~furon Distl'ict supe rintendent:
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f iciatmg·. Among th e other minister s
pr esent who assisted wet·e R ev. John
Muld.er, a nd R ev. Troy Dou thi t. Burial
was Ill Memphis Cemetery a nd nephews
acted as pa llbear er s.
Use r everse s i de of this pa ge for . a ny add i ti ona l Information you wish to gi ve .
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If t he subject of thi s Ske t c h i s deceas ed , p lease enter:
Date of death __________________________ Pl ace ______________________________________
P lace of Buri a l ______________________________________________________________________
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