Edwards, Rev. Jonathan. "An Illustrated History of Spokane County, State of Washington." San Francisco: W. H. Lever, 1900. p. 383. D. K. OLIVER a pioneer of 1878, is a native of Pennsylvania, born in Franklin county, August 30, 1845. When seventeen years old he enlisted in Company E, Twenty-first Pennsylvania Cavalry, and served until the close of the war, being in eleven different engagements in the Army of the Potomac. At the close of the war he came west, and in 1866 drove six yoke of oxen, with a prairie schooner loaded with eight thousand pounds of bacon, from Kansas City, Missouri, to Santa Fe. New Mexico. He worked in California, Nevada and Oregon, and in November. 1878, came to Spokane by river and wagon. He followed the carpenter's trade for several years, and has put in different summers in prospecting, having an interest in numerous mining claims. He has a nice home on the corner of Fourth and Washington. In 1892 he built the Oliver block, 332-334 Riverside, a two-story brick, with a society hall on the second floor. He is a member of the G. A. R., Reno Post, No. 47, and Royal Arcanum, Spokane Council, No. 1371. In 1896-7 he served as a member of the city council. Mr. Oliver was married in Dallas, Oregon, on Christmas day, 1873, to Miss Amanda Ham, a native of Oregon, and they have one son, Charles W. * * * * Submitted to the WA. Bios Project in July 2007 by Diana Smith. This biography was transcribed for the Washington Biographies Project. Unless otherwise stated, no further information is available on the individual featured in the biography.