His father was a cordwainer by trade, though he purchased a large farm to the north of Newport on Red Clay Creek and moved his family there when Oliver was still in his infancy.
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(His design was modified by Jacob Perkins, who obtained the first patent for a refrigerating machine in 1834.)
Oliver Cromwell | Oliver Stone | Oliver! | Oliver Goldsmith | Bill Evans | Oliver | Jamie Oliver | Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. | Oliver Sacks | Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. | Charles Evans Hughes | Oliver Twist | Gil Evans | Oliver Wendell Holmes | Oliver Hardy | Cadel Evans | Oliver Reed | Oliver North | Oliver Nelson | Oliver Hazard Perry | Clifford Evans | Oliver Lake | Dale Evans | Oliver Heaviside | Oliver O. Howard | Oliver Tambo | Faith Evans | Sara Evans | Oliver Lodge | Oliver Letwin |
The historical roots of the prototypical Mississippi steamboat, or Western Rivers steamboat, can be traced to designs by easterners like James Rumsey, John Fitch, John Stevens, Oliver Evans, Robert Fulton and Daniel French.