Oliver P. MOULTON, who is living retired in College View, was born in Illinois in February, 1848, a son of Reuben B. and Susanna (RICKETTS) MOULTON. They were both born in Indiana but in an early day removed to Illinois, whence in 1854 they went to Missouri and in 1855 to Iowa, where the father remained until his demise in 1910. He had survived his wife since 1901.

Oliver P. MOULTON grew to manhood and received his education in Illinois and Iowa and remained with his parents until he was nineteen years of age. He then secured a position in the postoffice at Vandalia, Iowa, where he remained for four years, but at the end of that time he went to Ringgold county, Iowa, and purchased land which he cultivated, together with, a rented tract, until 1884. In that year he took up his residence in Loup county, Nebraska, and proved up on a homestead, which he operated for five years. He next went to Valley county, Nebraska, and bought a farm there and also property in the town of Ord. For ten years he devoted his time to farming his place in that county but subsequently removed to Seward, Nebraska, buying a small tract within the town limits. He turned his attention to the raising of fruit and met with success in that undertaking as in all of his other enterprises. Since November, 1912, however, he has resided in College View, where he owns a fine modern residence with spacious grounds and an acre tract as well, all within the town. In 1907 he bought an eighty-acre farm on section 6, Grant township, which he rents. He is living practically retired, enjoying a period of leisure made possible by his former labor.

Mr. MOULTON was united in marriage, on the 2Oth of October, 1874, to Miss Sarah A. LAMB, a daughter of Joseph and Ellen (SYLVESTER) LAMB, natives of Kentucky and Indiana. The father, who was for many years engaged in farming in Iowa, is still living but the mother died in 1902. Mr. and Mrs. MOULTON have had two children. Walter C. is agent for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad at Anselmo, Nebraska. Vera E. is the widow of C. F. CAMERON and has a son, Wendell, who is attending school in Lincoln. She resides with her father. Mrs. MOULTON passed away on the 3d of June, 1912, after a long illness and her demise was deeply regretted by all who had come in contact with her.

SOURCE: SAWYER, Andrew J.Lincoln: The Capital City and Lancaster County, Nebraska Pp. 154-56. S.J. Clarke Pub. Co. Chicago. 1916.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, June of 2009