Former slaveholder, two term member of Congress from North Carolina's Third District.
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Life Summary
Full name
Oliver Hart Dockery
Place of Birth
Burial Place
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Slave State
No. of Siblings
9
No. of Spouses
3
No. of Children
7
Family
Alfred Dockery (father), Sarah Lily Turner Dockery (mother), Martha Jane Stanback (first wife - died 1863 - five children), Sallie Dumas (second wife - died 1867 - two children), Fannie Steele Settle (third wife).
Education
University of North Carolina
Other
Other Education
Wake Forest College (NC)
Occupation
Politician
Diplomat
Farmer or Planter
Relation to Slavery
Slaveholder
Church or Religious Denomination
Baptist
Political Parties
Republican
Constitutional Union (1860)
Government
Diplomat
US House of Representatives
State legislature
Military
Confederate Army
