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Batavia (Illinois) Herald, 17 August 1961
The passing of Oliver Wolcott in a Veteran's Hospital in Seattle, Wash., on July 21st, recalls a colorful war time record, first World War, and a business career in Batavia following the war. An army lieutenant in the war, Oliver Wolcott suffered severe wounds in front line combat, was hospitalized for some time both in Europe and later in this country. Son of the late Seymour A. Wolcott, the past Batavia Civil War veteran, Oliver Wolcott entered upon a contracting business in the twenties, and constructed four homes on Walnut Street, just west of Harrison. He later entered the gravel and sand business, with a gravel pit along Pine Street. With considerable earth moving equipment, he entered into a contract with local businessmen to dredge the Fox River from the East Wilson Street bridge south around the islands. Removed from the river were tons of material left from the old stone bridge across the Fox River, and his dredging work built up the beautiful islands that now lie just south of the city on the main channel of the river. He was the last of a noted Batavia family, founders and long time operators of the Bellevue Sanitarium. Oliver had been away from Batavia for a number of years, living first in Kansas city, later going on to the west coast.
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