The 1880 census of Cape Girardeau County lists Robert B. Oliver as age 29 and Marie W. Oliver as age 23, which is incorrect. Born after this census was taken, the names of the Oliver children were Robert Burett Jr., John Byrd, Allen Laws, William Palmer, Charles Watkins, and Marie Marguerite.

(click on the census for a larger, more readable version) 1880 census of Cape Girardeau County lists Robert B. & Marie Oliver's family
[Tenth Census of the United States, Population Schedule, “Cape Girardeau County, Missouri”]

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