Oliver Hardy wounded at the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862 and was a recruiting officer for Company K, 16th Georgia Regiment. The elder Oliver Hardy assisted his father in running the vestiges of the family cotton plantation following the Civil War. He then bought a share in a retail business and was elected full-time Tax Collector for Columbia County, Georgia. Hardy's mother Emily Norvell was the daughter of Thomas Benjamin Norvell and Mary Freeman, descended from Captain Hugh Norvell of Williamsburg, Virginia who arrived in Virginia before 1635. The elder Hardy and Norvell married March 12, 1890; it was her
Togo (comedian) Togo (comedian) Andres Solomon (1905 – November 3, 1952), better known by his stage name Togo, was a Filipino actor, comedian and vaudevillian, famous as one half of the comedy team Pugo and Togo during the 1930s up to 1950s. As an actor, Contreras has performed in movies such as "Kambal tuko", released in 1952, in which he portrayed Popoy, "Death March" (1946), and "Arimunding-munding" (1938). Solomon died of a heart attack on November 3, 1952, during the filming of "Dalawang Sundalong Kanin". Following Togo's death, LVN Pictures produced a short film, on the life and death of the comedian