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
Oliver Lee (actor) Oliver Lee (actor) Oliver Lee (born 14 February 1986) is a British actor first known for his role as gay teenager Josh Jones in the television series "" (2006). He was born in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England. In 2005 Lee starred in the film "Legless" for Red Productions and Channel 4 but it was to be his role as gay teenager Josh Jones in the television series "" the following year in which proved to be his breakthrough. Lee then went on to star in "Wired" for ITV1, "Gemma Factor" for BBC Three and "Exhibit A", a feature thriller by