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
Spencer Brown (comedian) TV show "Last Comic Standing". He was a member of the Cambridge Footlights troupe that included Matthew Holness, Richard Ayoade and John Oliver. He was also a founding member of the "Alternative Alternative" movement. In 2009, Brown appeared in 3 mobile's sponsorship bumpers for various Channel 4 comedy programmes. Spencer Brown (comedian) Spencer Brown is an English comedian, actor and writer from London. His style is surreal and contains elements of slapstick, absurdity and silliness. He is currently presenting "The Sexy Ads Show" on Fiver/Channel Five. He co-hosted ITV2's "Lip Service" with Holly Willoughby, and acted in a number of