Oliver R. Mather was born October 20, 1832, in Hartford county, Connecticut. When twenty-one years of age he moved to Dane county, Wisconsin, and worked at building and brick-making there until coming to Blue Earth county in 1864; lived on a farm near Willow creek. Since 1872 he has been building, making brick and burning lime in Mankato. Married in 1854 Phoebe A. Gibbons. Jennie, Mattie and Mary are their children. (History of the Minnesota Valley, Including the Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota, Rev. Edward D. Neill, North Star Publishing Company, Minneapolis, 1882, Page 563)
O. R. Mather, the asylum contractor, died at Fergus Falls. (Warren Sheaf, Thursday, November 5, 1891, Volume XI, Number 48, Page 3)
Oliver Roberts Mather, born October 20, 1832, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Died October 22, 1891, Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota.