page_title: Martha Capps Oliver
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Martha Capps Oliver / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: "Little Candles" (chorus), lyrics by Martha Oliver, score by Charles H. Gabriel
context_page_description: Martha Capps Oliver was an American poet and hymnwriter.
context_section_description: Soon after her graduation, she married William A. Oliver (1841-1904). Some of her verses soon found their way into print. They met with such appreciation that she finally began to write for publication. A number of her poems were used in England for illustrated booklets. As a writer, she was quite as kindly received there as in America. In collaboration with Ida Scott Taylor McKinney, she published several juvenile books in verse, entitled The Story of Columbus, In Slavery Days, and The Far West. She also gave some attention to sacred song and hymn writing. Oliver was skilled in all the arts of home-making and was an active church member. She died August 15, 1917, in Jacksonville, and was buried at Diamond Grove Cemetery in that city.
caption: "Little Candles" (chorus), lyrics by Martha Oliver, score by Charles H. Gabriel
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