Oliver Cromwell Hackett (born March 29, 1822, in Scott County, Kentucky) was an Illinois pioneer and participant in the California Gold Rush.
John Hackett moved the family, from Kentucky to Coles County, Illinois, in 1835.
[1] Oliver Hackett married Ellen Roxanne (Wyeth) on March 14, 1854.
Hackett soon left the gold fields to return to the farm in Illinois.
This 20-acre (81,000 m2) grove is traversed by a branch of Scattering Fork of the Embarrass River, long known as Hackett's Run, and according to the History of Douglas County (1884), the grove had been owned by the Hacketts since long before Douglas County had an existence.