Overmyer history and genealogy, from 1680 to 1905

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OVERMYER

History and Genealogy

FROM 1680 TO 1905

COLLATED BY

BARNHART B. AND JOHN C. OVERMYER

FREMONT, OHIO

FREMONT, OHIO

Chas. S. Beelman, Printer
1905

THE NEW YORK

PUBLIC LIBRARY
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A8T0R, LENOX AND
TILDEN FOUNDATIONS.

COPYRIGHT, 1905

BY

JOHN C. OVERMYER

ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE

Map showing Emigrants' home

View of Penn's Creek

Emigrants' homestead 48

Site of cemetery on emigrants' farm 49

Enoch Overmyer and family 72

Henry H. Overmyer and wife 73

Children of Peter Overmyer 76

Sarah (Overmyer) Strohl 77

Frederick Overmyer 84

Daniel Overrr^er and wife 85

Joel Overmyer and family 85

Residence of Joel Overmyer 85

George W. Overmyer and wife 86

Chauncey W. Overmyer and wife 87

Jessie W. Overmyer and wife 87

Ossie W. Overmyer and wife 87

John Overmyer 112

Catherine ( Overmyer) Anspach 116

Peter Overmyer and wife 116

David Overmyer 117

George W. Overmyer 1 34

George B . Overmyer 135

Elizabeth (Overmyer) Waggoner and husband 148

Primitive Log House 149

William Overmyer, Sr 1 50

Family of Wm. Overmyer, Sr 151

Susannah (Overmyer) Newcomer and husband 160

Isaiah Overmyer and family 161

Residence of L,. F. Overmyer and family 162

Residence of Dr. B. F. Overmyer 163

Isaac N. Overmyer and family 164

Dr. B. F. Overmyer and wife 165

Jacob Overmyer and wife 1 68

Children of Jacob Overmyer 169

Phillip A. Overmyer 1 70

Wilbur G. Overmyer 171

William Overmyer and family 174

Frank Overmyer and family 175

George Overmyer and family 176

Eugene Overmyer and family 177

Amanda (Overmyer) Hess and children 184

Catherine (Overmyer) Hess and family 185

Amos Overmyer and family 186

Residence of Amos Overmyer 187

Daniel Overmyer 188

Mrs. Daniel Overmyer 189

Phillip Overmyer 204

Phillip H. Overmyer and family 205

Children of George L. Overmyer 220

Mrs. George L. Overmyer 221

Samuel B. Overmyer 221

B. B. Overmyer and family 232

Mary A. (Overmyer) Box and family 233

Residence of B. B. Overmyer 234

Former residence of B. B. Overmyer 235

John C. Overmyer and family 240

Residence of John C. Overmyer 241

Michael Overmyer and wife 252

Allen W. Overmyer and family 253

Solomon Overmyer and children 254

Mrs. Solomon Overmyer 255

B. B. Overmyer 256

Arthur W. Overmyer 256

John Overmyer 257

Michael F. Overmyer and family 274

Jacob Overmyer 275

Louis Overmyer 288

Levi W. Overmyer 288

Peter Overmyer 289

PREFACE.

The object in writing the following pages has been to pre-
serve in convenient form for reference, a brief sketch of the
early history of that branch of the Overmyer family and con-
nections descended from John George Obermayer, a German
emigrant, who left the Dominion of Baden and came to America
in 1751, and by giving in chronological order all the family
records of his descendants that could be obtained, to furnish
material for future biographies and enable all of us to solve,,
more readily, such questions of dates, descent, kinship, heredi-
tary or inheritance as may arise in our future history. The
work of collecting material for this record was begun many
years ago, but the more difficult task of selecting, arranging
and writing up what was deemed worthy of presentation has
been necessarily delayed from time to time through the pressure
of other business cares.

Mindful of the admonitions of the Fourth Commandment,
Ex. xx-12, and Eph. vi-2, 3, it is hoped that this, our first
printed record, may prove an honor to our dead, whose mem-
ories we love to cherish and whose virtues we would imitate,

and a benefit to the living by strengthening the ties of kindred
and prompting us to lead lives worthy of each other, worthy of

our ancestors, and worthy of imitation by our children to the
latest generations.

These pages have been written from a sense of duty, and to
the best of our ability, yet we are aware that they contain many
imperfections of form and matter, which longer time and ampler
means would have enabled us to remedy ; yet we venture to give
them as they are, trusting that they may serve some useful pur-
pose in every family among us and at least be an incentive here-
after to keep a full and accurate record of such incidents, events
and dates as shall aid any future family historian.

INTRODUCTION.

The following sketches of pioneer life in Central Pennsyl-
vania, Northern Ohio, and Northern Indiana, gathered from
the early traditions of onr ancestors and histories of portions of
those respective provinces or states, now for the first time put
into print, may be regarded as a sort of home-made patchwork,
like the calico bed-quilt, made in "ye olden times" by our
grandmothers from numerous bright colored scraps, gathered
here and there during a busy life-time and carefully sewed to-
gether in motley groups or sections, widely "hit or miss." for
the purpose, not alone of ornament or warmth, but chiefly as
reminders of the dear departed friends of former years.

The family records, also, which have been collected during
brief personal visits or tedious epistolary correspondence and
arranged at a vast expenditure of time, labor and patience, may
fitly suggest the pioneer log cabin of our forefathers, which
were slowly and laboriously raised by the carrying together and
putting up of log after log until the rounds were high enough
to receive the humble clap-board roof.

The name Obermayer is said to have originated as a family
name from one of the great grand-sires filling the office of the
chief or highest mayor in a city or dominion, perhaps many
generations ago, in a German province, hence "Ober-Mayor."

The reader will notice the various ways the name is spelled
at this later day. Some of the leading descendants of the Emi-
grant years ago, according to tradition, argued with the rest
of the family that they should change the name of Obermayer
to Overmyer, simply using the English letters instead of the

German, changing the "Ober" to its equivalent "Over," and
the "mayer" to the shortest English form "myer."

One of the arguments was that we had settled in this country,
helped to gain its independence, and were in short a fixture here,
and for these reasons should wear the English name. However,
all families herein recorded can be clearly traced to the Emigrant
John George Obermayer of 1751, designated by the initials
(J. G.)

The writers hope to be pardoned for recording many inci-
dents and transactions of many of the pioneers of Central Penn-
sylvania and Ohio who were not related to the Overmyer family,
also for portions of history of their surroundings, which are so
closely interwoven with the history of our grand-sires and their
descendants as to be almost inseparable.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.

Lineage, Birth, Family History of JOHN GEORGE OBER-
MAYER, a German Emigrant, who came to America from
Baden, Germany, in 1751 Page 1

CHAPTER II.

Line of JOHN GEORGE, first son of the Emigrant John George
Obermayer, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1755. . . .P. 58

CHAPTER III.

Line of JOHN PETER, second son of the Emigrant John
George Obermayer, who was born in Pennsylvania hn
1761 P. 82

CHAPTER IV.

Line of PHILIP, fourth son of the Emigrant John George
Obermayer, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1769. .P. 138

CHAPTER V.

Line of JOHN MICHAEL, fifth son of the Emigrant John
George Obermayer, who was born in Pennsylvania in
1773 P. 217

CHAPTER VI.

Line of DAVID, sixth son of the Emigrant John George Ober-
mayer, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1774 P. 271

CHAPTER VII.

Line of JACOB, seventh son of the Emigrant John George
Obermayer, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1778. .P. 282

OVERMYER HISTORY

AND

GENEALOGY.

CHAPTER I.

Lineage, Birth and Family History of John George Obermayer, a
German emigrant who came to America from Baden, Ger-
many, in 1751.

History of nations and history of countries has always been
interesting, instructive, and eagerly read by intelligent nations and
peoples, so much so, that the history of individuals and families,
seems to the writers of this volume of equal interest and import-
ance.

Therefore, after gathering data for nearly twenty years, we
find from a reply received from Pastor G. Flecht, of Blankenloch
Baden, Europe, written January 20th, 1892, in answer to a letter
written by John C. Obermyer of New Lexington, Perry County,
Ohio, that the church records of said province, contain these
facts, that a citizen named John George Obermayer was born at
Nentzlingen, in Anspach, Bavaria, in 1680, the day and month
not being given, and was married to Ann Bane, date not given,
became a citizen of Blankenloch, Baden, some time previous to
1718. Said records further show the following facts : That the
said John George Obermayer was a weaver by occupation in
Blankenloch, and a copy-holder later in Buechig, a suburb of
Blankenloch.

The following is the family record of said John George
Obermayer, as shown by the Lutheran Church records of said
Parish, the children of John George Obermayer and his wife,
Anna.

John Philip, a petty farmer and jailor, born Aug. 29th, 1716,
married Margaret Graeber, April 6th, 1741, died Jan. 31st, 1772.

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Mary Catherine, born February 9th, 1719.
Anna Mary, born Jan. 28th, 1721, died Aug. 16th, 1721.
Anna Barbara, born July 8th, 1722.

Elizabeth Catharine, born Sept. 5th, 1725, died Oct. 14th,
1725.

John George, born Oct. 27th, 1727.

The last named is the principal subject of this history and
was baptized the day following his birth, October 28th, by John
Christian Ebersole, pastor of Blankenloch and Buechig, Baden.
The witnesses of the baptism were John George Bane, a citizen
and weaver, Henry Bane, a citizen of Buechig, Sussannah, wife
of Jacob Werners, also a citizen and weaver, and Anna May, wife
of John Storken, a citizen of Hagsfeld. The foregoing data has
been copied from the Register of Baptisms, and the Church
Records of Blankenloch, Baden. Of the following twenty-three
years, no definite records could be procured, but the supposition
is that the baptized babe was brought up in the customary mode
of his country and his time, by his devoted Christian parents.
He was educated to some exent, as the remaining fragments of
his diary show, that he was able to read and write and was
familiar with Bible history, and church duties, besides the signa-
ture of the list of his fellow passengers with whom he came to
this country, shows he was one of the number who could write
his name in signing the list, while many had to make known their
assent by an X or cross.

Pastor Flecht, in his explanatory remarks says, "I find in
the death records of this Parish, that John George Obermayer,
the emigrant's father, died August 12th, 1743, aged sixty- three
years, and there is no record of his mother's death to be found and
the supposition was, that aftei the deat hof her husband, she with
her youngest son, emigrated to America, but no such facts can
be found in history or tradition, as her name does not appear on
the list of passengers that landed with him, neither do we find any
mention of her as being with him, in his adopted country, at any
time."

Before proceeding further, we deem it proper to give a
glimpse of the family history of the emigrant's oldest brother,
John Philip Obermayer and his wife, Mary Graeber.

John Jacob, born May 31st, 1742, married Eva Catherine

AND GENEALOGY

Hemperlin, March 17th, 1768, this John Jacob, being a nephew
of the emigrant, was born and died in Blankenloch, having de-
scendants, as follows :

Martin, born Dec. 30th, 1769, died in a sanitarium in Heidel-
berg.

Eva Margeretha, born July 30th, 1771, married

Waltz, died Sept. 20th, 1819.

Jacob, born Jan. 16th, 1773.

Noah, born Oct. 11th. 1777.

On May 4th, 1751, twenty-three years, six months and six
days after being baptized in preparing to leave his home and native
land to go to the new colony of Pennsylvania, North America, he,
the emigrant, John George Obermayer, procured the following let-
ter of introduction from the pastor of his church in Blankenloch.

"In testimony of John George Obermayer's honest service and
praiseworthy conduct while in our midst, especially of his knowl-
edge and confession of the Evangelical Religion, "Lutheran," to
which I cheerfully subscribe with my own hand and stamp with
official seal. John Christian Ebersole,

Pastor of Blankenloch and Buechig.

Blankenloch, May 4th, 1751. (Official Seal)."

From his diary we learn that five days later, on May 9th,
he went for the last time to church in Blankenloch. There then,
at the age of maturity, we find him worshipping at the shrine of
the God of his infancy. His notes say, "There we sang once
more the hymns, 'There are none whom God has forsaken ; Bless
the Lord, Oh, my soul, and all that is within me, bless His Holy
name. Lord Jesus Christ, to us attend, etc."

"It was the fourth Sunday after Easter, when we heard the
Gospel lesson for the day, John 16 :5-15, which begins, 'But now,
I go on my way to Him that sent me, and none of you ask
'Whither goest thou?' "

No wonder the step in his life which he was preparing to
take, was fraught with success when we consider the preparation
he made therefor. First, he made the Spiritual preparation, and
as the sacred volume teaches, "The seed of the righteous shall
multiply and replenish the earth to the third and fourth genera-
tions of those who love God and keep His commandments."

The following pages of this volume will show that in the early

OVKRMYER HISTORY

history of Pennsylvania, his adopted country and home, he per-
formed much service of good and of great importance to his
fellow citizens, for which his offspring are honored and thankful,
and they are legion.

Three days after receiving the letter of introduction from his
pastor, being May 12th. 1751, he sought the proper officials tc
procure transportation papers, or passport, as it is commonly
called for the safe passage to the colony of Pennsylvania, North
America, a verbatim copy of which is as follows :

"PASSPORT OF JOHN GEORGE OBERMAYER.

Inasmuch as the above mentioned John George Obermayer,
native of Blankenloch, has resolved by the grace of God to leave
this province to go to the New Country, the colony of Pennsyl-
vania, and has most respectfully besought and petitioned us as the
representatives of this Court for an honorable dismissal and cer-
tificate of good character, and we cannot justly refuse, but on the
other hand, we cheerfully testify upon the ground of truth, that
he has in his service in our midst conducted himself as a Christian,
as steadfast, honest, trustworthy and industrious.

We therefore wish Mr. Obermayer not only all temporal
but also eternal blessings. We therefore beseech all respective
persons, whether of high or low estate, with this charge of duty,
not only to permit him to pass free and unmolested wherevei
he may choose to go, but also without suspicion, kindly to receive
and entertain said Obermayer in whatsoever place or locality he
may announce himself, for which we shall ever be the indebtors.

In the name of this Court of Justice, we still remain the
humble servant.

Judge Bierich, Attorney, Kintzma.
School Supt. Feigler, Clerk of Court.

Blankenloch, May 12th, 1751.

Blankenloch, in Baden, the birthplace of John George Ober-
mayer, is situated just north of Switzerland on the east side of
the Rhine. The Grand Duchey of Baden, consists principally
of a narrow but fertile plain on the east side of the Rhine. Grain
and wine are the chief products. Carlsruhe is the capital. Man-
heim, at the junction of the Rhine and Neckar rivers, is one of
the finest cities in Germany.

AND GENEALOGY 5

From his diary we glean that on the 14th day of May, 1751,
John George Obermayer girdled on his worldly belongings and
bid farewell to mother, sisters, brothers, and the home of his child-
hood, and set his face toward the far-off wilderness, the new col-
ony of Pennsylvania, beyond the vast ocean. What an undertak-
ing, at that time ? But hundreds, bold and brave, were doing like-
wise. On that 14th day of May, 1751, he beheld for the last time
the home of his youth, for on that day he left Blankenloch for
Rheinhausen. Four days later, the 18th, he sailed from Rhein-
hausen, toward Manheim. On the 20th they were at Worms,
where Dr. Martin Luther had met the diet in April, 1521. There
they joined in singing that old familiar hymn, "Oh, Holy Ghost,
descend, we pray."

On the 4th day of June, at 2 :00 o'clock, they passed through
the Bingerloch, a strait or narrow passage in the Rhine, and at
7 :00 o'clock they passed through the Bay of St. Gwoar, a danger-
ous whirlpool, where they encountered great danger, arriving at
Amsterdam, June 16th. The voyage from Rheinhausen to Am-
sterdam was of four weeks duration. From Amsterdam to Rot-
terdam the journey was continued he embarking from Rotterdam
on the 20th of June and touching England on the 22nd, thence
sailing out on the vast ocean.

Of the voyage on the Atlantic ocean we have no notes,
suffice it to say it was as all voyages were in those days of no
propelling power, but sail and wind, tedious and of long dura-
tion.

Leaving the shore of England June 22nd, on the ship named
"Brothers," commanded by Captain William Muir of Rotterdam,
with two hundred passengers, only a partial list of whose names
we are able to procure.

The following are all the names we are able to copy. Those
with mark or X to their names were unable to write :

Johannas Leinberger, Johann Jac. X Maul,

Henry X Shneyder, John Peter X Sheesler,

Johannas Rieber, Adam X Adams,

Jos. X Kennel, Frederick X Hirschner,

Henrich Seistel, Christoph Hauck,

Paul Mercker, Sebastian Nagel,

Frederick X Millefelt, Jacob Lehme,

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Erhart X Millefelt,
Michael Bieber,
Christoph Weber,
George Hackir,
Peter Albert..
George Madir,
Valentine Walter,
Johannas Schmitt,
Johan Nicolas Merkel,
Geo. Conrad Meffet,
Philip Brentz,
Johann Jas. Ablen,
Johann George Hotzele,
Jacob Ludwig,
Martin X Wolff,
Henry X Wolff,
Christoff Hener,
Jacob Hauer,
Jacob Hiet,
Joachim Nagel,
^John George Obermayer,
Michael Oberly,
Andrew Klein,
Peter X Moore,
Peter X Dingis,
Peter X Hevsor,
Johannas Seyfarth,
John Jacob Zegenfuss,
Johann Philip Schneck,
John Mechior X Swerer,
Hans Jac. Farnie,
Hans Adam Wagner,
Frederick X Entzminger,
Johan Jac. Schmidt,
Johannas Schmidt,
Johan Adam Stein,
Johannas Zoesler,

Ludwig X Friedland,
Johann Jac. Blum,

Andrew Mohr,

George Mintzer,

Conrad X Menser,

Jacob Roth X,

Anthony X Graff,

David Beitch, X

Michael X Beitch,

Daniel Zoller,

Valentine Blumenstein,

John Wendel X Beylestein,

Martin Maintzer,

Jacob Frantz,

David Mussgnug,

Michael Raub,

Anthony Nogel Jr.,

Anthony Nogel Sr., X,

Hans George Dillman,

Johna Adam Heiser,

George Bastian Eigelberger,

Johannas X Minitzer,

George X Hoffheintzer,

Ludwig Bender,

Ludwig Weltnes.

ajcob Ritter,

Christian Peter,

John Jacob X Gerling,

John George X Kirchner,

Bernhard X Hauer,

Johann Michael Hause,

Johann George Staehlein,

Anthony Hauer,

Hans George Kappes,

Johannas Minister,

Hans George Uhlrich,

Ludwig Schlineker,

Friederich Daniel Mueller,

John Henry Past,

Hen rich Mag.

AND GENEALOGY

On the 16th day of September they landed at Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, making a voyage of about eighty-six days on the
ocean, since leaving England, and one hundred and twenty-five
days since leaving Blankenloch. Wonderful, the difference in
navigation on the high seas, as in all else, between 1751 and
1900.

The next record we have of the emigrant, John George Ober-
mayer, we find him a citizen in Paxton township, now Dauphin
County, in Pennsylvania, in 1770, being on the assessment list
with the following named citizens, Robert Clark, Walter Clark,
Robert Fruit, William Maclay, Matthew Smith, William Plunket,
Michael Troy, William Clark. He was designated a widower
when the list was made ten years previous.

In order to give the readers of this volume an idea of the
condition of affairs in the colony of Pennsylvania at the time the
emigrant Obermayer landed on the shore at Philadelphia, we will
digress somewhat from the individual or family history and intro-
duce throughout this chapter some reminiscences of the colonial
history of Pennsylvania, especially that portion of the colony which
the emigrant assisted in improving and upbuilding to the end oi
his days. We will quote largely from "Annals of Buffalo Val-
ley," Rupp's Collections and other Pennsylvania records embrac-
ing that period of time, beginning about 1750, or earlier, carrying
the narrative relating to the individual and the country together
till 1805, when said emigrant ended his earthly career. The
localities of the Indian tribes prior to William Penn's arrival in
1682, have been identified as follows : The Five Nations, as they
were then called, occupied the territory north of the sources of
the Susquehanna and Delaware rivers. In 1714 they became the
Six Nations by adopting the Tuscarora tribe, and Shikellimy, a
noted chief of the Oneida tribe, was sent down upon the Susque-
hanna as the governing chief of the Delawares and the Shawan-
ese. In a letter, Governor Patrick Gordon, in 1728, speaks of
Shikellimy as being a good man. Shikellimy fixed his residence
at that time at the old Muncy town in Buffalo Valley, and he was
visited by the first white man as far as known that ever set foot
within it. On the 27th of October, 1737, Conrad Weiser left the
settlement farthest north in Pennsylvania being where the big

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Swatara Creek flows into Lebanon County and on March 4th,
reached Shamokin, "now Sunbury". They now had traveled
about eighty miles and on the 5th they rested. On the Gth an
Indian trader took them across the river and they again rested.
( >n the 7th they started along one branch of the river, going
to the Northwest. On the 8th they reached an Indian Village
where Shikelimo lived, who was appointed to be their companion
and guide on the journey. Now the weather became bad and the
waters high and no Indian could be induced to venture forth.
The Indians were out of provisions at this place. Weiser wrote,
"I saw a new blanket given for about one-third of a bushel of
Indian corn. This village was situated in Buffalo Valley, which
embraces that portion of the new colony Pennsylvania, in which
the emigrant, John George Obermayer, finally settled, and as-
sisted in converting from a howling wilderness, infested by wild
beasts and Indians, to fine and comfortable homes of progres-
sive, industrious and liberty loving citizens.

On October 9th, 1747, YVesier again met Shikellimy at
Shamokin, very sick with fever. He was hardly able to stretch
forth his hand. His wife, three sons, one daughter and two or
three grand children, were all bad with fever. There were three
buried out of the familv a few daws before, one of whom was
Cajadis, who had been married to his daughter, about fifteen
years, and who was considered the best hunter among all the In-
dians. He recovered, however, from this sickness and in March,
1748, called on Weiser at Tulpehocken, with his son Logan. He
died in April, 1749, at Sunbury, and the latter became the cele-
brated Mingo chief.

By the journal of Mack and Grube, Moravian missionaries,
it appears that Logan lived at the mouth of Chillasquaque Creek,
August 26th, 1753. In 1765 he lived in Raccoon Valley, at the
foot of the Tuscarora mountain. Loudon in his "Collections,"
says he could speak tolerable English, was a remarkably tall
man — over six feet high — straight as an arrow, and well pro-
portioned ; of brave, open and manly countenance, and appar-
ently afraid of no one.

In 1774 occurred Lord Dunmore's expedition against the
Shawnese towns, now Point Pleasant, West Virginia, which was

AND GENEALOGY 9

the occasion of Logan's celebrated speech famliiar to every school
boy.

Cumberland County was erected out of Lancaster, on the
27th of January, 1750, the north line only to extend as far north
as the north line of Perry now or the Juniatta river. The coun-
try was thus far purchased from the Indians. Nevertheless,
settlers pushed on north of the boundary line. The Indians pro-
tested against the occupation of the country north of the line, "by
the whites, and wished the people called back. Then came the
Treaty of July 6th, 1754, at Albany, between the chiefs of the Six
Nations and Thomas and Richard Penn, conveying that portion
of the province west of the Susquehanna river, north, to John
Penn's creek, then westward, striking Lake Erie, a few miles
north of Presque Isle — now Erie. The line crossed Penn's Creek,
near New Berlin. Settlers then pushed their way up along
Penn's Creek, and north of it. By 1755 there were fully twenty-
five families north of Penn's Creek, in Buffalo Valley. Brad-
dock's defeat, July 9th, of that year, emboldened the Indians, and
they determined to clean out all these settlements, and they did it
so effectually that few ventured upon the bloody ground until
after the surveys of 1768.

The following record of a petition addressed to Robert
Hunter Morris, then Governor, under the Proprietaries, tells the
whole story. We, the subscribers, living on the south side of the
mouth of Penn's Creek, on the west side of the Susquehanna,
humbly show that on or about the 16th of October the enemy
came down upon said creek, killed, scalped and carried away all
the men, women and children except one wounded man, who for-
tunately escaped and brought us the news. Whereupon we went
out and buried the dead. We found thirteen who were men and
elderly women and one child two weeks old ; the rest being young
women and children, carried away. One house was found
burned up, the man of it, named Jacob King, a Swisser, lying just
by it. He lay on his back, barbarously burned, with two toma-
hawks sticking in his forehead, the terror of which has driven
away all of the inhabitants, except us. We are willing to stay
and defend the land, but need arms, ammunition and assistance.
Without them we must flee and leave the country to the enemy.

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Signed by,

George Glidwell, George Schnable,

George Anchmudy, George Aberhart,

John McCahan, Daniel Braugh,

Abraham Sowerkill, William Doran,

Edmund Mathews, Dennis Mucklehenny,

Mark Curry, George Linn,

Jacob Simmons, Godfrey Fryer,

Conrad Craymer, John Young.
George Fry,

Barbara Leininger and Mary Roy, two of the captives, es-
caped from the Indians March 16th, and got to Pittsburg on
the 31st, 1757. Some were captives over four years and had
forgotten their own names. The most of the smaller children
died of hunger and exposure.

In the Third Volume of the Pennsylvania Archives on page
633, the testimony of Barbara Leininger and Mary Roy is
recorded and was as follows :

They say they were both inhabitants of this province, and
lived on John Penn's Creek, near George Gabriel's. That on the
16th of October, 1755, a party of fourteen Indians fell upon
the inhabitants at that creek by surprise and killed fifteen and
to©k and carried off prisoners examinants and eight more. Jacob
Roy, brother of Mary Roy, Rachael Liningaree, sister of Bat
bara, and two of her children, (one of which died at Rittanin of
hunger), Peter Lick and two of his sons named John and Wil-
liam. The names of the Indians were Rech Kinnyperlin, Joseph
Compass and James Compass, Thomas Hickman, one Kalas-
quay, Soucy, Mochynego and Katouochquay. They were taken
to the Indian town, Rittanning, where they stayed until Sep-
tember, 1756, and were in the Fort opposite thereto when Col.
Armstrong burned it. Thence they were carried to Fort Du-
quesne and many other women and children, they think a hun-
dred, who were carried away from the several Provinces of
Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia. They stayed two months
and were carried to Saucang, twenty-five miles below, at the
mouth of Big Beaver Creek. In the spring of 1757 they were
carried to Kuskusky, up Beaver Creek, twenty-five miles, where
they stayed until they heard the English were marching against

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Duquesne, and then the Indians quitted Kukusky and took these
examinants with them to Muskingham, as they think one hun-
dred and fifty miles. On the 16th of March, the examinants
made their escape and got to Pittsburg on the 31st, 1757. The
date of this deposition is May 6th, 1759.

The southwest portion of Buffalo Valley was included in
the purchase from the Six Nations made at Easton, Pennsyl-
vanio, on the 23rd of October, 1758, with the bounds of which the
Indians declared themselves perfectly satisfied. A copy of the
original deed is still preserved in the executive chamber at Har-
risburg. The line of this purchase in 1758 was the line between
Cumberland and Berks Counties, within Buffalo Valley, until
the erection of Northumberland County, out of Berks, and others,
in 1772. The settlers north of this were assessed in Berks County
and repaired to Reading to attend Court; those south of that
line were assessed in Penn Township, Cumberland County, and
attended the sessions at Carlisle. From 1772, Sunbury attracted
attention as the seat of Justice, for the people of the Valley, until
the erection of Union County, March 22nd, 1813, a period of
forty-one years to a day, when New Berlin became the County
Seat, holding it for forty-two years, when, March 2nd, 1855, by
the erection of Snyder County, out of Union, Lewisburg, became
the political center of the territory, within the scope in which the
emigrant, John George Obermayer, assisted in subduing the wild
and dense forests and the savage Indians occupying the same.

During the years intervening between the landing of the
emigrant, John George Obermayer, from 1751 to 1770, when we
again find his name in the history of Pennsylvania, we glean
narratives of his life work, from family and church records.
Drifting from Philadelphia, the place of his landing, North and
Westward, we find him a settler in Paxton, now Harrisburg.
Bible records and traditional history show that sometime during
the year 1753 he was married to Eva Rosabaum, who was a
servant girl for a large landowner, who had paid the fare of her
voyage to this country to the officers of the ship in which she
came. The writer's father often referred to the fact that the
emigrant, John George Obermayer, and his first wife were
servants together, for said land-owner, and plowed and grubbed
together in stumpy fields where Harrisburg is now situated.

12 OVERMYER HISTORY

The following facts were gleaned from an old Bible that
had been preserved for several generations, which were old and
dim, and difficult to decipher, but fully corroborated by inscrip-
tions on the various tombstones.

John George Obermayer, an emigrant, was married to Eva
Rosenbaum in 1753. Their first child, John George, was born
June 3rd, 175."), Catherine was born Sept. 12th, 1756, Margaratha
was born Nov. 6th, 1758, Susannah, born Nov. 6th, 1758, twins.
His first wife died and he was again married to a Barbara Vogt,
or Foucht, and the children from the union were :

John Peter, born Feb. 5th, 1761.

Elizabeth, born Feb. 27th, 1763.

Anna Eve and Esther, dates not deciphered, probably twins.

Jonas, born March 5th, 1766; died unmarried.

Mary Magdalene, born Aug. 25th, 1767, married Peter

Whitmer; died 1839 in Perry Co., O.
Philip, born Sept. 23, 1769; died March 24th, 1843.
John Michael, born Jan. 12th, 1773; died Oct. 19th, 1847.
David, born Nov. 12th, 1774; died Sept. 28th, 1866.
Barbara, born Sept. 17th, 1776.
Jacob, born March 27th, 1778; died May 14th, 1835.

For the protection of the early settlers on the frontier
against the Indians, the inhabitants were organized into com-
panies for military drill, and to provide necessaries in case of
defense. Those organizations were called Associations or Com-
mittees of Safety. The emigrant Obermayer's cabin was then
situated in Buffalo where Switzer's Run empties into Penn's
Creek, now Limestone Township, Northumberland County, now
Union County, was strongly built with heavy square hewed logs
and often served as a Fort for the inhabitants of the immediate
vicinity. When Indian depredations were feared the settlers
would flock to his cabin for safety. He would rally the men and
led many expeditions against the prowling savages of the forest.
rrom the time of Braddock's defeat. July 9th, 1755, to 1783
Captain Obermayer discharged varied and arduous duties for his
family, his neighbors and his country, at times at the head of a
company of men as captain, leading them in battle and pur, ttit
of the enemy, at other times marching in the ranks and doing

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battle under other officers. The services rendered by Captain
Obermayer will be fully noted in proper order.

On October 30th, 1753, Washington set out on that famous
trip wifh a letter from Governor Dinwiddie, addressed to the
commander of the French forces on the Ohio River. And on
the 16th of January, 1754, had returned, and on that day deliver-
ed to the Governor of Virginia the reply of the French com-
mander, and reported the results of his journey which disclosed
the fact that hostilities were now inevitable, which immediately
brought forth the French and Indian War. The Indian tribes
that were friendly to the French now began harrassing the fron-
tier settlements, and though suffering and hardships were en-
dured by the early settlers, the services rendered were as it were
a preparatory training for officers and men for the great work
in store for them of securing for themselves civil and religious
liberty and establishing the best government on the face of the
earth, for when the Treaty of Paris, Feb. 10th, 1763, ended the
French and Indian War, the colonists had by bitter experience,
learned to defend home and fireside. It had taught them their
own strength and the value of united action. In the long strug-
gle, Washington, Gates, Morgan, Montgomery, Stark, Putnam
and others were trained for the great work which was to be re-
quired of them in later years. The emigrant, John George Ober-
mayer, marrying and settling in Paxton Township, now Dauphin
County, in 1754, continued to reside there and in that vicinity
until 1772, when Northumberland County was erected. Richard
Perm was Lieutenant Governor. Samuel Hunter Representative
in the Assembly. George Nagel served as Sheriff of Berks
and Northumberland Counties. In 1770 Jacob Fought bought of
Timothy Green two hundred and sixteen acres of land, at the
mouth of Cedar Run, including the forks of Buffalo Creek, the
rocky mill site, and moved there. In 1771 he built the first mill
in the valley. Fort Augusta, now Sunbury. was fixed as the
place of election and the county to be entitled to one Represen-
tative. The Governor was to nominate a competent number of
Justices, any three of whom could hold the several courts on the
fourth Tuesday of February, March, August and November, at
Fort Augusta, until a Court House should be built. William
Plunket, Turbut Francis, Samuel Hounter, James Potter, Wil-

14 OVERMYER HISTORY

liam McClav, John Lowdon, Thomas Lemmon, Ellis Hughes
and Benjamin Weiser were confirmed as Justices in Council and
William McClav, prothnotary and clerk of the several Courts,
March 24th, 1771. William Gray, Thomas Hewitt and John
Weitzel, the first County Commissioners, were sworn in on
April 9th. The first Court was held, which was a private
session of the peace, William Plunket presiding, James Potter
and John Lowdon assisting. The County was divided into seven
townships, Penn, Buffalo, Augusta, Turbut, Bald Eagle, Muncy
and Wyoming. The first grand jurors were Captain John
Brady, foreman, John George Obermayer, John Rearic, Peter
Leonard, William Gray, Ludwig Derr, Andrew Hafer, James
Park, John Walker and Hawkins Boone, cousin of the celebrated
Daniel Boone, later of Kentucky, Walter Clark, Jonathan Lo^ge,
Peter Hosterman, James Harrison, Nicholas Miller, Jacob Hab-
erling and Samuel Weiser, were sworn as assessors. The Hon-
orable Court adjourned and met the fourth Tuesday of May.
The commission of William McClav was read and the following
members of the bar were sworn in : James Wilson of York,
(afterward a signer of the Declaration of Independence and
later an assistant Justice of the Supreme Court of the United
States), Robert Magaw of Carlisle, (afterward Colonel of the
Sixth Pennsylvanfa and defender of Fort Washington), Edward
Burd, George North and Christian Hucks. Hucks was afterward
the Tory Captain Hucks of Tarleton's Dragoons, killed in South
Carolina in 1T80. (See Graydon's Memoirs, page 270). The
following persons were granted licenses for tavern keepers :
George Wolfe, Martin Trester and Martin Cost.

The first case brought was James Patton vs. James Garley.
Magaw for plaintiff and W'ilson for defendant. The following
curiosity is the copy of a deed by the foregoing Hawkins Boone
of a tract of land near New Columbia :

"I promise to deliver to Valentine Lees, his heirs or assigns,
a covience for fifty acres of land adjoining Rees grief and John
Cox, and to ajine when surveyed to land belonging to Valentine
Lees, which warrant was entered sometime last Spring in my own
name, and for the performance, I bind myself, my heirs, in the
sum of One Hundred Pounds, if in consequence of the said Lees
pein me 5 pounds 10 shillings of cash and one par of lether

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britches to the valy of one pound 11 shillings. Witness my
hand, this 26th day of August, 1773.
Witness present,

Samuel Young. (Signed) Hawkins Boone."

Many ejectment cases were brought on titles procured under
Connecticut claims, but they did not avail as against titles from
Thomas and Richard Penn, the proprietors. In June a large
body of armed men from Connecticut attempted to disposses the
settlers of the valley. This attempt was successfully resisted by
the posse of the neighborhood. On the 19th of July, a petition
was presented to the General Assembly stating that the County
was thinly inhabited and contained a great body of intruders
from the Colony of Connecticut, who refused subjection to tht
government and that they found themselves unable to enforce
the laws for want of a proper gaol. Whereupon, an Act was
promptly passed on the 23rd, granting 800 pounds out of the
treasury to build a gaol. The first criminal case was tried at
August Sessions. The King vs. John Williams, for larceny.
He was found guilty and sentenced to pay a fine of five
pounds, to receive twenty-one lashes on his bare back, and to
be committed to the magazine of the Fort at Augusta until
the sentence was complied with.

William Speddy's name appears as one of the principal
leaders of the list of rioters, from Connecticut, who tried
to dispossess the early settlers of the Vallev. Governor John
Penn had issued a proclamation offerings 50 pounds for the ar-
rest of William Speddy. At the Superior Court then held Wil-
liam Speddy was arraigned and tried for the murder of Lieu-
tenant Ogden, who was shot in an effort to drive the settlers
out of the valley, as both Connecticut and the Penns claimed
jurisdiction over the valley. After a long and impartial hear-
ing, the jury gave in their verdict "not guilty." The facts
brought out during the trial proved that Speddy had warned
settlers not to purchase land of Penn unless they had like-
wise New England rights. That the New England people had
more right to the lands than Penn, and owned that he stood by
and saw Lazarus Stewart of the New England Company, shoot
Lieutenant Ogden, and justified the act. Though Speddy was

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found not guilty, the Pennsylvania authorities kept him in close
confinement in Philadelphia for more than two years. He had
wasted to a mere skeleton and when finally discharged his joy
and gratitude overleaped all bounds. He then became a settler
of the valley and with John George Obermayer and others of
Northumberland County, in December, 177G, volunteered in
Captain John Clark's company and served during the campaign
of Trenton and Princeton. On the tax lists of 1778-1780 and
1782, he was taxed with two hundred and sixty-two acres of
land, one horse and three cows. The latter year he was assessor
of Buffalo Township. His signature to the assessment is in a
full, round, beautiful hand. In 1785 he moved to a place after-
ward called Speddy's Gap, Juniatta County, where he resided
until he died at a great age.

Through the conflicting claims of owners of grants of land
and arbitrary laws enacted by parliament, relating to governing
and taxing the colonies, the colonists were fast learning that the
time would eventually come when they would be compelled to
unite and make a decided stand for their civil rights. Accord-
ingly, letters were sent to the inhabitants of the Counties, of the
different provinces or states, and disclose the means taken to
organize an opposition to the encroachments of the mother coun-
try upon the liberties of the American people, which culminated
in the Revolution and Declaration of Independence on the 4th of
July, 1776.

The following is a copy of those letters dated

Philadelphia, June 28th, 1774.
To William Maclay, William Plunket and Samuel Hunter, Es-
quires, Northumberland.

Gentlemen : — The Committee of Correspondence for this
city beg leave to inclose you printed copies of the resolves
passed by a very large and respectable meeting of the freeholders
and freemen in the State House Square, on Saturday, the 18th
instant and by the fourth of these resolves, you will observe
that it was left for the Committee to determine on the most
proper mode of collecting the sense of this Province in the present
critical situation of our affairs and appointing deputies to attend
the proposed Congress.

AND GENEALOGY. 17

In pursuance of this trust we have, upon the maturest delib-
eration, determined upon the mode contained in the following
propositions which we hope may meet with the approbation and
concurrence of your respectable county, viz. :

1st. That the Speaker of the House of Representatives be
desired to write to the several members of Assembly, request-
ing them to meet in this city, as soon as possible, but not later than
the first of August next, to take into consideration our very
alarming situation.

2nd. That letters be written to proper persons in each
County, recommending it to them to get Committees appointed
for their respective counties, and that the said Committees or
such number of them, as may be thought proper, may meet at
Philadelphia at the time the Representatives are convened in order
to consult and advise on the most expedient mode of appointing
deputies for the General Congress and to give their weight to
such as may be appointed.

What we have, therefore, to request, is that if you approve
of the mode expresed in the second proposition, the whole or a
part of the Committee appointed or to be appointed for your
County, will meet the committes from the various counties at
Philadelphia on Friday, the 15th day of July, in order to assist
in framing instructions and preparing such matters as may be
proper to recommend to our Representatives at their meeting
the Monday following.

We would not offer an affront to the well known public
spirit of Pennsylvania as to question your zeal on the present
occasion. Our very existence in the rank of freemen, and the
security of all that ought to be dear to us, evidently depend upon
our conducting this great cause to its proper issue with firmness,
wisdom and unanimity.

We cannot, therefore, doubt your ready concurrence in
every measure that may be conducive to the public good. And
it is with pleasure that we can assure you that all the colonies
from South Carolina to New Hampshire, seem animated with
one spirit in the common cause, and consider this as the proper
crisis for having our difference with the mother country brought
to some certain issue, and our liberties fixed upon a permanent
foundation. This desirable end can only be accomplished by a

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free communion of sentiments, and a sincere, fervent regard to
the interests of our common country.

We beg to be favored with an answer to this and whether
the Committee from your County can attend at Philadelphia at
the time proposed.

Thomas Willing, Chairman."

At a meeting of the inhabitants of the different townships,
held Saturday, July 9th, the following persons were selected as
Township Committees :

Augusta Twp. Penn's Twp. Muncy Twp.

George Yeakle, Andrew Moore, John Coates,

Henry Zartman, David Miller, James Hampton,

Henry Krebs, Jacob Hosterman. William Hammond.

Bald Eagle Twp. Buffalo Twp. Turbutt Twp.

John Fleming, John G. Obermayer, Thomas Jordon,

James Hughes, Thomas Sutherland, John Nelson,

John Walker. John Aurand. Josiah Espy.

Wyoming Twp.
James McClure,
Peter Milleck,
John Clingman.

The several Township Committees met on the 11th at Rich-
ard Malone's and selected William Scull and Samuel Hunter to
represent Northumberland County at the Provincial meeting at
Philadelphia. This meeting convened in Carpenter's Hall, at
Philadelphia, on Friday, the 15th day of July. Thomas Willing
was chairman and Charles Thompson, secretary.

The principal resolutions passed at that meeting were as
follows : William Scull being a member of the Committee to
draft said resolutions.

1st. That we acknowledge ourselves and the inhabitants of
this Province liege subjects of His Majesty, King George III, to
whom they and we owe and will bear true and faithful al-
legiance.

2nd. That as the idea of an unconstitutional independence
of the present state is utterly abhorrent to our principles, we view
the unhappy differences, between Great Britain and the Colonies,
with the deepest distress and anxiety of mind, as fruitless to her,
grievous to us, and destructive of the best interests of both.

AND GENEALOGY 19

3rd. That it is therefore our ardent desire that our ancient
harmony with the mother country should be restored and a per-
petual love and union subsist between us on the principles of the
constitution, and in interchange of good offices, without the
least infraction of our mutual rights.

4th. That the inhabitants of these Colonies are entitled to
the same rights and liberties within these Colonies, that the
subjects born in England *are entitled to within that realm.

5th. That the power assumed by the parliament of Great
Britain to bind the people of these Colonies, "by statute in all
cases whatsoever," is unconstitutional, and therefore the source
of these unhappy differences.

6th. That the Act of Parliament for shutting up the port
of Boston is unconstitutional, oppressive to the inhabitants of
that town, dangerous to the liberties of the British Colonies, and
therefore, we consider our brethren at Boston as suffering in the
common cause of these Colonies.

7th. That the bill for altering the administration of justice
in certain criminal cases, within the Province of Massachusetts
Bay, if passed into an Act of Parliament, will be as unconsti-
tutional, oppressive and dangerous as the Act above mentioned.

8th. That the bill for changing the constitution of the
Province of Massachusetts Bay, established by charter, and en-
joyed since the grant of that charter, is passed into an act Qf
parliament, will be unconstitutional and dangerous in its con-
sequences to the American Colonies.

9th. That there is an absolute necessity that a Congress of
Deputies from the several colonies be immediately assembled to
consult together and form a general plan of conduct to be ob-
served by all the Colonies for the purpose of procuring relief for
our suffering brethren, obtaining redress of our grievances, pre-
venting future dissensions, fairly estabilshing our rights, and
restoring harmony between Great Britain and her Colonies on
a constitutional foundation.

10th. That, although a suspension of the commerce of this
trading Province, with Great Britain, would greatly distress
multitudes of our industrious inhabitants, yet that sacrifice and
a much greater we are ready to offer for the preservation of our
liberties. But in tenderness to the people of Great Britain, as

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well as of this country, and in hopes that our just remonstrances
will at length reach the ears of our gracious sovereign, and be
no longer treated with contempt by any of our fellow subjects in
England, it is our earnest desire that the Congress should first
try the gentler mode of stating our grievances and making a firm
and decent claim of redress.

11th. That yet, notwithstanding, as an unanimity of coun-
sels and measures is indispensably necessary for the common
welfare, if the Congress shall judge, agreements of non-importa-
tion and non-exportation expedient, the people of this Province
will join with the other principal and neighboring Colonies in
such an association of non-importation from and non-exporta-
tion to Great Britain, as shall be agreed on at the Congress.

12th. That if any proceedings of the Parliament of which
notice shall be received on the continent before or at the Gen-
eral Congress shall render it necessary in the opinion of that
Congress for the Colonies to take further steps than are mentioned
in the eleventh resolve, in such case the inhabitants of this Prov-
ince shall adopt such further steps and do all in their power to
carry them into execution.

13th. That the venders of merchandise of every kind with-
in the Province ought not to take advantage of the resolves
relating to non-importation in this Province, or elsewhere, but
they ought to sell their merchandise which they now have or
may heerafter import, at the some rates they have been accus-
tomed to do within three months last past.

14th. That the people of this Province will break off all
trade, commerce and dealing, and will have no trade, commerce
or dealing of any kind, with any Colony, on this continent, or
with any city or town in such Colony, or with any individual in
any such Colony, city or town, which shall refuse, decline or
neglect to adopt and carry into execution such general plan as
shall be agreed to in Congress.

15th. That it is the duty of every member of this Com-
mittee to promote as much as he can, the subscription set on
foot in the several counties of this Province, for the relief of the
distressed inhabitants, of Boston.

16th. That the Committee give instructions on the present
situation of public affairs to their representatives, who are to meet

AND GENEALOGY 21

next in assembly and request them to appoint a proper number
of persons, to attend a congress of Deputies from the several
Colonies, at such time and place as may be agreed upon, to effect
one general plan of conduct, for attaining the great and im-
portant ends mentioned in the ninth resolve.

The instructions to the assembly were lengthy and com-
menced with a recital that the dissentions between Great Britain
and the Colonies commenced some ten years since and arose
from the power claimed by Parliament to bind the people of the
Colonies by statutes in all cases whatsoever when from local
circumstances they could not be represented in it. The object
of the convention of Deputies is stated to be to obtain a renuncia-
tion on the part of Great Britain of all powers of imposing
taxes, or duties internal or external and of regulating trade in
articles of commerce raised or that may be hereafter raised by
the Colonies; to obtain a repeal of all statutes for quartering
troops in the Colonies or subjecting them to any expense on
account of such troops of all statutes giving courts of admiralty
in the Colonies greater power than the courts of admiralty in
England of the statutes shutting up the port of Boston and af-
fecting the province of Massachusettes Bay. In the event of the
refusal of these resolutions terms of agreements of non-importa-
tion were recommended and a continual claim and assertion of
our rights.

These proceedings being communicated to the General as-
sembly it took up the matter and promptly passed a resolution
on the 22nd of July, 1774, that there is an absolute necessity that
a Congress of Deputies from the several Colonies be held, as
soon as convenient, to consult and form plans for the purpose of
obtaining redress of American grievances.

In 1775 John Penn was still Governor and Samuel Hunter
member of the Assembly. On the 23rd day of January the con-
vention for the province of Pennsylvania assembled at Philadel-
phia, and continued in session until the 28th, William Plunket
and Casper Weitzel representing the county of Northumberland.
This convention approved of the proceedings of the Continental
Congress; recommended a law prohibiting the future importa-
tion of slaves into the province ; resolved to afford all necessary
assistance and relief in case the city of Philadelphia should be

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suspended in consequence of the struggle ; that it was their earn-
est wish to see harmony restored between Great Britain and the
Colonies but in the event the former should determine to effect
a submission by force to the late arbitrary acts of Parliament it
was their indispensable duty to resist such force and at every haz-
ard the rights and liberties of America.

It was resolved to kill no sheep under four years old or sell
such to the butcher ; and the setting up of woolen manufacturers,
especially for coating, flannels, blankets, rugs, etc., was recom-
mended ; also the raising of madder and dye stuffs, flax and hemp,
making of salt and saltpeter, gunpowder, nails and wire ; making
of steel and paper, setting up manufacturers of glass, wool,
cards, copper in sheets, bottoms and kettles. It was further rec-
ommended to the inhabitants to use the manufactured products
of their own and neighboring Colonies, in preference to all others ;
and that a manufacturer or vender of goods who should take ad-
vantage of the necessities of the country to raise price, should be
considered an enemy to his country.

'This was no doubt the first resolution against trusts ever
passed in this country."

It appears from the Pennsylvania records that the county
assessment records were carried off to Paxton (Harrisburg) in
the escape from the Indians in 1778, and those of 1773, 1774 and
1776 were lost.

The following we glean from the list of 1775 which was in
the hand writing of Joseph Green.

It enumerates the acres of cultivated land, of horses, cows,
sheep, slaves and servants belonging to each settler, there were
only two hundred and forty-one tax payers in all the county
which then embraced all of the present Northumberland, Snyder
and Union counties. The list is too long to give here in full.
We will simply copy a few of the most interesting notes, four
thousand three hundred and eighty three acres of cultivated
land, three hundred and forty horses, three hundred and ninety-
six cows, one hundred and twenty-one sheep, four slaves and
fourteen servants.

John Geo. Overmeier, John Rearick, Christian Shively and
Jonas, Jacob and Michael Focht were brothers-in-law. Over-

AND GENEALOGY 23

meier lived where Switzer run enters into Penns creek. Shively
at the mouth of White Spring run. Rearick near Wehr's tavern
and Focht's in Dry Valley and were each taxed as follows :
Overmeier with forty acres of cultivated land, two horses, two
cows, and two sheep. Shively, eight acres of land, and one
cow. Rearick, fifteen acres of land, two horses and three cows.
Jonas Fought, twenty acres of land, two horses, three cows and
four sheep. Jacob Fought, forty acres of land, two horses and
four cows Michael Fought, single, living with Jonas, Sam
Hunter, John Clark, Sam McLay and John Lowdon were each
taxed with a slave.

Some on the list were designated as freemen which under
Markhams charter indicated an electors qualification as follows :
No person shall be capable of being an elector or being elected
unless of the age of twenty-one and have fifty acres of land,
ten whereof being seated or cleared, or be otherwise worth fifty
pounds sterling clear estate, and have been resident within the
government, two years before such election.

During the year 1775, and after, the settlers were continually
harrassed by the Indians, being incited to murder, and plunder,
by the British government, who was busy forging chains, to fet-
ter, and bind, the Colonies into complete submission, to any, and
all arbitrary laws, enacted by Parliament, the result of which
was to hasten the Revolutionary struggle.

At this period the settlers arranged for, and elected a com-
mittee of three from each township, called associators or com-
mittee of safety, whose duty it was to provide for organizing and
drilling, all military organization in the county. The members of
the township committee of safety met as a county committee, to
devise ways and means for the welfare and safety of the countv,
in forming military companies securing ammunation and arms
as well as the necessities of life for the settlers of the counties.
The following gentlemen were unanimously chosen, by their
representative township to serve in the committees of North-
umberland county and met at different places in the county.
The province of Pennsylvania then consisted of eleven counties,
and Northumberland county had eleven townships.

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OVERMYER HISTORY

Augusta Twp.
John Weitzel,

Alexander Hunter,

Thomond Ball.

Buffalo Twp.
John Geo. Overmeier,
Thomas Sutherland,
John Aurand.

Bald Eagle Twp.
John Fleming,
James Hughes,
John Walker.

Machanoy Twp.
Geo. Yeakle,
Henry Zartman,
Henry Krebs.

Mahoning Twp.
Wm. Cook,

Benjamin Allison,
Thomas Hewet.
Muncy Twp.
John Coates,
James Hampton,

Wm. Hammond.

Potter Twp.
John Livingston,
John C. Millan,
Maurice Davis.

Penn's Twp.
Andrew Moore,
David Miller,
Jacob Hosterman.

Turbut Twp.
Thomas Jordon,

John Nelson,
John Hambright.

White Deer Twp.
Aralter Clark,
Wm. Blyth,
Marcus Huling.

Wyoming Twp.
James McClure,
Peter Mellick,
John Clingman.

The duties of the foregoing committee were arduous and
varied as a perusal of its minutes amply show as nearly all dis-
putes, crimes and wrongs were referred to it for settlement a
few of the many different cases adjusted by them will in the
following pages be referred to.

On organization John Hambright was elected chairman and
Thomand Ball, Clerk. The members of the committees and their
presiding officers were in some instances at times changed and the
latest date of its minutes at our access is April l?th, 1777. The
following is one of the addresses of them :

Sunbury, 20th April, 1775.
To the Committees of Northumberland County.

Gentlemen : The time is at hand when the spirit of Am-
ericans that love liberty and constitutional principles will be put
to the trial. What has been by them in their different resolves
avowed must perhaps at least be put into execution. The late
alarming news just received from England (which we may
depend upon) informs that the British Parliament are determined
by force to put into execution every of their supreme edicts as
they style them together with their late oppressive acts which we
have so long and with so little or no effect hitherto complained
of.

We consider it absolutely necessary to have a general meet-

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ing of the whole county in order to form some regular plan in
conjunction with our countrymen to give every opposition to
impending tyranny and oppression either by force or otherwise.
The time of meeting we think will be best on the first day of May
next, at ten o'colck in the forenoon, and the place most con-
venient at Vandyke's, near Beaver Run in Buffalo Valley. We
do therefore earnestly request that you will immediately on receipt
hereof in the most expeditious manner notify the inhabitants of
your townships of this matter and insist on their attendence with-
out fail there on that day. The place of meeting is such where
we cannot expect much accommodation. It will be therefore
necessary that every man should provide for himself. We are
your humble servants,

(Signed) Cas. Weitzel.

Philadelphia, June 15th, 1775.

To the Committee of Northumberland County.

Gentlemen : Enclosed are resolves of Congress which we
have transmitted to you and request you will use your utmost
diligence to have as many of the best marksman procured to ttv-
list as fast as possible. They are wanting for immediate service
at Boston and we have not the least doubt but the spirit of our
people of the Province will induce them without delay to enter
into so glorious a service. You will please to consult with
gentlemen of knowledge and interest as you can (though not of
your committee) for the more speedy raising of the men and let
us know your sentiments relative to such gentlemen as may be
proper for officers and such as may be agreeable to the men. We
hope the counties will advance any moneys necessary as they shall
shortly be repaid by Congress. The honor of Pennsylvania
is at stake and we have not the least doubt that every nerve will
be exerted not only collectively but individually to carry this mat-
ter into instant execution. You will see by the attestation to be
signed by the men they are to serve one year unless sooner dis-
charged. This may seem inconvenient as the enlistment will
be in one day. The intention is to discharge on the first day of
July, 177(5, unless their service may not be wanting so long
according to the attestation which may possibly happen to be the
case, and they may be discharged this fall. Let the committee

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or officers give certificates for any moneys necessary for the
service whicli the Congress will discharge. It is expected that
Cumberland will raise two companies, York one, Lancaster one,
Northampton one, and Northumberland and Bedford one. You
will keep the resolves of Congress as secret as the nature of the
case will admit that the arrival of the men at Boston may be the
first notice General Gage has of the matter. The pay of the
officers is on the establishment of the whole army, but we beg
leave to assure the officers that our interest will be exerted with
our Assembly to the utmost to have an addition to their pay so
as to equal the pay of officers of the same rank in the Penn-
sylvania service last war.

We are with esteem gentlemen, your most humble servants,

Thomas Willing,
James Wilson, John Dickinson, George Ross,

Charles Humphrey, Thomas Mifflin, John Morton.

RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS.

In Congress June 14th, 1775.

Resolved : That six companies of expert riflemen be im-
mediately raised in Pennsylvania, two in Maryland and two in
Virginia. That each company as soon as completed shall march
and join the army near Boston to be there employed as light
infantry under the command of the chief officer of the army.
That the pay of the officers and privates be as follows.

A Captain at $20.00 per month.

A Lieutenant at $13. 1-3 per month.

A Sergeant at $8.00 per month.

A Corporal at $7. 1-3 per month.

A Drummer at $7. 1-3 per month.

A Private at $6. 2-3 per month.

To find their own arms and clothes.

That the form of enlistments be in the following words :

I have this day voluntarily enlisted myself as a soldier in
the American Continental Army for one year, unless sooner
discharged and do bind myself to conform in all instances to such

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rules and regulations as are or shall be established for the gov-
ernment of the said army.

Charles Thompson,

Secretary.
(True Copy) Cas. Weitzel, Secretary.

The following named persons we find had been at sometime
elected as Captain of companies in service at intervals just pre-
vious and during the revolutionary struggle. John Lowdon,
James Parr, Arthur Daggart. Wm. Gray, David Berry, Samuel
Dale, Cookson Long, Samuel Wallis, James Murry, Henry Antis,
John McMillen, David Hayes, James McMahon, Charles Gil-
lespie, Wm. Schull, Wm. Clarke, John Hambright, John Brady,
Wm. Murray, Simon Cool, John Simpson, John Geo. Overmeier,
George Wolfe, Wm. Weirick, Jacob Links, Michael Weaver and
others. The time of service we find varied a great deal as some
were elected and commissioned for local and frontier defence,
others for special campaigns and still others for the Continental
army, Captain John Lowdon's company was the first companv
organized for the Continental service from Northumberland
county commissioned as follows : In Congress. The delegates
of the United Colonies of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay,
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
the coutnies of New Castle, Kent., and Sussex in Delaware
Marylany, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina.

To John Lowdon, Esquire :

We reposing especial trust and confidence in your patriotism,
valor, conduct and fidelity do by these presents constitute and ap-
point you to be captain of a company of riflemen in the battalion
command by Colonel William Thompson in the army of the
United Colonies raised for the defence of American liberty and
for repelling any hostile invasion therof. You are therefore
carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of captain by doing
and performing all manner of things thereunto belonging, And
we do strictly charge and require all officers and soldiers under
your command to be obedient to your orders as captain and you
are to observe and follow such orders and directions from time
to time as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the
United Colonies or committee of Congress for that purpose ap-

28 OVERMYER HISTORY

pointed or command-in-chief for the time being of the army of
the United Colonies or any other superior officer according to the
rules and discipline of war in pursuance of the trust reposed in
you. This commission to continue in force until revoked by this
or a future Congress.

By Order of Congress,
John Hancock, President.
(Attest) Charles Thompson, Secretary.

Philadelphia, June 25th, 1775.

Captain Lowdon's company organized at Sunbury, marched
thence to Reading and Easton, thence through northern part of
New Jersey crossed the Hudson at New Windsor a few miles
north of West Point, thence through Hartford to Cambridge
where it arrived about the 8th of August.

Lowdon's company under Colonel Thompson are described
in Thatcher's Military Journal. "Several companies of riflemen
have arrived here from Pennsylvania and Maryland, a distance
of from five hundred to seven hundred miles. They are remark-
able stout and hardy men, many of them exceeding six feet in
height. They are dressed in riflemen shirts and round hats.
These are remarkable for the accuracy of their aim, striking a
mark with certainty at two hundred yards distance. At a review
a company of them while on a quick advance fired their balls into
objects of seven inch diameter at a distance of 250 yards. The
fact of good marksmanship is frequently alluded to in relation *o
the service of the early Pioneers one of which we will relate to
in succeeding pages that occurred May 6th, 1782.

The leading men of the country were realizing the fact that
the oppressive enactments of Great Britain were forcing the
Colonies to make a decisive stand for liberty therefore they ought
to adjust and heal all differences between the inhabitants of the
different states as there had been considerable friction between
encroachers of Connecticut invading the northern portions of
Pennsylvania. The following is a portion of a letter addressed
to the captains of the different companies stimulating them to
united patriotic effort for liberty.

Philadelphia, August 13th, 1775.
Dear Sir : We hope this letter will find you safe at the head

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of your company acting in support and defence of American lib-
erty a glorious cause which must stimulate the breast of every
honest and virtuous American and force him with undaunted
courage and unabated vigor to oppose those ministerial robbers.
We hope the contest will be ended where it began and that the
effusion of blood may be providentially prevented, but at the
same time we hpoe to see American liberty permanently establish-
ed to have the honor ere long to serve in her righteous cause, and
we are well convinced that these sentiments prevail throughout
this Province. You can't conceive what a martial spirit prevails
here and in what order we are. Several companies of riflemen
are formed in this city and the adjacent counties who are to be-
come experts in shooting. All the coast to Georgia is alarmed
prepared to oppose our ministerial enemies. Where then can
these British bastards, those servile engines of ministerial power
go to steal a few sheep should their folly or madness prompt
them to attempt it there would come forth our thousands and tens
of thousands with gigantic strides to wash the plains with the
blood of those degenerate invaders of the liberties of mankind.
We in conjunction with many others presented a memorial to
the Congress representing the threatened encroachments ot
the Conencticut invaders of our Province. It was well received
and the Connecticut Delegates and those of this Province were
desired to write to their people respectively. Our partiality for
the rifle battalion is so great that we are very anxious to hear of
their having distinguished themselves in some great enterprise.
This partiality is natural and allowable when from one's personal
acquaintance with many of their commanders we can and do with
martial pride celebrate their distinguished abilities as riflemen
and soldiers.

We are with great esteem dear sir, your most humble
servants,

Robert Lettis Hooper, Jr.,
Reuben Haines,

CONVENTION OF 1776.

In consequence of a circular letter from the Committee of
the City of Liberties of Philadelphia, inclosing the resolution of
the Continental Congress of the 15th of May, recommending the

30 OVERMYER HISTORY

adoption of the State Government in each of the Colonies a
provincial conference was held at Philadelphia on Tuesday,
June 18th, 1776. This conference met at Carpenters Hall and
chose Colonel Thomas McKean, President. It was resolved
unanimously that a convention should be called to form a new
State Government. Qualifications of an elector were fixed as
follows : He must be twenty-one years of age, have lived one
year in the Province and paid either a provincial or county tax
and further swear that he would no longer bear allegiance to
George 3rd and further must swear that he would oppose any
measure that would interfere with or obstruct the religious
principles or practices of any of the good people of the
Province and still further sign a declaration of faith in the
Trinity and in the Divine inspiration of the Old and New Testa-
ment.

It was determined that each county should have eight Repre-
sentatives or members, the election for whom should be held on
Monday, June 8th, and it passed resolutions to raise four thousand
five hundred militia to join a flying camp to consist of ten thous-
and men in the middle Colonies. The execution of the state laws

devolved upon the President and supreme executive

Council. This consisted of twelve persons, one for the City of
Philadelphia and one from each of the eleven counties into
which the Province was then divided.

It appears by contemporary evidence that from July first to
August 27th of this year, in 1776 the Indians to the northward,
southward and westward prepared for war upon the settlers as a
result of the Declaration of Independence, by the Congress at
Philadelphia, July 4th of this year, they cut down all their corn
and moved off their families and effects leaving only the Sus-
quehanna's in favor of peace. The war-like tribes left very sud-
denly to join the six nations to assist the British in the war
against the Colonies. In a letter dated Paxton, Aug. JWth, 1776, by
John Harris, saying that was the last we knew of the Indians as
residents of the Valley and our troubles with them began. The
committee of safety of Northumberland county put forth every
effort toward making a treaty of peace and friendship with the
Susquehannas, Senecas and Muncies, but the inhaoitants were

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too poor and could not produce the required presents and of suf-
ficient value.

Walter Clark and John Kelley were sent to Philadelphia with
a petition to the Council of Safety, that they had just grounds
to believe that the county would be disturbed by the Indians
and that there was not sufficient ammunition in the county for the
four battalions already raised. Preparations were now hurried.
On the 31st of August, 1776, the field officers for the battaliou
in Buffalo and Penn's Township were chosen, and the 8th of
October commissions were issued to them as fourth battalion
of Northumberland county and to the company officers a com-
plete list follows : Colonel, Philip Cole ; Lieutenant Colonel,
Thomas Sutherland ; First Major, Thomas Foster; Second Major,
Casper Yost; Standard Bearer, Dewalt Miller; Adjutant, James
McCoy.

FIRST COMPANY.

Captain, John Clark ; First Lieutenant, Henry Pontius ; Sec-
ond Lieutenant, James Moore; Ensign, Patrick Watson. Four
sergants, four corponals, one drummer, one fifer and forty-six
privates. Certified by me this 26th day of September, 1776.

John Clark, Captain.

SECOND COMPANY.

Captain, Michael Weaver; First Lieutenant, Thomas
Brandon ; Second Lieutenant, Alexander Hamilton ; Ensign,
John Morris ; four sergants, four corporals, one drummer, one
fifer and forty privates. Certified by me this 26 day of Septem-
ber, 1776.

Michael Weaver, Captain.

THIRD COMPANY.

Captain, Jacob Link ; First Lieutenant, John Schudder ; Sec-
ond Lieutenant, Peter Jones ; Ensign, James Hampton ; four
sergeants, four corporals, one drummer, one fifer, thirty-eight
privates. Certified by me this 26th day of September, 1776.

Jacob Links, Captain.

FOURTH COMPANY.

Captain, William Weirick ; First Lieutenant, Jacob Sherred .
Second Lieutenant, William Gill ; Ensign, Nicholas Moon ; four
sergeants, four corporals, one drummer, one fifer, forty privates.

32 OVKRMYER HISTORY

The whole of the above as testified by me this 26th day of Sep-
tember, K76.

Wm. Weirick, Captain.

FIFTH COMPANY.

Captain, George Wolff; First Lieutenant, George Conrad;
Second Lieutenant, Michael Wildgoose ; Ensign, John Hessler;
four sergeants, four corporals, one drummer, one fifer, forty-one
privates. The whole of the above as testified by me this 26th day
of September, 1776.

George Wolff, Captain.

SIXTH COMPANY.

Captain, John Geo. Overmeier ; First Lieutenant, James
McCelvey; Second Lieutenant, Peter Weirick; Ensign, Michael
Snyder, four sergeants, four corporals, one drummer, one fifer,
forty privates. The whole of the above as testified by me this
26th day of September, 1776.

John Geo. Overmeier, Captain.

The battalion went into service immediately and left the
valley December 5th. Colonel Bradhead wrote that he used one
of these companies to apprehend some of the disaffected and to
compel some of the militia of Berks county to march. The bat-
talion did not leave Reading until 3rd of January, 1777, and con-
sequently did not participate at Trenton and Princeton, but was
in the subsequent skirmishes. It seems the companies and bat-
talions were not being filled as it was attached to Col. Potter's.
Second battalion Lieutenant Colonel, James Murray, Joseph
Green assigned as surgeon's mate to Doctor Benjamin Allison.
This battalion returned after having served three months and
eighteen days.

Northumberland, February 13th, 1777.

The following gentlemen being unanimously chosen by their
respective townships to serve in the committee of safety for this
county for the ensuing six months, met at the house of Laughlin
McCartney in Northumberland and gave in the following returns
of their election, finding many who served from the first year ;

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33

Augusta Twp.
Wm. McClay,
David Mc Kinney,
John McClay.

Mochonoy Twp.
George Yeakle,
Henry Zartman,
Henry Krebs.

Potter Twp.
John Livingston,
Maurice Davis,
John McMillan.

Penn's Twp.
Andrew Moore,
David Miller,
Jacob Hasterman.

Turbutt Twp.
John Flemming,
James Hughs,
John Walker.

Mahoning Twp.
William Cook, Esq.,
Benj. Allison, Esq.,
Thomas Hewet.

Wyoming Twp.
James McClure,

Bald Eagle Twp.
Thomas Jordan,
John Nelson,
Josiah Espy.

White Deer Twp.
William Blythe,
James McCormick,
William Reed.

Buffalo Twp.
John Aurand,

Thomas Sutherland, Peter Melick,
John Geo. Overmeier. John Clingman.

Muncy Twp.
John Coates,
James Hampton,
William Hammond,

The committee according to order proceeded to elect their
chairman and clerk when Thomas Jordan was unanimously
chosen chairman and John Coates, clerk.

Resolved, That this committee be adjourned till Tuesday,
the 11th day of March next, when they are to meet at the house
of George McCandlish. As not all the members were present at
this meeting the committee have ordered the chairman to give
notic to said absent members to attend at next meeting. The
committee of safety were considered the tribunals or court to set-
tle all differences and disputes between individuals and between
the citizens and the Commonwealth as a few of the many cases
disposed of by it will be related in the following pages.

All other government at this time seemed inadequate to pro-
tect the inhabitants of the newly settled portions of the Province.
Complaints were presented by Resolves of a committee or a citi-
zen stating the grievances supported by testimony.

MARCH 11, 1777.

The committee met according to adjournment. Mr. Thomas
Jordan in the chair.

Upon complaints being made by a certain Allis Read of
Wyoming Twp. that he, the said Read has a horse strayed or
stolen from him some time ago and was found in the custody of

34 OVERMYER HISTORY

a certain John Drake, when said Read repleved the horse and got
him and kept him in his possession for about six months and
then the widow of said Drake came and took him forcibly out of
said Read's stable, he not being at home himself, and now keeps
the horse and absolutely refuses to give him up again to the said
Read.

Resolved, That Messrs. Thomas Clayton, Robert Robb and
Walter Clark, with the assistance of the committe of Wyoming
Twp. be a joint committee to meet at the house of James McClure
in said township, on Saturday, the 22nd of this inst., March, to
hear the complaint and defence of both parties concerning the
said horse and that the chairman of this committee issue sum-
mons for the evidences of the complainor to attend at said meet-
ing which summons are to be served by the complainor himself
as also a summons for the said Widow Drake to attend with the
horse and her evidences or reasons if any she have, why the com-
plainor should not have his horse upon proper proofs being made
of his being his property, and the aforesaid persons are herebv
authorized to judge and determine between both parties and
upon proper proofs being made give their final judgment in the
matter.

2nd. A certain Captain Jacob Links of Buffalo Township,
appealed to this committee in consequence of a resolve of the com-
mittee of said township, a copy of which is as follows, viz :

Resolved. That Jacob Links does return several sums of
money which a number of the inhabitants of this township did
deliver to him for the use of purchasing salt, he was afraid he
should suffer loss if he would purchase the salt and a certain
evidence did declare that he said he was going on his own busi-
ness to Philadelphia and he said Links did not bring salt.

Resolve Dated December 21st. 1T7G by the committee of
Buffalo Township.

(Signed) Wm. Erwin,

Chairman.

In consequence of said appeal Mr. Links was called in before
this committee. He said he had evidence but had them not then
ready.

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Resolved, That Mr. Links appeal be referred till the next
meeting of committee and that his evidence be summoned to at-
tend.

3rd. Whereas, Colonel or Captain Benjamin Weiser has
made complaint to this committee that a number of persons who
had been out under his command in the militia of this county
in order to join the Continental army in New Jersey and that the
said persons were deserted from him and returned home to th;s
county as the same is more fully expressed in a letter to this
committee.

Resolved, That a day of muster be assigned for the said per-
sons to meet and march off to camp and serve out their time al-
lowing them to elest new officers if they had any objections to the
old ones, certifying them also that if they neglect to obey this
resolve they are to be taken up and committed as deserters.

4th. Whereas, This committee has received a letter from
the committee of the township of Bald Eagle, together with a
resolve of thir township craving advice before they should carry
their resolve into execution of which the following is a copy :

February 26th, 1776.

We the committee of the Township of Bald Eagle, met and
as a complaint was made to us by a number of the inhabitants
there is a quantity of rye that is going to be carried out of the
township for stilling and that there are some of the inhabitants
which have not sold their grain as yet, nor will not sell without
they get eighteen pence or two shillings per bushel above the
highest market price that grain is giving in the county, but will
keep it up and carry it off and as it appears to us that a great
number of the inhabitants of the township will suffer if such a
practice is allowed to go on. Therefore we resolve, that no
stiller in this township shall buy any more grain this season for
the still or still any more than what he hath already by him.
And further we resolve that no grain be carried out of this
township till the necessity of the poor is supplied or till the first
day of May next, and any persons having grain of any kind to
dispose of and will not take the market price at Sunbury, reduc-
ing a reasonable carriage or the highest price that it will be there

36 OVERMYER HISTORY

when the grain is wanted, we allow to seize on it and take it by
force and pay them their money.

Given under our hands the day and year above mentioned.
(Signed) John Dickson,

Robert Love,
James Erwin.

Resolved. That the committee of Bald Eagle is the most
competent Judges of the circumstances of the people in that
township, that therefore the affairs be referred back to them to
act as they shall see just cause, but in the meantime that they
be cautioned against using too much vigor in their measures and
that they keep by moderation as much as possible and study a
sort of medium between seizing the property and supplying the
wants of the poor. Whereas, Report has been made to this com-
mittee of a certain Henry Sterrart,, profaning the Sabbath in an
unchristian and scandalous manner causing his servants to haul
rails etc., on that day and beating and abusing them if they offer-
ed to disobey such his unlawful commands.

Resolved, That the committee of Bald Eagle Township,
where he now resides, be recommended to suppress such like
practice to the utmost of their power.

Resolved, That this committee be adjourned till Tuesday,
the 15th of April next, when it is again to meet at the house of
George McCandlish.

APRIL 15TH, 1777.

The committee met according to adjournment. Mr. Thomas
Jordan in the chair. Whereas a certain Jacob Driesbach, having
disobeyed a summons issued by this committee at their last sit-
ting for him to have compeared at this meeting in the affairs
of Jacob Links.

(Signed) Jacob Driesbach.

Captain John Geo. Overmeier, a member of this committee,
declareth that he was present when Captain Links agreed with
his employers and says he was to have his expenses allowed him
whether he got salt or not.

Captain Link compared and produced his account for traveling
expenses, which amounted to jL and 15 schilling, acknowledging

AND GENEALOGY 37

the receipt of 39L/s from his employer's part of which he had go<"
in his hands and says he could have got salt, but it being salt
that had been already purchased or allotted for the use of this
county at large it was not answering his purpose to bring it and
there was not other salt he could get to purchase.

Resolved, That Captain Links be authorized to keep the sum
of two shillings and eleven pence, half penny out of his employ-
er's money for payment of his expenses as his account appears
to this committee to be very moderate.

At this sitting of the committee Wm Read, John and Nich-
olas Pickard were brought before it as being enemies or untrue
to the cause of the American Colonies. Read was first examined,
charged with refusing to bear arms in behalf of the States ; being
asked his reasons for so refusing his answers were, That he was
once concerned in a riot in Ireland, was taken prisoner, tried and
acquitted by his taking an oath never to lift arms against the
King for the future. He therefore looked upon it as a breach of
his oath to muster or bear arms in behalf of the States against
the King. Being asked if he had any objections to the cause the
United States were now engaged in, he said not, and would join
if it were not for that oath. Being asked if he would take an
oath of allegiance to the United States, he said he would. Ac-
cordingly an oath was tendered to him and he swore as follows :

I do swear to be true to the United States of America and do
renounce and disclaim all allegiance to the King of Great Brit-
ain and promise that I will not either directly or indirectly speak
or act anything in prejudice to the cause or safety of the States
or lift arms against them or be any way assistant to their de-
clared enemies in any case whatsoever.

(Signed,) William Read.

Whereupon the committee resolved to dismiss him upon his
paying the sum of seventeen shillings and one penny, half penny
being the cost of bringing him before the committee.

The Pickards were charged with being interested in a dan
gerous plot of some of the enemies to bring on an Indian war.
But upon examination and an oath of allegiance to the United
States being proposed to John Pickard and bail for his good be-
havior he complied with both and produced Casper Read as his

38 OVERMYER HISTORY

bail, who bound himself in a bond of a hundred pounds for the
good and orderly behavior of John Pickard for a year and a day
next to come after this date. The oath taken was similar to that
taken by William Read.

But upon due deliberation upon the examination of Nich-
olus Pickard, cousin of John Pickard, the committee are unani-
mously of opinion that he is an enemy to the States. Therefore,
be it resolved, That he be immediately sent from before this com-
mittee, to the Supreme Executive Council of this State, to be
dealt with as their superior judgment shall direct them, in the
case, and that John Coates be the person who shall carry him
thither, and that he call as many to his assistance as may be need-
ful.

The committee met at. various times and places adjusting
all manner of difficulties, a faint idea has been gleaned from the
foregoing cases.

The year 1777 was perhaps the most trying to the cause of
American liberty. The congress was surrounded with difficulties
which would have utterly discouraged men of weaker heads and
fainter hearts. They had no power, but to recommend, an ex-
hausted army, to recruit, without money, also almost without
credit. On the 26th of September the British entered Philadel-
phia. On the 11th of December, Washington retired to winter
quarters at Valley Forge, which was the climax of gloomy fore-
bodings to the brave commanders and their men.

It becomes every true American to bow his head in rever-
ence when Valley Forge is alluded to as to the winter of 1777
and 78.

The following is a verbatim copy of a receipt for service as
surgeon's mate in the battalion that left the Valley December 6th,
1776. Colonels Potter and Cole.

MAY 27TH, 1777.

Received of Capt. John Clarke, the sum of five pounds, and
twelve shillings, and nine pence ; together with three pounds,
seven shillings, and three pence; together with four pounds,
seven shillings, bounty and subsistence; being the full pay for a
private for three months and eighteen days. I say received by me.

Jos. Green.

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Dec. 11th, 1777 occurred the action at Guelph's Mills, near
Philadelphia, in which the enemy endeavored to surprise General
Potter. The second battalion, under Colonel Murray, was en-
gaged. Timothy Lennington of Northumberland county was
wounded. Robert McQuilliams was also wounded and cut to
pieces the same evening. Charles Clark, first lieutenant to Cap-
tain Taggart's company was wounded in the left arm, had his
skull fractuerd. He remained in captivity three years. A report
dated Dec. 22nd, K7 7, at Camp Montgomery, Philadelphia coun-
ty, shows that Col. Murray's regiment of Northumberland county
was then in Major General John Armstrong's division and num-
bered two hundred and twenty-six men on the roll.

Beginning of 17 78, Thomas Wharton was President of the
state. Members of Congress from Northumberland county were
Wm. Clingman, Robert Morris, Daniel Roberdeau, Joseph Reed,
James Smith and Jonathan B. Smith, Samuel Hunter, lieutenant
of the county ; John Hambright, member of the council. The
following were elected members of Assembly with the number
of votes received by each: Samuel Dale, 251 ; Simon Himrod,
250 ; James McNight, 247 ; Robert Martin, 246 ; John White, 211 ;
Stephen Chambers, 201. From January minutes of council we
glean that Joseph Green presented his claim for supplying the
militia with provision while on a expedition against the British
and Indians and an order for 1600 L's sterling was issued to
Colonel Hunter for the same. January 9th, General Potter got
leave of absence in consequence of sickness of Mrs. Potter, and
Brigadier General Lacey appointed to his command.

Feb. 17th, General Wayne detached Wm. Wilson, Lieut.
John Boyd and Capt. George Grant to recruit for the Pennsyl-
vania regiments of Northumberland county. Feb. 20th, Samuel
Dale, member-elect, took his seat in the Assembly at Lancaster
Notwithstanding the Indian troubles and the great runaway of
the inhabitants this year courts were held in February and May.
At the latter session John Clark, John Crider, John Geo. Over-
meier, Martin Driesbach and Wm. Irwin were appointed viewers
on a petition to divide Buffalo township by a line commencing at
the mouth of Beaver run, thence a southwesterly course to
Sweitzer run. As early as December, 1777, the Indians renewed

40 OVERMYER HISTORY

their encroachments on the settlers with renewed vigor. In Jan-
uary Colonel Hunter ordered out Col. Cookson Long's battalion
as he says he is an excellent good woodsman.

One of the inhabitants had been killed and scalped by eleven
Indians, who were pursued and two of them killed. In conse-
quence of these troubles the order for the fifth class of militia
to march to join the Continental army was countermanded on the
19th. It will be recollected that the main army was in camp at
Valley Forge at this time.

General Lacey with the Northumberland militia was sur-
prised at Crooked Billet ( now Hartborough) Montgomery county,
but escaped with the loss of his baggage and thirty killed and
wounded. Some were butchered in a manner the most brutal
savage could not equal even while living, some were thrown into
the buckwheat straw and the straw set on fire. On May 4th,
John Kelly with part of his battalion was ordered on duty in
Penn's Valley. May 8th, Jacob Stanford was killed at his own
house in Penn's Valley, his wife, daughter and son were missing.
May 17th a few families that were fleeing to Lycoming were
attacked by twelve Indians, who killed six and the rest were miss-
ing. Three men were killed the same time at Loyal Sock. Twen-
ty persons killed on the North Branch of the Susquehanna, one
who was taken prisoner made his escape, says the Indians were
determined to clear the valleys and both branches of the Susque-
hanna this moon. General Potter writes, we have two forts in
the valley and are determined to stand as long as we are sup-
ported. The people are poor and bread is very high. May 30th.
Jacob Morgan wrote, I have just returned from camp at Valley
Forge, saw fifteen regiments under arms well disciplined. They
performed several maneuvers with the greatest exactness and dis-
patch under the direction of Baron Steuben. General Washing-
ton afterwards reviewed them. May 31st, Col. Hunter wrote, we
are in a melancholy condition. The back inhabitants have lett
their homes. All above Muncy are at Samuel Wallis's. The
people of Muncy township are at Capt. Brady's. All above
Lyconing are at Antis Mills. The inhabitants of White Deer
township are assembled at three different places. The people of
Penn's township are at Potter's. The back settlers of Buffalo
township have come down to Capt. Overmeier's at the mouth of

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Sweitzer run. Fishing Creek and Mahoning settlements have
come to the river side. It is really distressing to see the people
flying away and leaving their all. June 2nd the people petitioned
the Executive Council to plead with the Congress for relief.
June 14th communication between Antis mill and Big Island was
cut off. July 3rd occurred the massacre at Wyoming, the news of
which was received on the 5th, caused the general stampede of
the settlers of the Valley called the great runaway. On the 9th
Col. Hunter writes the back settlements are nearly all evacuated
and Northumbrland and Sunbury will be the frontiers in less than
twenty-four hours. His letter evinces the agony of a strong man,
who with all supports taken away, was determined to fall if need
be in defence of the charge committed to him. He says nothing
but a firm reliance upon Divine Providence and the virtue of our
neighbors induces the few to stand that remain in the two towns,
and if they are not speedily reinforced they must give way, but
will have this consolation that they have stood in defence of their
liberty and country as long as they could. In justice to this coun-
ty, I must bear testimony that the States never applied to it for
men in vain. I am sure the State must know that we have re-
duced oureslves to our present feeble condition by our readiness to
turn out upon all occasion when called for, in defence of the
common cause. Should we now fall for want of assistance, let
the neighboring counties reconcile to themselves, if they can, the
breach of brotherly love, charity and every other virtue, which
adorns and advances the human species above the brute creation.
I will not attempt to point out the particular cruelties or barbari-
ties that have been practiced on our unhappy inhabitants, but
assure you that for the number, history affords no instance of
more heathenish cruelty, or savage barbarity, than has been ex-
hibited in this county.

July 12th, Mathew Smith wrote from Paxton (now Harris-
burg) that he had just arrived at Harris' Ferry, and beheld the
greatest scenes of distress he ever saw. It was crowded with
people who had come down the river, leaving everything.

Same day, Peter DeHaven wrote from Hummelstown : This
day twenty or thirty passed through this town from Buffalo Val-
ley and Sunbury, and the people inform me that there are two
hundred wagons on the road coming down. I was at Mr. Elder's

42 OVERMYER HISTORY

meeting today, and Col. Clark and Col. Rodgers made an appeal
to the inhabitants to turn out one hundred volunteers to make a
stand.

On the 12th, Win. Maclay also wrote from Paxton, giving a
very graphic picture of the distress saying I left Sunbury and
almost my whole property on Wednesday last. I will not trouble
you with a recital of the inconveniences I suffered while I brought
my family by water to this place. I never in my life saw such
scenes of distress. The river and the roads leading down it were
covered with men, women and children flying for their lives. In
short Northumberland county is broken up. Col. Hunter with
some of his captains only remained, using their utmost endeavors
to rally the inhabitants to make a stand. I left him with but few,
scarcely a hundred men on whom we could depend. Mrs. Hunter
came down with me. As he is now disencumbered of his family,
I am now convinced that he will do everything that can be ex-
pected from a brave and determined man. It was to no purpose
that he issued orders for the assembling of the militia. The whole
county broke loose. Something in the way of charity ought to be
done for the many miserable objects that crowd the banks of the
river, especially those who fled from Wyoming. On the 14th,
Colonel Hunter again wrote, Sunbury and Northumberland are
now the frontiers where a few virtuous and determined inhabi-
tants, and fugitives, seem determined to stand, though doubtful
whether tomorrow's sun shall rise on them free-men, captives or
in eternity. Also stating that on Sunday morning last, the banks
of the Susquehanna from Middeltown up to the Blue mountains
were entirely clad with the inhabitants of Northumberland coun-
ty, who had moved off.

Robert Covenhoven describing the scene says his family hav-
ing arrived at Sunbury he tried to secure some of his furniture
with a keel boat, but as I prepared to cross the river from the
forts above such a sight I never saw in my life. Boats, canoes,
hog-troughs, rafts hastily made of dry sticks, every sort of float-
ing articles had been put in requisition, and were crowded with
women, children and goods.

Whenever any obstruction occurred at any shoal or ripple
the women would leap out into the water and put their shoulders
to the boat or raft and launch it again into deep water. The men

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of the settlements came down in single file on each side of the
river to guard the women and children. Thus had they fled for
their lives, leaving their homes and what little of this world's
goods that had been gathered and saved by ardent toil to the
savages of the Indians.

At this time occurred the death of John Michael Bashor.
Bashor, Michael Weyland, and another person, had loaded Bash>
or's goods into a boat, and the two pushed the boat from shore to
cross the river. Bashor returned to his barn to get his horse and
some cattle to drive along down the river, when he was fired upon
by a party of Indians in ambush and killed. Weyland and his
comrade, who were lying down in the boat rose to fire and Wey-
land was struck on the hip with a spent ball, the mark of which
he carried to his grave. The body of Bashor was buried on the
banks of the river and his bloody clothes were preserved in the
garret of Martin Bashor's house in Berks county as late as 1820.

Corinuius Michael, an old soldier of the days of Freedrick
the Great, emigrated to America prior to the revolution and
brought with him two daughters. Mary, the oldest, was sold as
to her services, for a term of years, as was the custom in those
days, to pay their passage over. While residing with the family
that purchased her, Terrance Quinn formed her acquaintance,
purchased her unexpired time and married her in 1778. They
were living in Dry Valley and had four little children and the
other sister, unmarried, was living with them. In the night the
Indians entered the Valley for murder and plunder. On receiv-
ing the alarm Quinn and family fled in one direction, the unmar-
ried sister of Mrs. Quinn in another. They were thus separated
and continued separated for fifty-two years, each one supposing
the other had been tomahawked and scalped.

At the end of this long period one of the former's neighbors
was traveling in the Mahanoy Valley and was compelled to stay
at a farm house on account of inclement weather. While there
he fell into conversation about relatives and friends with an old
woman who proved to be the grandmother of the house full of
children and the mother of John Lechman, the proprietor of the
premises. The old lady related she once had a sister, but she had
been killed by the Indians in a place called Dry Valley more than
fifty years ago. A little more conversation developed who she

44 OVERMYER HISTORY

was and the joyful information that her visitor was a neighboi
of her sister and that she was still alive and lived on Turtle Creek
near Lewisburg. The traveler returned and told his story ana
ere the sun arose the following morning Mary Quinn, though in
her ninetieth year, was on her way to see her long lost sister.
They met, but not as they parted. Each frame now bent with
the weight of years embraced its kindred long mourned as dead.
Such a meeting, who can describe it. The sacred pensman of the
history of Joseph alone. It was their final meeting, too, they are
now where partings are not. In connection with this memorable
year the writer begs leave to insert a glimpse of traditional his-
tory from Joseph Siebold now (1903) living on the emigrant
Obermeyer's homestead where Switzer run empties into Penn's
Creek, his father, Philip Seebold, grandson of Obermayer, that
his aunt, old Mrs. Fought, often related in his presence. She
said they were threshing flax on their place near the road in Dry
Valley when the Indians came upon them suddenly. Her baby
was near here and she picked it up and ran. Another child that
could just run about was back of their little barn. She heard it
call, Oh, Mother take me along,too. She looked around and the
Indians were too close upon her. She ran the whole way, two
miles to Penn's Creek to a house, where the neighbors had gath-
ered. She never heard of her child again, but as there was no
indication that it was killed she hoped for its return some day. At
night and in the quiet hours of the day the last words of her
child. Oh, mother take me along, too, she said rang in her ears
long years after. She said the house they took refuge in was sur-
rounded by the Indians. They suffered greatly from thirst and
a man named Peter Smith said he would have water if he died
for it. They allowed him to go out and as he turned the corner
of the house, they heard the crack of a rifle and he fell dead. The
next day the Indians withdrew and they embarked in canoes and
went down Penn's Creek. Near the river they entered a house
and found no one about but a baby sat propped up in a cradle. On
close inspection she found it was dead and the marks of the toma-
hawk.

Many actions equally heart rending could be gleaned from
tradition and recorded history of this run away, but the writer

AND GENEALOGY. 45

must pass on by noting but a few closely related to the subject of
these pages.

On the 16th of July, Colonels Broadhead and Hartley dis-
patched some of their men in to the valley to recall and support
the militia of the country. By the 24th the settlers began to re-
turn to harvest their crops. General Potter was ordered to sta-
tion the militia. The}- were stationed through the valley to pro-
tect the reapers while cutting the harvest. James Brady with
four men of the regiment and three of the militia were guarding
fourteen reapers and cradlers who went to cut the grain of Peter
Smith, who had his wife and four children killed by the Indians.
Four cradlers worked by themselves near the house, the reapers
somewhat distant. The reapers, except Brady, placed their guns
around a tree. Brady thought this wrong and put his at some dis
tance from the rest. The morning was foggy and an hour after
sunrise the sentry and reapers were surprised by about thirty In-
dians under cover of the fog.

The sentry retired towards the reapers. They in turn also
fell back. Brady ran towards his rifle and was pursued by three
Indians and within a few rods of it was wounded. He ran for
some distance and then fell. He received another wound with a
spear, was tomahawked and scalped in an instant. The sentrv
fired, but was shot down, also a militia man. Brady was an ex-
ceeding fine young man. Soon after the savages left he arose
and came to the house. Jerome Vannes ventured to remain with
him, the others all fled. Brady wranted Vannes to leave him, but
he would not do it. He assisted him to the river, where he drank
a great deal of water. Captain Walker and party came up from
the fort. They made a bier and carried him to Sunbury, where
his mother then was. On the way he became delirious and drank
large quantities of water. It was late at night when they got
there and they did not intend to arouse his mother. But she had
fears that something had happened, and met them at the river.
He was a fearful looking object and the meeting with his mother
was heart rending. He lived five days, the first four being de-
lirious, but on the fifth his reason returned and he related the
whole circumstance distinctly, then passed away. He said Bald
Eagle was one of his murderers, who was afterwards followed
and killed by Samuel Brady, on the Allegheny. He was buried at

46 OVERMYER HISTORY

Augusta, now Sunbury, but his grave, with that of many others,
has long since been plowed over.

In the fall of this year as a party of settlers were leaving Fort
Freeland they were fired at by the British and Indians and Mrs.
Dunham's infant was killed in her arms. They scalped her and
when the men came there she raised up and asked for a drink of
water. Elias Williams ran to the river and brought his hat full.
They put her in a canoe and took her to Northumberland, where
Dr. Plunket dressed her wounds, and she lived for fifty years af-
terwards. After the death of Thomas Wharton, which occurred
at Lancaster on the 33rd of May, 1778, Joseph Reed was Presi-
dent of the state and so remained until the election of William
Moore in IT 82. By 1779, many of the settlers had again returned
but were constantlv annoved bv the marauding Indians and Brit-
ish red coats. In May, John Sample and wife were killed, and by
June many had again left the Valley, the few that remained were
assembled in small bodies at the forts and very little farming was
being done. The few spirited men that remained were guarding
the women and children at the different posts they were assembled
at. June 23rd, Captain Samuel Brady killed Bald Eagle, a notor-
ious warrior of the Muncy tribe. July 8th, widow Smith's mills
were burned and one man killed, in White Deer township. July
17th, Starret's mill and all the principle houses in Muncy township
were burned. July 20th three men were killed at Fort Freeland.
The 28th at daybreak Jacob Freeland, senior, was shot as he was
going out of the gate and fell inside. The fort was surrounded
by British and Indians. There were twenty-one men in it, and
very little ammunition. Mary Kirk and Phoebe Vincent com-
menced immediately and melted all their spoons and plates and
ran them into bullets. When the firing was heard at Boone's
mill, seven miles off, Capt. Hawkins Boone, Hemplin and Daugh-
erty marched to relief with thirty-four men but before they
reached the fort were engaged.

Kemplin, who observed the first Indian, shot him dead. Our
men fought with great bravery, but were overpowered and fifteen
were killed, and two wounded Among the dead, Captain Boone
and Capt. Samuel Daugherty, two very good men. Before noon
the white flag was raised and John Lytle and John Vincent went
out to capitulate. It was finally agreed that all who could bear

AND GENEALOGY. 47

arms should be made prisoners. The old men, with the women
and children to be set free, and the fort given to plunder. The
latter left the fort at twelve. Not one ate a bite that day, and noi
a child was heard to say or ask for bread. They reached North-
umberland, eighteen miles distant, that night. Of Boone's party,
Samuel Brady. James Daugherty and James Hammond made their
escape. Daniel Vincent had been recently married, and after his
capture, his wife returned to New Jersey. For four years she
heard nothing of him. One evening, when she was out with a
sleighing party, a roughly dressed man stopped at the tavern,
where they were and inquired if a Mrs. Vincent lived near there.
She was pointed out to him and he told her he had met her hus-
band in Canada. He rode home in the same sleigh and was dis-
posed to take her upon his lap. She declined the favor until she
discovered the impertinent stranger was her husband (see Ma-
ginness, Page 257, etc.)

The depreciation of continental money became excessive by
this time, a ream of paper cost 75 pounds, the price of wheat had
raised from fifteen to twenty pounds sterling per bushel, cassi-
mere three hundred, jean and habit cloth sixty dollars per yard.

During 1780 little farming was done and the Indians' depri-
dations continued, but their numbers seemed greatly reduced.
David Couples, George Etzweiler, Patrick Watson, Baltzer Kline-
smith and others were killed during this year.

April 2nd, Wm. Maclay wrote to President Reed from Sun-
bury. There is great distress prevailing in this country, there are
a great many Indians lodged at the head of Fishing and Muncy
creeks. We are not strong enough to spare men to dislodge them.
On the same day Colonel Samuel Hunter wrote, the savages have
made their appearance again on the frontiers in a hostile manner.
Day before yesterday they took seven or eight prisoners. We
have not men at present to pursue them with safety as our county
is quite drained of our best men. April 8th a party of Indians
made a descent on the settlers of White Deer creek and scalped
David Couples and two of the children and took his wife pris-
oner. On the 16th made a stroke on Jacob Grozong's mill and
killed four, who were brought over and buried in the graveyard
on the old Obermayer homestead near where Switzer run empties
into Penn's Creek, which was probably the oldest graveyard in

48 OVERMYER HISTORY

the county and was not used after 1791, when the people com-
menced burying in New Berlin. June 16th, a Mr. Allen and three
children were killed, the woman escaped across the creek and
looking back saw an Indian dash the brains ont of the small
child against a tree. July lltli Baltzer Klinesmith was killed,
the two daughters. Elizabeth and Catherine, were taken along.

They made their way to the spring north of New Berlin
where they left the girls in charge of an old man of their part)
and went further down Dry Valley. After a little while it begai
to rain and the Indian motioned the girls to gather brush to cover
the flour bag the}- had with them. He laid down under a tree
with the tomahawk under his head. The gills in passing with
brush worked it gradually from under him as he dozed. Elizabeth
picked up the tomahawk and made a motion to her sister to run.
She then sank it into the old man's head. He yelled fearfully
and the girls ran. By this time the Indians were on their return
and heard the old man yell. They pursued the girls and fired on
Catherine just as she was springing over a fallen tree, the ball
entered below the right shoulder blade and came out at her side.
She had the scars until her dying day as large as a half dollar
She rolled herself under the tree and the Indians passed over her
in pursuit of the sister. Elizabeth being active, reached Beatty's
harvest field. The men ran to their rifles and pursued the Indians.
When they came near Catherine, one of the men, supposing her
an Indian in ambush, was about firing when she waved her apron.
They found her much weakened from loss of blood but she soon
recovered.

Klinesmith's widow drew pension as late as 1819. Elizabeth
married John Boal and was still living in 1843 somewhere in the
west. Katy, as she was called, first married Daniel Campbell, a
revolutionary soldier, had with him two children, then he died.
Next she married Robert Chambres by whom she had one child.
Notwithstanding her wound she survived two husbands.

In March, 1181, Captain James Thompson was captured by
four Indians. Matthew Young, who lived on Spruce Run, was
killed and his daughter, Mary, taken a prisoner. Thompson made
his escape and got to his friends at Watsontown so near dead
by hunger and exposure that his life was first despaired of. but
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Feb. 9th, 1837, aged ninety-three years, nine months and nine
days. Mary Young was sent to Montreal and sold. She re-
mained there until after the war and then returned to her friends
in Buffalo Valley. Captain Thomas Kempling and his oldest son
were killed by the Indians at the mouth of Muncy Creek some
time in March, about the same time John Shively was captured by
the Indians in the meadow in the rear of Esquire Lincoln's house.
He was never heard of afterwards. He left a widow and two
sons, Christian and Frederick. George Rote and sister Rody, aged
twelve and fourteen, were taken at Mifflinsburg. They were sep-
arated and carried away. When peace was proclaimed they were
liberated and came back together. Jacob and Conrad Caderman
were captured the same time. Jacob said he liked Indian life so
well that he would have remained among them but for his wife
and children. Conrad played stupid and did all the mischief he
could. They got tired of him and sold him to the British for five
gallons of whiskey. They both returned and lived long in the
Valley. On the 15th of November, 1779, David Emerick settled
on the Jocab Seebold farm below New Berlin. In April follow-
ing Henry Bickel, who lived near him, came to help him to pile
logs to burn for clearing. The Indians came upon them, shot
Bickel. His family was not disturbed. They plundered Emer-
ick's house of everything and loaded him down with baggage.
After proceeding a little way they pulled down a sapling, sharp-
ened the end of it and impaled the babe on it and let it fly in
the air. Emerick became so exhausted with his load that he sat
down upon a log and refused to go any further. One of the In-
dians sank his tomahawk into his head and killed him. One of
the daughters died from excessive bleeding at the nose on the
journey through the wilderness. The wife and other daughter
were taken to Niagara and afterwards married Indians, their
captors.

Mrs. Emerick and her Indian husband many years after
came back near Harrisburg to draw some money coming to her
from her grandfather's estate. Mr. Shell, a nephew of Mrs.
Emerick, said she was infatuated with the Indian style of life
and endeavored to persuade some of her female relatives to go
off with them. They came in grand style, on horseback, Mrs.
Emerick decorated with all the tinsel of Indian dress.

50 OVERMYER HISTORY

During 1781 the first battalion of Northumberland county,
commanded by Colonel Kelley, was composed of the following
companies :

1st Company, Captain John Foster, officers and privates, men,
55.

2nd Company, Captain James Thompson, officers and priv-
ates, men, 44

3rd Company, Captain John Geo. Overmeier, officers and
privates, men, 51.

4th Company, Captain Samuel Fisher, officers and privates,
men, 55.

5th Company, Captain Samuel Young, officers and privates,
men, 51.

6th Company, Captain Abraham Piatt, officers and privates,
men, 53.

7th Company, Captain William Irvine, officers and privates,
men, 53.

8th Company, Captain William Gray, officers and privates,
ynen, 44.

July 18th Colonel Hunter wrote, the Indians have again
made their appearance, that there were no stores of any kind and
that the above named officers and men had no pay for the last
seven months service.

August 3rd Walter Clark and William Antes, County Com-
missioners, wrote with pain and with the utmost truth, we are
obliged to declare that we cannot comply with the law passed for
supplies. The whole personal property of the county, even if
removed to a place where cash could be paid for it, would not
pay the tax. The clearings are grown up, the buildings burned
or destroyed and the most of the personal property moved into
the lower counties.

In 1782 William Moore was president of the state. The In-
dian outrages commenced early this year. May 6th Edward Tate,
a private in Captain George Overmeier's company, was wounded
by a ball through the foot in an engagement with the Indians
which occurred on a place then occupied by Frederick Wise (now
in Limestone township).

A number of the company were on a scout, and talking at
the time about the merits of their respective guns. One said he

AND GENEALOGY. 51

could shoot the drop from an Indian's nose. Just at that moment
the Indians, who were in ambush, fired upon them and several fell.
Tate, who was wounded, ran and concealed himself. An Indian
in pursuit, came near to where he lay and looked over the fence,
but did not discover him. Philip Seebold often related to his
son, Joseph, that his grandmother, Mrs. Overmeier, said the two
men killed were Sergeants Lee and Reyner. Their bodies were
brought to Captain Overmeier's and she washed them and they
were buried in the graveyard at Switzer's Run, near the Over-
meier homestead, being the old cemetery previously alluded to
in these pages. Captain Overmeier was with his men in pursuit
of the Indians. On the 25th of August a party of Indians, sup-
posed to be sixty or seventy in number, attacked Major Lee's
family. Lee was tomahawked and scalped, and a man named
John Walker shared the same fate. Mrs. Lee, with a small child,
and a boy named Thomas, were led away captives. One of LeeV.
sons, Robert, returning at that time, saw the Indians leaving,
fled to Northumberland and gave the alarm. A party was or-
ganized by Colonel Hunter and started in pursuit. In crossing
the mountains Mrs. Lee was bitten by a rattlesnake and her leg
became so much swollen she traveled with great difficulty. The
Indians knowing they were pursued urged her on as rapidly as
possible, but her strength failed, and she sat down. An Indian
slipped up behind her, placed the muzzle of his rifle to her ear,
and blew off the upper portion of her head. Another of them
seized her little child by the heels and dashed it against a tree.
They then fled. When Colonel Hunter came up Mrs. Lee was
yet warm and the child, but little injured, was moaning piteousl}
Mrs. Lee was buried where she died and the little child brought
back and grew to womanhood.

Young Thomas Lee was not recovered for many years after-
wards. His brother made arrangements with the Indians to bring
him to Tioga (Athens now), where he was delivered to his
friends. Such was his love of Indian life that they were obliged
to tie him and place him in a canoe to bring him home. When
near Wilkesbarre they untied him, but as the canoe touched the
shore he was out and off like a deer. They caught him, however,
and on arriving at Northumberland, he evinced all the sullenness
of a captive. Boys and girls played about him for several days

52 OVERMYER HISTORY

before he showed any disposition to join them. At last he began
to inquire the names of things, by degrees he became civilized
and obtained a good education. (Meginness, page 276).

In 1783 His Excellency John Dickinson was president of the
state of Pennsylvania. Judges of the High Court of Errors
and Appeals : John Dickinson, Samuel Miles and Henry Wyn-
coop ; Prothonotary, Edward Burd ; Councillor, John Boyd ; mem-
bers of Assembly, William Maclay, James McClenachan and
William Cook; President Justice, William Montgomery; County
Commissioner, John Clarke ; County Treasurer, Frederick Antes ;
Collector of Excise, William Wilson.

Officers of Buffalo tranship: Constable, Ludwig Derr;
Supervisors, Jacob Dreisbach and John Deballon ; Overseers,
John George Overmeier and Alexander McGrady. New addi-
tional settlers to Buffalo township for this year were Andrew and
Thomas Foster, John Garrett, Andrew Greenhoe, James Gibson,
John Gray, Richard Grosvenor, Jacob Gunner, John Hart, Sam-
uel Harmon, Isaac Hanna, Alexander Kennedy, Geo. Knox,
Michael Lincoln, Geo. May, John MacPherson, Christian Spang-
ler, John Thompson Jr., and Geo. Troxell.

After the surrender of Cornwallis, Oct. 19th, 1781, some of
the soldiers in the field were permitted to return to their homes
on the frontier, so as to protect the settlers against the In-
dians, as most of the effective men had joined the army against
the British soldiers. The valley frontier was at the mercy of the
tomahawk and scalping knife of their Indian allies, so much so
that application was made to General Washington for regulai
troops to protect the frontier. Not being in a condition to spare
any troops at that time he ordered home Captains John Brady,
Boon and Overmeier, and Lieutenants John and Samuel Dough-
erty to use their influence in inducing the people to sustain them-
selves until he could afford them other relief. And nobly did they
execute their orders. All that brave and experienced men could
do was done by them, even to sacrificing their lives in defense
of their country, for in less than two years from that date Cap-
tains Brady and Boone, and Lieutenant Samuel Dougherty, had
fallen by the hands of the savages.

The celebrated thief, Joseph Disbury, was tried before a
court and jury in the valley in 1784. His sentence was severe.

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He was "to receive thirty-nine lashes, between the hours of eight
and nine tomorrow ; to stand in the pillory one hour ; have his
ears cut off and nailed to the post; that he be imprisoned three
months and pay a fine of £30 to the president of the state for the
use of the government." (See his history in Meginness). The
foregoing reminiscences were mostly related to give coming gen-
erations, who may chance to read these pages, an idea of what
the early settlers did for the present and future generations.

The writer now wishes to return to the private or family
history of the principal subject of this volume, as sufficient inci-
dents of the history of our country and the early trials of its
settlers, interwoven with the public services of the emigrant, John
George Overmeier, to this date, alludes to but a small portion of
his services to his adopted country, his family and his neighbors.

Some time during the year 1753 said emigrant was married
to Eva Rosenbaum, in Paxton township, now Dauphin county,
near Harrisburg, Pa. In December, 1759, his wife, Eva, died,
leaving him one son, John George, and three daughters, Cathar-
ine, Margratha and Sussannah, the latter an infant.

In 1760 he married Barbara Foucht, residing at Paxton until
the close of 1770, as his name appears on the assessment list of
that place the last time that year. Then from history and tra-
dition we learn that he, with many of his neighbors, desired to
avail himself of the opportunity of securing for himself and
family a portion of the public domain, or wilderness as it was
then called, lying north of Paxton. This land could be secured
for a small sum with the assent of the proprietors and the cost
of the survey and records of the same, the usual rate being £5
per hundred and one penny per acre, each three hundred acres
to have at least one family within two years from the time of the
survey. The first surveys of the valleys were made in 1769.
Many of the settlers of Paxton moved north during the follow-
ing year and he joined with them. By this time they had had
eleven children, some of whom had died. He located on Sweitzer's
Run, near the place where it empties into Penn's Creek, his old-
est son, John George, being now about 15 years old and his second
son, or fifth child, about 9.

In the writer's estimation the location was well taken, drained
by Sweitzer's Run and Penn's Creek lay a nice body of fine land

54 OVERMYER HISTORY

with a nice location for the old homestead, situated near the out-
let of the Run where the present road from New Berlin west
forks, the right hand road leading to Center County and Belle-
fonte, the left to Lewistown and Middleburg, the present county
seat of Snyder county. On the south side of the fork, on the east
bank of said Sweitzer's Run, the writer was shown the identical
spot where stood the old Overmeier fort built by the settlers for
a place of safety during those troublesome times with the Indians.
Captain Overmier's dwelling was built strong, of hewn logs, but
when the settlers increased there was not sufficient room for all
who would rally together on signals of danger, so the settlers
joined and erected the above named fort. His estate is now
(1903) divided into four farms. The northwest portion, sixtv-
three acres, is now owned by Abraham Sassman. The next, just
south of this sixty acres, owned by Joseph Seabold, great great
grandson of emigrant Overmeier. The next south, fifty and
one-half acres, being the residence of the emigrant, also owned by
Joseph Seabold, but deeded by will to his son, Scott Seabold. On
the southwest side of Sweitzer's Run to Penn's Creek are one
hundred and thirty acres, also a part of the old Overmier farm,
now owned by Philip Seabold. The several pieces have long since
been re-surveyed by metes and bounds and contain in all three
hundred and three and one-half acres of good land. The fifty
and one-half acres deeded by Joseph Seabold's will to Scott
Seabold, his son, contain the site of the old fort and residence
of the emigrant Overmyer. This narration was given to the writer
on Oct. 11th, 1902, by Joseph Seabold, 84 years of age, grandson
of Philip Seabold, grandson of emigrant John George Overmyer.

"The size of the old Overmyer homestead was 30 by 30
feet, two stories high, built of nice hewn white pine logs a foot
thick and many of them nearly two feet wide. There was a
porch all along the south side facing the road running to New
Berlin. There was a cellar under only a half of the house, the
cellar wall having an arch in it at the northeast corner and
through it bubbled the waters of a spring called Silver Spring,
which flowed diagonally across the cellar to the southwest corner
and discharged into Sweitzer's Run. On the right side of this
Run lay the bodies of George Etzweiler, John Lee and James
Raynor, who were killed by the Indians, May 6, 1772, and their

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bodies bathed there and prepared for burial by Mrs Overmyer
and others and buried on the bank of Penns Creek near the
Overmyer residence, their graves being marked by stones brought
up from the edge of the creek. (See cut).

The hinges on the doors and window shutters of the Over-
myer dwelling were made by blacksmith and extended across the
doors and shutters and were fastened with rivets through the
boards. Shade marks were made on the window sill to show when
it was noon. I bought this farm of my father, Christopher Seabolt,
Jr., (who was a great grandson of the first owner, John George
Overmeyer), and moved onto it in 1844. This was then in
Buffalo township, but in 1792 the township was divided and this
part was called East Buffalo, and a new township was formed
and called Limestone township of Union county, which contains
the farm now. In 1861 it became necessary to repair the old
house or build a new one. My brother and father advised me to
repair the old house, saying it was too good to tear down, and I
once so decided, but later there was a public sale near New Berlin
where a large quantity of brick were sold, and I bought those at
a low price and then decided to build a new house of brick. The
hewn logs of the old house made more lumber than was required
for the new one."

In examining the deeds in possesion of Joseph Seabold the
facts were disclosed that the old farm was sold and deeded to
Jacob Kline on the 4th day of April, 1810, by John George and
John Michael Overmyer, executors of the last will and testament
of their father, John George Overmyer, Sr., and was described
by metes and bounds. "And said Jacob Kline and wife did, on
the 3rd day of April, 1833, sell to Jacob Greenhoe, and said Green-
hoe and wife sold on the 1st day of April, 1839, to Philip Seabold,
grandson of the first owner, John George Overmyer, Sr." Philip
Seabold and wife Margaret, sold to their son Christopher Sea-
bold, Jr., on the 1st day of December, 1843, and on the 30th
day of April, 1844, said Christopher Seabold, Jr. sold to his son
Joseph Seabold, a great-great-grandson of the first owner, who
still owns it, but has deeded fifty and one-half acres, containing
the old Overmyer homestead, by will to his son, Scott Seabold.

The assessment list of 1796 of East Buffalo, contains the
names of John George Overmyer, Sr., John George Overmyer,

56 OVERMYER HISTORY

Jr., John Peter Overmyer, with one hundred and eighty-seven
others as citizens and taxpayers of the township, and John
Michael Overmyer's name is on the taxpayers list of Longstown
(now New Berlin), of the same year and the name of Philip
Overmyer is on the list of 1800. Thus we find that four of the
sons of the emigrant were enrolled with him as taxpayers previous
to the year 1800.

A short recapitulation of the events in the life of John George
Obermeyer follows: Born in Blankenloch, Baden, in 1727; emi-
grated to America in 1751; married Eva Rosenbaum in 1753;
after her death, married Barbara Foucht, in 1760; served as one
of the first grand jurors of Northumberland county, Penn., in
1772 ; was with his family clearing a farm on Sweitzer's Run and
Penn's Creek in 1775; at the head of a company of volunteers
against the Indians, and later the British, in 1776-77, serving on
the committee of safety for his county in 1778 ; organizing and
leading squads of men in protecting the frontier settlements from
1779 to '83 ; then elected one of the overseers of Northumberland
county, serving up to 1796 ; from that time he lead a retired life
on his farm, spending his remaining days with his family ; died
September 22, 1805, leaving a wife and twelve children living,
three, Margaret, Susannah and Jonas having died. To Jacob he
left his rifle and shot pouch, and to George his sword which he
had carried through the Revolution. His life of 77 years, 10
months and 25 days had been well spent. Coming to Buffalo
Valley as one of the first settlers he suffered all the hardships
and privations which are inseparable from the life of the first
settlers of a new country. He was tall, vigorous, bony yet muscu-
lar, with his body so inured to labor as to be almost insensible
to fatigue, and a mind so accustomed to dangers that dangers
ceased to alarm. In the prime of manhood and in the vigor of
health, with intelligence to understand correct principles and the
firmness to adhere to them, it may well be supposed that he took
a commanding position among his fellows. He was a captain
against the French and Indians, and when his country called for
her sons to release her from the odious British tyranny, he was
ready. At the darkest period of the Revolutionary war, when all
was lost but honor and hope, and when hope was almost buried
in despair, he was in Colonel Potter's second battalion under

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Lieut-Col. Murray. They left Reading on January 3, 1777, and
on the 8th joined Washington at Morristown and assisted in
gaining possession of Newark, Woodbridge, Elizabethtown, and
indeed, of all the enemy's posts in New Jersey, except New
Brunswick and Amboy, and then retired to secure winter quarters
at Morristown. When we consider the depression of the public
spirits, how the confidence of the public in the final success of the
cause was shaken during the following winter at Valley Forge,
and that at one time the American army numbered less than two
thousand effective men, we would not think it astonishing if ail
had been given up for lost, as it no doubt would have been if
there had been less at stake but our grand-sires thought that
they had no right to abandon the cause of liberty. They were
determined to protect it for themselves and their posterity. They
were to decide whether their children should be slaves or whether
free institutions should prevail throughout the land. It was a
time to test the vigor of body as well as the firmness of mind.
For three days at one time, there was no regular service of pro-
visions and for more than thirty-six hours at another time they
were constantly on the march or in action without a moment of
sleep or rest. He also obeyed the injunction, "Be given to hos-
pitality." There were few who had not experienced the cordial
welcome which every friend received at his house. It is true that
so general was the hospitality in his time, that the want of it would
have been considered a great vice. Thus we have learned that
our venerable grand-sire performed well his domestic, social,
military and political duties in such a manner as to entitle him to
the love and esteem of his neighbors, and to the thanks and honor
of his posterity and countrymen. It may be asked, "Could a man
perform all these duties and omit to regard his obligations to his
Maker?" Gladly we can answer, "No." He did not lack this
crowning virtue. He was a sincere and exemplary Christian,
having been dedicated to the Savior in infancy by his christian
parents. In his declining days he rejoiced that his family had
been by him likewise dedicated and pointed to the church of the
Lamb of God, who take^ away the sins of the world. His mortal
remains rest 'neath the sod on the banks of Penn's Creek, and
his soul returned to the Maker who gave it

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CHAPTER II.

LINE OF JOHN GEORGE, first son of the Emigrant John
George Obermayer ivho was bom in Pennsylvania in 1755.

John Geo., first son of John George Overmyer, the emigrant,
was the first child born to our illustrous forefather and his wife,
Eve Rosenbaum, and has therefore the distinction of being the
first Overmyer born on American soil, and breathing the air of
his native country, during his entire life. He first saw daylight
and American sunshine on the morning of June 3, 1755, in the
humble home of his parents, in Paxton Township, Dauphin
County, Pennsylvania. The year of his birth is a noted date
in American History, and especially in the history of his native
colony, for that year, and almost within the immediate neighbor-
hood of the Overmyer home, the British General Braddock, was
defeated and slain by the Indians, who joined the French in
their final but vain struggle to retain a permanent foothold on
the American continent ; and before the close of the struggle,
we find that the father of our subject had also joined the col-
onial troops, in assisting the British to make this continent the
home of an English speaking race, instead of an appendage of
France. He enjoyed practically no advantage to acquire an
education, but early learned to labor on his father's farm and no
doubt shared the hardships of the undeveloped country, as well
as the cruel effects of war by which the community in which
he lived was more or less affected from the time of his birth
until the close of the Revolution in 1783. His father having
served as a soldier in both the French and Indian war and he in
the Revolution, and his mother having died while he was still
in his youth, he no doubt experienced many difficulties, incident
to pioneer life, and when he had grown to manhood he married
Maria Rearick. She was born in 1754. They lived in Pennsyl-
vania and engaged in farming until he died and was buried near
the place of his birth. In 1811 his widow and their children
moved from Penna to Perry County, Ohio, where she spent

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the remainder of her life with her children, and when she died,
was buried at New Reading, Perry Co., O.

They had children:

Peter, born Nov. 14, 1794.

George, died in childhood.

Barbara, married Peter Dittoe, died in Perry Co., O.

Sarah, born Jan. 25, 1801, married Peter Strohl.

Margaret married Enos Cochran.

Jacob, born 1806, married MaryWeaver.

Maria, married Mr. Mulholland, died at West Liberty, O.

PETER (John George, J. G.,) first son of John George and
Maria (Rearick) Overmyer, was born in Union Co., Pa., Nov.
14, 1794, Peter, though born after the Revolution, had few,
if any more advantages, in acquiring an education than his
father had had ; for the country was new, and unimproved, chil-
dren were assisting their parents in the clearing and fencing
of their farms, and in tilling the soil, and about all the education
they received was what was given them by their parents at the
fireside, from the few books they might posses. His father
died when Peter was about 16 years old, and being the oldest of
the children, much of the responsibility in the family devolved
upon him. In 1811, when Peter was 17 years of age, he and
his widowed mother and younger brothers and sisters emigrated
from Pennsylvania to Perry Co., Ohio. Here he grew to man-
hood, and married Mary Hodge, a native of New Jersey. They
lived in Perry Co., O., and followed farming until in the autumn
of 1833, when they moved with their family, of six children
(two having died) to Sandusky Co., O., locating on a tract of
land in Section 11, of Washington township, on the banks of
Big Mud Creek, which land he purchased from the government
and which remained their homestead and the undivided prop-
etry of their children until the summer of 1901, when they
sold it to George Richards, who now resides there, in the
southern part of the corporation of Lindsay. Upon this tract,
then an unbroken forest, he settled with his family, and erected
a log cabin, one and one-half stories high, of round logs, with
clap-board roof, held on by weight poles on either side, using
probably not an iron nail in the entire structure. The floor was

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what was known as a "puncheon floor" which was later replac-
ed by a floor of wide boards, pinned to cross-logs or joice with
wooden pins instead of nails. In the corner was a rude ladder
fastened to the wall, which led to the children's bed-chamber
above which was simply a garret with no windows and no ceil-
ing, save the clap-board roof, through which the drifting snows
frequently blew, covering children's beds, floor and all with a
blanket of purest white. In this humble and peaceful home,
the family lived, the children grew strong and robust, aiding
their parents in clearing a farm and rearing a home. Another
son had been born into the family, when the wife and mother
of the home was separated from them by the hand of death.
They had:

Isaac, born May 19th, 1819.

Sarah, born May 18th, 1822.

William, born May 19th, 1826.

Emanuel, died in childhood.

Joel, died in childhood ; fell into a kettle of boiling salt, in
Perry Co., O.

Ezekiel, born June 11th, 1829.

Elizabeth.

Levi, born July 4th, 1834.

Their children were all born in Perry Co., O., excepting
Levi, Emanuel and Joel, died and were buried there. It was a
custom among the early settlers of Perry county to get salt
water at the salt springs in that locality and boil it in a large
kettle or pan to evaporate the water and thus obtain salt, for
family use, and it was into one of these kettles that Joel, when
a child, fell and was scalded to death. Peter Overmyer was
married to his second wife July 9th, 1837, by Rev. Jacob Bow-
lus. Her name was Mary P. Shively, born Aug. 24th, 1818,
near Weirickstown, Pa., daughter of Samuel and Mary (Saund-
ers) Shively. They continued farming; erected new and bet-
ter buildings, sent their children to school whenever possible,
first to Hessville, or Black Swamp school and later to the Paul
Fought school. Peter frequently drilled in battalion drill on
muster day, both in Perry Co., and at Hessville, O., and fired
"Old Betsy Croghan" on some of these latter occasions. He
formerly belonged to the Democratic party, but later became

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a Republican. He never aspired to political office. He died
Dec. 28th, 1862, and is buried by the side of his first wife in
the old cemetery at Lindsey. His second wife, known as
"Aunt Polly," lived on the old homestead with their youngest
son, Chauncey, until she had nearly reached four score years.
She died June 19th, 1898 and is buried in the new cemetery
at Lindsey. They had:

Catharine, born July 7th, 1838.
Maria, born March 20th, 1840.
Mary J., born June 7th, 1841.
Henry H., born Dec. 2nd, 1842.
Thomas J., born June 25, 1845.
Clara Isabel, born Dec. 4th, 1848.
Eliza Ellen, born Sept. 6th, 1851.
Lucy A., born April 6th, 1854.
Emma F., born Oct. 18th, 1857.
Chauncey A., born March 9th, 1860.

ISAAC (Peter; George; J. G.), son of Peter and Mary
(Hodge) Overmyer, was born May 9th, 1819, in Perry Co., O.
He emigrated from there to Sandusky county with his parents
when he was 14 vears old.

He therefore had but little educational advantages, but
learned, in his youth, to swing his axe and do all manner of
manual labor necessary in subduing the forests of the Black
Swamp. This he learned so well that nearly forty years after
his death, an old acquaintance of his in Indiana, said to the
writer: "Isaac was the best chopper in this section of the
country." Isaac worked for his father, and among- the neigh-
bors, until his mariage. He married Elizabeth Overmyer, born
April 23rd, 1822, daughter of Geo. L. and Mary (Bowman)
Overmyer. They lived in Sandusky county for some time after
marriage, and in 1853 they emigrated to Pulaski county, Ind.
In company with John Overmyer and John Anderson and their
families, they moved to their new homes with several yoke of
oxen and a team of horses, driving their cattle and sheep with
them, making the journey in less than two weeks. Isaac set-
tled on a tract of land about five miles east of Winamac, Ind.,
and engaged in farming until his death, which occurred Jan. 7th,

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1864. He is buried in Pleasant Hill cemetery about seven miles
east of Winamac, Ind. (For sketch of his wife, see family of
Geo. L., in line of John M. J. G.)

SARAH (Peter; George; J. G.), born in Perry county, O.,
Harch 18, 1822, and came to Sandusky county with her parents
in 1833. She married Henry Bauman at Fremont, O., in 1853.
He was born in Switzerland, August 30th, 1811, and came to
America when about 21 years of age, and worked at Philadel-
phia, Pa., on the Schuylkill canal. About 1840, he came to
Lower Sandusky (now Fremont), where he worked for a Mr.
Canfield, who kept a tavern on the west side of the river.
Later, Mr. Bauman and John Stuber bought the "American
House," and were in partnership about two years; then Mr.
Bauman bought a tavern on the east side of the river, of a Mr.
Melius, and about 1853, removed the old structure and built
on its site what is now known as the "Commercial House,"
then called the "Tell House." Here he remained until 1855,
when he sold out to Jacob Hocke, and bought a farm of 40
acres in Section 15, Ballville Twp., where they moved, and re-
sided the remainder of their lives. They were members of the
Refromed church, and he a Democrat. He died Jan. 27th,
1885, and she lived with her son, Frank M., until her death,
Sept. 26, 1889. They are both buried in Oakwood cemetery,
Fremont, O. They had: Mary Louisa, born Aug. 23rd, 1854,
died Mar. 7th, 1890 ; Henry, died in childhood ; Frank M., born
April 27th, 1857, married Mar. 28th, 1890, Hattie A. Babione.
They reside on the farm in Ballville twp., and have two chil-
dren, Wayne, born Mar. 18th, 1891, and Gertrude, born Nov.
3rd, 1894.

WILLIAM (Peter; George; J. G.), second son and third
child of Peter and Mary Overmyer, born in Perry county, O.,
May 19th, 1826, and when 7 years old moved to Sandusky county
with his parents, where he grew to manhood and married, Mar.
21st, 1850, Mary Catherine Ernsberger, born Dec. 18th, 1834.
The first three years of their married life they resided just east
of Fremont, O., and in Sept., 1853, moved to Pulaski county,
Ind., going by rail as far as Mishawaka, thence by wagon to

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the tract of land of 160 acres, which he obtained from the
government. Here they settled and built a home and improved
their farm, afterwards purchasing 80 acres more. About this
time the health of the wife and mother began to fail, and after
a lingering illness of eight years duration, she died Aug. 5th,
1876, and was buried in Pleasant Hill cemetery, about seven
miles east of Winamac, Ind. They had :

Mary A., born Oct. 29th, 1853.

William L., born Sept. 5th, 1856.

Lucy A., died in childhood.

Fannie B., born Oct. 10th, 1862.

Grant, born Feb. 21st, 1864 ; died Nov. 27th, 1870.

Frank P., born Jan. 13th, 1869.

Granville, died in youth.

Ida M., born Jan. 7th, 1871.

Georgiana, born Sept. 23rd, 1873.

William Overmyer married for his second wife, Mrs. Eliza-
beth (Smith) Bowersox, of Woodville, O., relict of Levi Bower-
sox. To this union were born :

Estella, died in infancy.

Infant, died.

Eugene.

In 1879, William sold his farm in Pulaski county, and bought
210 acres in Marshall county, near Marmont (now Culver).
Here ,in 1881 the hand of death again entered his home, and
took from him his second wife. Having found both of his
fromer wives in Sandusky county, he again tunred his atten-
tion thither, and in Nov., 1882, married Mrs. Libbie (Snyder)
Gaumel, of Lindsey, O. He continued to reside on his farm,
which he had well improved, by this time, an industrious and
respected citizen, until the time of his death, Dec. 21st, 1892.
He is buried in the Voreis cemetery, one-half mile from where
he lived. He was a member of the U. B. church for 38 years ;
was Justice of the Peace for Pulaski county a number of years,
and was called "Squire" the rest of his life. His widow still
survives him and resides at Plymouth, Ind.

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MARY A. (William; Peter; George; J. G.), was born Oct.
29th, 1853, in Pulaski county, Ind. She lived with her parents
and attended the district schools until 18 years of age, when she
entered the high school at Winamac, and prepared herself for
teaching, which she began in 1872, teaching during the sue-
ceeding winters, and attending Normal schools and institutes
during the summer, until 1879, when they moved to Marshall
county, she spent the summer in Sandusky county. On Mar.
20th, 1881, she married Stephen S. Smith. He was born near
Ft. Seneca, O., Nov. 28th, 1854, son of Andrew J. and Anna
M. (Cummons) Smith, and had moved to Michigan with his
parents, when he was four years old. Stephen and his wife
moved to Lansing, Mich., about a year after their marriage,
but on account of her failing health, only remained about three
months, when they returned to Marshall county, Ind., and en-
gaged in farming which they followed, residing one mile west
of Burr Oak until she died. They were members of the U. B.
church, and Mrs. Smith, though having had to endure several
severe sieges of sickness, possessed an active and very intelligent
mind which was a great aid and inspiration to her growing
children. Thev had :

WilliamJ., born Feb. 1st, 1884.

Wesley R., born Aug. 13th, 1886.

Fannie F., born Dec. 25th, 1887.

WILLIAM L. (William; Peter; George; J. G.), born Sept.
5th, 1856, in Pulaski county, Ind. He attended the country
schools and decided to enter the medical profession. While
a student in medicine at Wrinamac, he accidently drowned in
the Tippecanoe river, while bathing with some of his compan-
ions, Aug. 24th, 1876, just about three weeks after the death
of his mother, besides whom he is buried in Pleasant Hill ceme-
tery, Fulton county, Ind.

FANNIE B. (William; Peter; George; J. G.), born Oct.
10th, 1862, in Pulaski county, Ind. She received a fair common-
school education, residing with her parents until her marriage
in Sept., 1884, to Willis Buikett. They resided on a farm, but
their married life was brief, as she died of consumption May
27th, 1887, leaving one child, Ethel C., born Aug. 31st, 1885.

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FRANK P. (William; Peter ; George ; J. G.), the only living
son of William and Mary C. Overmyer, was born Jan. 13th.
1869, on his father's farm in Pulaski county, Ind. He attended
the district school and worked on his father's farm until about
20 years of age, when he entered the North Manchester college,
at North Manchester, Ind., to prepare himself for the ministry.
While at college he was a close and industrious student, leading
an industrious life and defraying a part of his expenses by
preaching in the various circuits in that vicinity. In the mean-
time he had married Miss Lillie Vories, whom he had known all
his life, and was a school-mate of his. He graduated, ranking
second in his class, and became a member of the Saint Joseph's
conference, to which he still belongs. The first four years of
his ministry he served at Galveston, Ind. He was then trans-
ferred to Dayton, Ind., where he served two years, going from
there to Erie, Ind. where he was located three years, after
which he went to Peru, Ind., where he resided until recently and
had one of the most prosperous and active congregations in that
part of the state. He is very successful in his calling, with
bright prospects for the future. He recently retired from the
ministry and is now living on a farm at Galveston, Ind. They
have :

Glenn.

Bernice. .

Joe.

Paul.

Mark.

IDA M. (William; Peter; George; J. G.), born in Pulaski
county, Ind., Jan. 7th, 1871. In Sept., 1890, she married George
M. Osborn. They are both members of the Church of God,
or Adventists, are engaged in farming and reside on the old
homestead one mile west of Burr Oak, Ind.

GEORGIAN A (William; Peter; George; J. G.), born Sept.
23rd, 1873, in Pulaski county, Ind. Her mother died when
Georgiana was three years old, thus her education and early
training devolved largely upon the older brother and sisters,
and her father. She married Leonard Osborn, May 3rd, 1891.

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They are members of the Church of God, and are engaged in
farming, residing on their farm two and one-half miles west of
Burr Oak, Ind., until 1903, then moved to Lordsburg, Cal. They
have :

Minot L., born April 11th, 1892.

Fern, born Dec. 9th, 1896.

Fred, born April 2nd, 1898.

EUGENE (William; Peter; George; J. G.), the only living
child of William Overmyer's second marriage, was born in
Pulaski county, Ind. He was raised on the farm and attended
the country schools. Later, he served three years as Warden
at the Hospital for Insane at Richmond, Ind., after which he
entered a dental college at Indianapolis, and is member of the
class of 1902 ; graduated and located at Muskogee, Ind. Ter.,
where on Jan. 5, 1905, he married Zenobia Lettle. They still
reside there.

EZEKIEL (Peter; George; J. G.), was fifth son and sixth
child of Peter and Mary (Hodge) Overmyer ; born June 11th,
1829, in Perry county, O., and came with his parents to San-
dusky county when four years old. Here he grew to manhood,
enduring the hardships and toil incident to pioneer life. When
some of their neighbors moved to Indiana, in 1852, Ezekiel
went along, going with John Johnson's family (she being Polly
Overmyer, a cousin of his). This journey was made in bi£
wagons across the country, and after their arrival Ezekiel
worked for them, and while there be became acquainted with
Mary E. (or Polly) Miller, an Ohio girl, born May 10th, 1840,
in Seneca county, O., who had come to Indiana about the same
time and located in the same community. They were married
Nov. 10th, 1856, and settled on a farm about three miles west
of Richland Center, Fulton county, Ind., where they resided
during their entire married life. Ezekiel was a hard-working,
intelligent farmer, but had no education, save what he learned
by experience in the almost unbroken forests of Sandusky county.
He was a Republican, but never aspired to public office. They
were both members of the M. E. church ; had 13 children born
to them, and had their 320-acre farm well improved with good
buildings, and were leadiing a retired life surorunded by their

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children when he died, Aug. 22nd, 1899, at the age of 70 years,
2 months and 11 days, and was buried at Richland Center. Mrs.
Overmyer is living on the old homestead where they began
house-keeping under such humble circumstances, and where they
had reared their children, improved and increased their farms,
and had shared with each other the joys tnd sorrows of a
successful life. Her P. O. address is Richland Center, Ind.
They had :

Barbara Ellen, born April 11th, 1858 ; married Zach Horgs-
heimer, of Culver, Ind.

Sarah L., married Jacob Rearick, DeLong, Ind.

Mellville, born Dec. 16th, 1861; died in 1892.

Enoch, born Jan. 1st, 1863.

Ambrose, born Feb. 21st, 1864.

Lucy, born April 28th, 1865 ; married D. Burns, Plymouth,
Ind.

Schuyler, born Oct. 8th, 1866.

Martha J., born Jan. 23rd, 1868 ; married Sim Cooper, Cul-
ver, Ind.

Mary, born Jan. 6th, 1870; married Gust R?inholt, Mon-
terey, Ind.

Amanda, born Feb. 12th, 1872 ; married James Dudgeon,
Rochester Ind.

Eldora, born Jan. 3rd, 1874; married William Flora, Rich-
land Center, Ind.

Emma P., born Jan. 22nd, 1876 ; married Floyd Babcock,
Richland Center, Ind.

Carrie M., born Feb. 13th, 1879 ; married Ira Flora, Rich-
land Center, Ind.

BARBARA ELLEN (Ezekiel; Peter; George; J. G.). born
April 11th, 1858; married Zach Horgshimer and live near Cul-
ver, Ind.

SARAH LOUISA (Ezekiel; Peter; George; J. G.), born
Nov. 26th, 1860; married Jacob Rearick and live near DeLong,
Ind.

ENOCH (Ezekiel; Peter; George; J. G.), was born on the
old homestead near Richland Center, Ind., Jan 1st, 1863, his

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advent being no doubt a happy New Year's Greeting. He at-
tended the country schools, and made fair progress in his
studies, then worked on the farm for his father, until he married,
Feb. 13th, 1889, Nettie B. Hoesel, eldest daughter of Richard
and Susan Hoesel. She was born near Mlonterey, July 29th,
18GG. They are engaged in farming, owning about 240 acres
of land, which is well improved, and indicates that he is one of
the most thrifty and up-to-date farmers of the community where
they live. They have good buildings, a fine orchard, and in
every way a pleasant home, located near the banks of the
Tippecanoe river, three miles west of Monterey, Ind. They
have:

John Richard, born June 15th, 1891.

Frank A., born April 23rd, 1893.

Atta B., born Jan. 23rd, 1896.

AMBROSE B. (Ezekiel; Peter; George; J. G.), born Feb.
21st, 186-1, on the eld homestead in Fulton county, Ind. Ht
married in 1891, Elnora Medman, daughter of Edwin and
Una (Turbet) Medman. They are engaged in farming and
reside four miles southwest of Richland Center, Ind. They
have :

Harry.

Nellie.

William.

Howard.

Infant son.

LUCY IDA (Ezekiel; Peter; George; J. G.), born April
23rd, 1865 ; married D. Burns, of Plymouth, Ind.

SCHUYLER (Ezekiel; Peter; George; J. G.), born near
Richland Center, Ind., Oct. 8th, 1866. He married Clara Crum-
ley, and is engaged in farming. He is a Republican, and both are
members of the Evangelical church. They reside two miles
southeast of Culver, Ind. They have two daughters.

MARTHA J. (Ezekiel; Peter; George; J. G.), born Jan.
23rd, 186S ; married Simon Cooper, of Culver, Ind.

MARY (Ezekiel; Peter; George; J. G.), born Jan. 6th, 1870;
married Gust Rinebolt, of Montrey, Ind.

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AMANDA (Ezekiel; Peter; George; J. G.), born Feb. 12th,
1872 ; married James Dudgeon, of Rochester, Ind.

ELDORA (Ezekiel; Peter; George; J. G.), born Jan. 3rd,
1874 ; married Wm. Flora, of Richland Center, Ind.

EMMA PHEBE (Ezekiel, Peter; George; J .G.), born Jan.
22nd, 1876, in Fulton county, Ind., was educated at Richland Cen-
ter, Ind. Was married Feb. 24th, 1898, to Floyd E. Babcock,
born May 20th, 1873, son of Andrew E. and Anna (Lawrence)
Babcock. The marriage was performed at the home of the groom.
They are respected and influential citizens. He is a Republican,
and they follow farming. They have :

Delia Leona, born Aug. 27th, 1890

Infant, born Mar. 1st, 1903.

CARRIE MAY (Ezekiel; Peter; George; J. G.), born Feb
13th, 1879 ; married Ira Flora.

ELIZABETH (Peter; George; J. G.), born in Perry county,
O., and came to Sandusky county with her parents in 1833. She
married George Weckstein, a shoemaker. 'They resided at
Fremont, O. ; had two children, both of whom died ; one died in
infancy and George, the son, died in 1864, in the fourteenth
year of his age, and is buried in the old cemetery at Fremont.
Both Elizabeth and her husband died some years ago leaving
no direct descendents living.

LEVI (Peter; George; J. G.), born July 4th, 1834, in San-
dusky county, O., within the present limits of Lindsey. He,
like a great many boys at that time, received practically no edu-
cation, very seldom getting to school ; but early learned to swing
his axe, drive the oxen, and do all kinds of labor incident to
farm life in those times. In 1855, when 21 years of age, he
went to Indiana with several famliies that moved there, viz. ; his
brother, Isaac, and cousin,, John Overmyer, and their families ;
Luke Overmyer and John Anderson and their families. They
drove to their new homes in wagons, driving their cattle and
sheep with them, and after a journey of 11 days they reached
the sites of their new homes in Pulaski and Fulton counties,
Ind. Levi worked for his brothers and their neighbors a short

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time, then married Rosanna Anderson. She was born Jan. 29th,
1838, in Sandusky county, daughter of John and Sarah (Over-
myer) Anderson. She and her parents moved to Indiana at the
same time that Levi and his brothers did, and formed a part
of the same company of emigrants. After their marriage, they
went to farming in Pulaski, and later in Fulton county, and
were very sucessful, having obtained a large farm which they
improved, and erected a fine home. They were members of the
M. E. church. He died Feb. 12th, 1894, and is buried at Rich-
land Center, Ind. She married again, but her second husband
is also dead. She resides in Rochester, Ind., in a neat little
home, where she leads a retired life. They had 13 children, of
whom only 4 are living, as follows :

Boyd A., born Dec. 3rd, 1857.

Frank, born Dec. 25th, 1863.

Charles E., born Mar. 5th, 1870.

Adelbert E., born Sept. 24th, 1879.

BOYD A. (Levi; Peter; George; J. G.), born Dec. 3rd,
1857, in Pulaski county, Ind. He received a fair common-school
education ; worked on the farm, and in the fall of 1880, he mar-
ried Eldora Hyatt. They engaged in farming until she died,
Mar. 8th, 1891, aged 31 years, 3 months and 27 days, leaving:

Charles Cliffton, born July 24th, 1881.
Leota, born April, 1883.

Boyd then disposed of his farming implements, and after-
wards spent a year near Lindsey, O., in the employ of Perry
Boyer. He then returned to Indiana, and in 1893, married his
second wife, Rosa Cook. They are engaged in farming, and
reside near Fulton, Fulton county, Ind. They have:

Leroy, born 1894.

Almeda.

Raymond.

FRANK (Levi; Peter; George; J. G.), born Dec. 25th, 1863,
near Culver, Marshall county, Ind. He attended the common
schools, worked on the farm, and on Nov. 13th, 1884, married
Inez Almack, daughter of Roy and Rebecca (Hood) Almack.
She was born Aug. 27th, 1869, near Talma, Fulton county, Ind.

AND GENEALOGY. 71

They are engaged in farming, and reside near Richland Center,
Ind. They have :

Lee Anson, born Sept. 12th, 1885.

Grace Dell, born June 16th, 1887.

Verne born June 15th, 1890.

Lloyd, born Mar. 26th, 1892.

Charles Stephen, born Dec. 16th, 1893.

CHARLES E. (Levi; Peter; George; J. G.), born Mar. 5th
1870. He received a fair common-school education, and mar-
ried Ida B. Walters. They are members of the M. E. church,
and he is a Republican. They reside on a farm near Richland
Center.

ADELBERT E. (Levi; Peter; George; J. G.), born Sept.
24th, 1879, and married Lelia Stockberger, Dec. 19th, 1900. She
was born in 1882, daughter of John and Mpllie (Bachelor) Stock-
berger. They are farming and reside near Richland Center, Ind.

CATHARINE (Peter; George ; J. G.), eldest child of Peter
and his second wife ; was born within the present limits of Lind-
sey, O., July 7th, 1838. She attended the country school in
what is known as the Paul Fought Dist., and received a fair
education. She worked for her parents until she married, Jan.
1st, 1857, at Lindsey, O., George Boyer. He was born Oct.
21st, 1837, in Wasington Twp., Sandusky county, O. ; son of
John and Catherine (Smith) Boyer. They then began farming
for his father, and farmed there until about 1866, when they
bought a farm of their own and moved upon it, where they still
reside.

They have always been industrious and prosperous farmers ;
have reared a family of respectable children, to whom they
gave much better eduactional advantages than they enjoyed for
themselves, four of their children having taught school. They
have added to their farm until they now have 116 acres of fine
land, with good buildings thereon, and have a gas well of their
own near the house which has for years supplied them with
natural gas for heating, cooking and lighting purposes with no
expense since the completion of the well, and the piping of the
gas. The abundance of the gas seems to indicate that Mr.

72 OVERMYER HISTORY

Boyer will never need to worry about fuel for family use during
his lifetime. Their farm is located about 3 miles southeast of
Lindsey, O., on the township line rnad, dividing Washington
and Sandusky townships. He is a Republican, but not a strict
partisan. Their children were:

William Edwin, born Feb. 23rd, 1858 ; married Dora Grees-
man.

Maria J., born Mar. 11th, 1860; married Mathias Park.

Clara Belle, born Dec. 30th, 1861 ; married Fred Fronizer,
late Prosecuting Attorney of Sandusky county, O.

Idora V., born Nov. 29th, 1863; died Mar, 15th, 1893.

Jeanetta E., born Dec. 29th, 1865 ; married Charles Kramp.

Thomas C, born Jan. 7th, 1868 ; died Feb. 21st, 1891.

Bertha A., born May 27th, 1870; married Frank C. Baker.

Chauncey A., born April 20th, 1872 ; lives near Shelton,
Mason county, Wash.

Irvin V., born Aug. 23rd, 1874; married Ida King.

MARIA (Peter; George; J. G.), married Jerome Overmyer
(see line of Daniel, Philip, J. G., under which her sketch will
be found.)

MARY J. (Peter; George; J. G.), born Jtme 7th, 1811, on
her father's farm within the present limits of Lindsey, O. She
attended school at the Paul Fought school, and received a fair
education, though she was many times compelled to wade mud
and water in getting to school, as the country was usually wet
and the path led from log to log across the low places, and the
low places were more numerous than the high places. She
married June 23rd, 1859, at Fremont, O., by Dr. Wilmer, Wil
Ham Boyer, son of John and Catherine (Smith) Boyer. He
was born in Washington township, Sandusky county, O., May
8th, 1839, and in his youth learned the carpenter's trade.
After their marriage they farmed for his father for a short
time, then bought a farm for themselves about two miles north
of Lindsey. From there they moved to Lindsey, and later, in
partnership with Solomon and Michael Overmyer, built the first
steam saw-mill in that community, and perhaps the first in the
county. He worked at carpentering for some time, erecting
the grain elevator owned by J. Wolfe, and a great many of the

Enoch Overmyer and Family
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barns and residences in and around Lindsey, and at the old
time raisings, when they would choose sides in raising barns
and each side tried to beat the other in getting up the timber,
Mr. Boyer was invariably to be found on top of the frame
going about directing the work, running about on the plates
and cross-beams with as much ease and as fearless as if he were
on terra firma. He started in the grocery and dry goods bus-
iness in 1870, at Lindsey, and has followed it since. Mr. Boyer
has held various public offices, having served as postmaster for
20 years, member of the council and school board several times,
and has the distinction of having been the first Republican
clerk of Washington township. He has always been a Re-
publican ; they are both members of the Evangelical church, and
reside on Main street, in Lindsey, O. The following are the
children :

Emma F., born Oct. 3rd, 1860 ; died Jan. 4th, 1890.

Minerva C, born Nov. 15th, 1863.

William W. born Aug. 18th, 1867.

Leroy M., born Mar. 23rd, 1869.

Gertrude C, born Nov. 13th, 1871.

Frank F., born Dec. 3rd, 1875 ; died May 24th, 1896.

Harry M., born Oct. 29th, 1877.

Earl Freddie, born Aug. 16th, 1882 ; died Sept. 28th, 1885.

HENRY HARRISON (Peter; George; J. G.), born Dec.
2nd, 1842, within the present limits of Lindsey, O. Here he grew
to manhood, attended the common schools and received a good
common-school education. He married Margaret Angelica Wal-
ker, June 2nd, 1869. She was born Mar. 16th, 1843, in San-
dusky county, O. ; daughter of David and Nancy (Waggoner)
Walker. After their marriage, they located upon the farm
where they still reside, and Mr. Overmyer began at once to
prepare his farm for the culture of fruit and bees. He started
bee culture in 1873, and has since followed and studied it along
scientific lines, making his own hives, forming artificial swarms,
raising queens for his own use, and usually winters from 100 to
500 colonies, producing from 2 to 65 barrels of honey every
season. A few years after starting his apiary, he started in con-
nection therewith, a fruit farm, starting some of the trees in

74 OVERMYER HISTORY

1876, some in 1878, and the balance principally in 1880, and he
now has 22 acres planted to choice fruit of the finest varieties,
and the symmetry, beauty and thriftiness of the trees show
that they are carefully pruned, tended and cared for in every
particular, and that Mr. Overmyer has made fruit culture in all
its forms from seed-bed to market, grafting, pruning and bud-
ding, the object of careful and diligent study, research, and in-
vestigation. The fruits of his labors are now apparent when
we learn that he frequently has 1,500 bushels of hand-picked
apples for the market, 1,100 bushels of cider-apples, which he
usually has made into cider and stores it until it ferments, when
he sells it for vinegar, frequently having from 3,000 to 4,000
gallons of the finest vinegar for sale. Besides his apple crop
he raises a great many pears, mulberries, plums, cherries and
many kinds of small fruit. A visit to his fruit farm during
the month of May, when the trees are clothed in verdant green
and covered with myriads of blossoms, giving a fragrance to the
air and honey to the ever-busy bees as they are laying up their
abundant stores, is a sight never to be forgotten, and from which
not even an infidel could turn and still say in his heart, "There
is no God." During the Civil War he was assigned to Co. K,
169th Reg., O. N. G., and was discharged Sept. 4th, 1864, at
Cleveland, O.

Mr. Overmyer is a great reader, and keeps well posted
in public affairs ; is liberal in his political views, being guided
more by his ideas of the fitness of the man for the place and
the principles involved, than by party lines. The following are
their children :

Waldo Emerison, born May 16th, 1870.

Nellie, born Oct. 14th, 1872.

George, born Dec. 2nd, 1877 ; single.

Frederick, born July 24th, 1881.

Wilfred Rollin, born Nov. 15th, 1882.

WALDO E. (Henry H. ; Peter; George; J. G.), born May
Kith, 1870, on his parent's farm south of Lindscy, O. He re-
ceived a common-school education, and when a boy frequently
spent several weeks at a time near Toledo, O., with his grand-
mother and his uncles, and while there in the spring of 1887,

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he decided to follow Horace Greely's advice and "go West,"
which he did, locating near Hunters' P. O., Steven's county,
Wash., where he obtained some land and set to work to improve
it. He now owns 200 acres of land, and has an interest in some
mines in that locality. He rents his land and usually works at
the carpenter trade or looks after his mining interests. He mar-
ried, Jan. 2nd, 1899, Clara Maud Runyan. They have:

Clara M., born Dec. 22nd, 1899.
Margaret E., born Nov. 11th, 1901.
Mary A., born July 8th, 1904.

NELLIE (Henry H. ; Peter ; George ; J. G.), born Oct. 14th,
1872, near Lindsey, O. She married T. O. Hurst, a telegraph
operator, near Toledo, O., with whom she had two children:

Hazel, born Feb. 20th, 1891.

Harold Gordon, born April 16th, 1893.

Mrs. Hurst and her husband separated and she married,
Nov. 20th, 1900, Mr. Brown, a hotel keeper. They reside on
Pearl street, Cleveland, O.

THOMAS JEFFERSON (Peter ; George ; J. G.), born June
25th, 1845, at Lindsey, O. His boyhood days were spent on the
farm, and when the Civil War raged his heart was fired with pa-
triotic devotion, as was the heart of many a youth. He enlisted as
a soldier in Company I, 25th O. V. I., in Feb., 1864. He
served in the south during that summer, when he was taken
sick with camp fever, and after an illness of about three weeks
he died September, 1864, at Hilton Head, S. C, and his grave,
like that of many of his comrades,is unknown and unmarked.

CLARA ISABEL (Peter; George; J. G.), born Dec. 4th,
1848. She attended the district school at the Paul Fought school ;
reecived a fair education, and lived with her parents until she
married George H. Myers, May 27th, 1867, son of Henry and
Mary (Burks) Myers. He was born Sept. 22nd, 1840, and lived
with his father, attending the common schools, and at times as-
sisted his father at wagon-making, until the Civil War broke out,
when he enlisted in Company A, 111th O. V. I., as a private,

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July 16th, 1862. The regiment was assigned to the 3rd Brigade,
3rd Division, 23rd army corps. Mr. Myers engaged in the bat-
tles of Horse Ferry, Campbell Station, siege of Knoxville, Straw-
berry Plains, Reseca, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Decatur, Jones-
boro, Spring Hill, Franklin, Nashville, Wilmington, Kingston
and Fort Anderson. Mr. Myers is a carpenter and contractor,
also builds oil derricks. He resides at Lindsey, O. Their chil-
dren are :

Haidee B., born Aug. 19th, 1869.
Merlin Dean, born Aug. 25th, 1872.
George Herbert, born May 26th, 1879.
Clyde Frederick, born Dec. 24th, 1881.

ELIZA ELLEN (Peter; George; J. G.), born Sept. 6th
1851, at Lindsey, O. She attended the district school at the Paul
Fought school and received a fair education. She lived with
her parents until she married, Feb. 21st, 1871, Elijah W. Hub-
bard, at Fremont, O., by Rev. Merriott, of the M. E. church.
Mr. Hubbard was born near Bellevue, O., Nov. 23rd, 1850, son
of James and Louisa (Snyder) Hubbard. After their marriage,
they farmed two years for her mother on the old homestead,
after which they moved to Fremont and he worked at the
carpenter trade, but they only remained there one summer, when
they returned to Lindsey and bought a home on Main street,
where they resided and he followed his trade until 1887, when
they locataed at Bowling Green, O., where he is engaged as
carpenter and contractor. Politically, he gives his support to
the Republican party, and is a member of the Royal Arcanum.
They are members of the U. B. church and have one child,
Mary Gertrude, born July 11th, 1874, who lives with her parents
at Bowling Green, O. They have with them, La Verne Boyer,
who has had his home with them since the death of his mother.

LUCY A. (Peter; George; J. G.), born April 0th, 1854. She
married Josiah Boyer, a carriage blacksmith, and resided at Lind-
sey, O., where she died, April 15th, 1888, and is buried in the
new cemeterv there. Thev had four children :

Claude V.

La Verne J., born Sept. 25th, 1877.

Sarah (Overmyeri Strohl.
(See page 77.)

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Glenn R., born Sept. 16th, 1882.
Clyde S., born Mar. 15th, 1884.

EMMA F. (Peter; George; J. G.), born Oct. 18th, 1857, at
Lindsey, O. She married Geo. W. Murray, born May 6th, 1852,
son of Alexander F. and Lavina (Adams) Murray. He was
born and raised in Lindsey, where he followed carpentering, and
where they resided until she died, Mar. 14th, 1884. She was a
member of the Evangelical church, and is buried in the new
cemetery at Lindsey O.

CHAUNCEY A. (Peter; George; J. G.), born Mar. 9th
1860, on the old homestead at Lindsey, O. He attended the district
school, his first teacher was B. B. Overmyer, and later attended
the Lindsey schools. His father died when Chauncey was about
two years old ; so as soon as he was old enough, he began to
farm the old homestead, and remained there until several years
after his mother's death, when the heirs sold the farm to Geo.
Richards, and Chauncey moved to Fremont, O., and erected a
beautiful home on West State street, where they now reside,
living a retired life. He married Frances A. Geeseman, Aug.
20th, 1882. She was born Aug. 13th, 1844, daughter of John
and Mary (Deal) Geeseman, and was educated in the Fremont
schools, after which she taught school about twelve terms.
Chauncey is independent in his political views, and is govrned
by his own judgment more than by party lines, though his sup-
port goes to the Democratic party. He is a member of the
K. O. T. M. and she is a member of the L. O. T. M., Michigan
Hive No. 46, Fremont, O., and are both members of the Re-
formed church. They have with them Clyde S. Boyer, who has
had his home with them almost continuously since his mother
died.

SARAH (George; J. G.), born in Union county, Pa., Jan.
25th, 1801. Married Peter Strohl, in Perry county, Ohio. Moved

to Sandusky county, Ohio, in , and located on Section No. 24

of Ballville Twp., where they cleared away the forest and
improved the home, and resided the remainder of their lives.
She died Dec. 31st, 1866, and he Oct, 18th, 1886, and are bur-
ied in McGormley cemetery, near the old home. They had:

78 OVERMYER HISTORY

Isabel, born , 1823.

Isaac, born Oct. 18th, 1825.

Margaret, born Mar. 14th, 1829 ; married Enos Osborne.

Maria, born — — ; died at age of 17.

Catherine, born May 5th, 1834 ; married Dr. \V. Y. B. Ames.

MARIA (George; J. G.), born in Pennsylvania. Marrie

Mulholland. Moved to West Liberty, Champaign county,

O. Both died there.

BARBARA (George; J. G.), married Peter Ditto. Lived in
Perry county O., and died there.

MARGARET (George; J. G.), married Enos Cochran.
Lived in Perry county, O., and died there.

JACOB (George; J. G.), third son and sixth child
of John George and Maria (Rearick) Overmyer, born in
Pennsylvania, Mar. 28, 1808, and came with his mother, brothers
and sisters to Perry County, Ohio, in 1811, where he grew to
manhood, and in 1828, at Circleville, Ohio, married Gordy
Weaver, daughter of John and Eve Weaver, born in Pennsyl-
vania, November 29th, 1T99. He was a hotel keeper at Somerset,
Ohio; a member of the Lutheran church, of the Masonic and
Christian Knighthood fraternities. Died February 14th, 1873,
and is buried in the Lutheran cemetery near Somerset, Ohio ; had
the following children :

Joel Weaver, born September 2d, 1829.

William Henry, born June 1st, 1831.

Martha Jane, born July 84th, 1833; died August 18th, 1857.

John Landis, born September 28th, 1834; is at work for the
Adams Express Co., and resides at Louisville, Ky.

Mary Ellen, born November 2d, 1836 ; died June 1st, 1888.

George Amos, born November 10th, 1838, died September
30th, 1867.

JOEL W. (Jacob; George ; J. G.), born September 2d, 1829,
at Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio. He was educated in the
common schools at Somerset, O., to which place his parents had
moved when he was a boy. There he grew to manhood and mar-
ried, September Oth, 1853, by Rev. Joseph Casper, Eliza (Ritche-

AND GENEALOGY 79

y)) Morris. She was born at Somerset, O., January 12th, 1833,
daughter of George and Nancy (Ream) Morris. Joel was for-
merly engaged in the hardware business and was very successful,
and now leads a retired life. She died January 29th, 1876, and is
buried at Lancaster, O. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity,
the Lutheran church, and has been a life-long Democrat. They
had:

Clara Morris, born April 21st, 1854.

George Morris, born January 21st, 1857.

Mary, born June 7th, 1861.

Alice Lee, born November 8th, 1863.

John Charles, born April 15th, 1866.

Eliza, born January 15th, 1869.

Nellie, born January 7th, 1872 ; died at New Lexington, O.,
September 13th, 1882.

He now resides at 63 North Ohio avenue, Columbus, Ohio.

CLARA M. (Joel W. ; Jacob; George; J. G.), born April
21st, 185-1, at Somerset, O. She was educated at Lancaster O. ;
is a member of the M. E. church and resides at 329 Michigan St.,
Pueblo, Col.

GEORGE MORRIS (Joel W. ; Jacob; George; J. G.), born
January 21st, 1858, at Somerset, O. He attended the schools at
Lancaster, O., and later served five years as a private in the Ohio
National Guard. He is now in the employ of Swift & Co. as a
traveling salesman and has his home at 4516 Forrestville Ave.,
Chicago, 111.

MARY (Joel W. ; Jacob; George; J. G.;), born June 7th,
1861, at Circleville, O. She attended school at Lancaster, O., and
married, at New Lexington, O., September 18th, 1883, Robert W.
Houston. He was born December 4th, 1859, at New Lexington,
son of Robert E. and Elizabeth (Wilson) Houston. They are
members of the M. E. church and reside at 63 Ohio Ave., Colum-
bus, O. They have :

Nellie Clara, born October 24th, 1885.

Robert Morris, born December 4th, 1889.

ALICE LEE (Joel W. ; Jacob; George; J. G.), born No-
vember 8th, 1863, at Somerset, O. She reecived her education in

80 OVERMYER HISTORY

the schools at Lancaster and New Lexington, O. She married,
May 9th, 1900, at Chicago, 111., John Richardson Cameron. He
was born in Glosgow, Scotland, May 10th, 1846. She is a mem-
ber of the Presbyterian church. They reside at No. 329 Michigan
St., Pueblo, Col.

JOHN CHARLES (Joel W. ; Jacob; George; J. G.),
second son and fifth child of Joel W. and Eliza (Morris)
Overmyer, born near Somerset, O., Apr. 15th, 1866. He was ed-
ucated in the public schools of Lancaster and New Lexington, O.,
until the age of twenty years ; also assisted his father in the hard-
ware business at New Lexington up to that time, then entered
into the employment of McCune, Lomis & Griswold, of Colum-
bus, O., in the wholesale hardware business, where he remained
two years. In January, 1889, he was appointed to a position in
the Adjutant General's office, at Columbus, O., by Governor
James E. Campbell, where he remained two years. On December
23d, 1889, he married Virginia Ethel Townsend, at Pueblo, Col.
In January, 1899, he moved to Pueblo, Col., where he was en-
gaged in the artificial ice business for three years, and later was
connected with the Police Department of Pueblo for two years, as
reporter and Captain of Police, under Mayor J. B. Oman. In
April, 1899, he was appointed Adjutant General of Colorado, by
Governor Charles S. Thomas, and served as such until April 10th,
1901, since which time he has been interested in mining in the
Leadville and Cripple Creek districts. They have two children :

Joel Woodford, born October 3d, 1892.

Margaret Townsend, born September 18th, 1894.

Postoffice address, 860 Lincoln Ave., Denver, Col.

ELIZA (Joel W. ; Jacob ; George ; J. G.), born January loth,
1869, at Lancaster, Ohio. She was educated in the schools at
New Lexington, and married there, December 23d, 1891, Gilbert
Motier Woodward, born October 25th, 1863, at Columbus, O.,
son of Bertram and Harriet (Overmyer) Woodward. (See line
of Benjamin; John; Peter; J. G.) They are members of the
Evangelical church and reside at 4516 Forestville Ave., Chicago,
111. They have:

Helen Louise, born October 27th, 1892.

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WILLIAM HENRY (Jacob; John George; J. G.), second
son of Jacob and Mary (Weaver) Overmyer, was born near
Somerset, O., Junelst, 1831 ; was educated at the schools of Som-
erset and Zanesville, O. He learned the saddler trade, and mar-
ried Eleanor Spencer, daughter of William C. Spencer, born
near Somerset, O., April 26th, 1834. They were members of the
Lutheran church ; he a member of the Masonic fraternity ; was
a Democrat until after the Civil war, then a Republican. Died
December 27th, 1862, and is buried near Somerset, O. Had the
following children : Henrietta, William J. and Annie.

WILLIAM J. (Wm. H. ; Jacob; John George; J. G.), son
of William H. and Eleanor (Spencer) Overmyer died and is
burried at Jackson, Mississippi.

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CHAPTER III.

LINE OF JOHN PUT BR, second son of the Emigrant John
George Obermayer, who was bom in Pennsylvania in 1761.

JOHN PETER (J. G.), the second son and fifth child of
John George Obermayer, "being the first child born of his second
wife," was born at Paxton, near Harrisburg, "now Dauphin
County," Pa., Feb. 5th, 1761, and with his father's family, at the
age of nine years, moved north into Penn's Valley, Buffalo
Township, where Sweitzer's Run flows into Penn's Creek. Here
in the dense forest, among the Indians, he no doubt experienced
to the fullest extent the privations of the then frontier life. At
the age of twenty-two, he married Mary Eva Hennig, daughter
of Christopher Hennig, residing on and farming part of his fath-
er's estate, until 1801, when he with several of his neighbors,
moved to Ohio, and located near New Reading, "now Perry
County." Perry County was formed as at present, from Wash-
ington, Muskingum and Fairfield, March 1st, 1817, and named
after Commodore Perry. The following were some of his early
neighbors, who also came from Pennsylvania : John Hammond,
David Pugh, Adam Binckley, John Poorman, John Fink, Daniel
Parkinson, Peter, John and Michael Dittoe. The writer was
often told of the sad misfortune with which he met during his
trip of moving from Pennsylvania to Ohio. At that time teams
were ferried over the Ohio river, and being a good teamster, with
one four-horse and one five-horse team, heavily loaded with goods
and silver money, when about to cross the Ohio river at Wheel-
ing, he told the ferryman that his wagons were very heavily
loaded and he feared the boat insufficient to bear up his loads,
but the ferryman claimed he had transferred heavier loads on
many occasions before, so the attempt was made, but alas ! when
the boat was pulled from the shore it sank, with all on board.
With the greatest effort, but cutting the harness, the horses were
saved, also the wagons later, while most of the goods were lost,

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Some of the chests and trunks were taken out of the stream,
later, miles below the crossing.

Stricken but undismayed, he proceeded to the end of his
journey, where with his wife and ten children he established a
home in the dense forest, and took an active part in improving
the wild country. He assisted in building the first school-house
also in erecting the first church, which was a Lutheran church,
and Rev. Foster was the first pastor in the then wild commuuity.

The following are the children of John Peter and Mary Eva
(Hennig) Overmyer:

John Geo., born Sept. 24th, 1784.

Jacob, born May 14th, 1786.

John, born April 10th, 1788.

Benjamin, born Oct. 9th, 1789.

Christena, born Aug. 22nd, 1791 ; married Christian Ans-
pach.

Catharine, born Oct. 6th, 1793 ; married John Anspach.
Mary Magdalene, born Oct. 13th, 1795 ; married David Deal.

Elizabeth, born Sept. 2nd, 1797 ; married J. Mohler.

Peter, born Aug. 24th, 1799.

David, born June 21st, 1801.

Adam, born May 10th, 1803.

Barbara, born June 24th, 1805 ; married Joseph Miller.

JOHN GEORGE (Peter; J. G.), eldest child of Peter and
Eva (Hennig) Overmyer, was born in East BufTalo Township,
Northumberland (now Union) County, Pa., Sept. 24th, 1784,
and later baptized by Rev. Cyriacus Spangenberg. Witnesses to
his baptism were his grandparents, John George and Barbara
Obermayer, of East BufTalo, now Limestone Township, Union
County, Pa. In 1801, when about seventeen years old, he came
with his parents to Perry County, O. He received a very fair
education for those early days, and in 1808 married Catherine
Eva Hoffman, daughter of John George Hoffman, born in Tulp-
hocken Township, Berks County, Pa., June 4th, 1784, and bap-
tized by Rev. Schultz, and later came with her parents to Perry
County, O. He served as a soldier in 1812. After the war he
served as Justice of the Peace for many years in Perry County,
O., and in 1829 moved with his family to Sandusky County, O.,

84 OVERMYER HISTORY

and located on Section 2 in Jackson Township, on lands he
bought of the United States government. Deeds still in posses-
sion of his descendants are signed by Andrew Jackson, then Pres-
ident of the United States. Here he soon distinguished himself
by his sound judgment, and strong traits of character, which he
possessed, and was elected Associate Judge of the Sanducky
County Court, which office he held for seven years. He was
Justice of the Peace a long time in Jackson Township, and trans-
acted much business of a legal nature for the pioneers of that
community, and in younger years taught school.

He was a Democrat, and both were members of the Lutheran
church and had all their children baptized in the same faith.
They resided on their farm in Jackson Township until they died ;
she having departed this life Dec. 5th, 1848, and he about ten
years later, on March 28th, 1858.

They had :

Elizabeth, born June 13th, 1809 ; died June 8th, 1835.

Susannah, born June 15th, 1810.

Noah, born Dec. 29th, 1811 ; died Sept. 6th, 1840.

Anna Mary, born July 28th, 1813.

Daniel, born April 16th, 1815; died Dec. 30th, 1881.

Jonathan, born May 4th, 1817; died Dec. 14th, 1848.

Sarah, born Dec. 22nd, 1819.

Joel, born March 4th, 1822.

Ephriam, born Feb. 17th, 1825.

George, born Dec. 4th, 1828.

SUSANNAH (Jno. Geo.; Peter; J. G.), daughter of John
George and Catharine Eva Overmyer, was born June 15th, 1810,
and baptized July 12th, 1810, by Rev. Wm. Foster. She mar-
ried John Stultz, March 25th, 1832, at Fremont, O.. then Lower
Sandusky. He was born in New Jersey, July 18th, 1810, son of
Peter and Jemima (Meeks) Stults.

They began housekeeping in Sandusky County, Ohio, but
later moved to Portland, Jay County, Ind., where be died July
13th, 1896. After her husband's death she lived with their son
Peter. The names and dates of birth of their children are as
follows: Elizabeth, Mar. 2nd, 1833; Joseph, Feb. 22nd, 1835,
died June 20th, 1836; George, Sept. 16th, 1837; Jemima Ann,

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Sept. 27th, 1839, died Nov. 16th, 1877; Peter, January 24th,
1842 ; Sarah, Feb. 9th, 1844 ; John B., May 28, 184G ; Susannah,
Jan. 19th, 1850, died May 22nd, 1885.

NOAH (John Geo.; Peter; J. G.), eldest son and third
child of John George and Catherine Eve Overmyer, was born
Dec. 29th, 1811, and was baptized by Rev. Wm. Foster Feb. 9th,

1812. He grew to manhood on his father's farm, but was early
afflicted with that dread disease, consumption, from which he
died, single, Sept. 6th, 1840.

ANNA MARY (John George; Peter; J. G.), daughter of
John Geo. and Catharine Eve Overmyer, was born July 28th,

1813, in Perry County, O., and was baptized by Rev. J. List,
July 30th, 1813. She married Martin Hammitt July 24th, 1836.
He was born Sept. 15th, 1813, son of Joseph and Mary Hammitt.
She was educated in Perry County, Ohio, and was a member of
church. He gives his political support to the Republican party.
They are engaged in farming and reside near Mills Corners, Jay
County, Ind. The names and dates of birth of their children are
as follows: Oliver H. P., Feb. 26th, 1837, died Aug. 7th, 1894;
George W., July 28th 1838; Samuel, March 9th, 1840; Sarah
Ann, Aug. 12th, 1841 ; John, July 18th, 1843 ; James M., March
3, 1846; Benjamin M., July 16th, 1851.

DANIEL (Jno. Geo.; Peter; J. G.), second son and fifth
child of Judge John George and Catharine E. (Hoffman) Over-
myer, was born in Perry County, Ohio, April 16th, 1815, grew
to manhood in said county and in 1838 married Elizabeth Over-
myer, daughter of his father's uncle (Jacob Overmyer), born
Nov. 19th, 1816, with whom he had five children. All died in
infancy except Joel and George W. The wife died Feb. 27th,
1849. For his second wife he married Harriet Kuhn, daughter
of Adam and Catharien (Aument) Kuhn, born May 22nd, 1826,
in Perry County, Ohio, with whom he had the following children :
Wm. A., born July 2nd, 1856 ; Chas. L., born May 29th, 1858 ;
Cornelius, born Sept. 15th, 1861; Adam N., born Aug. 17th,
1864. He was a hard-working, industrious, well-to-do farmer,
a member of the Lutheran Church, a life-long Jackson Demo-
crat. Died Dec. 30th, 1881, and is buried at Washington Chapel
cemetery.

86 OVERMYER HISTORY

JOEL (Daniel; Jno. Geo.; Peter; J. G.), son of Daniel and
Elizabeth Overmire, was born in Washington Township, Sandus-
ky County, Ohio, June 19th, 1842; was educated in the schools
of the vicinity. Later went to Grenada, Kas., and on Oct. 6th,
1874, married Juliet Foss, daughter of Selden and Roxanna
Foss, born at Middlesex, Vt., Jan. 1st, 1843 ; is a farmer ; resides
near Seneca, Kas. Children: Emily May, born July 1st, 1880;
and Paul, born Feb. 28th, 1890.

GEORGE W. (Daniel; Jno. George; Peter; J. G.), son of
Daniel and Elizabeth Overmire, was born in Washington Town-
ship, Sandusky County, Ohio, Jan. 16th, 1849 ; died Feb. 3rd,
1905, and is buried at Gibsonburg, Ohio. In his youth he at-
tended the schools of the vicinity and after he grew to manhood
he married Sophia Moore, daughter of David and Rosanna
(Blubach) Moore, born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, Oct. 17,
1852. To this union were born the following Children:

Jessie W., born June 18, 1872.
Chauncy W., born Sept. 18, 1876.
Hattie R, born March 26, 1881.
Ossie W., born July 12, 1883.

JESSIE W. (Geo. W.; Daniel; Jno. Geo.; Peter; J. G.),
first son of Geo. W. and Sophia (Moore) Overmyer, was born
in Jackson Twp., Sandusky Co., O., June 18, 1872, where he
grew up and on May 7, 1902, married Jennie Dunn, daughter
of Henry Dunn, born at Waterville, O., Nov. — , 1880. He is
a Democrat, a mason and contractor, and they reside at Mill-
bury, O.

CHAUNCY W. (Geo. W. ; Daniel ; Jno. Geo. ; Peter ; J. G.)
second son of Geo. W. and Sophia (Moore) Overmyer, was
born in Sandusky Co., O., Sept. 18, 1876, and on August 17,
1898, at Fremont, O., he married Florence Mapes, had one son
who died in infancy, Chauncy died in 1900.

HATTIE R. (Geo. W. ; Daniel; Jno. Geo.; Peter; J. G.),
only daughter of Geo. W. and Sophia Overmyer, was born Mar.
26, 1881, and married Bert Johnson, son of A. P. Johnson, at
Gibsonburg, O. He is an oil pumper, a Democrat, and they re-

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side at Momineetown, O., and have two children, Kenneth and
Ershel.

OSSIE W. (Geo. W.; Daniel; Jno. Geo.; Peter; J. G.),
third son and fourth child of Geo. W. and Sophia (Moore)
Overmyer, was born at Fostoria, Ohio, July 12, 1883, where he
grew to manhood was educated at the common schools and in
April, 1904, at Gibsonburg, Ohio, he married May Bell Kinney.
He is a bricklayer, plasterer and contractor and they reside at
Gibsonburg, Ohio.

WILLIAM ALONZO (Daniel; John George; Peter;
J. G), first son of Daniel and Harriet (Kuhn) Overmyer,
was born in Jackson township, Sandusky county, O., July 2, 1856,
was educated in the common schools of the county, besides at-
tending a Normal school at Fostoria, O., and a term at Ada, O.,
Normal Universitv.

Began teaching winter schools at 19 years of age, and taught
every winter, continuously, for twenty-five years and farming
during the summers.

On Sept. 23rd, 1880, he married Emma Havens, daughter
of Hugh and Catherine (Daub) Havens, born Feb. 27, 1863.
They belong to the U. B. church. He is a Democrat and has held
various township offices ; is a member of I. O. O. F lodge No.
592 ; resides on a farm near the north line of Jackson township,
Sandusky county, Ohio, and have the following children :

Ella May born Aug. 9th, 1881.
Ora B. born Apr. 3rd, 1885.
Oliver Daniel born Feb. 18th, 1889.
Louis Havens born June 1st, 1897.

CHAS. LUTHER (Daniel; John George; Peter; J. G.),
son of Daniel and Harriet (Kuhn) Overmyer , born
in Jackson Twp., Sandusky Co., O., May 29, 1858 ; was educated
in the common schools ; is a Lutheran and a Democrat ; was
married Jan. 30th, 1878, to Rhoda Gephart; they have no chil-
drenn he is an engineer and oil pumper and they reside at Swan-
ton, Fulton Co., Ohio, R. F. D. No. 23.

88 OVERMYER HISTORY

CORNELIUS K. (Daniel; John George; Peter; J. G.),
son of Daniel and Harriet (Kuhn) Overmyer, born
in Jackson Twp., Sept. 15, 1861 ; educated in the hame schools,
and Nov. (>th, 1883, married Angela Sinister, daughter of Daniel
and Anna (Kuhn) Shuster, born Sept. 14th, 1857, near Ada,
Hardin County, Ohio. They belong to the U. B. church, are
farmers, and he is a Democrat. Children : Ida Ethel, born Apr.
15th, 1885 ; Fanny Rhea, born Sept. 7th, 1890. P. O. address,
Ithica, Gratiot Co., Mich., R. F. D. No. 5.

ADAM NEWTON (Daniel; Jno. Geo.; Peter; J. G.), son
of Daniel and Harriet (Kuhn) Overmyer, was born on the old
homestead and grew to manhood there. Later he married Addie
Dersham, daughter of Aaron Dersham.

JONATHAN (John Geo.; Peter; J. G.), son of John Geo.
and Cath. Eve Overmyer, was born May 4th, 1817, in Perry Co.,
O., and was baptized June 22, 1817, by Rev. A. Henkel of the
Lutheran church. He came to Sandusky County with his parents
in the pioneer days and learned the blacksmith's trade. He mar-
ried Margaret Geeseman. She was also a native of Perry Co.,
O., born April 9th, 1822.

He worked at his trade and for some time was located near
the Four-mile house where he conducted a blacksmith shop as
they were at that time, making plows, shovel-plows, forks, hoes
and in fact nearly all the tools and implements then in use. He
was a member of the Lutheran church and politically always a
Democrat. He died December 14th, 1848, and is buried in the
cemetery adjoining Washington Chapel, Washington Township,
Sandusky County, Ohio. They had:

Lucinda, born Feb. 2nd, 1842.

Aaron, born Dec. 25th, 1844.

Rolandus, born March 3rd, 1848.

Mrs. Overmyer, who survived her husband, with three chil-
dren found it not an easy matter to provide for the family and
give the children the proper educational advantages, but she was
a noble woman and did sewing and weaving for the neighbors
besides other labor she could do for them. Thus she kept the
children with her until they were old enough to support them-
selves. She later married John Smith. Both are now deceased.

AND GENEALOGY 89

LUCINDA (Jonathan, John Geo.; Peter; J. G.), the eldest
child and only daughter of Jonathan and Margaret Overmyer,
was born Feb. 2nd, 1842, in Sandusky County, Ohio. She at-
tended the district school in what is known as the Cookson
school, and aided her mother in supporting the family, the father
and husband having died when L,ucinda was 6 years old. She
married July 4th, 1867, at Hessville, Ohio, Milan Smith, son of
John Smith. They settled in Stuben Co., Ind., where they re-
sided nine years.

In the spring of 1876 they sold their farm in Indiana and
bought another near Jonesville, Hillsdale Co., Mich. There they
resided about 20 years, and in 1896 sold their farm and moved
to James City, County Virginia, where she died Feby. 24th, 1897,
and her remains repose in the cemetery at Lebanon church, Wai-
wick Co., Va. The husband and children reside in the vicinity
of Grove, James City County. Va. The dates of birth and names
of their children is as follows: Alvin E., born April 4th, 1868;
Adrian L., born July 20th, 1871 ; Infant son, March 20th, 1878,
died April 8, 1878; James Dayton, born July 17th, 1879; and
Olive Ruby, born Feb. 15, 1881.

AARON (Jonathan; John Geo.; Peter; J. G.), the eldest
son and second child of Jonathan and Margaret Overmyer, was
born Dec. 25th, 1844, in Sandusky County, Ohio. Having been
born on Christmas it has no doubt aided Aaron in keeping his
natal day as a holiday from year to year. His educational ad-
vantages were limited, as his father died when Aaron was only
four years old, and as elsewhere stated the widow and mother
could not afford to give her children the advantages of school as
she nor they desired, and he early was thrown upon his own sup-
port. He married at Colton, O., in 1866, Charity Meach. She
was born in Fulton County, Ohio, January 18th, 1846, daughter
of Abel and Elizabeth Meach.

He was formerly employed by Beery and Davis in the lum-
ber and timber business at Lindsey and moved from there near
LaCarne, Ottawa County, Ohio, where he engaged in farming,
after which they moved to Virginia. He was engaged in farm-
ing and was a Democrat, residing near Grove, James City
County, Virginia. They have no children.

Aaron died at the latter place in the fall of 1903.

90 OVERMYER HISTORY

ROLANDUS C. (Jonathan, John George; Peter; J. G.),
youngest child of Jonathan and Margaret (Geeseman) Over-
myer, was born March 3rd, 1848, in Sandusky County, Ohio.
His father died when Rolandus was only ten months old and by
diligent toil with her needle and weaver's shuttle his mother
managed to support the family until the children became self-
supporting. Under these circumstances the subject of our sketch
had very meagre educational advantages and in a letter from
him a short time ago we note that he says he had for one of his
teachers Mr. B. B. Overmyer.

At the age of ten Rolandus was thrown upon his own sup-
port and began working for the neighbors and from that time
worked for various persons from time to time until he married
Sept. 20th, 1873, at Coldwater, Mich., Miss Mary Ferguson.

She was born March 10th, 1854, at Bronson, Branch County,
Michigan, the daughter of George and Margaret Furgeson.
Mr. and Mrs. Overmyer lived in Michigan for some time and
from there moved to Nebraska, where she was stricken by the
hand of death Sept. 29th, 1888, and her mortal remains repose
in the cemetery at Blair, Washington County, Nebraska.

He has been a hard-working man from his youth, a member
of the M. E. church and a Democrat. He resides at No. 2013
South street, South Omaha, Nebraska. They had :

Ernest, born May 29, 1874, married, lives at Frankfort, S. D.

Rosamond, born Sept. 23, 1875, married, lives St. Clair Ave.
East, St. Louis, 111.

Deforest, born Sept. 2, 1877.

Margaret Gertrude, born Aug. 2, 1879.

Walter Moreland, born May 22, 1881.

Bertrand, born Aug. 7, 1884.

Jessie, born Aug. 12, 1886.

SARAH (John Geo.; Peter; J. G.), daughter of John Geo.
and Catharine Evee (Huffman) Overmyer, was born near Som-
erset, Perry County, Ohio, Dec. 22nd, 1819, and baptized Jan.
30th, 1820, by Rev. A. Henkel of the Lutheran church. She
emigrated to Sandusky County with her parents and there mar-
ried Joseph Stults Oct. 1st, 1837.

He was born in 1816, a son of Peter and Jemima (Meeks)
Stults. They moved from Sandusky County, Ohio, to Jay County,

AND GENEALOGY 91

Indiana, where they engaged in farming near Portland. Both
Mr. and Mrs. Stults are now deceased. She died Dec. 7th, 1900,
and he died Nov. 21st, 1856.

Their children were born as follows: Geo. W., April 11th,
1840, died Oct. 14th, 1856 ; James, born May 28th, 1842 ; Mary
Eve, born Feb. 18th, 1844; Jemima J., born March 26th, 1847,
died June 4th, 1855 ; Julia Ann, born Feb. 13th, 1849, died Dec.
1st, 1856; William H., born Nov. 27th, 1850; Rhoda Ellen, born
April 15th, 1853; Elias N., born March 27th, 1855; Sarah E.,
born Feb. 10th, 1857.

JOEL (John George; Peter; J. G.), fourth son of John
George and Catharine E. (Hoffman) Overmyer; was born in
Perry county, Ohio, March 4th, 1822, and came with his parents
to Jackson township, Sandusky county, and on June 29th, 1845,
married Julia Ann Geeseman, daughter of George and Mary M.
Gesseman, residing several years in Sandusky county, but later
moved onto a farm near Colton, Henry county, Ohio, where they
remained the balance of their lives. They were of the early
settlers of Henry county, and experienced the privations of pio-
neer life. He was always a democrat and filled various minor
offices of his township, and had the following children :

Rolin C., born June 13th, 1846.

Wilbert C., born March 9th, 1850.

Leroy E., born August 20th, 1852.

Sarah E., born May 30th, 1854. * ;

Elvina S., born June 11th, 1857.

Edwin F., born April 30th, 1868.

M. S., born January 6th, 1871 ; died January 12th, 1872.

WILBERT C. (Joel; John George; Peter; J. G.), second
son of Joel and Julia Ann (Gesseman) Overmyer, was born in
Sandusky county, Ohio, March 9th, 1850 ; came with his parents
to Henry county, Ohio, where he grew to manhood on his father's
farm, attending the schools of his neighborhood, of Toledo and
Oberlin, until March 12th, 1876, he married Mary A. Knauss,
daughter of C. H. and Sarah A. (Kemerer) Knauss, born at
Millersburg, Pa., March 6th, 1856. He is a traveling salesman,

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a member of the I. O. O. F., a republican, and resides at Liberty
Center, Ohio. Children :

Daisy E., born April 9th, 1877.

Myrtle M., born November 3rd, 1887.

EDWIN F. Joel; John George; Peter; J. G.), sixth child
of Joel and Julia Ann (Geeseman) Overmyer, was born in Henry
county, Ohio, April 30th, 1868 ; was educated in the home schools;
also attended school at Valparaiso, Ind. and Toledo, Ohio, until
April 25th, 1893, he married at Toledo, O., Hattie E. Youkman,
of Delta, O., daughter of David and Mary E. Youkman
He is a bookkeeper, a Republican, belongs to the Masonic
fraternity and resides at 401 Eastern avenue, Toledo, O.

EPHRAIM (John Geerge; Peter; J. G.), fifth son and
ninth child of John George and Catharine E. (Hoffman) Over-
myer; was born near Reading, Perry county, Ohio, February
17th, 1825, and baptized in the Lutheran faith as all his brothers
and sisters were, by Rev. Andrew Henkel. Came to Sandusky
county with his parents, and May 27th, 1847, married in Jack-
son township to Sarah Ann Walker, daughter of David and
Sarah Walker, born September 24th, 1830, in Onondagua county,
New York. Later moved on a farm near Geneva, Adams caunty,
Ind. Children:

Sarah Jane, born April 2nd, 1848.

Emma Adaline, born M'ay Gth, 1850 ; died September 21st,
1851.

Chauncey D., born May 29th, 1853.

Clarissa A., born September 7th, 1855 ; died March 3rd, 1878.

Flora E., born July 9th, 1859.

Mary R., born June 12th, 1862.

Ida E., born April 27th, 1869 ; died August 16th, 1878.

John C, born August 2nd, 1877.

SARAH J. (Ephraim ; John George ; Peter ; J. G.) , daughter
of E. and S. Ovemyer; married Win. Smith, of Huntington,
Ind. The children of this marriage are Rosa L., Harriet D.,
Frederick M., and Frank L. Smith died and in 1883 she again
married to Samuel Alberson ; have one child, Charles. Post office
is Mills Corners, Jay county, Ind.

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CHAUNCEY DAVID (Ephraim; John George; Peter;
J. G.), first son of Ephraim and Sarah A. (Walker) Overmyer;
was born in Bear Creek township, Jay county, Indiana, May 29th,
1853, and married Elizabeth Stahl. Their residence is Penfield,
111. Children: William Ephraim, Ida Ellen, Flora Rosetta and
Sarah Ann.

FLORA EM ALINE (Ephraim; John G. ; Peter; J. G.),
daughter of E. and S. Overmyer ; on June 25th, 1882, married
Isaac Andrew Wible, of Bryan, Jay county, Indiana, and live at
Geneva, Adams county, Indiana.

MARY ROSETTA (Ephraim; John George; Peter; J. G.),
daughter of Ephraim and Sarah Overmyer ; on January 29th,
1881, married Solomon Ellsworth Antels ; he died, leaving five
children: Manford R., Francis E., Rebecca J., Lloyd A. and
Harry. November 18th, 1899, she married Hugh M. Strain, of
Portland, Jay county, Indiana.

JOHN CHESTER (Ephraim; John George; Peter; J. G.),
youngest son of Ephraim and Sarah (Walker) Overmyer; was
born in Bear township, Jay county Indiana, August 2nd, 1877,
and on August 16th, 1898, he married Lillie Myrtle McClelland ;
reside in Blackford county, Ind. ; have one daughter, Eva Bell.

GEORGE (John George; Peter; J. G.), the sixth son and
tenth child of John George and Catharine E. (Hoffman) Over-
myer ; was born in Perry county, Ohio, December 4th, 1828, and
baptized by Rev. Charles Henkel, and came with his parents to
Sandusky county in 1829, where he grew to manhood, and later
moved to Bryant, Jay county Ind. Children: Frances, Jane,
William and Joel.

JACOB (Peter; J. G.), second son of Peter and Eva (Hen-
nick) Overmyer, was born near Longstown (now New Berlin),
Union county, Pa., May 14th, 1786, and came with his parents
to Perry county Ohio, in 1801, being about sixteen years old.
sometime during the year 1812. He married Catharine Binckly,
born in Union conty, Pa., December 2nd, 1792, and later moved
to Sandusky county. He bought 160 acres of the government in
1835, and located on section 10 of Sandusky township. He had

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a fair German education. They were members of the Lutheran
church ; a democrat. He died October 11th, 1849, and she May
7th, 1851, and are burried at Muskalunge cemetery Children:

Elizabeth, born November 28th, 1813 ; died February 14th,
1883.

Peter, born August 4th, 1815.

Jeremiah, born January 25th, 1817.

David, born September 25th, 1821.

John, born March, 20th, 1822.

Benjamin Jackson, born August 30th, 1825.

Mary, born November 13th, 1826.

Martin Van, born September 6th, 1837.

ELIZABETH (Jacob; Peter; J. G.), daughter of Jacob and
Catharine (Binkly) Overmyer, was born near Somerset, Perry
county, Ohio, and came with her parents to Sandusky county
and married George Reed, born in Northumberland county, Pa.,
June 3rd, 1806. They located on one hundred acres in section
seven of Sandusky township, where they resided nearly the rest
of their lives. Were members of the Lutheran church ; he a
democrat and was very skillful In constructing the earlier farm
implements, as plows, harrows and grain cradles, of necessity in
pioneer days. He died December 8th, 1888, and are both buried
in Four-Mile cemetery. Children :

Sarah, born March 5th, 1833 ; married D. Engler ; died April
13th, 1893.

Catharine, born October 12th, 1835 ; married C. Hineline.

John, born December 21,1836; married S. Lattig; died April
28th, 1895.

Caroline, born October 21, 1838; married B. F. Kessler ;
died May 17th, 1902.

Elizabeth, born June 2nd, 1842 ; married F. Rafferty.

Susannah, born July 9th, 1846 ; died April 30th, 1848.

Mary J., born April 25th, 1850; married (1st) John Carrier
(2nd) John Boyer.

PETER (Jacob; Peter; J. G.), first son of Jacob and Cath-
arine (Binkly) Overmyer, was born in Perry county, Ohio.
Came to Tiffin, Seneca county, and married Eliza, a widow relict
of Louis VanNatta. Lived there eight years, then moved to

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Green Springs, where he was a general laborer. Had three
children. Died and is buried at Green Springs cemetery.

JEREMIAH (Jacob; Peter; J. G.), second son of Jacob
and Catherine (Binkyel) Overmyer; was borin in Perry county,
Ohio, January 25th, 1817 ; came with his parents to Sandusky
county, O., August 20th, 1837. Married Jemima Coe, born in
Frederick county, Md., September 10th, 1818 ; were general
farmers. He died April loth, 1886, and she died July 6th,
1894. Children :

Albert, born March 4th, 1839.

Rebecca L., born March 10th, 1841; married D. M. Alton;
died February 6th, 1879.

Homer, born May 30, 1844.

George W., born January 12th, 1846.

Richard L., born May 3rd, 1848 ; died September 22nd, 1848.

Elizabeth S., born August 1st, 1850 ; died October 13th, 1850.

Eliza A., born August 12th, 1851.

Rachel M., born December 10th, 1853 ; died April 4th, 1871 ;
burried at Swanton, O.

ALBERT (Jeremiah; Jacob; Peter; J. G.), first born of
Jeremiah and Jemima (Coe) Overmyer, was born in Sandusky
township March 4th, 1839. On December 4th, 1860. he married
Flora A. Beardsley, daughter of Nehemiah and Lodoski (Everett)
Beardsley, born March 18th, 1838 ; resided near Fremont, O. He
enlisted November 30th, 1861 ; reported at Camp Vance, Findlay,
Ohio, at once. Was assigned to Co. K, 57th Reg., O. V. I. Trans-
ferred to Camp Chase, Columbus, O. There mustered into the
United States service February 10th 1862, the regiment number-
ing 956 men and 38 commissioned officers. Ordered to Paducha,
Ky. There the regiment was assigned to the 3rd Brigade, 5th
division of the army of the Tennessee. Arrived at Pittsburg
Landing March 16th. Reconnoitered a few days; went into
camp at Shiloh Chapel the 19th. Participated in that great bat-
tle April 6th and 7th. From there to Corrinth, Miss., then to
Memphis. On January 21st, 1863, advanced to Vicksburg. By
December, returned to Chatanooga, next Knoxville, then to Ras-
eca, and to Dallas. The 2nd of September, 1864, at Jonesborough
and Eastport. By November 15th had returned by way of Kings-

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ton and Kenesaw ; again to Raseca, where those whose time of
service had expired, were ordered to Nashville, where he was
discharged November 29th, 1864. He was one of the many
who, after their discharge, surprised all Europe, as many of the
old crowned heads prophesied our government would fail when
half a million soldiers would be turned loose, but they returned
to their respective homes because they loved their country and
did all in their power to perpetuate it as the best government on
the face of the earth.

Returning to his family near Fremont, O., where he has
been a farmer until reecntly he sold his farm and bought a com-
fortable home on Stone street, in the suberbs of the city of
Fremont, Ohio, where they lead a retired life amid the friends
of his early boyhood. Their children:

Norris A., born May 6th, 1862.
Harriet L., born May 31, 1867.
Mary E., born Jan. 1st, 1871.
Charles H., born April 27th, 1873.
Myrtle C, born May 30th, 1875.

Daisy A., born March 18th, 1878 ; died August 4th, 1880.
Gladys F., born October 25th, 1880; died November 13th,
1883.

NORRIS (Albert; Jeremiah; Jacob; Peter; J. G.), oldest
son of Albert and Flora (Beardsly) Overmyer, was born in San-
dusky township, Sandusky county, Ohio, May 6th, 1862. Married
Emma Swan, May 3rd, 1882, at Luckey, Wood county Ohio.
One child, Rhua I., was born January 31st, 1884. He and his
wife parted. Again married March 3rd, 1895, at Heber, Ark.,
to Nina Chessabro. The following children from this union:

Friedell, born Feburay 1st, 1896 ; died February 8th, 1896.
Velvia, born September 21st, 1898.
Norris A., born July 12th, 1900.
Flora, born April 15th, 1904.

Is a farmer and lumberman, P. O. address Tekoa, Wash-
ington.

HARRIET L. (Albert; Jeremiah; Jacob; Peter; J. G.),
daughter of Albert and Flora Overmyer. On December 25th,

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1889, married Henry Dornmyer. Are farmers and reside in
Ottawa county, Ohio. Children:

Gladys C, born January 12th, 1886.

Harry J., born February 21st, 1888.

MARY E. (Albert; Jeremiah; Jacob; Peter; J. G.), daugh-
ter of A. and F. Overmper. Was born in Swan Creek township,
Fulton county, Ohio, and on April 9th, 1889, married Geo. H.
Hetrick, son of Henry and Elmira (Waggoner) Hetrick. Born
July 9th, 1870. They reside at Lindsay, Ohio, and have the fol-
lowing children:

Henry A., born July 23rd, 1889.

Oral C, born December 25th, 1891.

Flora E., born November 23rd, 1894.

CHARLES H. (Albert; Jeremiah ; Jacob ; Peter: J. G.), son
of Albert and Flora Overmyer, was born in Ballville township,
Ohio. Educated in the common schools ; later worked at the
carpented trade and furniture factory at Fremont, O. Went to
Northern Michigan; worked in copper mines, but later engaged
in lumbering. On September 13th, 1904, he married Jennie
Kingstrand. He is a member of I. O. O. F., and M. W. A., and
resides at Alston, Michigan.

MYRTLE C. (Albert; Jeremiah; Jacob; Peter; J. G.),
daughter of A. and F. Overmyer ; was born in Harris township,
Ottawa county, Ohio, on September 22nd, 1892. She married
Earnest Hillman. He is a farmer and stone mason ; belongs to
the I. O. O. F and she a Daughter of Rebecca. P. O. address,
Oak Harbor, Ohio. Children :

Zurel, born August 5th, 1892.

Esther, born Apr. 15th, 1894.

Irma, born April 28th, 1899.

REBECCA L. (Jeremiah; Jacob; Peter; J. G), daughter
of Jeremiah and Jemima Overmyer; was born in Sandusky
county, Ohio, March 10th, 1841. On May 29th, 1866, married
D. M. Aton, of Milroy, Fulton county, Ohio. Children:

William S., born February 24th, 1867.

Amanda E., born November 9th, 1868.

Cora E., born August 15th, 1870.

Levi S., born December 13th, 1877.

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HOMER (Jeremiah; Jacob; Peter; J. G.), son of Jeremiah
and Jemima Overmyer, was born in Sandusky county, Ohio,
where he grew up and in 1862, went to Fulton county, Ohio. In
the spring of 1864, he entered service in Co. K, 169th regiment.
Until September, was at Fort Ethan Allen, Va. ; was discharged
at Cleveland, Ohio, September 15th, 1864. Again re-enlisted ;
was assigned to Company I, 177th regiment, O. V. I., and served
to the close of the war. On April 10th, 1867, he was married
by Kaleb M. Keath, J. P., to Edna Beckwith, of Wauseon, Fulton
county, Ohio. They have been farmers ; he is a democrat, and
now resides in Wauseon, leading a retired life. Children :

Silas B., born December 29, 1869.

Estella M., born ; married Alvin Hill.

Earl H., born May 6th, 1881.

Carl J., born July 17th, 1887.

Nellie F., born February 16th, 1889.

GEORGE WASHINGTON (Jeremiah; Jacob; Peter; J.
G.), son of Jeremiah and Jemima Overmyer, was born in San-
dusky county, Ohio, January 12th, 1846. Grew to manhood in
the county. On December 28th, 1863, enlisted at Toledo, Ohio ;
was assigned to Co. G, 128th regiment, O. V. I. ; was discharged
July 14th, 1864, at Columbus, Ohio. On December 25th, 1873,
at Lindsey, O., by Joel Burket, J. P., he was married to Anna
Catharine Bowman, daughter of Solomon and Matilda (Binkly)
Bowman, born December 25th, 1850. Resided near Lindsey a
few years, then sold their farm and moved to Madison county,
Alabama. Later returned to Sandusky county, Ohio, farming
for several years ; then moved near Payne, Paulding county,
Ohio, where they still reside. Children :

Reuben B., born October 21st, 1874, in Sanduskv county, O.

Nettie E., born February 10th, 1876, in Madison county, Ala.

Jeremiah, born July 10th, 1879, in Madison county, Ala.

Laura H., born May 19th, 1882, in Sandusky county, Ohio.

Harry, born February 16th, 1884, in Sandusky county, Ohio.

Mabel E., born May 4th, 1890, in Paulding county, Ohio.

REUBEN B. (George W. ; Jeremiah; Jacob; Peter; J. G.),
son of Geo. W. and A. C. Overmyer ; lived with his parents in
Madison county Ala., Sandusky and Paulding counties, Ohio.

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Received a common school education and on July 20th, 1895,
he married Daisy Evans, daughter of Samuel A. and Sophronia
(Duncan) Evans, of Paulding county, Ohio. Children:

Estella, born March 7th, 1896.

Alfred, born April 11th, 1898.

His wife died and he is still single.

NETTIE E. (George W.; Jeremiah; Jacob; Peter; J. G.),
daughter of Geo. W. and A. C. Overmyer ; was born in Madison
county, Ala. ; went with her parents to Palding county, Ohio,
and on March 20th, 1897, at Paulding, O., married Wm. Glover,
son of Wm. R. and Emma (Tilton) Glover, born in Blackford
county, Ind., December 2nd, 1873. Children :

Christian, born April 25th, 1898.

Infant, born January 2nd, 1900.

ELIZA A. (Jeremiah; Jacob; Peter; J. G.), daughter of J.
and J. Overmyer ; was born in Sandusky county, O., and on
November 21st, 1868, married A. J. Pennock; had two children,
Elva E. and Nettie B. Then he died on February 9th, 1882. She
married Harvy Long, of Harris township, Ottawa county, O ,
who served in the 3rd Ohio cavlalry during the civil war.
Children :

Ethel A., born July 3rd, 1884.

Maud P., born April 22nd, 1886.

Jemima E., born July 22nd, 1889.

DAVID (Jacob; Peter; J. G.), third son and fourth child
of Jacob and Catharine (Binkly) Overmyer was born in Perry
conty O., September 5th, 1821. Came with his parents to San-
dusky county, O., where he grew to manhood and married Mary
Theresa Albert. Had one child, Sarah A. His wife died June
5th, 1848. Later he married Elizabeth Gahn, and they had the
following children :

John F. ; died in infancy.

Jessiah, born August 28th, 1854.

Conrad, born Nov. 10th, 1855.

Catharine, born October 13th, 1857; married Philip Stahl ;
died April 26th, 1905.

David, born October 6th, 1861.

O a

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Peter, born November ioth, 1864.

Mary; married J. L,. Dunham, of Oak Harbor.

Aaron, born June 10th, 1872.

SARAH A. (David; Jacob; Peter; J. G.), only child of
David and Theresa (Albert) Overmyer, was born in Rice town-
ship, Sandusky county, O., November 6th, 1847 ; was educated
in the common schools and at the proper age, as all her brothers
and sisters and parents had done, became a member of the
Lutheran church, and on August 17th, 1875, at Fremnot, O., by
Rev. H. Lang, was married to Phillip Garner, born November
26th, 1849, in Nassan, Germany, son of Peter and Elizabeth
(Shaffer) Garner. Children:

John H., born February 8th, 1876.

Laura A., born October 19th, 1881.

Josiah W., born October 11th, 1877; died September 1st,
1880.

David F., born April 14th, 1879 ; died June 3rd, 1880.

Louisa, born November 1st, 1880; died October 4th, 1881.

Mary, born June 9th, 1883; died February 4th, 1899.

Charles, born May 16th, 1885.

Christena, born February 28th, 1888.

Pearl J., born June 20th, 1889.

JESSIAH (David; Jacob; Peter; J. G.), son of David and
Elizabeth (Gahn) Overmyer; was born in Rice township, San-
dusky county, O., August 28th, 1854, and grew to manhood
and was educated in the rural schools, and on October 17th,
1878, was married by Rev. H. Lang, to Emma Gross, daughter
of John and Catherine (Wolfe) Gross. He principally works
at farming. Is a carpenter and machinist. Is a staunch demo-
crat, and has held various offices of the township. They are
members of the Lutheran church. Children :

Estella L., born September 9th, 1879.

Ida M., born March 18th, 1881.

Elizabeth C, born June 19th, 1885.

Fannie Lovina, born April 14, 1890.

ESTELLA L. (Jeremiah; David; Jacob; Peter; J. G.), first
child of Jessiah and Emma (Gross) Overmeyer, was born in

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Rice Twp., Sandusky Co., O., Sept. 9, 1879, and baptized Sept.
25 following by Rev. Althoff, was educated in the common
schools of the vicinity, and on Apr. 10, 1901, married Samuel
Franklin Miller of the same Twp. by Rev. W. A. Bowman, of the
Lutheran church. They are farmers and reside in Rice Twp.,
Sandusky Co., O., on the Nathan Miller homestead and have
one child.

IDA M. (Jessiah; David; Jacob; Peter; J. G.), second
daughter of Jessiah and Emma Overmyer, was born in Rice
Twp., Sandusky Co., Ohio, Mar. 18, 1881, was educated in the
common schools of the township and on June 12, 1900, married
Ludwig Glasser by Rev. W. A. Bowman. They are farmers and
reside in said township ; they are members of the Lutheran church
and have one son born Dec. 1900.

Jessiah Overmyer have raised, Olive Irene Gross, daughter
of Charles and Emma Gross, born June 28, 1893, her parents
are both dead ; she was taken by them when but seven weeks old.

CONRAD (David; Jacob; Peter; J. G.), son of David and
Elizabeth (Gahn). Was married to Rosa Gross, November 6th,
1879, in Rice township, Sandusky county, O., and have the fol-
lowing children :

Edna M., born September 18th, 1880.

John D., born October 29th, 1881.

Wm. F., born January 28th, 1885.

Irvin H., born September 25th, 1887.

Catharine E., born October 27th, 1889.

Annie L., born July 25th, 1892.

Clarence A., born October 28th, 1893.

Verna E., born February 22nd, 1895.

Lulu J., born December 18th, 1897.

Harold C, bornOctober 10th, 1901 ; died December 3rd, 1901.

EDNA M., married John T. Cochran, March 16th, 1899;
died October 3rd, 1901.

DAVID (David; ; Jacob; Peter; J. G.), son of

David and Elizabeth (Gahn) Overmyer, was born in Rice town-
ship, Sandusky county, O., October 6th, 1861. Was educated
in the common schools. Was a carpenter, machinist and now a

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farmer. On February 19th, 1885, at Fremont, O., by Rev. H.
Lang, he was married to Frederica Moerder, daughter of Joseph
and Rosa (Gross) Moerder, born September 23~d, 1865, of
German descent. They are members of the Lutheran church.
He is a democrat. Reside on their farm one and a half miles
northeast of Kingsway. Children :

Clara E., born December 22nd, 1885.

Wm. C, born August 24th, 1888.

Martha E., born July 27th, 1890 ; died January 22nd, 1904.

Raymond W., born August 1st, 1892.

Carlson D., born October 20th, 1894.

PETER (David; Jacob; Peter; J. G.), son of David and
Elizabeth (Gahn) Overmyer, was born in Rice township, Novem-
ber 10th, 1864, and on March 15th, 1888, was married to Lucinda
Engler, daughter of Fred, and Mary (Leonard) Engler, born
April 7th, 1869. They are membars of the Lutheran church ;a
democrat ; and are prosperous farmers. Reside in Rice township.
Children :

Lillian M., born April 28th, 1889.

Ralph R., born February 8th, 1891.

Ealthy R., born August 21st, 1892.

Harry A., born February 1st, 1895.

Cora M., born March 8th, 1897.

Ida I., born March 7th, 1899.

AARON (David; Jacob; Peter; J. G.), sixth son and eighth
child of David and Elizabeth (Gahn) Overmyer, was born in
Rice township, June 10th, 1872, and on November 25th, 189C,
by Rev. W. A. Bowman, married Amelia Lamlie, daughter of
Phillip and Rose Lamalie, born in Rice township, April 25th,
1880. They reside on the old David Overmyer homestead. Are
farmers. Member of the Lutheran cuhrch ; a democrat, and
one child:

Ada Rozella, born March 15th, 1904.

JOHN (Jacob; Peter; J. G.), fourth son and fifth child oi
Jacob and Catherine (Binkly) Overmyer; was born in Perrv
county, Ohio, March 20th, 1822 ; came to Sandusky county,
Ohio, in 1835, and with his parents located on the southwest
fourth of section 10 of Rice township, which his father had

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bought of the government. Here he experienced the privations
of pioneer life. Received a limited education. On April 27th,
1848, he married Elizabeth Hensel, daughter of Daniel and
Christena (Reed) Hensel, born December 5th, 1830. He was .-i
farmar and mechanic. In 1878, he sold his farm to Daniel
Hensel and moved to Sand Spring, Limestone county, Ala.,
where he was appointed Post Master in 1881, and held the office
to his death. He belonged to the Reformed church, the Grange
lodge, and was always a democrat. Died September 1st, 1896,
and is buried at Sand Spring, Limestone county, Alabama.
Children :

John D., born January 19th, 1849 ; died January 6th, 1878.

George/born November 17th, 1850; died March 13th, 1851.

Sarah J., born January 2nd, 1852.

Charles F., born March 18th, 1854.

Christena A., born May 17th, 1856; married Daniel Lattig.

Rosetta, born February 22nd, 1858 ; lives at Carter, Ala.

James D., born May 20th, 1861.

William H., born February 3rd, 1864 ; is at Indianapolis, Ind.

Emma E., born June 11th, 1866; married Millow,

South Bend, Ind.

JOHN D. (John; Jacob; Peter; J. G.), son of John and
Elizabeth (Hensel) Overmyer; was born in Rice township,
Sandusky county, O. Married Malinda King, daughter of
Peter and Mary (Shoemaker) King. Lived on a rented farm
near Fremont Fair Grounds and died there of typhoid fever,
January 6th, 1878.

SARAH J. (John; Jacob; Peter; J. G.), daughter of Jno.
and Elizabeth Overmyer. Married John J. Overmyer, her own
cousin, who died at Sand Spring, Ala., leaving five children.
(See John in line of Ben. J., following this.)

CHARLES F. (John; Jacob; Peter; J. G.), son of John
and Elizabeth (Hensel) Overmyer; was born in Sandusky
county, Ohio, March 18th, 1854. Resides at Upper Sandusky, O.

JAMES D. (John; Jacob; Peter; J. G.), son of John and
Elizabeth (Hensel) Overmyer; was born in Sandusky county,
Ohio, May 20th, 1861 ; received a common school eduaction, and

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went with his parents to Sand Spring, Ala., in 1878. On Decem-
ber 18th, 1884, he married Laura Bell Hover, daughter of Leason
and Ellen Hover, born at Manchester, Ind., December 1st, 1859.
They belong to the Christian church ; is a farmer ; a democrat ;
and was appointed Post Master of Sand Spring P. O. at the
death of his father. Children:

Elizabeth E., born August 3rd, 1885.

Albert, born March 16th, 1887.

James D. and Laurance (twins) born February 13th, 1889;
Laurance died February 14th, 1889.

John W., born April 8th, 1891.

Laura B., born September 17th, 1892.

Emma S., born July 23rd, 1894.

Edgar W., born October 15th, 1897.

Charles O., born September 11th, 1898.

Their P. O. is Sand Spring, Limestone county, Ala.

BENJ. JACK (Jacob; Peter; J. G.), fifth son and sixth
child of Jacob and Catharine (Binkly) Overmyer ; was born
near New Reading, Perry county, Ohio, August 30th, 1825.
Came with his parents to Sandusky county ; received a limited
education. On May 8th, 1848, he married Judith Hensel, daugh-
ter of Jacob and Sarah Hensel, born in Northumberland county
Pa., October 7th, 1823. Resided in Sandusky county for some
time, then moved near Liberty Center, Henry county, Ohio,
where they still reside. They are members of the Lutheran
church. He is a farmer and a democrat. Children ■

John J., born February 25th, 1849.

Edwin, born May 21st, 1851 ; died in infancy.

Adam, born May 16th, 1852.

Emma, born February 6th, 1857.

Benjamin H., born April 6th, 1860.

JOHN J. (Benjamin J.; Jacob; Peter; J. G.), first child
of Benjamin J. and Judith (Hensel) Overmyer. Married his
cousin, Sarah J., daughter of John Overmyer, in Sandusky
county, Ohio. They had the following children:

Leander, Charles, Claud, Rosa and Franklin.

John J. died in Henry county, Ohio, January 1st, 1892, and
is buried in Union cemetery.

AND GENEALOGY 105

ADAM (Benjamin J.; Peter; J. G.), third son of Benjamin
J. and Judith (Hensel) Overmyer; was born in Sandusky
county, Ohio, May 16th, 1852; went with his parents to Henry
county, O. ; reecived a common school education and on October
17th, 1876, at Wauseon, O., married Drucilla J. Yaney, daughter
of John and Isabella Yaney, born in Mercer county, O., January
8th, 1857. He is a farmer, a democrat and have the following
children :

Fred. E., born April 19th, 1878.

Adella L., born April 4th, 1880.

Myrtle, born May 8th, 1882.

Ogle F., born January 17th, 1887.

Bulah B., born April 8th, 1892.

Arthur J., born November 2nd, 1897.

ADELLA L. (Adam; Benjamin J.; Jacob; Peter; J. G.),
daughter of Adam and Drucilla (Yaney) Overmyer; was born
near Liberty Center, O. Received a common school education
and on October 14th, 1897, at Napoleon, Henry county O., mar-
ried Edward Bolley, born November 8th, 1870. Their P. O.
address is Mungen, Wood county, Ohio. One child:

Mabel M., born April 8th, 1898.

EMMA (Benjamin J., Jacob; Peter; J. G.), daughter of
Benjamin J. and Judith Overmyer. Married John W. Mohler,
December 26th, 1875. Had one child, Estella, born June 14th,
1878 ; she died February 21st, 1898 ; buried in Union cemetery,
Henry county, O.

BENJAMIN H. (Benjamin J.; Jacob; Peter; J. G.), fourth
son and fifth child of Benjamin J. and Judith (Hensel) Over-
myer; was born in Sandusky county, Ohio, April 6th, 1860, and
came to Henry county O., and on November 30th, 1882, at
Liberty Center, O., married Mary E. Mohler, daughter of Jere-
miah and Mary M. Mohler, born January 19th, 1855; they had
a common school education; are farmers, and he is a democrat.
Children :

Robert L., born April 18th, 1883.

Sadie P., born March 19th, 1886.

106 OVERMYER HISTORY

MARY (Jacob; Peter; J. G.), second daughter and seventh
child of Jacob and Catharine (Binkly) Overmyer ; was born
near New Reading, Perry county, O., November 13th, 1826.
Came with her parents to Sandusky county in 1835, and later
married Joseph Fisher. Had two children : Mary E. and Adam.
She died April 20th, 1853, and is buried in Muskalunge cemetery,
two miles north of Fremont, O.

MARTIN V. (Jacob; Peter; J. G.), sixth son and eighth
child of Jacob and Catharine (Binkly) Overmyer; was born in
Sandusky county, O., September 6th, 1837 ; grew to manhood
and attended the common schools of his neighborhood and
learned the wagon makers' trade. On April 8th, 1855, he
married Sarah Hensel, daughter of Jacob and Sarah Hensel,
born July 3rd, 1835, in Sandusky county, Ohio, residing there
several years; then moved to Henry county, Ohio, and later to
Cygnet, Wood county, O., where they still reside. They are
members of the Lutheran church. He is a Bryan democrat, and
have the following children :

Infant son, born February 21st, 1856; died March 3rd, 1856.
Mary I., born May 23rd, 1857.
Sarah E., born November 19th, 1859.
Ellen C, born February 17th, 1862.

Judith A., born July 1st, 1864; died January 23rd. 1882.
Lewis F. and Lucy F. (twins) born June 16th, 1867.
Caroline E., born November 7th, 1869.
Lucinda M., born June 13th, 1872.

Cora R. and Dora R. (twins) born March 16th, 1875;
Cora R died August 7th, 1875.

Iva V., born January 15th, 1878.

MARY I. (Martin V. ; Jacob; Peter; J. G.), first daughter
of Martin V. and Sarah (Hensel) Overmyer. On March 10th,
1876, at Liberty Center O., married Frank Donnley, son of
Solomon and Lucinda Donnley, born September 4th, 1855. Thev
are members of the Deciple church. Reside at Luzerne, Oceola
Michigan. Children:

Nellie M., born March 9th, 1877.
Sarah E., born August 18th, 1878.

AND GENEALOGY 107

SARAH E. (Martin V.; Jacob; Peter; J. G.), daughter of
Martin V. and Sarah (Hensel) Overmyer. On March 23rd,
1876, at Liberty Center O., married George Mohler, son of
Jeremiah and Mary M. Mohler. They reside at Sugar Ridge,
O., and have the following children:

Eva A., born December 16th, 1876.

Frederick E., born July 10th, 1882.

Lottie F., born April 25th, 1885.

Dorr W., born June 7th, 1886 ; died October 5th, 1886.

Nellie B., born Decemberr 12th, 1892.

ELLEN C. (Martin V.; Jacob; Peter; J. G.), daughter of
Martin V. and Sarah (Hensel) Overmyer; was born in San-
dusky county, O. On February 19th, 1882, at Liberty Center,
O., married Uriah Sohn, son of Henry and Lucinda Sohn, born
April 17th, 1855, and died January 2nd, 1894. Children:

Harry F., born November 9th, 1882.

Charles A., born February 26th, 1884.

C. H., born March 29th, 1887.

Elmer M., born February 11th, 1891.

Sarah L., born June 11th, 1892.

George N., born April 28th, 1894 ; died August 27th, 1894.

LUCY F. (Martin V.; Jacob; Peter; J. G.), seventh child
of Martin V. and Sarah (Hensel) Overmyer. Married Frances
Helm, October 23rd, 1887, at Liberty Center, Henry county, O.
Children :

Bessie M., born March 14th, 1888.

Cecelia E., born April 20th, 1890.

Jennie L., born May 11th, 1893.

CAROLINE E. (Martin V.; Jacob; Peter; J. G.), eighth
child of Martin V. and Sarah (Hensel) Overmyer; was born
near Liberty Center, Henry county, O., November 7th, 1869;
was educated at the common schools of that county. On Novem-
ber 17th, 1887, at Liberty Center, O., married H. Furney. They
are mambars of the U. B. church. Reside at North Baltimore,
Wood county, O. Children:

Maud B., born June 28th, 1889.

108 OVERMYER HISTORY

Alta M., born May 7th, 1891.
Ruby L., born May 29th, 1894.

JOHN (Peter; J. G.), third son of Peter and Mary Eva
(Hennig) Overmyer; was born in Northumberland, now Union
county, Pa., April 10th, 1788, and at the age of thrirteen years
came with his parents to Perry county, O., where he grew to
manhood, inured to the inconveniencies and hardships incident
to pioneer life. In 1809 he married a Miss Gensel, and to them
were born the following children:

Benjamin, born October 15th, 1808.

Solomon, born , 1810.

Daniel, born , 1812.

John, born , 1814.

George, born May Gth, 1817.

Samuel, born , .

Margaret married Daniel Raymond.

Maria married Samuel Passley in Indiana.

Salome died single; burried at Tarlton, O.

Barbara married Daniel Pickle; both burried at Tarlton, O.

Sophia married a Mr. Aldridge.

Catherine married 1st, Mr. Waters; 2nd, Mr. Birt.

He served as a soldier in the war of 1812 with England.

This branch of the family, and their decendants had their
residences for a long time in the counties of Perry, Pickaway and
Fairfield, in Ohio.

In 1849, his wife having been dead some years, he removed
with his son George, to Jackson county, Indiana, where he died
in 1858. He was a farmer, a woodwoker and a sober, industrious
useful citizen.

BENJAMIN ( John; Peter; J. G.), first son of John and
M. (Gansel) Overmyer, was born October 15th, 1808, and grew
to manhood near Circleville, Pickaway county, O., and on Nov.
20, 1828, at Circleville, O., he married Elizabeth StaufTer, dau-
grter of Peter StaufTer, born in Schuylkill county, Pa., July 17,
1808. He was a farmer, a member of the Lutheran church, s
democrat. Died May 27, 1854, and is buried at Greenlawn ceme-
tery, Columbus, O., and had the following children :

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Harriet, born April 13, 1830.

Eliza, born July 30, 1831.

Susan, born September 21, 1833 ; married Christian Hanover.

Mary, born September 19, 1834.

Lydia, born February 13, 1836 ; married Mr. Livingston.

Rachel, born May 19, 1837.

Noah, born August 2, 1839 ; Union soldier ; died in Arkansas.

Peminah, born November 22, 1840 ; married Peter Webber.

Nelson, born July 27, 1842.

Amos, born June 7, 1844.

HARRIET (Benjamin; John; Peter; J. G.), first child of
Benjamin and Elizabeth (Stauffer) Overmyer, was born near
Circleville, O., April 13, 1830, where she grew to womanhood
and married Charles A. Woodward, who has since died. She
now resides at 349 W Fourth avenue, Columbps, O.

NELSON F. (Benjamin; John; Peter; J. G.), second son
ninth child of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Stauffer) Overmyer was
born in Pickaway County, Ohio, July 27, 1842, where he grew
to manhood and served as a soldier in the civil war from April,
1861, to July, 1865, being a member of Co. F, 11th Reg., O. V.
I. ; after the war at Hendricks County, Indiana, he married
Hattie A. Salmon, daughter of Pobert and Precilla Salmon; two
children, Carrie E., who married Richard Hollywood in June,
1899, and Willie, born 1874, died in 1875. They are members
of the Methodist church ; are Odd Fellows ; a Republican ;isem-
ployed by the United States Express Co., and resides at 2609
College Avenue, Indianapolis, Ind.

SOLOMON (John; Peter; J. G.), son of John and Mary
(Gensel) Overmyer, was born near Circleville, Pickaway County,
Ohio, where he grew to manhood, and after the Mexican war,
when the California gold fever raged throughout the land, he was
taken with the desire, and started with several others overland,
and was never heard from ; is supposed to have perished on the
plains.

DANIEL (John; Peter; J. G.), second son of John Over-
myer, was born in Perry county, O., in 1812, where he grew to
manhood. Later went to Pickaway county, O., and married

110 OVERMYER HISTORY

there. Then moved to Illinois, where they remained during
life. She died in 1850, and Daniel was found dead in 1870,
murdered for some money he had at the time. They had the
following hcildren :

George ; last lived in Guthrie county, Iowa.

Jonathan M., born January 14th, 1838.

Martha Jane.

Anna.

Quincy Albert, born August 8th, 1846.

JONATHAN MOORE (Daniel; John; Peter; J. G.), sec-
ond son of Daniel Overmyer, was born in Pickaway county,
Ohio, January 14th, 1834 ; went with his parents to Illinois where
he grew to manhood, and later went to Stockton, San Joaquin
county Cal., where, on February 14th, 1866, he married Sarah
Martha Douglass, daughter of Geo. Newton and Charlotte
(Stone) Douglass, born July 27th, 1848. They are protestants;
farmers; he a democrat. P. O. address, Gait, Sac county Cal.
Children :

George Rufus, born January 10th, 1868.

Alice, born January 30th, 1870.

Edgar Lewis, born April 27th, 1872.

Frank Elmer, born March 22, 1874.

Cora Ellen, born August 22nd, 1876; died March 11th, 1902.

Timothy Guy, born September 14th, 1881 ; died September
29th, 1902.

EMMA A. (Jonathan M. ; Daniel; John; Peter; J. G.),
second child of Jonathan M. and Sarah M. (Douglass) Over-
myer, was born January 30th, 1870, and on June 15th, 1896, in
Sacramento, Cal., married Edward Ellsworth Baird. They have
two children :

Emma Merle, born February 27th, 1897.

Lloyd Edward, born July 27th, 1899.

EDGAR L. (Jonathan M. ; Daniel; John; Peter; J. G.),
second son and third child of Jonathan M. and Sarah M. Over-
myer, was born April 27th, 1872, and on February 21st, 1899,
in Grass Valley, Nevada county, Cal., married Josie Hoskins ;
have one child: Bernice Marie.

AND GENEALOGY 111

QUINCY A. (Daniel; John; Peter; J. G.), third son and
fifth child of Daniel Overmyer, was born in Illinois, August 8th,
1846 ; went to California when quite young, where he received
a fair education, and during the civil war was a member of
Co. K, 8th regiment, C. V. I. After the war located at Ukiah,
Mendocino county, Cal., where on May 25th, 1873, he married
Leonora Augustus Jamison, daughter of James Alton and Mas-
say Jamison, born at Coulterville, Mariposa county, Cal., Janu-
ary 16th, 1855. They are Protestants. He a democrat, and by
trade a carpenter. Had held the office of constable. Was Deputy
Sheriff 6 years. At times special guard for "Well-Fargo." He
was shot and killed by stage robbers while making a special
transfer of $15,000 for said company, March 24th, 1903. Had
the following children:

Lulu Gertrude, born June 7th, 1874.

Leo, born September 14th, 1876 ; died August 11th, 1877.

Elsie Marribella, born July 20th, 1879.

Edna Ilene, born October 9th, 1882.

Nellie, born January 4th, 1886.

LULU G. (Quincy A.; Daniel; John; Peter; J. G.), first
child of Quincy A. and Leonora A. Overmyer. On September
1st, 1895, married Frank Elmer Howell. Have one child:

James Myras, born September 21st, 1901.

ELSIE M. (Quincy A.; Daniel; John; Peter; J. G.), third
child of Quincy A. and Leonora Overmyer. On June 2nd, 1901,
married Frank Homer Collier. Have one child:

Erlo Fay, born July 26th, 1903.

EDNA I. (Quincy A.; Daniel; John; Peter; J. G.), fourth
child of Quincy A. and Leonora A. Overmyer. On Septetmber
21st, 1901, married Edward Yerby Bush. Have one child :

Edna Zora, born August 21st, 1902.

NELLIE (Quincy A.; Daniel; John; Peter; J. G.), fifth
child of Quincy A. and Leonora A. Overmyer. On December
20th, 1903, married Ralph Bee Cleveland. They have one child :

Verna Merle, born November 2nd, 1904.

112 OVERMYER HISTORY

BENJAMIN (John; Peter; J. G.), son of John Overmyer,
was born near Circleville, Ohio; was married there, and had
one son, Noah, who was a soldier inthe Union army. After the
war he went to Arkansas. Died there unmarried. Benjamin
died at Columbus, Ohio.

GEORGE (John; Peter; J. G.), fourth son of John Over-
myer, was born near Circleville, Pickaway county, Ohio, in
1817. About 1843, he married Harriet Camp, of the same place
and resided there until 1849, when he, with his father who was
a widower at the time, went to Indiana and located in Jackson
county, his father remaining a widower und lived wth him until
he died in 1858. George was a farmer and carpenter of the
old style, erecting many of the old frame buildings now considered
out of date. They were members of the Lutheran church ; he
a Jefferson and Jackson democrat and had the following children :

John, born November 18th, 1844.

David, born May 1st, 1847.

Jacob ; died when 4 years old.

Susannah, born September 1st, 1851.

Mrs. Harriet (Camp) Overmyer died October 13; 1852.

For his second wife, he married Catharine Swengel, of
Reddington, Jackson county, Ind., and had the following children :

Harriet, born April 3rd, 1855.

Amos, born March 3rd, 1857.

James B, born October 31st, 1859.

Barbara, born April 5th, 1865.

Isabella, born February 17th, 1867.

Ira; married a Miss Sparks; died.

Marie, born February 12th, 1873.

Noah.

In 1854 he married his second wife, who was born October
3, 1834, and she died January 15, 1875, and he died January 16,
1879.

JOHN (Geo; John; Peter; J. G.), lawyer, of North Ver-
non, Indiana, is a son of George and Harriet (Camp) Overmyer,
and was born in Pickaway county, Ohio, November 18, 1844.

In 1849 he removed with his fatther's family to Jackson

John Overmyer.
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county, Indiana, where he grew to manhood, working on a farm
and attending the common schools in the winters. Sylvanus
Voorhees, a very intelligent, scholarly and moral man, was his
teacher, and he prepared Mr. Overmyer so well to enter college,
that he started in, far ahead of the freshman class, except in
Greek and Latin.

In 1863 he netered Asbury (now DePauw) University at
Greencastle, Indiana, taking the regular cassical course, and grad-
uating in June, 1867. In college he was a member of the Beta
Theta Pi, Greek fraternity, and was vice president of the fra-
ternity National convention in 1867, at Indianapolis, Indiana.

At once after leaving college he began the study of law. He
was a student in the law office of Ray, Gordon & March,, all
three great lawyers at Indianapolis ; and was also for a time in
the law office of Morton, Martindale & Tarkington, Morton be-
ing the famous "War Governor" of Indiana, and at that time a
member of the United States Senate. He also attended law
school at Idianapolis, and in the year 1868, he was admitted to
the bar in Jennings county, where he has since resided, and con-
tinuously practiced his profession. He now has law offices at
Indianapolis, and at his home city, North Vernon.

In 1868 he was elected as a Republican to represent his
county in the Legislature of Indiana, serving the two sessions
of that term, and being made chairman of the committee on
the organization of courts.

In June 1870 he was given the degree of Master of Arts
by Asbury University, and delivered the Masters oration for his
class.

In the spring of 1870 he was renominated for the Legisla-
ture, but his county being close politically, and the Republican
party being split into two factions he was defeated at the election
on the second Tuesday in October. In that campaign he also
served as Vernon township's member of the Republican County
Central Committee.

On October 30, 1870, he was married at Greencastle, In-
diana, to Miss Mary F. Sherfey. She was a daughter of David
and Mary (McNeill) Sherfey, who came to Indiana from Freder-
ick county, Maryland, in pioneer days. To this union there
were born three daughters. Florence was born March 4, 1872.

114 OVERMYER HISTORY

She was married to Mr. Albert B. Cutter, February 17, 1895.
Mr. and Mrs. Cutter reside at Toledo, Ohio, where Mr. Cutter
is secretary and treasurer of the National Milling Company.
Mary was born September 23, 1873, and died December 8, 1879.
Isabel was born July 20, 1875, and ever since the marriage of
Florence she has been the head of her father's household, her
mother having died in 1891.

In 1872-3 Mr. Overmyer served two sessions as reading
clerk in the Indiana State Senate. In 1875 he was elected prin-
cipal secretary of the Indiana State Senate and served two
sessions. In 1876 he was again elected to the Indiana Legis-
lature and was chosen Speaker of the House of Representatives,
at each of the two sessions during that trem. In the same year
he was also chairman of the Republican Central Committee of
his county.

In 1878 he was a member of the Republican State Central
Committee, was again elected to the Legislature, and was cau-
cus nominee of his party for Speaker of the House at each of the
two sessions, being thus dsignatd as the leader of his party,
which was then in the minority.

In 1880, his long experience in the Legislature having given
him a wide acquaintance in his state and great familiarity with
parliamentary and public affairs, it had been arranged by his
friends that he should be nominated for Lieutenant Governor
of Indiana with General Morton C. Hunter for Governor. But
shortly before the convention General Hunter was striken with
illness from which he never recovered. At that time the state
of politics was such in Indiana that it was deemed necessary
by the Republicans that either the candidate for Governor or
Lieutenant Governor should have been a Union soldier in the
Civil War. General Hunter being unable to make the canvas,
Albert G. Porter, a distinguished civilian, who had no war record
was nominated for Governor, and that upset the plan to make
Mr. Overmyer Lieutenant Governor, but he entered the general
canvass with "vim and vigor," making speeches throughout In-
diana advocating the election of Garfield and Arthur, and the
Republican ticket. In 1882 he was elected chairman of the
Indiana Republican State Central Committee, and served two
years, attending the Republican National Convention at Chicago

AND GENEALOGY. 115

in that capacity in 1884, and supporting the nomination of James
G. Blaine. After the expiration of his term as State Chairman
he was, in July, 1884, appointed by Hon. John C. New, then
State Chairman, as a member of the Republican State Execu-
tive Committee, and made a general canvass of Indiana for
Blaine and Logan, which was to him a labor of love, as he great-
ly admired them both.

In the winter of 1884 he was admitted to practice law in
the Supreme Court of the United States at Washington on motion
of Benjamin Harrison, who was afterwards president of the
United States.

In 1885 he became president of the Jennings County Bank,
at North Vernon, Ind., and served as such until 1892, when that
institution was merged with the First National Bank of North
Vernon, and he then became president of the last mentioned
bank. In 1897 he resigned the bank presidency in order to devote
himself wholly to the law and public affairs. He has helped or-
ganize four banks in his county, preparing their by-laws, etc.,
and is now a stockholder in each of the four banks in his countv.

In 1886 he again became a member of the Indiana Re-
publican State Central Committee, and in 1888 he was a dele-
gate to the Republican National Convention at Chicago, which
nominated General Benjamin Harrison for the Presidency, vot-
ing for him on every ballot, until he secured the nomination on
the 8th ballot.

Mr. Overmyer belonged to the liberal or "Tariff Reform" wing
of the Republican party and was not in accord with the plat-
form adopted in 1888, though a personal friend of General Har-
rison, for whom he voted at the election in November of that
year. Together with Chester A. Arthur, Judge Folger, Hugh
McCulloch, Walter O. Gresham and many other Republicans,
Mr. Overmyer believed that the tariff ought to be lowered, and not
increased, keeping in view the necessity of moderate protection.
He therefore opposed the high tariff program set on foot in 1889,
and in the political campaign of 1890 he wrote for the press
a series of letters advocating a reform, and reduction of the
tariff, which attracted wide attention, being extensively copied
and reproduced.

116 OVERMYER HISTORY

1892 he canvassed the state of Indiana for Grover Cleveland
on the issue of "Tariff Reform."

In 1894 he was appointed as a member of the Democratic
State Executive Committee by Thomas Taggart, who was then
State Chairman of Democracy.

In 1896 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Con-
vention at Chicago, which nominated William Jennings Bryan
for the Presidency, and served as Indiana's member of the Com-
mittee on Organization. Mr. Overmyer became a candidate for
delegate to that convention at the request of his strong per-
sonal friend Governor Claude Matthews, of Indiana, whom he
supported for the presidential nomination. Mr. Overmyer, like
William C. Whitney, and many other Democratic leaders, had
been an advocate of International Bi-metallism, but when the con-
vention that nominated Mr. Bryan declared for Independent Bi-
metallism he accepted that program, and, at his own expense,
canvassed the state of Indiana for Mr. Bryan.

In 1898 he was a member of the Advisory Committee of the
Indiana Democratis State Central Committee. That was the
year of the Spanish War, and Mr. Overmyer again, at his own
expense, made a canvas of his state, urging upon the Democracy
everywhere not to abandon their noble expansion record, that
they had made, under the lead of Jefferson, Jackson, Polk, Cass
and Douglas.

In 1900 he served as Indiana's member of the Democratic
National Committee at the National Convention at Kansas City,
and helped organize that convention with Mr. Bryan's friends
in full control. That convention declared "Anti-Imperialism,; to
be the "paramount issue." Mr. Overmyer being an expana^-
ist, had no sort of belief in the "Anti-Imperialism" issue, ana
took little part in the campaign. In political beliefs Mr. Over-
myer is an expansionist, and always has been. In 1867 one of
his college speeches was in favor of the acquisition of Alaska.
He believes in a gradual increase of our navy, and that our
standing army should be increased steadily to 100,000 men, sup-
plemented with a good militia system in each state.

As to the tariff, he is a moderate protectionist, and believes
that our present tariff is excessive, in many lines, and that it
should be revised and reduced.

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He stands for Indivilualism as against Socialism in any of
its forms.

He is a firm supporter of Theodore Roosevelt and William
H. Taft, in their efforts to curb and restrain the railroad and
other great corporations, and make them all agencies of good for
our people. Such being his views he, of course, supported
Roosevelt and Fairbanks in the presidential campaign of 1904.

He is a friend of the churches, aids them all so far as he
can, and is a trustee of the Methodist Episcopal church in his
home city .

Mr. Overmyer has been a diligent student of history and
public affairs from his youth up. He is a wide reader, and takes
much interest in travel, and in the observation of men and their
actions.

In 1896, when a young member of the Indiana Legislature,
he made his first trip to Washington, D. C, and personally saw
Ulysses S. Grant when he had just entered upon his first term
in the Presidency, Schuyler Colfax presiding in the Senate as
Vice-president, and James G. Blaine just entering upon his
splendid career as Speaker of the House. In the Senate he
«*aw and heard William Pitt Fessenden, of Maine, Allen G. Thur-
man and John Sherman of Ohio, Roscoe Conkling of New York,
George F. Edmonds of Vermont, and Charles Sumner of Mas-
sachusetts. In the Supreme Court he saw Salmon P Chase
presiding as Chief Justice. In the House of Representatives
he saw Robert C Schenck of Ohio, then Chairman of the Ways
and Means Committee, carry through the "act to strengthen
the public credit/' which was afterwards called the "Gold Bill."

He has an estate of eighty acres of land, partly in the cor-
poration of the city of North Vernon, most beautifully situated,
upon which is his residence, "White Hall." Here he began
house-keeping in November 1870, with the young wife, who
passed to the "Great Beyond" in 1891, and here expects to end
his days.

DAVID (George ; John ; Peter ; J. G.), second son of George
and Harriet (Camp) Overmyer, was born May 1st, 1847, near
Circleville, Pickaway county, Ohio.

118 OVERMYER HISTORY

In 1849, his father and family removed to Jackson county,
Indiana, where David grew up to manhood. The trip from
Ohio to Indiana was overland ; the conveyance a covered wagon.
David was brought up on his father's farm and worked thereon
from earliest childhood till his nineteenth year. He attended
the public schools during the winter months, and sometimes a
month or so in the fall or spring, having mostly good teach-
ers ; one in particular, Sylvanus Voorhees, whose enthusasism
for and devotion to education was very inspiring. Through
his assistance David was qualified to teach, and at the age of
seventeen taught a district school.

In September, 1865, he entered Asbury, (now DePau),
University, at Greencastle, Indiana, where he attended at in-
tervals during five terms ; during the intervals between teach-
ing and while in college working at such work as he could get
to do to earn a livelihood and pay his way at the University.
When he quit the University he was a member of the junior
class.

On leaving college he taught school and studied law. In
September, 18G9, he was admitted to the bar at Vernon, Jen-
nings County, Indiana, and in 1870 began the practice at North
Vernon, Indiana ; where he continued the practice of the law
until his removal from the State.

In 1874 he was married to Alice Hicks, of North Vernon,
Indiana. The issue of this marriage has been five children
Susie, the first born, died when a little more than three and a halt
years old. The surviving children are : George Edward Over-
myer, graduate of Topeka High School, some time a student
at the Kansas State University, and now a practicing lawyer,
his father's law partner; Amy Overmyer, graduate of The Col-
lege of the Sisters of Bethany of Topeka, Kansas ; Grace Over-
myer and David Hicks Overmyer, both students of the To-
peka High School.

While residing in Indiana, the subject of this sketch, took
little part in politics ; though he was a republican canditdate
for presidential elector for the Fourth Congressional District,
in 187G, and canvassed the district for Hayes and Wheeler.

In the fall of 1881 at the Garfield Memorial servise at North

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Vernon, Indiana, he delivered the principal oration, pronounced
by the local press to be equal to any delivered in the country.
In September, 1882, he removed with his family to Topeka,
Kansas, where he has ever since resided. Here he immediately
resumed the practice of the law, and soon built up a fine practice,
which he has always held and which has steadily increased.
As a lawyer he has been connected with many of the most
celebrated cases of his time. He has practiced in the courts of
Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma, the Courts of the
United States, including many causes in the Circuit Court of
Appeals sitting at St. Louis and St. Paul, and several in the
Supreme Court of the United States. It is said he has argued
more causes before the Supreme Court of Kansas in the last
twenty years than any lawyer other than the Attorneys General
and certain regular corporation counsel.

In 1884 he was elected to the Kansas Legislature as an
independent with strong democratic tendencies. In 1886, being
opposed to the policy of the republican party upon prohibition, and
upon financial and tariff questions, (he being always a free
trader), and earnestly opposed to the rising republican sentiment
for tariff protection, he said : "I will go back to my farther's
house/' and openly joined the democraeic party, and has ever
since acted with it.

In 1888 he was nominated for Congress by acclimation
by the democratic convention for the Fourth District of Kan-
sas. He canvassed the District thoroughly, making some sixty
speeches in the eleven counties. As the natural republican
majority was overwhelming, he was of course defeated, but ran
far ahead of his ticket.

In 1892, he prepared an address which was issued to the
people of the State by the Democratic State Editorial Associa-
tion. In the same year he was offered the nomination for Con-
gressman for the State-at-large, by the Populist convention, but
declined it.

In 1893 he presided at the Citizens' meeting at the Grand
Opera House at Topeka, the action of which meeting it is be-
lieved prevented a resort to arms by the then contending po-
litical factions.

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In 1893 he was appointed by Governor Lewelling a delegate
to the Pan-American Bi-Metallic Congress at St. Louis ; being
unable to attend, he sent an address which was read to the
Congress by Governor Lewelling.

In January, 1894, he represented the Democratic party in
the great quadrangular debate, at Salina, Kansas, his antagonists
being General Caldwell, Republican, Ex-Governcr St. John,
Prohibitionist, and Mrs. Mary E. Lease, Populist. His speech
on this occasion was pronounced by Ex-Governor Glick, the
greatest democratic speech ever delivered in the State. In this
same year he was the democratic candidate for governor, being
nominated by acclimation ; he canvassed the state thoroughly,
and while he was defeated, as it was known he would be, his
campaign saved the democratic organization, and is also crel
dited with the defeat of the woman-suffrage amendment to the
Constitution.

In 1895, Governor Morrell offered to appoint him as one of
the Judges of the State Court of Appeals, which was declined.
The Governor also offered him the position of railroad commis-
sioner, which was also declined.

In 1895 he was appointed National Committeeman for Kan-
sas of the Free Silver Democracy, and organized the campaign
which sent a free silver delegation to the Chicago Convention,
the next year.

In 1896 he was chosen by acclamation to be one of the dele-
gates at large to the ational Democratic Convention, where,
by the unanimous request of the Kansas and Missouri delegation,
he seconded the nomination of Mr. Bland for President. During
the campaign which followed, he again canvassed the State of
Kansas, speaking extensively, also, in the States of Nebraska
and Missouri. Kansas gave her electoral vote to Mr. Bryan.

In 1898 he was chairman of the Kansas Democratic State
Convention.

In February, 1900, by request of the leading democrats of
Kansas City he went to Washington and addressed the National
Democratic Committee on behalf of Kansas City, which city
secuerd the Convention.

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In 1900, as chairman of the committee on resolutions of
the first Democratic state convention of that year, he wrote
the principal planks of the platform and addressed the conven-
tion, and was by this convention again chosen by acclimation to be
one of the delegates at large to the National Convention at Kan-
sas City. At the National Convention he was the Kansas mem-
ber of the committee on resolutions, struggling wi htthe element
which prevailed in the committee, by a single vote, and securing
the adoption of the main features of the trust plank of the
Kansas Convention, written by himself.

In the State Democratic nominating convention of that year,
he was chairman of the committee on resolutions, and in the
campaign which followed, again canvassed the State, speaking
likewise in the State of Missouri.

In 1901, by the joint caucus of Democrats, Populists and
Silver Republicans, he was nominated for United States Senator,
defeating J. G. Johnson, vice-chairman of the Democratic Na-
tional Committee, John Bridenthal, then late fusion candidate
for Governor, and the redoubtable Jerry Simpson, and receiving
the entire opposition vote of both houses of the Legislature.

In 1902 he could have had the unanimous nomination of
his party for Governor, but declined.

In 1904 he was, for the third time, chosen by acclimation
a delegate at large to the Democratic National Convention,
Where he placed General Miles in nomination for President.
The General declared that he would rather be the subject of
Overmyer's speech than to have been nominated for President
without it.

He was a delegate to the National Council of the Knights
and Ladies of Security at Topeka, Kansas, in 1900, at Louis-
ville, Ky., in 1902, and at St. Louis, Mo., in 1904. He was
also a delegate to the National Fraternal Congress at Denver,
Colorado, in 1902 ; at Milwaukee, Wis., in 1903, and at St. Louis,
Mo., in 1904.

Besides his political partisan speeches and writings, which
would make a large volume, he has delivered many addresses
upon various subjects among which may be mentioned, an argu-
ment against former Chief Justice Doster's socialistic theories,

122 OVERMYER HISTORY

delivered in 1891 ; an address before the Kansas State Bar
Association, in 1889 ; an address before the graduating class
of the Kansas City Law School in 1902 ; an address before the
graduating class of the military institute at Lexington, Mo., hi
1902; an oration at the grave of Mrs. Klemp; an oration at a
dinner given in honor of Colonel E. Clement Smith on his
eighty-second birthday ; an oration on the German Race, deliv-
ered at Leavenworth, Kansas, on German Day, 1892 ; an oration
on the "Spirit of Kansas," delivered on the World's Fair grounds
at St. Louis, Mo., on Kansas Day, September 30, 1904. Besides
these he is the author of many newspaper articles, interviews, etc.
He is a hard worker, a diligent student, an ardent advocate of
liberty, and a stubborn implacable enemy of tyrany in every form.
SUSANNA (George; John; Peter; J. G.) only daughter
of George and Harriet (Camp) Overmyer, was born near Red-
dington, Jackson County, Indiana, September 1st, 1851, and on
February 7th, 1872, at Seymour, Indiana, married John Brad-
bury, born January 3rd, 1848, at Goldsborough, N. C. ; later
they moved to Newton, 111., where he is railway section foreman
They are members of the M. E. church. He is a Democrat and
have the following children :

Wm. F., born June 14th, 1873.
George W., born March 29th, 1875.
Harry C, born July 30th, 1876.
Orval D., born January 5th, 1879.
John H., born July 29th, 1880.
Jessie, born August 16th, 1882.
Alice M., born April 21st, 1889.
Freddie, born May 17th, 1890.
Roy, born July 8th, 1891.
Ethel G., born June 30th, 1896.

HARRIET (George; John; Peter; J. G.) first daughter
of George and Catherine (Swengel) Overmyer was born near
Reddington, Jackson County, Indiana, April 3rd, 1855. On
November 17th, 1872, she married Benjamin Gruber, of Cir-
cleville, Ohio; had one child named Albert F., born April 6th,
1874. Mr. Gruber died November 19th, 1884. Then on De-
cember 8th, 1888, at North Topeka, Kansas, she married Alex-

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ander S. Fall, born May 26th, 1854, at Indianapolis, Ind. He
is city marshall of North Vernon, Ind., belongs to M. W. of A.
and Redmen, is a Republican. She is a Methodist and have the
following children:

Walter D., born February 6th, 1890.
Howard C, born July 5th, 1891.
Bessie M., born November 29th, 1894.

AMOS (George; John; Peter; J. G.) son of George and
Catherine (Swengel) Overmyer, was born near Reddington,
Jackson County, Indiana, March 3rd, 1857 ; was educated at
Reddington, Ind., and on September 26th, 1881, at Reddington,
he married Margaret Mclntire, daughter of Robert and Mahala
Mclntire ; born at Jonesville, Ind., May 2nd, 1856 ; he
is foreman of the coach cleaning department of the Southern
Indiana Railway at Terre Haute, Ind. ; is a member of the M.
W. & A. fraternity ; a Democrat ; are members of the Christian
church ; and their children are :

Alice S., born July 2nd, 1882.
Jessie M., born February 27th, 1885.
Stella M., born November 8th, 1886.
Nathan, born May 24th, 1889.

JAMES B. (George; John; Peter; J. G.) son of George and
Catherine (Swengel) Overmyer, was born near Reddington,
Ind., October 31st, 1859, and on September 15th, 1881, at
Neoga, 111., he was married to Sarah E. Coen, daughter of
Samuel R. and Sarah A Coen, born near Olney, 111., Nov. 4th,
1860. They at present reside three mites north of Neoga,
Cumberland County, 111. ; he has held various minor offices ;
belongs to M. W. A. fraternity ; is a liberal Democrat ; and
a member of the U. B. church. Children :

Ora A,, bornjuly 28th, 1882.

Louisa C, born December 19th, 1883 ; died July 19th,
1885.

Frank R., born December 29th, 1885.
Grant H., born January 11th, 1888.
John E., born September 30th, 1890.
Erma E., born July 9th, 1894.

124 OVERMYER HISTORY

James B., died May 27th, 1901, is burried at Zion Chapel
Cemetery, Neago, 111.

OR A ALMA (James B. ; George; John; Peter; J. G.), first
daughter of James B. and Sarah E. (Coen) Overmyer, was
born near Neago, 111. July 28th. 1882, was educated at Zion
Public schools near Neago, 111., and on December 25th, 1902,
married John E. Stewart, son of James R. and Clara Stewart,
born at Neago, 111., May 28th, 1878 ; she is a member of the U.
B. church; resides three miles north of Neago, 111., and have the
following children :

James N., born October 13th, 1903.
Theodore, born November 4th, 1904.

BARBARA (George; John; Peter; J. G.), daughter of
George and Catherine Overmyer, was born near Reddington,
Ind., April 5th, 18G5, and on July 1st, 1883, at North Vernon,
Jennings County, Ind., she married Louis Brenner, son of
Charles and Caroline Brenner, born April 20th, 1861 ; they live
at 1115 Taylor St., North Topeka, Kansas ; he is clerk in a whole-
sale grocery house ; is a Democrat ; are Methodist? ; and have
the following children ;

Bertha E., born December 30th, 1885 ; died September
17th, 1886.

Edith B., born August 28th, 1887.

Ruth A., born September 21st, 1888; died November 1st,
1893.

Gilbert L., born July 19th, 1890.

Irene A., born June 8th, 1892.

Charles E., born November 16th, 1896.

BELL B. (George; John; Peter; J. G.), daughter of George
and Catherine Overmyer, was born near Reddington, Ind., Feb-
ruary 17th, 1867; was educated at North Vernon, Ind., on
October 5th, 1884, at North Vernon, Ind., she mar-
ried J. W. Blossom, son of Hiram S. and Phebe J. (Woodard)
Blossom, born at Glens Falls, New York, September 20th, 1848 ;
they reside at 1112 Taylor St., North Topeka, Kansas ; he is a
structure mover; belongs to I. O. O. F., K. of P.'s and Fraternal

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Aid Fraternities; is a Democrat; and have the following child-
ren:

Nellie, born October 28th, 1885.

Floy, born February 4th, 1887 ; died April 19th, 1887.

Ethel, born January 23rd, 1888.

Eva, born May 22nd, 1889.

Hiram D., born February 19th, 1891.

J. Wood, born May 17th, 1893.

T. Ray, born December 15th, 1896.

MARIE (George; John; Peter; J. G.), daughter of George
and Catherine (Swengel) Overmyer, was born near Reddington,
Ind., February 12th, 1873 ; her father died when she was but
six years old and she was educated at the public schools of
Neago, 111., and Topeka, Kansas.

Marie Overmyer's early childhood, after her father's death,
was spent on a farm near Neago, Illinois, where she lived with
a maternal uncle. From 1886 until 1891, she resided with her
sister, Mrs Bell Blossom, in Topeka, Kansas. Her school days
terminated with the eighth grade of the public schools, but her
education did not stop here. On leaving the schoolroom, she
served an apprenticeship as compositor in the office of a weekly
newspaper, and afterwards entered the Standard Sshool of
Shorthand and Typewriting, of Topeka, from which she gradu-
ated in 1890. A year later she returned to the place of her
nativity in Jackson County, Indiana, and accepted a position
as amanuensis and accountant in the office of the Seymour
Daily and Weekly Democrat. This position she filled until the
death of the publisher in January of 1894, when she resigned in
order that she might give her undivided attention to a class in
shorthand and typewriting which she had been instructing of eve-
nings. In July of 1894 she became associated in the printing
business with Charles W. Burkart, (now her husband), a prac-
tical printer, and together they launched the Seymour Evening
News, of which the subject of our sketch was editor-in-chief and
Mr. Burkart business manager. A few months later a weekly
edition was added and both daily and weekly were published
with almost phenomenal success until the fall of 1887, when the
Daily News was sold to and consolidated with the Seymonr

126 OVERMYER HISTORY

Daily Democrat. In December of 1897 the editress and busi-
ness manager of the News entered into a life partnership by
joining hearts and hands, as well as fortunes. They continued
the publication of the Weekly News until the spring of 1899,
when they were seized by the Western fever, and disposing of
the subscription list and good will of their publication they
shipped the printing plant to Cheyenne, Wyoming, and there
launched the Wyoming State Democrat. This was the only
newspaper of Democratic persuasion in the county in which it
was published, and it, therefore, proved a highly successful
venture from the very outset. At the close of the campaign
of 1900, Mr. and Mrs. Burkart decided to retire from the
printing business and, accordingly, they disposed of their news-
paper plant and returned to Seymour, Indiana, for permanent
residence, Mr. B. taking up the profesion of law.

Their address is No. 6 East Second street, Seymour, Ind.

NOAH (George; John; Peter; J. G.), son of George and
Catherine (Swengel) Overmyer; married a Miss Shannon and re-
sides near Reddington, Ind.

BENJAMINE F. (Peter; J. G.), fourth son of Peter and
Mary Eva (Hennig) Overmyer, was born in Northumberland,
now Union County, Pa., October 9th, 1789, and came with his
parents to Perry Caunty, Ohio, when 12 years old; experienced
the discomforts of pioneer life and on May 14th, 1814, married
Magdalena Hendricks, daughter of Peter and Hannah Hend-
ricks, born in Pennsylvania August 12th, 1793 ; he died in Perry
County, Ohio, Oct. 6th, 1826; is buried at Reading Cemetery;
the widow with her family moved to Sandusky County, Ohio, in
1833, and located on Section 21, of Washington Township,
then a dense forest infested with wild animals. Children :

Hannah, born March 31st, 1815 ; married Wm. Foucht, he
died ; then married Daniel Moury.
Elias, born January 12th, 1817.
Sarah, born March 23rd, 1819.
Sophiah, born October 25th, 1820.
Amos, born Fedruary 2nd, 1823.
Simon Peter, born November 8th, 1825.

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They were members of the Lutheran church and Mrs. Over-
myer died January 28th, 1863 ; is buried at at Fought's or Chapel
Cemetery, Washington township, Sandusky County, Ohio.

ELIAS (Benjamin F. ; Peter; J. G.), first son and second
child of B. F. and Magdalena (Hendricks) Overmyer, was born
in Perry County, Ohio, January 12th, 1817, and moved with his
mother to Sandusky County, Ohio, when but 16 years old, where
he experienced the privations of pioneer life and later married
Judith Albert, and located in Sandusky township ; were members
of the Lutheran church, and had the following children:

Lucina, born July 1st, 1842.
Mary, born July 10th, 1844.

Elias died March 7th, 1875, and is buried in Smith Cemetery,
Jackson township.

LUCINA (Elias; Benj. F. ; Peter; J. G.), daughter of
Elias Overmyer, was born in Sandusky township and en February
13th, 1862, married Adam Stine, son of Phillip and Sarah (Dun-
dore) Stine; they located in Jackson township, Sandusky county,
Ohio, and had the following children:

George W., born November 2nd, 1863.

Almeda, born March 21st, 1866.

Samuel L., born November 18th, 1867; died Nov 29th,
1901.

Mary Etta, born October 31, 1869.

Sarah Ellen, born March 3rd, 1872.

Charles, born July 9th, 1874 ; died August 30th, 1874.

Manerva E., born September 6th, 1876.

John W., born September 23rd, 1881.

Mr. Stine died February 8th, 1898, and is buried in the
Smith Cemetery.

MARY (Elias; Benj. F. ; Peter; J. G.), was born in San-
dusky County, Ohio, on August 2nd, 1862; married Jeremiah
V. Dornmyer, son of David and Julia (Waitman) Dornmyer,
born in Stark County, Ohio, July 9th, 1841 ; they were members
of the Lutheran church and later moved to Elkhart, Ind., where
he died December 26th, 1879, leaving the following children:

128 OVERMYER HISTORY

Lucina E., born April 30th, 1863.
Rosa S., born September 1st, 1864.

Emma C, born October 10th, 1866; died December 16th,
1893.

John W., born June 19th, 1868.
James M., born February loth, 1871.
Sarah E., born Decemeber 29th, 1872.
Rufus H., born August 5th, 1874.
Charles E., born February 6th, 1877.
George M., born October 7th, 1878.

SARAH (Benj. F. ; Peter; J. G.), second daughter and
third child was born in Perry County, Ohio ; came with her moth-
er to Sandusky County, Ohio, and married Jacob Hollinger ; they
moved to Constantine, Mich., where both are buried.

SOPHIA (Benj. F. ; Peter; J. G.) always remained single
and is the only member of this family living at this date, viz :
April 1st, 1905. She resides with her neice, Mrs. Adam Stine,
at Burgoon, Ohio, and is remarkably well preserved in mind and
body for one of her years.

AMOS (Benj. F. ; Peter; J. G.), second son and fifth child
of B. F. and Magdalena (Hendricks) Overmyer, was born in
Perry County, Ohio, and came with his widowed mother to San-
dusky County, Ohio, when about ten years old, where he grew
to manhood and when the civil war began enlisted and was as-
signed to Company B of the 72nd Reg. O. V. I., and served to
the close of the war ; then located at McCobm, Hancock County,
Ohio, where h« married Sarah Deacon ; they were farmers and
members of the Lutheran church ; he a Democrat ; he died Janu-
ary 31st, 1871, and is buried near McComb, O. Children:

Benjamin F., Annetta, Cora B., and Almina Jane.

SIMOX PETER (Benj. F. ; Peter; J. G.), third son and
sixth child of Benjamin F. and Magdalena (Hendricks) Over-
myer, was born in Perry County, Ohio, November 8th, 1825 ;
came with his widowed mother to Sandusky County, Ohio, in
1833, where he grew to manhood amid the scenes of pioneer
life, and in 1861 enlisted as a soldier in the Union army ; was

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assigned to Company B, 72nd Reg. O. V. L, and served to the
close of the war; then located near McComb, Hancock County,
Ohio, where he married Mary Jane McWilliams; they were far-
mers; members of the Lutheran church; he died November
13th, 1903, and is buried near McComb, Hancock County, Ohio.
Had no children.

PETER (Peter; J. G.), fifth son and ninth child of Peter
and Mary Eva (Hennig) Overmyer, was born in Northumbe-
rland, now Union County, Pa., August 24th, 1799 ; was therefore,
but about two years old when he came with his parents from
Pennsylvania to Perry County, Ohio, where he grew to manhood
within the surroundings of the plain, rugged honesty of those pio-
neer days ; received a fair education, considering the meager facil-
ities of those early times ; was a spendid singer and taught that as
it was enjoyed then, drilling the younger people of his community
for splendid old time church music ; was a life long devoted
member of the Lutheran church ; was for many years a member
of the board of Directors of Capital University and Theological
Seminary of Columbus, Ohio, one of the leading Lutheran
institutions of learning in the United States. He was held in
the highest esteem for integrity, honesty and sound judgment
by his neighbors and many disputes were left to him for settle-
ment, all seemingly willing to abide by his decisions as to right
or wrong.

He was Justice of the Peace in Perry County many years
and while filling that office took a great interest in law, and poses-
sed a copy of the first law book ever published in the State of
Ohio, the date of the edition being 1805. This book is still in
possesion of that branch of the family. A record pasted on the
inside cover, writen by his son, Judge G. W. Overmyer, is as
follows : "This book was the only law book in use in the courts of
Ohio, and was the property of Peter Overmyer, Sr., first Justice
of the Peace in Richland Township, Perry County, Ohio, inherit-
ed by G. W. Overmyer from his father September 1st, 1885."

On September 23rd, 1824, in Perry County, Ohio he married
Rosannah Bueb. They resided where they began housekeeping.
There they lived during their entire life having the following
children :

130 OVERMYER HISTORY

Sarah Eva, born January 8th, 182t).

George Washington, born December loth, 1827

Rosannah, born April 2nd, 1830.

Benjamin F., born December 13th, 1832; died September
27th, 1834.

John B., born June 16th, 1835.

Susannah, born December 14th, 1838; died December 25th,
1838.

David M., born January 29th, 1840 ; died July 20th, 1841.

Mary A., born July 6th, 1842; died April 7th, 1864.

Loretta, born May 15th, 1845 ; died March 27th, 1848.

Catherine, born March 29th, 1846.

Huldah, born January 15th, 1850.

After an active and useful life extending way beyond the age
by scripture allotted to man, this noble man died June 16th, 1887,
aged 87 years, 9 months and 22days, having enjoyed a clear mind
and rugged usefulnes to his church and community to the end.
A gloom of especial sorrow was evinced by his church and his
community at his death.

SARAH EVA (Peter; Peter; J. G.), first child of Peter
and Rosannah (Bueb) Overmyer, was born in Perry County,
Ohio, January 8th, 1826, grew up at her parents home, and on
December 29th, 1842, married John Weisman, born in Hopewell,
township, Perry Conuty, Ohio, December 8th, 1820 ; to them were
born the following, children :

David M., born August 29th, 1843.

Samuel, born March 31st, 1845 ; died March 31st, 1845.

William A., born March 30th, 1846.

John P., born February 11th, 1848.

Oliver H. P., born June 20th, 1850; died April, 1851.

George Otto, born June 26th, 1852.

John Weisman died June 19th, 1852, and on October 11th,
1860, she married Solomon Spohn, born May 23th. 1820. To
this union were born the following children :

Barbara C, born September 5th, 1861.
Martha R., born March 22nd, 1863.
Louis E., born June 5th, 1867.

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GEORGE W. (Peter; Peter; J. G.), first son and second
child of Peter and Rosannah (Bueb) Overmyer, was born near
New Reading, Pery County, Ohio, December 15th, 1827 ; grew
to manhood on his father's farm reciving a fair education for
those pioneer times and on December 9th, 1847, he marreid
Mary Elizabeth Bowman, daughter of Bernard and Mary (Poor-
man Bowman, born March 13th, 1829, and they had the follow-
ing children:

Amanda J., born June 27th, 1848.

Martin M., born December 26th, 1850; died August 30th,
1851.

Sarah L,., born July 31st, 1852.

Charles Greer, born November 15th, 1854.

Edward, born February 20th, 1860 ; died August 29th, 1887.

His wife, Mary E (Bowman died November 16th, 1860, and
on September 24th, 1861, he married Anna Barner, born near
Troy, Ohio, July 2nd, 1836 ; of this union are the following
children :

George B., born September 10th, 1862.

William A., born Juyl 7th, 1864; died , 1870.

John P., born November 14th, 1866 ; died , 1873.

Anna Catherine, born, August 29th, 1872.
Samuel L., born December 13th, 1874; died single April
13th, 1898.

MILITARY AND OFFICIAL SKETCH OF GEORGE WASHINGTON

OVERMYER OF LIMA, OHIO.

The subject of this sketch was a close observer of men and
measures from his youth up, inheriting his father's well balanced
mind, with much beter facilities for education and improvement,
Being a natural born jurist, he soon rose to the distinction m
the new localities in which he resided, moving from Perrv
County to Allen County about the year 1850, locating first at
Delphos, then moving to Spencerville, where he was immediate-
ly elected Justice of the Peace for Spencer township. He held
this office until he was elected County Auditor of Alien County.
After his terms of service as Auditor expired in 1862, he en-
listed as a soldier and was elected Captain of Company G, 81 st

132 OVERMYER HISTORY

Reg. O. V. I., receiving an honorable discharge November 10th,
1864. He returned to Lima, Ohio, and was appointed Mayor
of Lima, by the city council, to fill the unexpired term of T.
M. Robb, resigned. He was elected Probate Judge of Allen
County in 1876 and served until 1882.

After his terms of office as Probate Judge expired he prac-
ticed law in partnership with J. L. Price, and during said time
served as member of city council, school board, &c. He was
a man of much force of character, and of strict religiuos and
moral habits. As a public officer, he was strictly business
and performed his duty as became the office. His death oc-
cured September 12th, 1887. He is buried at Lima, Ohio.

CONGREGATIONAL ACTION ON THE DEATH OE GEORGE W.

OVERMYER.

At a congregational meeting, held Sept. 20th, 1887, in St.
Paul's Lutheran Church, Lima, Ohio, resolutions of respect
for the deceased brother, George W. Overmyer, and of sym-
pathy with his family in the loss they have sustained, were
unanimously passed by a silent rising vote.

The congregation desiring to further mark its apreciation
of the long and faithful membership of Bro. Overmyer, appointed
a committe, with instructions to secure and publish the sermon
preached at the funeral of Bro. Overmyer; also the various tri-
butes and resolutions of respect and sympathy passed by the
different organizations and societies with which the deceased
was identified. The following were appointed said committee:
J. H. Hunton, I. S. Motter, Wilbur Fisk and A. G. Lutz.

Likewsie, the Bar of Allen county, held a meeting at the li-
brary room, Court House. After organization, some very feel-
ing and apropriate remarks were made on the death of Judge
George W. Overmyer, by Judge James McKenzie, Gen. Isaiah
Pilars, T. E. Cunningham, John E. Richie and A. G. Stewart.

Cunningham, Pillars and Stewart were made a committee
and reported appropriate resolutions.

The Lima Lodge No. 205, F. & A. M. on Monday evening
September 19th, 1887, passed appropriate resolutions on the death
of Bro. George W. Overmyer.

3fc

George W. Overmyer.

Page 131.

George B. Overmyer and Family

Charlotte R. William B.

Francis M. Frederick E. George P.

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I. S. Moter, D. J. Cable and J. O. Ohler being their said com-
mittee.

The City Council of Lima also passed suitable resolutions,
and ordered them spread on their journal with their minutes,
being a fellow member of said council. The members attended
his funeral in a body, and ordered the council chamber draped
in mourning for thirty days.

The following resolutions were adopted by Mart. Armstrong
Post, No. 202, G. A. R.

Your committee on resolutions on the death of comrade,
George W. Overmyer, beg leave to submit the following

George W. Overmyer was born in Perry County, Ohio,
December 15th, 1827, and died September 12th, 1887, at Lima,
Ohio. He was an honest, upright, christian man. a faithful
soldier, a kind and affectionate husband and father, and an ex-
emplary citizen and official, having occupied and crediably filled
responsible and honorable public positions.

On August 9th, 1862, he was commissioned Captain of
Company G, 81st Reg. O. V. I., and was discharged November
10th, 1864, on acount of ill health. In all the various duties
enjoined upon him in life, he was guided by the truest rules of
christian duty and rectitude.

While we bow with humble submission to the fatal mandates
that called him hence, we will ever cherish in our memories
his many virtues, nobleness of character, and his services as a
soldier and member of our order.

We extend his sorrow striken widow and children our heart-
felt sympathy, and recommend that a copy of these proceedings
be properly engrossed, signed by the proper officers, and given to
his widow. That the furniture of this Post be draped in mourn-
ing for thirty days and that a page be set apart in our journal
and his obituary properly inscribed thereon.

Respectfully submitted,
S. S. Yoder,
Baxter Trevor,
J. B. Kirk, Committee.

Passed September 21st, 1887.

Attest: W. H. Pockmire, R. C. H. H. Heman, Adjt.

134 OVERMYER HISTORY

AMANDA J. (George W. ; Peter; Peter; J. G.), first child
of George W. and Mary E. (Bowman) Overmyer, was born
near New Reading, Perry County, Ohio, June 27th, 1848; came
with her parents to Lima, Allen County, where she grew to
womanhood and on October 31st, 1865, married David Etter
of Orrville, Ohio ; they are members of the Lutheran church ; he
is a drugist, a Democrat and they reside on Harrison Avenue,
Lima, Ohio, and have the following children :

George L., born February 28th, 18C7 ; died November 11th,
1887.

Mary E., born October 9th, 1868. ill

David A., born Dec. 3rd, 1871; died February 14th, 1902;
buried at Lima, O.

Mary E. Etter married a Mr. McWhirtes ; they live at
Marietta, Ohio. Children:

Isabella, born December 16th, 1889.

Paul L., born January, 1892.

Sarah L., born December, 1894.

Robert .

SARAH L. (George W. ; Peter; Peter; J. G.), third child
of George W. and Meary E. (Bowman) Overmyer, was born
at Spencerville, Allen County, Ohio, July 31st, 1852; was edu-
cated in the schools of that vicinity, and on December 26th,
1872, was married by Rev. D. M. Weisman to Henry Frederick
Reel, son of Henry and Catherine (Baily) Reel, born at Colum-
bus, O., December 22nd, 1852 ; they reside at Lima, Ohio, are
members of the Lutheran church ; is a furniture and carpet
dealer ; a Democrat and have the following children :

Eva C, born June 22nd, 1875.
Edward, born September 3rd, 1877.
Clarence, born August 29th, 1880.

CHARLES GREER (George W. ; Peter; Peter; J. G.),
fourth child of George W. and Mary E. (Bowman) Overmyre,
was born at Spencerville, Allen County, Ohio, November 15th,
1854; was educated at Lima, O., and on July 16th, 1884, at
2602 Pine Street, St. Louis, Mo., married Cora Sophia Leonard,
daughter of James D. and Julia C. (Hall) Leonard, born May

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20th, 1863, at St. Louis, Mo. ; he is a travelling salesman ; was a
member of Columbus, Ohio, cadet corp, 1873-4-5, and in U.
S. Engineer Corps from 1880 to 1885 ; is a Jeffersoniau Demo-
crat ; they are members of the Lutheran church ; reside at 706
Monroe, St. Topeka, Kansas, and have the following children :

Olive Hazel, born November 6th, 1888 ; died November
8th, 1888.

Dorothy, born April 20th, 1891.

EDWARD (George W. ; Peter ;Peter; J. G.), fifth child of
George W. and Mary E. (Bowman) Overmyer, was born Feb-
ruary 2oth, 1860, and on October 14th, 1880, married Ida May
Colbath of Lima, Ohio ; have one child :

George W., born October 17th, 1881.

GEORGE BARNER (Geo. W.; Peter; Peter; J. G.), first
child of George W. and Anna (Barner) Overmyer, was born at
Lima, Ohio, September 10th, 1862 ; was educated at Lima, and on
January 8th, 1882, at Lima, Ohio, he married Lydia Gibbs,
daughter of William and Frances Gibbs, born at Lima, Ohio,
April 8th, 1861. Some time after their marriage they moved to
Columbus, Ohio, where he is engaged as bookkeeper and sales-
man. During eight years was a member of the Ohio National
Guard; in politics a Democrat. Are members of the Lutheran
Church, and have the following children:

William Barner, born June 3rd, 1882.

Charlotte Rose, born July 26th, 1883.

Anna Blanche, born December 27th, 1885 ; died November
11th, 1886.

George Paul, born February 12, 1891.

Frances Mary, born May 20th, 1893.

Frederick Edward, born November 26th, 1895.

George W., born December 31st, 1899; died August 7th,
1901.

Post office address, 478 South 18th St., Columbus, Ohio.

ANNA C. (Geo. W. ; Peter; Peter; J. G.), only daughter of
Geo. W. and Anna (Barner) Overmyer, was born at Lima, Ohio,
August 29th, 1872; was educated in the schools of that place,
and on June 11th, 1895, was married to John Logan Spear, born

136 OVERMYER HISTORY

May 2nd, 1866. Their children are Lavinia R., bom May 20th,
1896; Thermia I., born December 10th, 1898; infarct, born April
'find, 190L. Post office address is 1310 — la Alamo, Mexico city,
Mexico. V* OM^ <2&tf) A^ /P^Oim^aCk, f*Vj*> && *~J ***/

ROSANNAH (Peter; Peter; J. &), third child of Peter/
and Rossannah (Bueb) Overmyer, was born near New Reading,
Perry County, Ohio, April 2nd, 1830, and on May 24th, 1849, "'V
married Joel Spohn, born April 21st, 1828, residing in Perry
County, and had the following children: Jacob P., born March'
18th, 1850; Loretta, born May 26th, 1851; Lucy A., born Feb-
ruary 26th, 1854 ; Samuel, born December 19th, 1855 ; Sarah C,
r'"*n December 12th, 1856; Mary E., born November 17th, 1858;
, ohn O., born April 4th, 1860; Melissa, born January 26th, 1862;
Jlement V., born January 1st, 1864; Wm. A., born January 1st,
1866; Charles W., born January 12th, 1868; Emma A., born
November 30th, 1869; David M., born January 22nd, 1872;
Annie L., born May 17th, 1873 ; Martin E., born November 2nd,
1875.

JOHN B. (Peter; Peter; J. G.), third son and fifth child of
Peter and Rosannah (Bueb) Overmyer, was born near New
Reading, Perry County, Ohio, June 16th, 1835 ; was educated in
the common schools of that vicinity, and on December 25th, 1856,
married Amanda Baker, daughter of James and Nancy Baker,
born in Crawford County, Pa., December 23rd, 1835. They re-
sided near Somerset, O. ; were farmers ; had one child, Lewis A.,
born September 15th, 1859, died November, 1891. In October,
1862, his wife died. In October, 1868, at Somerset, O., he mar-
ried Sarah A. Snider, daughter of Simon and Nancy A. Snyder,
and with this union had the following children : Mary G., born
August, 1869 ; Udora, Clara, John J., Nancy A. and Robert J.
Mr. Overmyer served as county treasurer two terms, and filled
several minor offices ; is a Jefferson Democrat, and life-long mem-
ber of the Lutheran Church.

CATHARINE (Peter; Peter; J. G.), tenth child of Peter
and Rosannah (Bueb) Overmyer, was born near New Reading,
Perry County, Ohio, March 29th, 1846, and on September 1st,
1868, married Joseph Paden, born January 2nd, 1839 They re-

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side at present at Casey, 111., and have the following children:
Ferdinand, born June 13th, 1870 ; Franklin A., born December
28th, 1874 ; Wallace H., born August 17th, 1876, died September
3rd, 1876 ; Irwin C, born April 26th, 1885.

HULDAH (Peter; Peter; J. G.), eleventh child of Peter
and Rosannah (Bueb) Overmyer, was born in Perry County, O.,
January 15th, 1850, and on October 26th, 1871, married Nicholas
Dominick Snyder, born June 18th, 1848, and now reside at Can-
ton, Minnesota, and have the following children: Blanche, born
July 18th, 1872 ; Lyman, born December 11th, 1873 ; Rosa, born
March 18th, 1876; Charles, born November 11th, 1877; Peter,
born November 5th, 1879 ; Nano, born August 26th, 1881 ; Fran-
cis, born June 2nd, 1883 ; N. D., born February 5th, 1888 ; Mary
A., born January 19th, 1890; Mildred, born December 7th, 1893.

DAVID (Peter; J. G.), sixth son and tenth child o f Peter
and Eva (Hennig) Overmyer, was born in Pennsylvania, June
21st, 1801, just a few months before his parents left that state
for the wilds of Ohio, therefore knew nothing in his youthful
years of a comfortable home and cleared fields, as they located in
a dense forest in Ohio, where he grew to manhood on his father's
farm. He then learned the trade of wagonmaker, as then con-
ducted; then married Elizabeth Harnet, remaining in Perry
County all his life. Died in 1874 and is buried at Reddington,
Perry County, Ohio. Children:

Emaline ; married Geo. Klinger.

Aaron, married Mary Reichly.

Sarah ; married William Woife.

James; married Louisa Wolfe.

Mary; married Jackson Guyton, as his second wife.

Peter; died single.

Christena ; married Rev. Geo. Young, as his second wife.

Elizabeth.

Catharine ; married Austin Whitmer.

Lydia; married Charles Wolfe.

138 OVERMYER HISTORY

CHAPTER IV.

LINE OF PHILLIP, fourth son of the emigrant, John George
Overmyer, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1769.

PHILLIP (J. G.), third son of John George, the emigrant,
and wife, was born in Pensylvania, September 23rd, 1769. Of
the early life of Phillip we can find but little history, but we
have reason to believe that it was uneventful, save the skirmishes
which the settlers frequently had with the Indians on the front
ier, as it then existed in his native state, and later, when he was
about six years old, the Revolution was raging in the colonies
and his illustrious father joined the patriot army and helped
to free the Colonies from the British yoke, after which he again
returned to his family and resumed his labors on the farm. Many
incidents of those stirring times were often related by our sub-
ject, who knew much from his own memory, and from the stor-
ies as he received them from those who bore an active part
in the conflict. Phillip learned to read both English and Ger-
man, but beyond that his education was limited. He married in
Pennsylvania, Rosanna Bishofr". They lived in Pennsylvania and
had a farm of their own, but for some cause they sold their farm
to their son William, and removed from there to near Cayuga
Bridge, Aurelius township, Cayuga county, N. Y., about 1826,
accompanied by their sons Daniel, George, Jacob and Samuel,
and their families, and a son-in-law, John Cox, and his family.
They resided there until the spring of 1834. Not having bought
farms there, they now decided to make their future homes in
Ohio. The families, above named, packed their belongings in-
to the larke oaken chests and leather covered trunks, which may
yet be found in some of the homes of the descendants, and
hauled them in large wagons to Mt. Union, N. Y., where they
loaded them upon canal boats and began their journey towards
Buffalo. After a journey of 100 miles by canal they reached
Buffalo, and there took pasage on a sail boat on Lake Erie for
Sandusky, Ohio. The voyage on Lake Erie was not a pleasant

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one, and several times the boat stranded, as they were compell-
ed to remain near the shore, and had a heavy load, and when
they reached Dunkirk, N. Y., the boat grounded and they were
obliged to remain there two or three days and had to unload
a part of the cargo to release her. When they reached Huron,
Ohio, Samuel and his family, with their household effects, started
by wagon across the country, in order to lighten the load on the
vessel. When the vessel finally reached Sandusky, all the Over-
myer emigrants were sick excepting Sarah, or "Sally," a daught-
er of Phillip. From Sandusky they came on foot and by wagon,
each family finding a home, or a place where they established
one, and thus the history of each family begins separately, and
will be treated under their respective heads. Phillip and his
family located about five miles west of Lower Sandusky (now
Fremont), where Nehemiah Engler now lives. Here they en*
gaged in the tavern business, as was the custom with many
of the pioneer setlers along the Western Reserve and Maumee
Pike. Though the pike was not graded at that time and was
a terrible mud road during the most of the year, yet it was the
principal thoroughfare in the Northwest. They did not reside
at that place very long, but soon erected a log house on some
land belonging to Jacob, their son, in the northern part of the
present corporation of Lindsey, Ohio, and just across the street
from where Jacob Bowersox now resides. Here a comfortable
log house, one and one-half stories high, erected of round logs,
chinked with mud and sticks, and all the parts that made up the
pioneer home were well looked after, and Phillip and his wife
moved there and spent their declining years surrounded by their
children. He was afflicted with dropsy and was sick for some
time and the children and grandchildren would come and take
care of him. One night while they were there watching by
his bedside, his wife was taken suddenly ill and died May 17th,
1841, in the 62nd year of her age. He afterwards had nearly
recovered from his affliction and had his home with his son,
Jacob, where Amos Overmyer now lives. Here he died March
24th, 1843, in the 72nd year of his age. Both are interred in the
old cemetery at Lindsey. Though no photograph was ever taken
of our subject we can get a faint idea of his general appearance
from the description given us by his oldest living grandchild,

140 OVERMYER HISTORY

Mrs. S. B. Waggoner, who gave us many of the items set forth
in the above sketch. He was a short, heavy-set man, with smooth
face, black hair, dark eyes, and a ruddy complexion ; was of a
very genial, good-natured disposition, a member of the Lutheran
church, and always engaged in farming, and always belonged
to the Democratic party, until 1820, when Gen. Joseph Heister
ran for Governor of Pennsylvania. He being related to Phillip's
wife, then he and his family joined the Federalists, and ever after
were anti-Democrats. They had the following children :

Samuel, born Febraury 24th, 1793 ; died January 8th, 1862.

William, born April 11th, 1795; died August 13th, 18G9.

Jacob, born July 4th, 1797; died February 3rd, 1863.

Daniel, born April loth, 1799; died June loth, 1872.

Pillip, born August 31st, 1801; died May 20th, 1888.

Rossana and Phillip were twins born Aug. 31st, 1801.

George, born , 1804 ; died April 25th, 1857.

David, born January 11th, 1808; died January 20th, 1884.

Catherine, married John Cox; died in Sandusky county, O.

Barbara, married, Martin.

Sarah, born February 25th, 1816, married first to John An-
edrson and second to John Fox. She died November 8th, 1889 ;
is burried in Indiana.

SAMUEL (Phillip; J. G.), eldest son of Phillip and Rosan-
na (BishofT) Overmyer, was born in Union county, Pa., Feb-
ruary 24th, 1793, when George Washington was president of the
United States and Philadelphia was the seat of the National
government. He grew to manhood on his fathers farm and mar-
ried Elizabeth Hawk, also a native of Union county (now Sny-
der county), Pa. They resided in their native state until about
1826, when (as stated in his father's sketch) they moved to New
York state, where he worked for a man who had a store, and in
the year 1834 came to Sandusky county, Ohio. As elsewhere
stated, the boat grounded frequently and at Huron, Ohio, Samuel
and his family disembarked and hired a man by the name of
Paul Deal to bring their household goods and the family by
wagon to Sandusky county, while the rest of the emigrants
came by boat as far as Sandusky. Samuel walked from Huron
to his new home and Deal followed with the wagon, bringing the

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family. They located on what was formerly the Hiram Over-
myer farm, about one mile east of Hessville, but only lived
there several months until he entered 40 acres of land from
the goverment at $1.25 per acre, where he erected a log house
and then moved his family into their own home where he lived
the most of his life, about one and one-half miles southeast of
Lindsey, near the L. S. & M. S. R. R. Their newly acquired
land was covered with the mighty forest and at first only a small
patch around the cabin was cleared and placed under cultivation.
But each succeeding year its area was increased as the sturdy
pioneer, by the aid of his wife and children, subdued the forest
and began to till the soil, and the original 40 acre farm was
also increased in size from time to time until they owned sev-
eral hundred acres. In those days the market for selling tim-
ber was very dull indeed and only the choicest timber of a few
varieties could be sold at all, and then at a price which would not
pay the owner for cutting and hauling the logs in many instances
Samuel never sold any timber, but burned it in log heaps, what
was not used in building fences. They always cooked over a
fire-place, and had an earthen oven in which they did their
baking. They raised corn for their principal crop, though some
wheat was sown and yeilded fairly well. They had a sugar camp
every spring and made plenty of sugar and Maple syrup for
their own use, and frequently had a surplus to sell. But if
they found sale for it at all, it was very cheap, owing to the
abundance produced, and having no other market, with no means
of shipping anything. They at first had only a yoke of oxen
and later got a team of horses to work with, and their farming
implements were all home made or at the blacksmith shop neat
by. Their clothing was all home made and underclothing was
then unknown. Samuel wore a straw hat during the whole ot
the year, and we are told by those who knew him, that he ap-
peared to be the warmest-blooded man they had ever seen ? Go-
ing about his work in the winter season with a straw hat on and
in his shirt sleeves, and then frequently wiping the perspiration
from his forehead and ruddy-complexioned face. He made an
impression on the minds of those who were accustomed to see
him, which they still distinctly recall and will never forget. The
description of the personal appearance of his father, as else-

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where given, is also applicable to Samuel. He had no education
but his wife could read German, and their stock of reading
matter consisted almost entirely of the Bible and Testament
l^hey never took a newspaper, for there were none to be had at
that time. He was very successful as a farmer, and later in life
became quite a stock raiser. They were members of the Luth-
eran church. He, like his father, was afflicted with dropsy, from
which he died January 8th, 1862, and his wife was stricken with
paralysis about the time he died, and remained an invalid the
rest of her life. She died August 28th, 1870, and her remains
were interred by the side of those of her husband in the Four
Mile Cemetery. They had the following children :

Susannah, born February 25th, 1818.

John H., born July 20th, 1819.

Elizabeth, born April 14th, 1824.

SUSANNAH (Samuel; Phillip; J. G.), eldest child of
Samuel and Elizabeth (Hawk) Overmyer, was born in Union,
now Suyder, county, Pa., February 25th, 1818. She lived under
the parental roof in Pennsylvania and New York state and came
with her parents to Sandusky county, Ohio, when she was 16
years old. Here she assisted them in establishing a home, work-
ing both in the house and in the fields, or clearing. She mar-
ried Daniel Waggoner, April 14th, 1840. He was the son ot
John and Mary (Bowman) Waggoner, born October 21st, 1816,
in Perry county, Ohio, and came to Sandusky county, with his
parents in 1829. They engaged in farming and resided a little
southeast of the present limits of Lndsey, where they owned
a fine farm and were the most successful and respected citizens
of the community. She was stricken by the hand of death June
24th, 1863, and was burried at the Four Mile Cemetery. They
were members of the Lutheran church and in his political views
always a Democrat, exercisiing considerable influence in town-
ship and county politics. They had four children, all of whom
have been most successful and influential citizens of Washington
Twp. The records of their children briefly are as follows :

Louisa, born April 18th, 1841, married Jerome L. Loose.
They are engaged in farming, owning one of the best stock
farms in the state. They make a specialty of raising Polled cat-

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tie, and German coach horses. Their home is one mile west of
Lindsey, O. They have three children : Ida, married Rev. Beam.
Elum S. married Bertha Woland and is in partnership with his
father in farming and stock-raising. Mary, resides with her
parents.

Joseph Wagoner, born April 14th, 1843, married Isabella
Karchner. They have several large farms in the vicinity of
Hessville, O., where they were formerly engaged in farming,
but they now reside in Hessville and lead a retired life. He is a
prominent Democrat and has been Justice of the Peace of Wash-
ington township for 20 years, and has held various positions
of trust, they have two sons, Horatio A. married Miss Fought,
resides north of Hessville. Harry J., married Estella Wingard,
resides on the old Jos. Waggoner homestead.

John J. Wagoner, born Novemberl6th, 1846, engaged in
farming in the southern part of the present limits of Lindsey
Where they had a large farm and a beautiful home, the present
residence of Mrs. Waggoner and only child, Grace. He died
January 13th, 1890, and was buried at the Four Mile Cemetery.

Amos E. Waggoner, born September 12, 1849, married
Febraury 1st, 1876, by Rev. Bushnell at Fremont, O., Laura A.
Saine, born June 25th, 1850, daughter of Milde and Jane (Mil-
ler) Sain, they own the farm which formerly belonged
to his parents and resided there for some time and engaged in
farming but later erected a fine residence near by, where they
now reside, leading a retired life. He is a Democrat and a
member of the I. O. O. F. fraternity. They have one child,
Clyde M., born September 12th, 1882.

JOHN H. (Samuel; Phillip; J. G.), only son of Samuel
and Elizabeth (Hawk) Overmyer, was born in Union county,
Pa., July 20th, 1819. He emigrated with his parents from Penn-
sylvania to New York state in 1826, and from there to Sandusky
county, Ohio, in 1834, and remained with his parents, helping
to clear the land, fence and put it under cultivation, until he mar-
ried January 24th, 1856, Mary Boyer, at Hessville, O., by John
Beery, J. P. She was a native of Union county, Pa., born
December 25th, 1833, daughter of John and Catherine (Smith)

144 OVERMYER HISTORY

Boyer, her parents having moved to Sandusky county in April
1834, and settled on the county line between Sandusky and
Ottawa counties where she resided with them until her marriage.
After their marriage they located on a farm about ll/2 miles
southeast of Lindsey, O., and engaged in farming and stock
raising, and after his father's death he came into possession of
the old homestead and purchased other farms, until they owned
about 400 acres of fine farming and timber land in Washington
township. He had a limited education but was always a hard
working man, energetic and very positive in his convictions. In
politics he was a Republican, and held various offices of trust in
his community. He always kept his farms well improved and had
large and commodious buildings where they lived. He died Sep-
tember 17, 1899. She still resides on the farm and leads a re-
tired life. Their children are all known as very industrious and
prosperous citizens, and were born as follows :

Barbara Ellen, January 2, 1857.

Mary Elizabeth, September 24, 1858.

Catherine A., November 23, 1860.

Amos A., November 6, 1862.

Alvin S., October 9, 1864.

Susannah L., April 26, 1867, died May 22, 1883

Celesta, November 8, 1869.

Elum, February 15, 1873.

Festus L., March 23, 1876.

Mabel (granddaughter), born May 25, 1879, married Frank
Wolfe, a carpenter, they reside at Fremont, and have one child,
Kenneth.

BARBARA ELLEN (John H. ; Samuel ; Philip ; J. G.), eld-
est daughter of John H. and Mary (Boyer) Overmeyer, was
born January 2, 1857. She remained with her parents on the
farm, attending the country schools and working in the fields, as
well as in the house, until her marriage to David Miller, Octo-
ber 28, 1881, at Fremont, O., by the Rev. Richards. Mr. Miller
was born February 6, 1858 at West Penn, Schuylkill county, Pa.,
son of Samuel and Mary Miller. He came to Sandusky County,
Ohio, with his parents in the spring of 1859, and settled in Rice
township, where he grew to manhood. They have been engaged

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in farming ever since their marriage, and own the farm which
formerly belonged to his parents, and they are among the most
respected citizens of Rice township. He is a Democrat but not
a strict partisan, and has held various local offices. They are
members of the Evangelical church and take an active part in
church and Sunday school work. They reside about 3^ miles
northeast of Lindsey, O. They have :

Wesley Oliver, born October 15, 1883.
Mary Rozella, born December 5, 1885.
Harry Alvin, born October 14, 1888.
Lulu Celeste, born April 15, 1894.
Otto Orville, born August 4, 1896.

MARY ELIZABETH (John H. ; Samuel; Philip; J. G.),
born September 24, 1858 ; was raised on the farm, and attended
the country school near the home of her parents. She remained
tinder the paternal roof, until she married Jefferson Notestine,
September 24, 1892, at Fremont, O. He was born at Penn, Car-
bon County, Pa., October 25, 1853, son of Gideon and Leah
Notestine, and came to Ohio in 1875. He learned the plastere. *
trade and followed that for some years and later was employed
as hammer-smith at the Drop Forge Works, at Fremont. In 1899
they exchanged their home on Stone street, west of Fremont, for
a farm in Ottawa county, with Albert Overmeyer. Soon there-
after they moved to their new home, and later purchased more
land adjoining the original farm. They were both affiliated with
the Evangelical church. He is a Republican and a member of
the W. O. W. In August, 1902, Mrs. Notestine met with an ac-
cident that caused her death. While engaged in her duties about
the home, she stepped on a nail, which penetrated her foot and
caused lockjaw, from which she died about a week later. Her
remains were interred in the Four Mile cemetery west of Fre-
mont, O. They had :

Beryl Emerson, born June 6, 1895.
Haldon Wilferd, born March 13, 1899.
Clement Jefferson, born April 22, 1902.

CATHERINE ALICE (John H. ; Samuel; Philip; J. G.),
was born November 23, 1860, in Washington township, Sandusky

146 OVERMYER HISTORY

county, Ohio. She attended the district schools in her youth ;
is a member of the Evangelical church, and is highly spoken ot
as a member of her community. On December 17, 1885, she was
married to Frederick Gnepper, son of Ernest and Mary (Fryer)
Gnepper, by the Rev. Wonders, of Lindsey, O. Mr. Gnepper is
a successful farmer, residing about 4 miles northeast of Lindsey,
O. He is a Republican in politics, a member of the Evangelical
church, and a member of the Board of Education of Rice town-
ship. They have :

John Wesley, born December 18, 1886.
Pearl May, born January 30, 1889.
Amos Frederick, born, January 21, 1891.
Mary Fiorina, born April 6, 1894.
Bernice Irena, born July 23, 1895.
Harry Edward, born March 28, 1898.
Mabel Catherine, born November 14, 1899.

AMOS AUSTIN (John H. ; Samuel; Philip; J. G.), born
November 6, 1862, in Washington township, Sandusky county,
Ohio, at the home of his parents, ll/2 miles southeast of Lindsey,
O., on the hold homestead of Samuel Overmeyer. He was edu^
cated in the district schools, is a Republican in politics, and a hard
working, industrious farmer. He was married on June 15, 1892,
at Fremont, O., to Emma Hetrick, daughter of John and Barbara
(Gahn) Hetrick. They reside on the old Samuel Overmeyer
homestead, where the subject of this sketch was born. They
have :

Clyde Emerson, born January 31, 1893.

Ray F., born November 30, 1894.

Elim Clarendon, born March 31, 1898.

Margy Morito, born January 4, 1903.

ALVIN SAMUEL (John H. ; Samuel; Phillip; J. G.), born
October 9, 1864, in Washington township, Sandusky county,
Ohio. He worked on his father's farm and during the winter
months attended the common schools. Married December 15,
1887, to Edessa Lattig, daughter of Michael and Matilda (Ans-
pach) Lattig, by Rev. Miller, of the Reformed Church, of Lind-
sey, O., officiating. They are members of the United Brethren

AND GENEALOGY. 147

church, and reside on their farm formerly the old Boop homestead,
on the Maumee Pike, 2 miles west of Fremont, O. He is a Re-
publican and a member of the W. O. A. They have :

Rosamond Ruth, born April 24, 1895.

CELESTA (John H. ; Samuel; Philip; J. G.), born Novem-
ber 8, 1869, in Washington township, Sandusky county, Ohio
She attended the district schools in her youth, and on March
18, 1890, was married by Rev. Bowman, of Fremont, O., to Al-
fred D. Hetrick, born July 17, 1869, in Rice township, Sandusky
county, Ohio, son of Daniel and Mary (Siegenthaler) Hetrick.
He is a Democrat in politics and a member of the Lutheran
church. They own the farm on which they live, 4 miles west of
Fremont, O. They had :

Lloyd Emerson, born July 19, 1890, died July 27, 1891.

Vida, born September 3, 1892.

Grace, born December 20, 1897.

ELIM (John H.; Samuel; Philip; J. G.), born
February 15, 1873, in Washington township, Sandusky
county, Ohio. In his youth he attended the common schools and
during the summer months worked at home on his father's farm.
On December 5, 1897, he married Clara May Waggoner, daugh-
ter of Moses and Rosa Ann (Lattig) Waggoner. She was born
June 13, 1875, in Washington township, Sandusky county, Ohio.
Mr. and Mrs. Overmeyer took up the duties of married life on
the old John H. Overmeyer homestead, where they lived in pros-
perity and happiness, until the summer of 1903, when she was
stricken with consumption and died January 20, 1904. He owns
a farm about %l/2 miles southeast of Lindsey, where he has erected
fine buildings. They had one child :

Harold Aquilla, born February 12, 1900, died April 11, 1901.

FESTUS LAWRENCE (John H.; Samuel; Philip;
J. G.), born March 23, 1876, in Washington township,
Sandusky county, Ohio. He attended the common schools, is a
Republican in politics, and an industrious young farmer. On
April 10, 1902, he was married, by Rev. W. A. Bowman, of Fre-
mont, O., to Lottie Hetrick, daughter of Henry and Emma
(Hineline) Hetrick, of Rice township, Sandusky county Ohio.

148 OVERMYER HISTORY

Mr. and Mrs. Overmeyer reside with his mother, on the old John
H. Overmeyer homestead, and have one child :
Neoma, born Janury 27, 1904.

ELIZABETH (Samuel; Philip; J. G.), youngest daughter
of Samuel and Elizabeth (Hawk) Overmeyer, was born April 14,
1824, in Union county Pennsylvania. In 1826 she emigrated with
her parents to New York state (as stated in her father's sketch),
and in 1834 came with them to Sandusky county, Ohio, via Buf-
falo, N. Y. In these nomadic movements, Elizabeth endured the
usual hardships, in being exposed, oftentimes, to hunger and the
inclemencies of the weather. In her youth she attended the com-
mon schools and received a fair education. On December 13,
1849, she was married, by James Rose, J. P. of Washington town-
ship, to Samuel B. Waggoner, son of John and Mary (Bowman)
Waggoner. He was born January 6, 1827, in Perry county, Ohio,
and came to Sandusky county with his parents in 1829. During
the Civil war he was drafted but paid his drafts in full to hire sub-
stitutes. He was a Democrat in politics, served as township trus-
tee and as a member of the Board of Education. For twenty
years Mr. and Mrs. Waggoner resided on the farm now owned
by their son Israel, and in 1872 moved on the old Waggoner
homstead, of about 200 acres, situated about six miles northwest
of Fremont, O. For a number of years they lived in a log house
built by Mr. Waggoner's father, in 1831. This was replaced by
a fine brick residence, which stands to-day as a monument to their
industry. On this farm are located several oil wells and stone
quarries. Mr. Waggoner died in 1902. The widow resided on
the farm with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Eberts,
until the spring of 1904, then moved onto the eighty acre farm
east of the old Waggoner homestead, where she died Dec. 21,
1904, aged 80 y., 8 m. and 7 d., is buried in Four Mile ceme-
tery. Mr. and Mrs. Waggoner had :

Elizabeth, born April 18, 1850. Married Henry Siegenthaler,
of Rice township.

John, born September 4, 1852. Married Ellen Stierwalt. He
died July 17, 1881.

Israel, born March 30, 1855. Married Sarah Artz. She
died February 25, 1898. They had one child, Chester.

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Have one child, Gladys, born Apr. 12, 1893.

Amineely, born February 7, 1861. Married Alfred Lay. Re-
side on their farm, 3 miles southeast of Lindsey.

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Overmeyer Waggoner, was married February 2, 1871, by G. W.
King, J. P., to Henry Seigenthaler. To them have been born the
following children:

George William, born November 9, 1871.

Alvesta, born March 24, 1873.

Louisa Ellen, born September 20, 1875.

Elizabeth Leah, born August 27, 1877.

Hattie Cecelia, born January 4, 1880.

Henry Elim, born March 22, 1883.

Bertha M., born June 6, 1886.

Harry Robert, born March 11, 1889.

WILLIAM, (Philip; J. G.), second son of Philip and Rosan-
na (Bishoff) Overmeyer, was born in Weirickstown (now Center-
ville), Union (now Snyder), county, Pennsylvania, April 11,
1795. He received a fair education in both German and English ;
worked on his father's farm and later learned the trade ot a miller
and blacksmithing. While working as a miller he frequently
rafted flour to Philadelphia via Penn's Creek and the Suseque-
hanna river. His first wife was Susannah Sanders, born in Union
county, Pennsylvania, October 1, 1796. They had the following
children :

Henry, born October 20, 1819.

William, born June 6, 1821.

Edward, died and is buried in Pennsylvania.

Polly, married John Johnson.

Jacob, born May 9, 1826.

John, born May 9, 1830.

Infant twins, died.

Susannah, born November 2, 1831.

Harriet, born April 27, 1834.

150 OVERMYER HISTORY

His first wife was afflicted with dropsy, from which she died
January 13, 1838. He married his second wife, Elizabeth Ever-
sole, November 11, 1838. She was a daughter of Jacob and Bar-
bara (Bixler) Eversole, and was born January 2, 1816, in Perry
county, Ohio. The ceremony was performed by James Rose, J. P.
for Washington township. The following children were born of
this second marriage :

Joel, born September 3, 1840, died December 12, 1853.

Isaiah, born May, 6, 1843.

Louis W., born July 31, 1846.

Infant daughter, died March 27, 1849.

Isaac N., born March 25, 1850.

Barbara Ellen, born July 18, 1853.

Benjamin F., born March 27, 1856.

Albert E., born February 28, 1858.

Minerva Alice, born May 20, 1861.

In the fall of 1832 he, in company with his brother Philip,
made a trip to Sandusky county, Ohio, walking both ways, averag-
ing 54 miles per day during the entire trip. In the following
May (1833) he moved to Sandusky county with his famliy, driv-
ing the entire distance in a wagon, constructed by himself. They
entered one-half section of land, at $1.25 per acre. (Upon this
land the west half of Lindsey has been built.) Philip entered
80 acres north of Lindsey (now the home of Charles Kramb.)
To reach this land with his family it was necessary to chop his
way through the dense forest, from the Maumee Pike. George
Fought and Samuel Adams moved here at the same time. The
Overmeyers erected a log cabin in which they did their cooking
and slept in their wagons during the entire summer. In the fall
William built a log cabin in which he lived the remainder of his
life. This cabin was built of hewn logs and was two stories high.
The first year it had but three sides, a roof of bark, and a punch-
eon floor. During the winters following the Indians frequently
came to his cabin and slept on the floor by the fire place. He
always treated them kindly, an Indian burying ground was form-
erly located where his house stood and numerous bodies and
trinkets were found while excavating for a cellar on the farm.
William was appointed village postmaster, and had the postoffice

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in his cabin. He opened a blacksmith shop and soon had a good
trade, making axes and other tools and implements necessary in
subduing the forest and cultivating the soil. He also constructed a
hook or turnkey to pull teeth and on all days of the week and
often in the silent hours of night would he be called on by men
and women of the vicinity to lift their unruly grinders. The in-
strument is now in possession of his son, Dr. B. F. Overmeyer,
who prizes it highly as a family relic. As opportunity afforded,
he worked on his farm, clearing away the heavy forest and pro
viding such drainage as was possible. This latter was important,
as the land was very wet, causing almost constant sickness from
malarial fevers and ague among the settlers. Game was plenty
and during the first few years he provided sufficient vension for
the family without going further from his house than the sound
of his rifle.

Pea vines were about a foot high in the forest and the horses
and cattle lived on these during the summer and browsed on the
underbrush and newly-fallen tree-tops during the winter. Three
or four times every year he would drive to Venice, Erie county,
Ohio, near Sandusky, to mill, with corn and rye and later with
wheat and buckwheat. These trips would consume from two to
four days each time and were quite hazardous. He made his own
charcoal for shop use and displayed some inventive genius by
originating the idea of putting a cutter on a plow to cut away
the roots and vines and thus get better results from plowing. In
1840 he and his wife drove to Perry county, Ohio, with friends.
This trip was made in a spring wagon constructed by himself,
among the first of its kind in his locality. In 1850 they drove to
Fulton county, Indiana, on a similar trip. In early life William
had been a Lutheran but later became a member of the Evangeli-
cal church, and was one of the founders of his church at Lindsey,
of which he remained a steadfast member until his death. In
politics he had been a Whig and later became a Republican and
was at one time a candidate of his party for county commissioner.
When the L. S. & M. S. R. R. was built through Sandusky county
he was selected by the company as one of three men to settle all
disputed claims for a right-of-way from Norwalk to Toledo, for
which he received a good salary and was also given a pass for
himself and family for three years, good anywhere over the com-

152 OVERMYER HISTORY

pany's road. From his farm he furnished a great many ties and
other material for the road. His first children attended school
at a small school house west of Hessville, and later at Hessville.
During the last eight years of his life he suffered from a com-
plication of diseases, principally liver trouble, from which he died
August 13, 1869, aged 74 years, 4 months and 12 days. Thus
closed an eventful and useful life, a life full of hardships and toil,
but one ever worthy of emulation. To-day the beautiful farms,
the splendid and comfortable homes, the mighty industries of a
mighty nation, stand as silent testimony to the industry and worth
of him and his kind. She resided with her son Isaiah in Lindsey,
O., until she died, June 18, 1904, and is buried in the new ceme-
tery at Lindsey, O. Aged 88 years, 5 months, 16 days.

HENRY (William Sr. ; Phillip; J. G.), was born October
20, 1819, in Pennsylvania. He attended school there and also
attended a short time after coming to Ohio. - In his youth he
learned the blacksmith's trade of his father, but never followed
it. Instead he worked on the farm while his father worked in the
shop. In 1843 he married Elizabeth Overmeyer, daughter of
Michael (John M. ; J. G.) After his marriage he located on the
northeast 40 acres of land formerly owned by his father (now
owned by Philip Ulch.) He carried on farming successfully and
had just completed arrangements to sell his farm and move to
Indiana when he met with an accident which cost his life. He
had been out hunting and on returning he was about to fire the
load from his gun when he slipped, the hammer of the gun strik-
ing the edge of the porch and discharging the weapon, the con-
tents entering his bowels, causing death five hours later. This
occurred March 8, 1859. His body was interred in the new ceme-
tery at Lindsey. The following were his children :

Aaron, born September 11, 1844.

Philip, born November 25, 1846. Married Polly Wolfe, of
Indiana.

Henry, died in infancy.

Sarah, died in infancy.

Edward, born April 14, 1851. Died April 13, 1864.

William H., born December 18, 1852.

Noah, died in Indiana, aged 14 years.

AND GENEALOGY 153

Michael, first married Alice Tribett, of Indiana, and with her
had one child, Albertus, then married a second wife, Mary J.
Overmeyer, daughter of (William; Peter; Geo.; J. G.) Michael
was murdered by highwaymen while on his way home one night
from his brother-in-law's, being killed instantly. The robbers
secured $300 which he had with him at the time. His widow
married again and is still living.

AARON (Henry; William, Sr. ; Philip; J. G.), first son of
Henry and Elizabeth Overmeyer, was born September 11, 1844,
near Lindsey, O. Worked on his father's farm, which kept him
out of school a considerable part of the time during his early life.
On August 15, 1862, he enlisted in Co. A., 111th Reg. O. V. I.,
and served until July 13, 1865. On December 15, 1871, he was
married by Rev. D. Strawman to Mary Anstead, born February
15, 1853, daughter of Adam and Caroline (Horning) Anstead.
After their marriage they moved upon and farmed the property
of P. H. Overmeyer. They now reside on their own farm, four
miles northwest of Lindsey, O. They are members of the Evan-
gelical church, and are highly respected members of their com-
munity. He is a Republican in politics and has held local offices.
He draws a pension from the government. They have :

Anna, born October 4, 1871. Died October 6, 1880.

Harvey Adam, born September 9, 1877. Died October 6,
1880.

Madie Pearl, born May 27,1879. Married December 20,
1900, to Albert Skiles, born May 12, 1877. He died in July, 1902.
She married Martin Arnold March 3, 1905.

Ervin Elbert, born December 8, 1881. Maried November 8,
1903, to Verna Notestine, born January 25, 1886, daughter of
Jefferson Notestine, of Ottawa county. Have one child, Herbert
L., born June 4, 1904.

Cora Emma, born November 12, 1885.

Edith May, born October 3, 1889.

Mabel Caroline, born May 8, 1892.

PHILIP (Henry; William; Philip; J. G.), born November
25, 1846, in Washington township. Married Polly Wolfe, of
Indiana. They had three children:

154 OVERMYER HISTORY

Joseph.
Amanda.

John.

They live in Indiana. Joseph was killed in his youth by be-
ing run over by a wagon.

WILLIAM HARRISON (Henry; William, Sr. ; Philip;
J. G.), was born December 18, 1852, in Wahington township,
Sandusky county, Ohio, near Lindsey. His father died when
William was seven years old, .and at ten he was placed among
strangers and had but little opportunity to secure an education.
He learned the plastering trade in his youth and has followed
it very successfully nearly all his life. On August 20, 1874, he
was married by Rev. Crouse to Eliza E. Burkett, born July 4,
1854, daughter of Solomon and Caroline (Baker) Burkett. They
moved to Lindsey, O., where he worked at his trade until October,
1877, when they moved on a farm owned by Leah Yeagle, north
of Lindsey. Here they engaged in farming for four years, at the
end of which time they moved back to Lindsey, where they re-
sided until she died, March 26, 1905, and was buried in the Lind-
sey cemetery. She was a member of the Evangeical church. He
is a Republican in politics and has held local offices as member
of the school board and a member of council. He is a member
of the K. O. T. M. and with his children still resides at Lindsey.
The following children were born to them:

Dora A., born January 4, 1876. Married November 21,
1895, to David Reed, born July 26, 1876, son of Jacob and Mar-
garet (Grant) Reed.

Ida, born February 29, 1880.

Elizabeth, born June 7, 1881.

Cora M., born October 21, 1889.

WILLIAM, JR. (William; Phillip; J. G.), born June 6,
1821, in Union county, Pennsylvania. Was educated in the com-
mon schools ; came to Sandusky county in 1833. He was married
March 25, 1845, at the home of George Waggoner, by Rev.
Henry Lang to Abigail Waggoner, daughter of George and Mar-
garet (Clingler) Waggoner. She was born December 6, 1825,
in Perry county, Ohio, and died November 22, 1890, at Lindsey,
O. During their early married life they lived on a farm of 240

AND GENEALOGY 155

acres south of Hessville, where he erected a saw-mill on Mud
Creek, above the town. Here he carried on a succssful business
for 25 years, then they moved to Lindsey, O. He was a Repub-
lican in politics, an energetic and successful business man, and
of genial disposition. He died June 21, 1892, and was buried
at the Four Mile cemetery. She was a member of the M. K.
church but later joined the Reformed church. Following are
their children :

Homer, born May 23, 1846.
Caroline, born September 7, 1848.
Orange, born Oct. 19, 1850.
Margaret, born January 16, 1853.
Alma, born November 22, 1859.

HOMER (William, Sr. ; Philip; J. G.), born May 23, 1846,
near Hessville, O. Received a common school education. He
was married December 6, 1866, at Fremont, O., by Rev. E. Bush-
nell, to Lizzie Sherrard, a dressmaker, daughter of David and
Catharine (Weldy) Sherrard, with whom he had one child, Dor-
othy, born August 29, 1868. His first wife having died, he mar-
ried a second wife, May Hoy, at Toledo, O., by whom he had a
daughter. Subsequently this wife was divorced from him and
married a lawyer from Chicago. Homer later removed to St.
Thomas, Province of Ontario, Canada, where he married again
and is engaged in the wholesale carriage business.

DOROTHY (Homer; William, Jr.; William, Sr. ; Philip;
J. G.), born August 29, 1868. Married John W. Biddle, Novem-
ber 19, 1884, at Fremont, O. Mr. and Mrs. Biddle adopted a boy
who was given the name of Burt Richardson Biddle. Mrs. Bid-
dle was divorced from this husband and married Cliffton Hunn,
of Buffalo, N. Y., November 17, 1892. Mr. Hunn is a traveling
salesman.

CAROLINE (William, J. ; William, Sr. ; Philip ; J. G.), born
September 7, 1847, in Sandusky county, Ohio, south of Hess-
ville. She was educated in the common schools, was a member
of the Reformed church, and a woman of strong personality.
Married December 6, 1866, by Rev. E. Bushnell, of Fremont, to
Alfred Boyer, son of Samuel and Julia (Andrews) Boyer. He

156 OVERMYER HISTORY

was born March 9, 1846, in Carbon county, Pennsylvania, and
came to Ohio with his parents. Was a prominent member of the
I. O. O. F. fraternity and a successful traveling salesman for
some of the leading boot and shoe firms of the country. He died
August 21, 1896, at Lindsey, O. They had the following children :

Abigail, born December 29, 1868. Died May 1, 1891.

Emma Erdine, born December 2d, 1872. Married Milton J.
Arnold, of Fremont, O.

Alton Alfred, born May 8, 1875, married a Miss HarT,
daughter of Fred Haff, of Townsend Twp.

Mae, born January 14, 1877.

James Arthur, born July 16, 1880. Died May 17, 1882.

On September 28, 1897, Mrs. Boyer was married to Solomon
Overmyer, widower, at Lindsey, O., by Rev. E. Schmucker. He
was a son of Michael and Esther (Hammer) Overmyer. (See
line of Michael; John H. ; J. G.) They resided at Lindsey and
he engaged in farming his land situated north of town, until
his death which occurred March, 1903. They had no children.

ORANGE (Wm. Jr.; Wm. Sr. ; Phillip; J. G.), second son
and third child of William and Abbagail (Waggoner) Overmyer,
was born October 19th, 1850, south of Hessville, O. He received
his early education in the country schools, and later attended
Oberlin College. On October 15th, 1874, at Elmore, O., he
married Mary Holtcamp, of German descent, daughter of Fred-
erick and Mary (Huber) Holtcamp. She was born July 20th,
1854, at Toledo, O. Orange was raised on his father's farm,
which he afterwards owned. Later he embarked in the hard-
ware business at Lindsey, in which he was very successful.
His store and contents having been destroyed by fire he, with re-
newed energy, built a fine, brick store-room, and furnished it
with one of the most complete and up-to-date lines of hardware
obtainable. He subsequently disposed of his store to a Mr.
Tarnutzer. Orange's private residence, south of the former
National Hotel, was one of the finest and most expensive in Lind-
sey. He owns a fine farm one mile south west of Hessville,
known as the Sol. Foster farm, on which there are valuable oil
wells. His income from these and from other sources makes
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also owns a farm northeast of Lindsey which he purchased of
B. B. Overmyer. He is a mason and also a member of the K.
O. T. M. In politics he is a Democrat, and has held local
offices of honor and trust. They led a retired life in Lindse>
up to the fall of 1904, then sold all his Lindsey property and
moved to Fremont, Ohio. They have one child, Roscoe Conklin,
born March 2nd, 1881. He is a graduate of the Tri-State Com-
mercial College, at Toledo, O., and attended several terms at
Oberlin College, and later at Heidelberg College at Tiffin, O.

MARGARET (Wm. Jr.; Wm. Sr. ; Philip; J. G.), born
January 16th, 1853, south of Hessville, O. ; attended the com-
mon schools; was married April 5th, 1870, at Adrain, Mich.,
by Rev. Powell, to Nathan Cochran, son of David and Elizabeth
(Mayes) Cochran, born November 9th, 1844, at Lewisburg,
Pa. He is a member of the P. O. S. of A., a Republican and has
held local offices. Was a soldier of the Civil War in Co. B,
72nd Reg. O. V. I. Served 3 years and 2 months, at the end of
which time he received an honorable discharge. They are both
members of the Reformed church. They reside at Lindsey.
Following are their children :

Marshall, born April 22nd, 1871 ; married Nettie Albert.
Emma, born October 23, 1873 ; married Frederick Auxter.
Ervin, born August 25th, 1876, died March 8th, 1877.
Frank, born March 15th, 1881 ; graduate of Ohio Business
University, Fremont, and now in the United States Navy.
Grace, born January 15th, 1883 ; died March, 1884.
Floydeau, born August 29th, 1890.

ALMA (Wm. Jr.; Wm. Sr. ; Phillip; J. G.), born Nov. 22,
1859, south of Hessville, Ohio ; educated in the Lindsey schools ;
married November 6th, 1882, by Rev. Bernhart of Lindsey,
to Charles Benner, born October 28, 1847, son of George and
Louisa (Jones) Benner, of Union county, Pa. He was a soldier
in Co. C, 21st Reg. Pa. Cavalry, which was mustered into ser-
vice at Chambersburg, Pa., February 21st, 1864, and served
until the close of the war. After the war he engaged in paintigng
and was soon in great demand in his community, especially for
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esteemed and respected citizen of Lindsey, where he died April
30th, 1899. His widow and son still reside there. They had
two children :

Ralph, born June 3rd, 1883.

Glenn, born February 3rd, 1885.

POLLY (Wm. Sr.; Phillip; J. G.), marreid John Johnson.
Their address is Leiter's Ford, Ind. Following are their
children :

Catherine, married Robert Walters.

William, married Miss Fox.

Elizabeth, married Robert Price.

Sarah, died single.

Mary, Ellen and Daniel.

JACOB (Wm. Sr.; Phillip; J. G.), born May 9th, 1826. in
Union county, Pa. Came to Ohio when about 8 years old ; went
to Indiana in 1849 ; came back to Ohio a few months later, and
the following year returned to Indiana where on November 7th,
1850 he married Susan Jones of Kewanna, Ind. She was born
November 22nd, 1830, in Marion county, Ohio. After their
marriage they farmed their mother's farm for a year, then moved
upon the farm where they resided, near Kewanna, where he
died February, 1892. They were members of the M. E. church
and successful farmers. Following are their children :

Franklin, born December 18, 1859 ; he is a cripple, lives at
home and was never married.

William, born February 18th, 1856 ; died March 17th, 1856.

Catherine, born September 14th, 1852 ; married Harry Chit-
tenden March 18, 1887. He was in Oregon and sent for her
and they were married there. Have no children.

Sarah, born June 12th, 1854; married George Monger, a
carpenter. They lived at De Long, Ind., for some years, when
they separated and he went away and has not been heard from
since, but is supposed to be dead. Their children were : Albert,
now a Methodist minister ,and Luella.

JOHN R. (Jacob ; Wm ; Phillip ; J. G.), born September 7th,
1862 ; married Mary Rouch. Their home is at Huntington, Ind.
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Roy, born July, 1885.
Clarence, born August, 1886.
Susan, born September, 1890.

HARRIET (Jacob; Wm. Sr. ; Phillip; J. G.), born June
11th, 1857; married January 1st, 1874, to Charles Oswalt, farmer
and carpenter. Their home is in Wabash county, Ind. He is
a Democrat and both are members of the M. E church. Their
children were born as follows :

Alonzo B., born August 14th, 1875.

Chauncey C, born July 24 th, 1877.

Florence, born July, 3rd, 1879. married Chas. Miltonberger.

Maude, born August 11th, 1889.

Bessie, born May 1st, 1883.

Chas. Earle, born December 15th, 1885.

SCHUYLER C. (Jacob; Wm, Sr. ; Phillip; J. G.), born
October 19th, 1866; marreid November 27th, 1889, to Florence
Allison. They live on the Jacob Overmyer homestead and have
the following children :

Frederick, born October 22nd, 1892.

Dessie, born November 7th, 1894.

Hobart, born October 17th, 1896.

Elizabeth, born May 16th, 1865 ; died May 24th, 1865.

MOLLIE (Jacob; Wm. Sr. ; Phillip; J. G.), born Novem-
ber 30th, 1869; married March 29th, 1892, to Allie Powell, an
austioneer. They live in Wabash, Ind. She is a member of the
M E. church.

JOHN (Wm. Sr.; Phillip; J. G.), fifth son and sixth child
of William and Susan (Sanders) Overmyer, was born in Union
caunty, Pa., May 9th, 1830, came with his parents to Sandusky
county, Ohio, in 1833, where he grew to manhood and received
a limited education on January 9th, 1851 ; he married Catherine
Waggoner, daughter of John and M'ary (Bowman) Waggoner,
born December 7th, 1833. They lived for a while on the old
John Waggoner homestead in Sandusky township, later moved
on to the old Solomon Waggoner farm in Washington townsirp,
then owned by Charles Loose. In 1853, with Isaac Overmyer,
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160 OVERMYER HISTORY

horse teams, they moved to Pulaski county, Ind., and located five
miles east of Winamac. He purchased eighty acres of land from
the government, and traded the oxen for forty acres and later
bought forty acres more, having in all 160 acres, where they
resided until his death. In 1861, at Logansport, Ind., he enlist-
ed in the 49th Reg. Indiana Infantry, and served until January,
1865, when he was dischagre, having received an injury to one
eye, from which he suffered much, during the remainder of his
life. He was detailed to hospital service in Memphis being
overseer of several wards. After being discharged, he returned
to his farm and began renovating it, as it had been much neg-
lected during his absence. He died February 19th, 1899, and is
burried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Had the following children:

Harriet, born in Ohio April 27th, 1851 ; died in Indiana
April 27th, 1873.

William H., born in Ohio March 25th, 1853.
Mary E., born in Indiana December 28th, 1854.
Sarah E., born June 13th, 1857.
Isaiah R., born August 11th, 1859.

WILLIAM H. (John ; William ; Phillip ; J. G.) , first son and
second child of John and Catherine (Waggoner) Overmyer, was
born in Ohio, March 25th, 1853, and was taken to Indiana by
his parents, when an infant. There he grew to manhood and
married Lavina Hiser ; had one child ; at present are all dead.

MARY E. (John; William; Phillip; J. G.), third child of
John and Catherine (Waggoner) Overmyer, was born in Pulas-
ki county, Indiana, December 28th, 1854, where she grew to
womanhood and married John Hiser ; had no children. They
parted. She then married William Agnew and they had the fol-
lowing children:

Chester ; John, and Catherine.

SARAH (John; William; Phillip; J. G.), fourth child of
John and Catherine (Waggoner, was born in Pulaski county,
Indiana, June 13th, 1857, and there married Henry Teems
They are farmers, live in Cass county, Indiana, and have the
following children :

John ; George ; Cora ; Ernest and Hattie.

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ISAIAH R. (John; William; Phillip; J. G.), youngest son
of John and Catherine Overmyer, was born August 11th, 1859,
attended the common schools and later married Alice Smith.
They are farmers, reside near Ora, Ind., and have the following
children :

Daisie ; John ; Delia ; Leroy ; Clem ; Hennas and Frederick.

SUSANNAH (William; Phillip; J. G.), daughter of Wil-
liam and Susannah (Sanders) Overmyer, was born in Union
county, Pa., November 2nd, 1831, and came with her parents to
Sandusky county, Ohio in 1833, where she grew to womanhood
and on January 22, 1854, near Hessville, O., married Jacob
Newcomer, son of Jacob and Susan (Burket) Newcomer, born in
Perry county , O., August 22nd, 1833. Mr. Newcomer was
section foreman on the L. S. & M. S. Railway at Lindsey,
O., many years. Then moved on to a farm in Monroe county,
Mich. Lately rented his farm and moved to the City of Mon-
roe, and lead a retired life, had the following children :

Alice, born August 12th, 1857.

Lewis, born November 6th, 1861, and an infant daughter

HARRIET (Wiliam, Sr. ; Phillip; J. G.), lived at Lindsey,
O., with her parents and on May 4th, 1854, married Dr. A. R.
Thoimpson of Hessville, O. They moved to Elmore, O., where
he practiced his profession. Later they moved to Kewanna, Ind.,
where she died March 3rd, 1894. He and their son, William
H., live at Logansport, Ind.

ISAIAH (William, Sr. ; Phillip; J. G.), born May 6th, 1843,
in Washington township, Sandusky county, Ohio ; received his
education in the Hessville schools and in the Paul Fought school
east of Lindsey. Enlisted as a private in Co. K, 169th O. V. I.,
May <ith, 1864, and served at Fort Ethan Allen, and other places.
Was honorably discharged at Ceveland, O., September 4th, 1864.
He was married Dec. 6th, 1863, at Elmore, O., to Mahala Foster,
daughter of Christian and Catherine (Overmyer) Foster. (See
line of Michael; John M. ; J. G.). She was born May 8th,
1846, near Hessville, O. They engaged in farming south of
Liudsey. He is a member of the Lindsey Post G. A. R., a Re-
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162 OVERMYER HISTORY

worker in Sunday school and church. Mrs. Overmyer died June
23rd, 1894. Following were their children:

Clara Genella, born September 26th, 1864.

Louis Frederick, born March 14th, 1866.

William Franklin, born November 14th, 1870.

Ida Estella, born January 1st, 1873.

George W., born February 22nd, 1878; died May 21st,
1878.

Isaiah married a second wife, Samantha Munk, born Decem-
ber 21st, 1863, daughter of Rev. Chrsitopher A. and Sarah
(Sheller) Munk, on November 14th, 1895, at Lindsey, O, Rev.
C. Schmucker officiating. No children have been born of this
second union.

CLARA GENELLA (Isaiah; William; Sr. ; Phillip; J. G.),
born at Lindsey, O., September 26th, 1864 ; educated in the Lind-
sey schools, and later dressmaking. She was married July 26th,
1883 at Lindsey, by Rev. J. J. Bernhart, to Frank Fought, born
May 31st, 1861, son of Samuel and Susan (Klutz) Fought. He
was born and raised in Washington township. He is engaged iti
farming, in politics is a Republican. They are members of the
Evangelical church at Lindsey. He Tias served on the village
council. They have one child, Eva May, born May 15th, 1891.
They live on Main street, Lindsey, Ohio.

LOUIS FREDERICK (Isaiah; William, Sr. ; Phillip; J.
G.), born March 14th, 1866, at Lindsey, Ohio. He was educated
in the village schools. On December 20th, 1888, he married
Estella Dieffenbach, of near Hessville, O., daughter of David
and Elizabeth (Krashner) Dieffenbach. She was born March
16th, 1868. They are members of the M. E. church, he is a Re-
publican and is engaged in mercantile pursuits at Leiter's
Ford, Fulton county, Ind. ; he plays an instrument in the Band
there and they are very successful and popular in their communi-
ty. They have two children :

Lyla May, born May 18th, 1891.

Gerald, born October 31, 1894.

WILLIAM FRANKLIN (Isaiah; William, Sr. ; Phillip; J.
G.), son of Isaiah and Mahala (Foster) Overmyer, was born

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November 14th, 1870, at Lindsey, O., was educated in the Lind-
sey schools and married Bertha Curtis Jaunary 31st, 1894, at
Leiter's Ford, Ind. They lived at Rea, Mich., and had one child,
Marjorie, born May 11th, 1899. Mrs Overmyer died in a hos-
pital at Detroit, April 22nd, 1901, and is burried at Leiter's
Ford, Ind. He married Clara Belle Miller, of Rea, Midi.,
February 15th, 1902. He has a general store and is Postmaster
at Rea, Mich., where they reside.

IDA ESTELLA (Isaiah; William, Sr. ; Phillip; J. G.), born
Jan. 1, 1873, at Lindsey, O. Educated in the Lindsey schools, she
grew up to be a refined and estimable young lady. For several
years she was afflicted with stomach trouble which at one time be-
came so serious as to cause apprehension for her life. She was fin-
ally restored to health and on March 15th, 1899, married Loren
Nichols of Lindsey, O., a well educated and popular young man.
He is a graduate of the Ohio Northern University at Ada, O.,
class of 1894, scienific course. After their marriage, they moved
on a farm near Penn Yan, N. Y., where they now reside ; are
farmers ; members of the Evangelical church. Children :

Ralph C, born December 14th, 1901 ; died January 19th,
1905.

Charlotte A., born September 19th, 1904.

LOUIS W. (William Sr.; Phillip; J. G.), born July 31st,
1846, in Washington township, Sandusky county, Ohio. He was
educated in the common schools and later taught school near
Elmore, O. On April 27th, 1869, he married, at Lindsey, Lovina
Foster, born in 1849 near Hessville, O., daughter of Christian
and Catherine (Overmyer) Foster. (See line of Michael; John
M.; J. G.) She died October 11th, 1874. They had one child,
Gladys F., born March 27th, 1874. Louis W. married a second
wife, Melissa M. Prevoncha, daughter of Thomas and Mary
(Cavalier) Prevoncha, born October 6th, 1857, at Sandusky,
O. The marriage ceremony was performed by Rev. Bernhart
of the Evangelical church at Lindsey. During the first six years
of his married life Louis engaged in the lumber business, owning
and operating the mill later owned by Beery & Davis. Later he
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ness at Lindsey, in which they have been very successful. In
1895 their store with its contents was destroyed. They are still
engaged in the business and enjoy a large patronage. Louis is
a member of the I. O. O. F., a Republican, and takes an active
interest in church work, being a member of the Reformed church.
Was a leader of the Lindsey Band for many years, and is one of
the directors of the Colonial Savings Bank & Trust Co., Fremont,
Ohio.

GLADYS F. (Louis W.; William, Sr. ; Phillip ; J. G.), born
March 27th, 1874, at Lindsey, Ohio, ; was educated in the Lind-
sey schools ; grew up to be a popular and accomplished young
lady. On June 12, 1900, she was married by Rev. Rothenburg to
Mozart Gallup, of Sandusky, O., President of the Sandusky
Tool Company. They reside at Sandusky and spend much time
in travel.

ISAAC N. (William, Sr. ; Phillip; J. G.), born March 25th,
1850 at Lindsey, O. Attended the Lindsey schools and later
was a student at Oberlin College. He also completed a course of
study at the Pittsburg Commercial college, where he was employ-
ed as an instructor for some time later. On Nov. 9th, 1874, he
married Mary A. Artz, of Rice township, Sandusky county, O.,
daughter of Jacob and Helen (Nuhfer) Artz, born September
8th, 1854, in Rice township. Isaac is engaged in the mercantile
business at Lindsey, being a member of the firm of Overmyer
Bros. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., a Republican, and one
of the energetic and substantial business men of the town, being
one of the incorporators of the Colonial Bank and Trust Com-
pany, of Fremont, O. They are members of the Evangelical
church, and reside on Main street, Lindsey, O They have one
child, Daisy I, born March 23rd, 1878.

DAISY I. (Isaac N. ; William, Sr. ; Phillip ; J. G.), was born
at Lindsey, O., March 23rd, 1878; she attended the Lindsey
schools and received a good education. She also acquired a
good musical education and later taught music for a short time.
She early associated herself with the Evangelical church and was
a prominent member of the Young Peoples' Alliance. On April

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5th, 1898, she married Clarence C. Wolfe, of Lindsey, son of
Jessiah and Lizzie (Loose) Wolfe. He was born March 13th,
1875, at Lindsey; attended the Lindsey schools and later gradu-
ated from the Academy at Hudson, O. He is also a graduate of
the Toledo Business College, and was a student at Oberlin. He
has succeeded his father in the grain and live stock business at
Lindsey, in which he is very successful. He is a man of sterling
qualities, a good business man, and a respected citizen. He is
a Republican and has held the office of Township Clerk of Wash-
ington township. They have :

Dorothy C, born September 16th, 1901.
Charles Carrol, born October 8th, 1903.

BENJAMIN F. (William; Phillip; J. G.),tenth son and
fourteenth child of William Overmyer, being the fifth son and
sixth child from the second wife, was born near Lindsey, O.,
March 27th, 1856 ; was educated in the schools of that place and
later took a course of Medicine at the Starling Medical College,
Columbus, O., graduating in 1882, and at once located at Leiter's
Ford, Ind., and in a short time built up a lucrative practice, and
later took an interest in a general store with M. G. Storm ( his
father-in-law), so continued until his partner died, then bought
the entire stock, and later formed a partnership with his nephew,
Louis Overmyer, for two years, then sold out to Louis, and
started a drug store, but later again added a general store in con-
nection with the drug store. He has been appointed postmaster
under three administrations, and serves in that capacity at the pre-
sent time ; has seen great improvements in the vicinity of Leiter's
Ford, especialy in the roads since locating there.

On December 28th, 1881, at Blissfield, Mich., he married
Nellie Storm, daughter of Milton G. and Sarah A. Storm, born
at Spring Arbor, Mich., December 13th, 1852. He is a member
of I. O. O. F., and Major of Camp Militant Uniform Rank, a
Republican and assistant secretary of state board of health of
Indiana. Is still engaged in his profession and resides at Leiter's
Ford, Ind., his first wife died May 15th, 1901. On November
12th, 1902, he married Miss Davidson, born at Leiter's Ford,
Ind., April 19th, 1869.

166 OVERMYER HISTORY

BARBARA ELLA (William, Sr. ; Phillip; J. G.), born
July 18th, 1853, married Daniel Munk. Their address is Grove-
port, O. They have the following children :

Oliver; Harry; Charles; Arthur; Mildred; Wonetta, and
Malcom.

ALBERT E. (William, Sr. ; Phillip; J. G.), born February
28th, 1858, at Lindsey, O. ; attended the Lindsey schools and re-
ceived a fair education. When he was eleven years old his
father died, so he lived, for five years, with his brother, Isaiah,
for whom he worked on the farm. He then entered
an apprenticeship in blacksmithing, with J. E. Boyer,
carriage maker, but only remained for six months.
He left Lindsey in the fall of 1877, and went to Michigan,
near Raisinville, where he worked on a farm during the sum-
mer and taught school during the winter for two years. He then
returned to Lindsey and was employed by Aaron Kreilick for
about six months. He then became a member of the firm of
Boyer & Overmyer in a general merchandise and grocery store
at Hessville, O., where he remained for about six months. He
then sold his interests and went to Raisinville, Mich., where he
started into business for himsef. Here he was very successful
and made money from the start. He was appointed postmaster
there and served fourteen years. In 1891, he opened a branch
store at Rea, Mich., but the next year it was destroyed by fire,
which entailed a loss of $1,500. He then built a new store, and
in 1894 sold it to Isaiah Overmyer's sons, Louis and Frank.
In 1895 he moved to Toledo, O., and the following spring the
Paddock, Overmyer Co., of wholesale grocers, was organized.
He is president and manager of the firm and they are enjoying
a lucrative business.

On July 25th, 1883, at Raisinville, Mich., he married Hen-
rietta M. Rauch, born at Ida, Mich., January 30th, 1862, daughter
of Henry H., and Mary A., (Ackley) Rauch.

The following children have been born to them :

Gertrude B., born June 9th, 1884.
Bessie M., born September 7th, 1886.
Harrison M., born September 4th, 1888.
Elsie E., born February 13th, 1893.

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MINERVA ALICE (William, St.; Phillip; J. G.), born
May 20th, 1861, at Lindsey, O., attended the village schools,
and resided on her father's farm until she was sixteen. On
January 1st, 1880, she married James Carroll Bowers. ofLindsey,
O., born January 31st, 1862, son of Cyrus and Catherine (Gather
man) Bowers. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Conklin
Mr. Bowers was born in Lancaster county, Pa. He is a Republi
can, and has served on the village council. His occupation is
that of butcher and dealer in live stock. Mrs. Bowers is a mem
ber of the Evangelical church, of the Order of Good Templars
and Woman's Missionary Society. They have the following
children :

Golden Yoonne, born February 27th, 1881, married Bert
Hesselbart December 16th, 1899.

Ada Elizabeth, born October 16th, 1883 ; married June,
1905, Edward Thayer.

Horatio Warren, born February 4th, 1886 ; died November
8th, 1891.

Loyd Milan, born May 18th, 1888 ; died November 7th, 1891.

Leon Duwane, born November 10th, 1893.

Malcom Carroll, born August 17th, 1896.

JACOB (Phillip; J. G.), the son of Phillip and grandson
of John George, the emigrant, was born July 4th, 1797, in Union
county, Pa. He was therefore, born on our nation's 21st birth-
day. He resided with his parents attending the country school
as it existed in those days, until he had acquired a limited educa-
tion in the German language. August 5th, 1821, he was united
in marriage to Catherine Anderson by Rev. Geo. Heim, of the
Lutheran church in Union county, Pa. She was born December
3rd, 1802, in the same vicinity, and for about six years they en-
gaged in farming in Pennsylvania, then went from there to New
York state, as stated in the sketch of his father in this volume,
and in 1834 they came with his parents and other relatives to
Sandusky county, going by canal to Buffalo, thence by boat to
Sandusky, thence via Lower Sandusky and the Maumee and
Western Reserve Pike to the old Bauman farm, at Hessville, O..
where he and his family resided until they had erected a house on
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O., which he had bought from the government at $1.25 per acre,
to which he removed his family. After the erection of the house,
which was built of logs and afterwards hewn flat on the inner
sides, giving the walls a flat surface, it was a two story dwelling in
the sense that the children slept in the upper story crowded im-
mediately beneath the clap-board roof, which was by no means
snow proof, and very often they would find their covering and
clothes covered with snow, when awakening in the morning.

Here he settled down to pioneer life, clearing and fencing
his farm. He had worked at the wagon and plow makers trade
and was a splendid workman with carpenter tools. When the old
Ohio Railroad was started it ran across a part of his farm and
he earned considerable money working for the company, his
work being to fasten the wooden ties and rails on top of the
post or spiles with cedar pins.

He was one of the founders of the Evangelical church at
Lindsey and continued as one of its best supporters until he died.
He was a Republican in politics and a thrifty and prosperous man
in his community, having acquired considerable real estate, which
is still nearly all in the hands of his children. His son Amos
owns the old homestead and resides there..

Jacob never enjoyed many educational advantages and what
education he had was mostly in the German language, but in
mental work he was quite skilled and could calculate anything
pertaining to his business without the aid of a pencil. In per-
sonal appearance he is described as having been quite a tall man,
broad shouldered, rather raw-boned, always had a smooth ruddy
complexiond face, was of a quiet and peaceable disposition and
seemed to enjoy the best of health, when he was afflicted with a
carbuncle on the back of his neck, from the effects of which he
died, February 3rd, 1863, aged 65 years, 6 months and 29 days.
His widow continued to reside on the old homestead until she
died, October 14th, 1874. Their remains are interred in the
Lindsey cemetery.

They had:

John, born March 18th, 1822 ; died August 5th, 1824.

Phillip A., born December 19th, 1823.

William, born August 30th, 1825.

George, born August 29th, 1827.

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Luke, born December 14th, 1831.
Agnes, born January 17th, 1834.
Susannah, born February 14th, 1836.
Mary, born April 23rd, 1838.
Catharine, born March 17th, 1841.
Amos, born May 23rd ,1843.
Amanda, born September 26th, 1845.

PHILIP A. (Jacob; Philip; J. G.), the oldest son which
grew to manhood, of Jacob and Catharine (Anderson) Overmyer,
was born in Union county, Pa., December 19th, 1823, and emi-
grated to New York state with his father when a child, and ac-
companied them on their journey to Sandusky county, in 1834.
He shared the hardships and labor of pioneer life, being the old-
est son he had very little chance to acquire an education, though
he attended the country school as it then existed in Washington
township, Sandusky county, Ohio. He married January 2nd,
1848, by Rev. Henry Lang, Margaret Waggoner, daughter of
George and Margaret (Klinger) Waggoner. He engaged in
farming and was also a wagonmaker, as his father had been, and
for about twenty years he owned and operated a saw mill on Big
Mud Creek in what is now the suburbs of Lindsey, and when
the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad was built, he
supplied the Company with much of the sawed material for
bridges, ties, etc.

When the country was in the toils of the Civil War he was
elected 2nd Lieutenant of Co. K, 169th O. N. G., May 4th, 1864,
and went with his regiment to the defence of Washington city,
being stationed at Fort Ethan Allen and Fort Massey. Com-
pany K was commanded by Captain H. R. Bowlus, and the regi-
ment by Col. Nathaniel Haynes, both of Fremont, Ohio.

They had :

Catharine, born December 8th, 1848 ; died August 3rd, 1849.

Mary Etta, born May 23rd, 1850.

Newton W., born May 23rd, 1852.

Jacob Marion, born October 10th, 1854.

Isadore B., born August 21st, 1856.

Abraham H., born November 22nd, 1858.

170 OVERMYER HISTORY

Abagail, born April 23rd, 1863.

Wm. Sherman, born December 19th, 1864; died January
2nd, 1865.

Mrs. Overmyer died at Lindsey, O., and Philip married for
his second wife Elizabeth Reed, November 14th, 1867, by Rev.
Strawman at Lindsey, O.

She was the daughter of Peter and Mary (Burkett) Reed,
who came from Perry county, O., and resided about 2 miles
northeast of Lindsey.

Philip and his family resided on the farm just south of Lind-
sey until 1878, when they sold their farm to John J. Waggoner
and bought the farm where they have since resided on Tiffin street,
Fremont, O. Here he died January 22nd, 1897. His widow and
some of the children still reside on the farm.

They had :

Lillie May, born May 27th, 1868.

Sanford Phillip, born July 14th, 1873.

Susie Estella, born October 10th, 1875.

Irvin Winfield, born June 24th, 1878.

MARY ETTA (Philip A.; Jacob; Philip; J. G.), was born
at Lindsey, O., May 23rd, 1850, was educated in the common
schools and married David Auxter, May 13th, 1868. He was
the son of Christian and Mary Auxter, and was born near Lind-
sey, O., April 25th, 1846. He has been engaged in business at
various places and at present has a shoe store at Oak Harbor,
where they reside. They had :

EmeryW., born July 1, 1869, lives at Marblehead.

Robert H., born November 13th, 1871, lives at Oak Harbor.

Liscom D., born August 4th, 1873.

Francis M., born July 2nd, 1875 ; died July 9th, 1882.

Cora B., born April 24th, 1877, married Mr. Jenkins.

Newton W., born July 5th, 1881 ; died September 8th, 1881.

Blanche C, born May 2nd, 1886.

NEWTON W., (Philip A.; Jacob; Philip; J. G.), the eldest
son of Philip A., and Margaret Overmyer, was born March 23rd,
1852, at Lindsey, O. He worked on his father's farm and in the
saw-mill and attended the common school during the winter

Philip A. Overmyer
(Page 169)

Wilbert G. Overmyer
(Page 178)

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months. After he had grown to manhood he went to work in
Cleveland, O., and there married Elizabeth Woodworth. They
still reside in Cleveland, where he has been engaged as yard-
master at the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern yards. They had :

Lillie, died.

William, born July 14, 1879.

Henry, born August 6, 1881.

Bessie.

JACOB MARION (Philip A.; Jacob; Philip, J. G.), son of
Philip A. and Margaret Overmeyer, was born at Lindsey, O.,
October 10, 1854. He received a common school education and
when a young man went to Chicago, 111., to work. There he
married December 28, 1892, Alice Pearson Gilbert. She was
born at Flint, Mich., April 17, 1865, the daughter of Joseph P.
and Eizabeth J. Gilbert. They reside in Chicago Heights, 111.,
and he is engaged in the grocery and meat business. He is a
member of the Modern Woodmen of America, a Republican in
politics and they are members of the M. E. church. They had:

Irene Elizabeth, born October 23, 1896. Died in infancy.
Judson Gilbert Marion, born April 9, 1899. Died August
23, 1900.

ISADORE B. (Philip A.; Jacob, Philip; J. G.), was born
August 21, 1856, at Lindsey, O. He worked on the farm for his
father for some time and later went to Chicago, 111., where he
married Kittie Mulligan. He is a machinist and has been em-
ployed in bridge building. He is a Republican in politics and re-
sides in Woodstock, 111. They have:

Russell Alger.
Margaret Varonica.

ABRAHAM H. (Philip A.; Jacob; Philip; J. G.), was born
November 22, 1858, at Lindsey, Sandusky county, Ohio. He
was reared on his father's farm, attended the common schools
in winter, and working on the farm and in a saw-mill during the
summer. In 1878 he moved to Fremont, O., with his parents.
On December 25, 1879, he was married to Josephine Van Ness, of
Hessville, O., daughter of Samuel and Mary (Grundy) Van
Ness. She is of English extraction, was educated in the Fremont

172 OVERMYER HISTORY

public schools and Ashland Normal school, after which she taught
school nine terms at Hessville, and in the vicinity of her home.
He is a member of the M. W. A., a Republican in politics, and
following farming in Ballville township, south of Fremont, until
the spring of 1905, then sold their farm and moved to Rapidan,
Culpepper county, Virginia. To them have been born the fol-
lowing children :

Jesse Lorenzo, born February 9, 1881.

Guy Abraham, born November 21, 1882.

Philip Tristan, born January 5, 1885.

Horatio John, born November 10, 1886. Died March 10,
1887.

Mary Josephine, born June 27, 1888 ; married Samuel
Brosius.

Inez Emily, born June 16, 1891.

Beatrice Marion, born October, 3, 1893.

Howard Ervin, born September 16, 1896.

Alta Lillian, born July 3, 1898.

ABIGAIL (Philip A.; Jacob; Philip; J. G.), born April 23,
1863, at Lindsey, O. Was educated in the common schools,
moved to Fremont with her parents in 1878. There she married
John S. Kalb, by whom she had :

Lucretia, born October 18, 1881.
Marietta, born February 3, 1885.

Mrs. Kalb was separated from her husband, after which
she married Fred. Heim, of Bellevue, O. He was engaged in
business in that town until he died, February, 1903. On Septem-
ber 7, 1904, she married Fernando Cortez Allen. He is a con-
ductor on the Nickel Plate railway and they reside at 3183 80th
street, Cleveland, Ohio.

LILLIE MAY (Philip A.; Jacob; Philip; J. G.), born May
27, 1868, at Lindsey, O. Ten years later she moved to Fremont
with her parents, attended the Fremont schools, from which she
graduated. On May 19, 1892, at Cleveland, O., she married
Harry Blanchard, of that city, son of Zebadiah and Jennie An-
thony Blanchard. He was born November 24, 1867, in Cleve-
land. He is a captain of a fire tug in Cleveland harbor. She is

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a member of the Franklin Avenue M. E. church, and a teacher
in the Sunday school ; also a member of the board of managers
of the Jones Home for friendless children. Their address is No.
6 Fulton street, Cleveland, O. They are foster parents to Grace
E., born December 30, 1895.

SANFORD PHILIP (Philip A.; Jacob; Philip; J. G.),
born July 14, 1873, at Lindsey, O., moved to Fremont with his
parents in 1878, where he attended the Union schools. On June
26, 1895, he married Bertha Smith, born February 10, 1877,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith, of Cleveland, O. They
now reside in that city, where he is a member of the fire depart
ment on the West Side, Engine House No. 4. Their address is
Clinton avenue, Northwest. They have two children :

Berdie Lorene, born December 3, 1896.
Nadine Lillian, born February 16, 1899.

SUSAN ESTELLA (Philip A.; Jacob; Philip; J. G.), born
October 10, 1875, at Lindsey, O., moved to Fremont with her
parents three years later. Attended the Fremont schools ; was
married August 4, 1896, at Cleveland, O., to Glenn Anderson.
They reside in that city, where he is engaged as engineer of a
fire tug in Cleveland harbor. They have two children:

Harold Glenn, born August 26, 1897.

Vernon Charles, born September 16, 1904.

P. O. address is 38 Mecca street, Cleveland, O.

IRVIN WINFIELD (Philip A. ; Jacob; Philip; J. G.), born
June 24, 1878, at Lindsey, O. Moved to Fremont with his par-
ents, where he attended the public schools. On June 29, 1899, he
married Jennie Diedler, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Stull)
Diedler, born July 14, 1879. He is a M. W. of A., a republican
in politics, and they reside on the Philip A. Overmeyer homestead
on TiflBn street, Fremont, Ohio. They have one child:

Iva L., born May 15, 1900.

WILLIAM (Jacob; Philip; J. G.), born August 30, 1825,
in New York state, near Cayuga Bridge. Emigrated with his
parents to Sandusky county, Ohio, in spring of 1834. Here he
worked for his father and later served as hired man for a farmer

174 OVERMYER HISTORY

in Seneca county and at Lodi, O. He was a good woodsman and
took contracts for clearing lands in winter. He owned and
operated one of the old open threshing machines of those days.
About 1850 he went to Indiana and there married Lucy Ann
Wales, born November 8, 1828. They engaged in farming on their
own large farm in Fulton county, Indiana ; also owned valuable
property in Rochester, Ind. He was a Republican, a great reader,
thus keeping well posted on current events, a man of generous
spirit, and genial disposition, a friend to every one. In his busi-
ness relations he was very successful. They were both members
of the Evangelical church. He died January 2, 1890, and was
buried northeast of Leiter's Ford, Ind. She followed February
15, 1897. They had children as follows :

Albert, born August 8, 1851. Died in childhood.
Amanda, born May 7, 1853. Died in childhood.
Wesley, born May 17, 1855. Died at the age of 15 years.
Frank L., born October 7, 1857. Now living at Rochester,
Ind.

Amos, born January 13, 1860. Lives near Leiter's Ford, Ind.

Mary, born May 24, 1862.

Catharine, born November 12, 1864. Died in childhood.

Lillian, born November 27. 1866.

Chauncey D., born April 22, 1869.

William, born January 5, 1873. Died in childhood.

FRANK L. (William; Jacob; Philip; P. G.), born near
Leiter's Ford, Indiana, October 7th, 1857. Wras married to Ro-
sanna Zink. Were farmers and both belong to the Evangelical
church. He is a Republican and now lives at Rochester, Ind.,
and have the following children :

May, now dead.

Glenn.

Dessie.

Carrie, born May, 1893.

AMOS (William; Jacob; Philip; J. G.), born January 13,
1860. Received a fair education in his youth. Was married
March 18, 1883, to Ellen Bruce, born March 9, 1859. They have
since followed farming on their beautiful farm, two miles north-

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est of Leiter's Ford, Ind. They are members of the Evangelical
church and he is a Republican. They have three children :

Clara, born February 13, 1881. Died September 30, 1897.

S. L., born September 13, 1889.

Wandah, born July 17, 1897.

MARY, (William; Jacob; Philip; J. G.), is married to Sid-
ney Leiter, of Kewana, Ind., has the following children:
William.
Clyde.
Lucy.
Marie.
An infant, dead.

LILLIAN (William; Jacob; Philip; J. G.), daughter of
William and Lucy A. Overmeyer, was born November 27, 1866,
in Fulton county, Indiana, and married Andrew E. Babcock, Sep-
tember 27, 1885. He was born October 31, 1858, in Fulton
county, Indiana, son of Rev. A. E. and Anna Babcock. They are
members of the M. E. church and she a member of the D. of R.
They reside on a farm. Their address is Argos, Ind., Route
No. 12. They have four children:

Guy G., born September 5, 1886.

Gladys A., born March 7, 1889.

Otto R., born May 10, 1891.

Dean, E., born August 31, 1893.

CHAUNCEY D. (William; Jacob; Philip J. G.), was edu-
cated in the common schools ; married Sarah. C Myers, Septem-
ber 6, 1891. She was born January 22, 1873, daughter of John
and Rosanna (Rapp) Myers. They followed farming several
years, then went into the furniture and implement business at
Culver, Ind. In December, 1901, they sold out this business and
returned to the farm. They have a beautiful home three miles
northeast of Leiter's Ford. They are members of the Evangeli-
cal church, and he is a Prohibition in politics. They have:

Ralph Reo., born February 14, 1893.

Maine, Augusta, born November 1, 1897.

GEORGE (Jacob ; Philip ; J. G.), born August 29, 1827, near
Cayuga Bridge, N. Y. Emigrated with his parents to Sandusky

176 OVERMYER HISTORY

county, Ohio, in the spring of 1834, and located in Washington
township. He worked on his father's farm and attended school
some, work, however, keeping him out of school most of the time ;
some winters he only attended fwo days. In 1836 he attended
school taught by Julia Eversole.. During the civil war he was
drafted but hired William Lamale to serve as substitute, in Co.
K. 169th Reg. On January 23, 1848, he married Maria Miller,
of Washington township, daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth (Stier-
walt) Miller, born August 12, 1829. Her parents came from
Pennsylvania to Richland county, later to Butler and then to
Sandusky county in 1843. Mr. and Mrs. Overmeyer in 1861
moved on the Henry Burkett farm, iy2 miles north of Lindsey,
O., where they resided the remainder of their lives. During
earlier years he was a great hunter in the forests of the Black
Swamp, and in more recent years, game becoming scarce, he
made several hunting expeditions into Northern Michigan. On
one of these trips, while out early one morning, he spied a deer,
noticing that it did not bound away as others did, he took aim
and fired, and on going up to it was surprised to find its antelers
interlockd with those of another buck, already dead, the two evi-
dently having been engaged in deadly combat. He brought the
interlocked antlers home, where he kept them until a short time
before he died, when he gave them to his son Eugene. In earlier
years he and George B. (George L. ; John M. ; J. G.), owned and
operated one of the old style open threshing machines, to which
they later had a shaker attached. They did all their neighbors'
threshing and sometimes got down in the vicinity of Mud Creek
Bay and the Sandusky river. He remembered of having, when a
boy, carried water to the men who boarded with his father and
worked on the old Ohio R. R. He and his brother hauled logs
to Lower Sandusky (now Fremont) with oxen. There being
no fear of the oxen running away and as they knew enough to
turn out when meeting another team on the road, the boys would
start them off unattended by a driver, load up the horse team and
overtake the oxen before they got to town. Once, however,
the oxen fooled them, and turned in at Machlhrs hotel in Lower
Sandusky. Mr. Overmeyer related many interesting incidents of
the early days. They were leading, prosperous farmers. He
died November 3, 1903, having been to Lindsey with his son

Ellen.

Austin.

J. Morris.

Eugene.

Taken about 1883. Mr. and Mrs. George Overmyer and Family.

(See page 175.)

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Eugene to the election polls and cast his vote and when they
reached home and were still seated in the carriage he suddenly
threw up his hands and said, "I am going now," and expired.
She died April 5, 1902 and both are buried at Lindsey cemetery.
They had :

An infant, born September, 1850. Died January 29, 1851.

Sarah Ellen, born December 28, 1851.

Austin, born April 15, 1854.

Jacob Morris, born February 25, 1857.

Eugene, born January 29, 1862.

Catharine Elizabeth, born October 27, 1864. Died October
10, 1873.

SARAH ELLEN (George; Jacob; Philip; J. G.), born
December 28, 1851, in Washington township, Sandusky county,
Ohio ; attended the common schools ; was married December 25,
1872, at her father's home to Michael Murphy, son of Patrick
and Bridget Murphy, born October 16, 1850, at South Framing-
ham, Middlesex county, Massachusetts. He received a common
school education ; came to Sandusky county, Ohio, in 1867, and
for four years following was employed by George June. Later
he worked for Samuel Waggoner on his farm one year, then mar-
ried. They are farmers and reside on their farm, across the
street from her old home. They have :

Hattie Maria, born February 12, 1874. Married August 30,
1894, to John Ireland. They have : Bessie Hildew, born May
17, 1895; Clayton Orville, born June 16, 1897, died February 28,
1898; Lila May, born October 30, 1900.

George R., born October 2, 1876. Married Clara Shively on
June 2, 1896. They have: Ethel Corene, born February 3, 1897;
Ora M., born September 1, 1898.

Ora Matilda, born January 22, 1882. Married Noah Het-
rick, a carriage maker, of Lindsey, O.

Laura Jeannetta, born December 3, 1883. Married Oscar
Schneider.

Fred Eugene, born May 1, 1889.

Clarence Le Roy, born October 15, 1894.

AUSTIN (George; Jacob; Philip; J. G.), born April 15,
1854, near Lindsey, O. He attended the common schools and

178 OVERMYER HISTORY

later was a student at Berea, Ohio. He grew to manhood on his
father's farm and on November 14, 1878, at Sandusky, O., he
was married to Elizabeth Balduf, born at Clyde, O., November
28, 1854, daughter of Joseph and Catharine (Forefelter) Balduf.
They moved on a farm near Rochester, Ind., in the spring of 1884.
Some time later while removing stumps by means of a heavy pry,
he received an injury which ultimately resulted in his death. The
pry struck his head, fracturing his skull. He later moved back
to his father's home. After several surgical operations at Chicago
which afforded only temporary relief, he died November 11, 1889.
They had :

Wilbert G., born October 9, 1879.

Marie S., born December 31, 1880.

Louisa B., born November 12, 1882.

William M., born November 24, 1885.

Mrs. Overmeyer and children resided on their farm ll/2 miles
north of Lindsey until 1904, when they sold their land to David
Miller and moved to Fremont, where she and her two sons re-
side. Wilbert is a telegraph operator and is manager of the
Western Union office at Fremont, and William is employed as a
plumber.

MARIE S., daughter of Austin and Elizabeth Overmeyer,
was born December 31, 1880, and lived with her mother until
September 6, 1900, when she married Arthur Auxter. He was
born October 30, 1875, near Lindsey, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Daniel Auxter. They are engaged in farming and reside 1 mile
west of Lindsey on the Daniel Auxter homestead. They have
two children:

Emerson A., born September 12, 1901.
Dorothy M., born December 10, 1902.

LOUISA B., second daughter of Austin and Elizabeth Over-
meyer, was born November 12, 1882, and married Reuben Het-
rick October 23, 1902. He was born February 26, 1878, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Hetrick. They are engaged in farming about
3 miles east of Lindsey on the Jacob Hetrick farm, which they
now own. They have one child :

Irene E., born October 13, 1903.

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JACOB MORRIS (George; Jacob; Philip; J. G.), was born
February 25, 1857, near Lindsey, Ohio, and received his earty
education in the country school, after which he was a student
at Oberlin college. He married December 27, 1877, Mary L.
Hetrick, at Lindsey, Ohio, Rev. Reinholt officiating. She was
born August 29, 1860, in Rice township, the daughter of Daniel
and Mary (Seigenthaler) Hetrick. They have always followed
farming. He is a member of the K. O. T. M., a Republican
in politics and has served on the Board of Education and held
other local offices in his community. They reside on their farm
southwest of Fremont. They had:

Esther Alberta, born January 16, 1878.

Mary Elsie, born August 19, 1879.

Clara Alice, born August 12, 1884.

Mabel May, born July 12, 1889.

Ilola Fay, born April 28, 1898.

ESTHER A., eldest daughter of Morris and Mary L. Over-
meyer, was born January 16, 1878, and married February 8,
1900, Henry E. Cochran. He was born December 15, 1872, son
of Jacob H. and Melissa D. (Hartgrove) Cochran . They reside
in Fremont, O., where he follows painting and paper hanging
and during the winter months is employed as clerk in a drug
store. They have two children:

Esther M., born October 3, 1900.

Hazel L., born October 18, 1901.

MARY ELSIE, daughter of Morris and Mary L. Over—
meyer, was born August 19, 1879, and married January 6, 1898,
by Rev. Seager, Arthur Fought. He was born March 14, 1878,
son of William and Sarah (Richards) Fought. They reside in
Fremont, Ohio, and have a daughter, born January 6, 1904.

CLARA ALICE, the third daughter of Morris and Mary L.
Overmeyer, was born August 12, 1884, married in 1902, Joseph
Menkhaus, of Fremont, O. He was formerly employed as cutter
in the Jackson Underwear Factory and later resided in Toledo.
They have no children.

EUGENE (George; Jacob; Philip; J. G.), born January 29,
1862, near Lindsey, O. He received a common school education

180 OVERMYER HISTORY

and worked on his father's farm until he grew to manhood, al-
ways taking great delight in having fine horses and good equip-
ments. He was married by Rev. Mills, at Fremont, O, June
26, 1890, to Ida E. Buck, born in Sandusky township, April 25,
1863, daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (Hendricks) Buck.
They own the southern portion of the George Overmeyer home-
stead, 1 mile north of Lindsey, where they reside and are engaged
in farming. They have no children, but have with them a
nephew, Walter C. Buck, born August 28, 1896, son of Noah
Buck.

SARAH ANN (Jacob; Philip; J. G.), born January 19,
1829, and died April 12, 1879. On February 11, 1849, she
married Hiram Waggoner, born December 16, 1827, died Jan-
uary 11, 1883. After their marriage at Lindsey, O., they moved
to Leiter's Ford, Ind., where they are both buried. They were
prosperous farmers and had a nice home. They had:

John J., born February 19, 1850. Now living at Leiter's
Ford.

Philip H., born September 13, 1855. Now at Monterey, Ind.

William E., born September 22, 1865. Now a blacksmith
and wagoner at Leiter's Ford.

Mary Ellen, born December 22, 1858. Married John Van
Kirk, of Leiter's Ford. She is now dead.

Catharine, born January 30, 1869. Died.

Sarah C, born Feb. 5, 1854. Died.

Charles, born November, 1872. Died.

LUKE (Jacob; Philip; J. G.), born December 14, 1831, in
New York state. Received a common school education and
worked on his father's farm and on the L. S. & M. S. R. R.
(See sketch of William A.) He married February 8, 1852, to
Mary Burkett, born November 30, 1832, daughter of Henry and
Catharine Burkett, of Washington township, Sandusky county,
Ohio. Soon after marrying, in 1854, they moved to Pulaski
county, Indiana, where he bought a farm and carried on farming,
and speculated in live stock, frequently going to Chicago for
this purpose. He and Israel Overmeyer also operated a thresh-
ing machine. About 1880 he sold his farm there and bought

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where they now live, near Burr Oak. He died later and was
buried at Burr Oak. He was a heavy-set, jolly, good-natured
fellow, full of original jokes and a good companion and an
auctioneer. His widow still lives at Burr Oak. They had the
following children :

George W„ born February 16, 1852.

Catharine, born September 3, 1853.

Benneville, born November 11, 1855.

Marion, born April 22, 1858.

Mary Jane, born May 1, 1862. Died in childhood.

Amanda, born March 29, 1864.

Ellen, born October 28, 1866.

Emma, born July 12, 1869.

William, born July 31, 1871. Died 1873.

Charles, born February 1, 1874.

Malinda, born May 1, 1876. Died September 1, 1878.

GEORGE WASHINGTON, (Luke; Jacob; Philip; J. G.),
first son of Luke and Mary (Burkett) Overmeyer, was born
February 16, 1852. Moved with his parents to Indiana, where
he grew to manhood and on March 30, 1876, he married Rosanna
Myers, a widow. They had:

William H., born October ,2, 1877.

Amanda E., born April 26, 1879.

Emma A., born May 7, 1881. Died July 11, 1884.

George L., born July 3, 1884.

Mrs. Overmeyer died September 2, 1890. Then on Sep-
tember 10, 1891, he married Almeda Kinsey. With her he had :

Daisy, born July 22, 1892.
Lulu, born September 25, 1893.
Clara Hazel, born September 6, 1895.
Floyd Ray, born December 9, 1896.
Roy Earl, born June 21, 1898.
Rosco Alvin, born March 13, 1900.
: Infant daughter, born January 30, 1902.
They reside at Culver, Ind.

182 OVERMYER HISTORY

CATHARINE (Luke; Jacob; Philip; J. G.), was born Sep-
tember 3, 1853. Married Albert Baumer. They had:
Marion, Annie, Emma and an infant that died.

BENVILLE (Luke; Jacob; Philip; J. G.), third child of
Luke and Mary (Burkett) Overmeyer, was born November 11,
1855, and on February 7, 1877, married Mary Baumer, born
December 1, 1852. They are farmers, living 1 mile south of Burr
Oak, and have the following children:

Arthur, born November 6, 1878. Died in childhood.
Hattie, born November 21, 1879. Married Charles Hough-
ton June 30, 1901. They reside in Chicago, 111.
Irvin, born April 28, 1882.
Ernest, born February 26, 1884.
Earl, born November 9, 1887.
Ora, born January 6, 1891.
Blanche, born January 21, 1897.
Edith, born December 21, 1900.

MARION (Luke; Jacob; Philip; J. G.), fourth child, was
born April 22, 1858. Grew to manhood on his father's farm,
then married Mahala Burkett, born February 16, 1862. She died
November 29, 1889, leaving her husband and the following chil-
dren:

Delia, born July 6, 1882.

Zina, born January 12, 1885.

Harley, born December 11, 1887. Died Ocotber 12, 1894.

AMANDA (Luke; Jacob; Philip; J. G.), sixth child, was
born March 29, 1864, and on July 30, 1880, married Austin
Drukenmiller, born October 26, 1855. In 1897 they moved onto
their own farm iy2 miles southwest of Burr Oak, Ind. Here they
still reside on a beautiful farm of 115 acres. Children :

Georgia E., born December 19, 1881. Now a music teacher.

Erne May, born March 25, 1886. Died September 6, 1899.

ELLEN (Luke; Jacob; Philip; J. G.), seventh child of
Luke and Mary Overmeyer, was born October 28, 1866. Mar-
ried Frank Emigh, of South Bend, Ind. Their children are :

Rosa, Bennie, Mayme, Bessie and Harvey.

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EMMA (Luke; Jacob; Philip; J. G.), eighth child, was
born January 12, 1869, and married Zina Dudelson. They are
farmers and reside \y2 miles west of Culver, Ind. Their children
are:

Nellie, May, Luke, Alvin, Dollie, Elsie and Zina.

AGNES (Jacob; Philip; J. G.), born January 17, 1834.
Married Jacob Moffman at Lindsey, O., and moved to Indiana.
They are farmers, residing near Royal Center, Ind.

SUSANNAH (Jacob; Philip; J. G.), born February 14,
1836, near Lindsey, O. Received a limited education and was
married at Fremont, O., by Justice Bell to Michael Overmeyer
(Michael; John M. ; J. G.) (For his history and that of the
following children see line of John M., Chapter 5.) She died
at Lindsey, O., May, 1893. They had :

Amanda, born August 9, 1857.

Amos Norton, born August 21, 1859. Died March 1, 1865

Jacob Martin, born June 2, 1863. Died January 29, 1865.

Lucas Marion, born December 22, 1865.

William Ferdinand, born February 8, 1868.

Catherine, born July 17, 1872.

Erdine, born January 30, 1876.

Irvin, born April 4, 1879. Died April 11, 1879.

Hary Gladwin, born April 2, 1884.

MARY (Jacob; Philip; J. G.), born April 23, 1838, near
Lindsey, O. On January 27, 1856, she married Solomon Over-
meyer (Michael; John M. ; J. G.) (For sketch of Solomon and
following children see line of John M.)

Catharine, born May 19, 1857.

Jacob, born April 4, 1859.

Allen W., born February 28, 1861.

Chester, born January 28, 1862. Died September 17, 1862.

Ira, born July 3, 1864. Died May, 1873.

Sarah Esther, born March 7, 1875.

Philip Anderson, born May 1, 1877.

George N., born October 28, 1880.

184 OVERMYER HISTORY

CATHARINE (Jacob; Philip ; J. G.), born March 17, 1841,
north of Lindsey, O. Received a fair common school education
and is a great reader of current literature. She was married at
Fremont, O., by Al Tyler, J. P. August 26, 1860, to Conrad
Hess, born January 26, 1839, near Northeim, Hesse-Darmstadt,
Germany, from which place he emigrated a year later with his
parents to America. She is an active member of the church ; he
is a Democrat and has held local offices. He frequently accom-
panies hunting expeditions into northern Michigan and greatly
enjoys the sport. He loves travel and has been as far south as
Florida. They are successful farmers and own several large
farms V/2 miles north of Lindsey, O., where they reside in a
beautiful country home, and are among the leading and most
highly respected members of their community. They had :

Mary Alice, born April 21, 1861. Married March, 1894, to
Gustave Sorg. They reside on their farm, 2l/2 miles north of
Lindsey, O. No children.

Amanda Catharine, born February 12, 1864. Died Decem-
ber 29, 1864.

Louis Marion, born May 7, 1866. Married Adaline Yeagle.
Live 2 miles north of Lindsey. No children.

Cyrus Newton, born October 16, 1868. Died July 3, 1869.

Sarah Jane, born November 19, 1870. Married February
25, 1891, to William Auxter, son of Henry and Harriet (Hetrick)
Auxter, born March 3, 1867, in Rice township, Sandusky county,
Ohio. They have : Raymond Horatio, born August 12, 1891 ;
Paul William, born September 13, 1893. Reside on the Henry
Auxter homestead, near Kingsway, which they purchased in 1903.

William Anderson, born June 3, 1873. Married Amanda
Boyer December 31, 1895. She died March 3, 1895 Married
Mary Alice Shively March 9, 1899. They have: Florence May,
born March 11, 1901 ; Irene Lucile, born 1904, and reside 2 miles
north of Lindsey, O.

Charles Birchard, born September 27, 1875. Married Au-
gust 23, 1898, to Myrtle Boyer, born August 12, 1879, of Lind-
sey. They had : Lloyd Charles, born April 7, 1900, died Decem-
ber 3, 1900, and Gladys Marie, born 1901. He is a teacher and
they reside at Lindsey.

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Daisy Ardella, born March 9, 1878. On October 25, 1897,
married Fred Neeb, born September 5, 1870, son of Christian
and Catherine (Meyer) Neeb. They reside in Toldo, O., and
have : Lawrence Sylvanus Charles, born August 12, 1898 ;
Blanche Alice Catharine, born August 30, 1899.

Lilian Agnes, born May 23, 1881. Married Victor Flegle.
They reside in Toledo, O. They have : Hazel Catharine, born
September, 1903.

Blanche Rosella May, born March 4, 1889. Single, resides at
home with her parents.

AMOS (Jacob; Philip; J. G.), born May 23, 1843, north
of Lindsey, O. Educated in common schools, the "Black Swamp
Log-cabin College." He worked on his father's farm and dur-
ing the civil war he was a private in Co. K. 169th O. V. I.,
doing service at Ft. Ethan Allen, Va. He was married May 24,
1863, at Fremont, O., by Rev. Thompson, of Reformed church,
to Sarah Auxter, born near Lindsey, November 24, 1844, daugh-
ter of Christian and Mary (Siegenthaler) Auxter. The Auxters
were of German descent and came to Ohio from Allentown, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. Overmeyer reside on the old Jacob Overmeyer
homestead, y2 mile north of Lindsey, where they have erected
fine buildings. They are members of the Evangelical church.
He is a Republican and has held local offices. They had :

Philip Sheridan, born November 4, 1864. Died March 24,
1865.

John Frederick, born February 11, 1866.
William Willis, born July 24, 1868.
Mary Catharine, born August 8, 1870.
George W. born December 31, 1872.
Martin V., born July 30, 1876.
Hiram P., born April 18, 1879.
Nellie May, born September 20, 1881.
Earl, born December 18, 1886.
Raymond M., born March 10, 1890.

JOHN F., (Amos; Jacob; Phillip; J. G.) second son of
Amos and Sarah (Auxter) Overmyer, was born near Lindsey,
Ohio, February 11, 1866. He grew to manhood on his father's

186 OVERMYER HISTORY

farm, attending the common schools of the vicinity and later
graduating in the classical course at the Ohio Normal Univer-
sity, Ada, Ohio, in the class of 1893. Before this date, he had
taugh for several terms in the rural schools near his home. In
the fall of '93, he took charge of the public schools of Lenox.
South Dakota, and has since 'been promoted successively to
like positions in the schools of Danbury, Parkersburg and Al-
gona, Kossuth county, Iowa, at which place he is city superin-
tendent of public schools, which rank among the best in the state.
Since entering his chosen profession, he has taken post gradu-
ate work at Iowa State University, Iowa City, Iowa. He has
taught mathematics and political sciene in the summer sessions
of Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, and has been asuccess-
ful instructor at various teachers' institutes in that state. On
December 25, 1902, at Trear, Iowa, he married Edythe McAl-
pine, daughter of John and Mary McAlpine, born at Cherokee,
Iowa, December 7, 1875. They are members of the Methodist
church and he is a Republican ; belongs to the Masonic frater-
nity and Eastern Star. They have no children.

WILLIAM W., (Amos; Jacob; Phillip; J. G.), third son
of Amos and Sarah (Auxter) Overmyer, was born near Lind-
sey, Ohio, July 24, 1868, and attended the common schools of
the vicinity. In 1894, he graduated in the Classical course at
the Ohio Normal University, at Ada, Ohio, and in 1896 in the
Scientific Course, at the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware,
Ohio; during his junior and senior years at the last mentioned in-
stitution, he tutored the classes in Geometry. Later he took special
work in mathematics and pedagogy at Cornell University, Ithaca,
N. Y. He first began teaching in the country schools near his
home. He has since been principal of the township high school
at Castalia, Ohio, and superintendent of schools at Kelley's
Island, Ohio, and Greene, Iowa ; he has been elected superintend-
ent of schools at Lake Mills, Iowa, which is his present address.
On August 7, 1902, at Kelley's Island, Ohio, he married Emma
L. Elfers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Elfers, born on Kelley's
Island, O., February 18, 1872. They are members of the Pres-
byterian church. He is a Republican. They reside at Greene,
Iowa, and have one child:

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MARY CATHARINE (Amos; Jacob; Philip; J. G.),
fourth child of Amos and Sarah Overmeyer, was born near Lind-
sey, O., August 8, 1870, where she grew to womanhood and on
December 11, 1895, married John Opperman, son of William
Opperman, of Hessville, Ohio. They are farmers and reside
on his father's farm \y2 mile west of Hessville, O. They had
one child:

Nellie May, born February 13, 1901 ; died March , 1901.

GEORGE W. (Amos; Jacob; Philip; J. G.), fourth son and
fifth child of Amos and Sarah (Auxter) Overmeyer, was born
near Lindsey, O., December 31, 1872. Was educated in the com-
mon schools and at Lindsey, O., and attended the University at
Ada, O. Has been teaching in the various schools of the town-
ship and at present is superintendent of the JLindsey public
schools ; also mayor of the village of Lindsey. He married
Mabel Bowers, daughter of Cyrus G. and Maria Bowers. They
reside at Lindsey, Ohio, and have the following children:

Fay G., born November 4, 1896.

Helen E., born February 8, 1902.

Francis M., born October 31, 1904.

MARTIN V. (Amos; Jacob; Philip; J. G.), fifth son and
sixth child of Amos Overmeyer, was born near Lindsey, O.,
July 30, 1876. Grew to manhood on his father's farm and in
1895, married Catharine Yeagle, born November 17, 1877. He
was engaged in teaching for some time and now is a rural de-
livery carrier and resides at Lindsey. They have:

Floyd, born February 25.1896.

HIRAM P. (Amos; Jacob; Philip; J. G.), sixth son of
Amos and Sarah Overmeyer, was born near Lindsey, O., April
18, 1879, where he grew to manhood and married Dora Haas,
born December 12, 1881. He is a school teacher. They have one
son:

Theodore, born April 18, 1902.

AMANDA (Jacob; Philip; J. G.), born September 26,
1845, on the Jacob Overmeyer homestead, north of Lindsey, O.

188 OVERMYER HISTORY

Received her education in the common schools and early learned
the lesson of thrift and industry, which have characterized her
life. On November 10, 1865, she was married, at Lindsey, O.,
to Jacob Hess, son of Leonard and Mary (Gahn) Hess. He
was born February 3, 1843, in Washington township, Sandusky
ocunty, Ohio. He attended the common schools and worked on
his father's farm until the breaking out of the civil war, when
he enlisted as a private in Co. A, 33rd O. V. I. He served faith-
fully during the war and was in some of the most serious en-
gagements. After his return from the war he married and set-
tled on the old Hess homestead of 240 acres, situated 3l/2 miles
northeast of Lindsey, O. They were prosperous farmers and
enjoyed the esteem of their associates. On May 16, 1896, he
met his death at the hands of a cruel assassin, who, in a spirit
of revenge, in the dead hour of night, placed dynamite under
the house and exploded it, and when Mr. Hess came out upon
the porch to ascertain the cause of the noise, fired a load of
buckshot at him, killing him instantly. The murderer was not
captured for three years, but was then convicted and sent to the
Ohio penitentiary for life. Mrs. Hess continues to reside on the
home farm with her son Rutherford, who is married and is
farming the estate. They had the following children :

Mary Catharine, born May 7, 1866. Died November 7,
1873.

Ida Jane, born November 25, 1867. Died November 25

1872.

Cora A., born April 7, 1870.

Hiram George, born December 2, 1872.

Sarah L., born June 19, 1874.

Rutherford B., born August 26, 1876.

Jacob S., born June 20, 1880. Is a bookkeeper in Toledo,
Ohio.

Alvin E., born March 13, 1882.

Elmer G., born June 14, 1884.

Cyrus W., born March 9, 1886. Drowned July 3, 1902.

Orville A., born March 6, 1891.

Daniel Overmyer
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Cora A., married Louis Neeb, Auggust 23, 1900. Children :
Howard Haldon, born September 26, 1901 ; Melvin Mario, born
March 12, 1903; Bernice Nadine, born December 29, 1904.

Sarah L. married George Hetrick in 1893. Has had three
children ; all died.

Rutherford B., on December 2, 1901, married Sophia Ger-
loch near Elmore, Ohio. Now resides with his mother on the
old Hess homestead.

DANIEL (Philip; J. G.), born April 15, 1799, in Center
township, Union (now Snyder) county, Pennsylvania. Moved
to New York state with his father, where he later engaged in
farming and stock raising and was also a veterinary surgeon.
He married Susannah Lepkiechler, in Center township, Snyder
county, Pennsylvania. She was born in Halifax, Novia Scotia,
April 18, 1799. They moved to Ohio about the year 1834 and
settled 1 mile northwest of Lindsey, where they lived the rest
of their lives. He was a member of the Evanglical church and
belonged to the old Whig and later to the Republican party, and
held various local offices in the early history of Washington
township. He died June 15, 1872, and his wife followed April
18, 1875. They had the following children :

Sarah, born August, 1818.

Michael, born June 30, 1822.

Catharine.

Joel, died in infancy.

Rosanna, married George W. Karshner. She died childless,
after which he married her sister, Mary A. Overmeyer. (See be-
low.)

Barbara, born September 4, 1830.

Mary A.

Jerome, born September 9, 1836.

Cornelia A., born September 15, 1838.

Amanda.

SARAH (Daniel; Philip ; J. G.), born August, 1818, in Cen-
ter township, Snyder county, Pennsylvania. Was educated in
the common schools. Came to Ohio with her parents, where she

190 OVERMYER HISTORY

married Joseph Eversole, son of Jacob Eversole, of Washington
township, with whom she had the following children:

Martha, married Joseph Rearick.

Nathaniel, lives in Henry county. Married Catharine Hen-
ricks.

Kezziah, married Theodore Reinhart; Isabel, married Ed.
Karschner. She is now deceased. Susannah, married John M.
Bowman; Calista, married Allen Overmyer (Solomon B. ; George
L. ; John M.; J. G.) ; Mr. Eversole having died, she married a

second husband, Michael Fought, son of Michael and

(Kline) Fought, with whom she resided on their farm one mile
east of Lindsey, until her death. Her funeral was held from the
Reformed church at Lindsey, and she was buried in the Fought
cemetery adjoining Chapel church.

Of this second union were born the following children:

William, born August 6, 1855 ; married Margaret Drucken-
miller. They live south of Lindsey.

Isiah, married Christena Kechle ; second marriage, Millie
Jackson.

James, married Susan Murray.

Noah, born April 27, 1863 ; married Hattie F. Yehle.

Oliver P., born January 4, 1867 ; married Lizzie Petee.

MICHAEL (Daniel; Phil; J. G.), born in Center township,
Snyder county, Pa.; came to Ohio with his parents (see Daniel).
He received a common school education. Married Rebecca Bur-
ket, daughter of Henry and Catharine (Baltzer) Burket. She
was born in Findlay, O., December 31, 1828. After marriage
they engaged in farming in the vicinity of Hessville, O. Later
they moved to Winamac, Ind., where he died December 12, 1880.
Early in life he had associated himself with the Evangelical
church, and was a republican in politics. They had the following
children :

Jessiah, born November 10, 1848.

Evandus, born March 26, 1851 ; died December 21, 1851.
Mary Jane, Born November 7, 1853 ; married Jno. Brachtel ;
Amanda C, born April 20, 1864. married Ulyses Carey.

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CATHARINE (Daniel; Phil; J. G.), born in Center town-
ship, Snyder county, Pa. ; came to Ohio with her parents ; attended
the common schools, and was an active worker in the Evangelical
church. She was married to Christian Kline, who had come from
Germany when a young man. He was a farmer and shoemaker.
They had the following children :

Daniel ; married Emma Adams ; she deceased. He now lives
in Michigan.

Susannah ; married Emanuel Walters ; she died and he mar-
ried Carrie Scherk.

Rosanna; married Wm. Lamale. She since died.

Ellen ; married H. Riber.

Amanda; married Morris Koller, a blacksmith, now living
at Lindsey, O.

Catharine ; married Frank Boyer, farmer ; now living three
miles east of Lindsey, O.

ROSANNA ( Daniel; Phil.; J. G.), born in N. Y. ; came
to Lower Sandusky, O., and later went to Elmore, O. Attended
the country schools ; was a member of the M. E. church, and was
married about 1853, at Fremont, O., to Geo. W. Karschner. He
was a carpenter and cabinet maker, and lived at Fremont on
State street, one block west of the opera house. She died, and he
later married Mary A. Overmyer, sister of his first wife. They
moved to Elmore, O., where he followed his trade until about
1858, and then moved to Winnamac, Ind., where he followed
farming. (See Mary A.; Daniel; Phil.; J. G.)

BARBARA ( Daniel; Phil.; J. G.), born in Washington
township, Sandusky county, . She married at her father's home,
one mile west of Lindsey, Seth Hendricks, son of Daniel and
Salome (Hufford) Hendricks. He was a republican, and was
a carpenter and farmer. She died April 13, 1872, and was buried
at Winamac, Ind. He afterwards married a Miss Kosgrove.

Barbara had the following children : Daniel, Ellen, Solomon
and Lizzie.

MARY A. (Daniel; Phil.; J. G.) [See Rosanna], was born
in Washington township, Sandusky county, O. Attended the

192 OVERMYER HISTORY

common schools; was a member of the M. E. church. She mar-
ried Geo. W. Karschner, born in Riley township, Sandusky
county, O., a cabinet maker and carpenter. They had the follow-
ing children:

Daniel.

Mary Amanda.

David (died in infancy; buried at Elmore, O.)

JEROME (Daniel; Phil; J. G.), born September 9, 1836,
in Washington township, Sandusky county, O. Received a com-
mon school education in the vicinity of his early home, and later
learned the carpenter trade. On January 7, 1858, he married
Mariah Overmyer, daughter of Peter and Mary (Shively) Over-
myer. (George; J. G.) She was born March 20, 1840, in
Washington township, Sandusky county, O. Soon after their
marriage, they moved to Grant county, Ind., where he worked
at his trade and also learned glass-blowing. He was a republican,
and was for many years a member of the German Evangelical
church, but at the time of his death, was a member of the U. B.
church. He was a highly respected citizen of Upland, Grant
county, Ind., where he died August 25, 1899. They had the fol-
lowing children :

Martin L., born May 21, 1859 ; died December 31, 1860.

Rosa A., born September 8, 1861.

Harry J., born October 8, 1862.

Thomas J., born February 8, 1864.

Orrin M., born November 18, 1865.

Charles G., born August 16, 1867.

Mazy May, born October 10, 1869

Jerome C, born July 12, 1874.

Claud W., born March 17, 1876.

Ira W., born September 16, 1878.

Mearl D., born May 24, 1881.

ROSA ALICE (Jerome; Daniel; Phillip; J. G.), eldest
daughter of Jerome and Mariah Overmyer, was born Sept. 8,
1861. She lived with her parents until she married John C.
Bauer. He was born in Germany and came to America when a
young man and learned glass making in the glass factories at

AND GENEALOGY 193

Pittsburg, Pa. He later came to Bowling Green, O., and worked
at his trade there, where he met his future wife. He afterwards,
returned to Pittsburg and later she went there where they were
married, and resided there a short time then moved to Red Key,
Ind., where he worked in the glass factories several years and
from there moved to Upland, Ind., where they now reside. He
is manager of the Co-Operative Glass Co., in which he owns an
interest. He is a republican in politics and she is a member of
the M. E. church.

The have one child:

Irvin, born July, 1881.

HARRY J. (Jerome; Daniel; Phillip; J. G.), son of Jerome
and Mariah Overmyer, was born October 8, 1862, received a
common school education, worked on the farm and at the car-
penter trade and later learned glass-blowing. He married Lowvey
Louemma Wilson in Indiana, after which they moved to Illinois
but only remained there a short time when they moved to Bowl-
ing Green, Ohio, and from there to Red Key, Ind., where he
worked in glass factories and from Red Key went to Upland,
Ind., where they now reside.

He is a member of the Co-Operative Glass Co.. a republican
and member of I. O. O. F. and both belong to the U. B. church.
They have :

Jay; Fred and Theodore.

THOMAS J. (Jerome; Daniel; Philip; J. G.), son of Je-
rome and Mariah Overmyer, was born February 8, 1864, re-
ceived a common school education and learned glass blowing at
which he has worked at Bowling Green, O., Red Key and Upland,
Indiana. He married Sophia Staly at Winnemac, Ind. They
are both members of the U. B. church, he is a republican and
member of I. O. O. F., and has interest in the Co-Operative
Glass Co., of Upland. Ind., where they reside. They have:

Ralph ; Harry ; Edwin ; Chauncey ; Mabel ; Gertrude ; Thom-
as ; Irvin, and Rosa A.

ORRIN M. (Jerome; Daniel; Philip; J. G.), was born No-
vember 18, 1865, son of Jerome and Mariah Overmyer. He re-

194 OVERMYER HISTORY

ceived a fair education and learned glass blowing, working in the
factories at Bowling Green, O., and Red Key and Upland, Ind.
He married Nettie Staly of Winnemac, Ind. They are members
of the U. B. church, he is a republican in politics and belongs to
the I. O. O. F. and has an interest in the Co-Operative Glass Co.
of Upland, Ind., where they reside. They have :

Franklin ; Floyd ; Jerry ; Ola and Eva.

CHARLES G. (Jerome; Daniel; Philip; J. G.), was born
August 16, 1867, son of Jerome and Mariah Overmyer. He,
like his father and brothers, learned glass working and worked
at Bowling Green, O., Red Key and Upland, Ind. He married
Minnie Belle Carey and lived at Upland, Ind., when she died
leaving four children : Clyde ; Grace ; Bonnie and George.

Charles married for his second wife Ella Brechtel of Indi-
ana, and in the autumn of 1903 they moved to Coffeyville, Kan-
sas, where they now reside at No. 1506 West 12th street. He is
employed in a glass factory and is a republican in politics and
both are members of the U. B. church. They have no children
of this second marriage.

MAZY MAY (Jerome; Daniel; Philip; J. G.), was born
October 10, 1869, and married John Walker of Illinois, where
they lived for some time, then moved to Michigan, where they
separated. They had one son, Earl, born April, 1889.

She married for her second husband, Alonzo Morman. He
is employed in the glass factory at Upland. Ind., where they re-
side. He is a democrat, belongs to the I. O. O. F. and both are
members of the U. B. church. They have no children of this
marriage.

JEROME C. (Jerome; Daniel; Philip; J. G.), son of Je-
rome and Mariah Overmyer, was born July 12, 1874, he also
learned glass blowing and married Edith Ballanger of Upland.
Ind. He is a republican and belong to the I. O. O. F. She is a
member of the M. E. church. They reside at Upland, Ind.,
where he is employed by the Co-Operative Glass Co.

They have one child : Helen.

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CLAUDE W. (Jerome; Daniel; Philip; J. G.), born March
17, 1876, and early in life learned glass blowing. He married
at Red Key, Ind., Meda Coates. She is a member of the U. B.
church, he belong to the I. O. O. F., is a republican in politics
and is employed in the Co-Operative Glass Factory at Upland,
Ind., where they reside.

Children : Lillian ; Lottie and Herman.

IRA W. (Jerome; Daniel; Philip; J. G.), was born Sept.
16, 1878, and in his youth attended the common schools, also
learned glass blowing, which he has since followed. He married
Maude Crisman of Red Key, Ind. They reside in Upland, Ind.,
where he is employed by the Co-Operative Glass Co. He is a
republican and a member of the I. O. O. F.

They have one child : Ellen.

MEARL D. (Jerome; Daniel; Philip; J. G.), youngest son
of Jerome and Mariah Overmyer, was born May 24, 1881. Re-
ceived a fair education and learned glass blowing which he has
always followed. He married Lillie Davis of Upland, Ind. She
is a member of The Friends' church, he is a republican and be-
longs to the I. O. O. F. He has an interest in the Co-Operative
Glass Co. at Upland, where they reside.

They have two children: Lucele and Ward.

CORNELIA A. (Daniel; Phil; J. G.), born September 15,
1838, in Washington township, Sandusky county, O. At this time
the Western Reserve and Maumee Pike was being constructed
through Washington township. She attended the common schools,
and joined the Evangelical church. On March 21, 1858, she
married, at her father's home, Emanuel S. Bowersox, son of
Solomon and Lucinda (Swineford) Bowersox, born August 8,
1835. in Center township, Snyder county, Pa. After marriage,
they moved to Snyder county, Pa., where he followed farming
for five years. In 1860, he was elected by the republican party
as County Auditor of Snyder county, in which capacity he served
for three years, a careful and painstaking official. They then re-
turned to Lindsey, O., where he engaged in farming a short time
and then embarked in the hotel and grocery business at Lindsey.

196 OVERMYER HISTORY

He was a soldier in the Civil war, being a corporal in Co. K,
169th O. V. L, at Ft. Ethan Allen, Va.

He is a member of the G. A. R. post, and has served a
number of terms on the Village Board of Education. During
President Benjamin Harrison's administration, he was postmaster
of Lindsey. His wife died at Lindsey, August 31, 1900. He
continued the grocery business until the winter of 1903. He
then went back to his birthplace in Pennsylvania for an extended
visit. In business he was a kind and obliging gentleman, and
trustworthy in every respect. They had the following children :

Mary Jane, born November 6, 1859 ; married Ch2= Benner.

Charles Howard, born April 25, 1861, now a druggist in
Toledo, O.

Clara Alice, born March 14, 1863 ; died September 23, 1864.

Emma Florence, born October 1, 1867, now in Cleveland, O.

Hattie Villetta, born May 29, 1870, now in Cleveland, O.

Irvin Ellsworth, born June 2, 1872 ; died March 20, 1873.

Wilson Theodore, born May 22, 1874; died September 10,
1875.

Ellen Blanche, born May 10, 1876 ; died October, 10, 1876.

Estella May, born December 24, 1878 ; married Harry Broom
of Ft. Wayne, Ind. ; live in Toledo, O.

Cooper K. Watson, born November 18: 1879 ; married
Catharine Broud ; live at Clyde, O.

Hayes, born November 18, 1879 ; died November 20, 1879.

AMANDA (Daniel ; Phil. ; J. G.), born in Washington town-
ship, Sandusky county, O. Attended the county schools and was
a member of the Evangelical church. She married at her father's
home, Ephriam Burket, son of Henry and Catharine (Balzer)
Burket. They moved to Richland Center, Ind., where they en-
gaged in farming. She died August 24, 1895, and was buried
near Richland Center, Ind. He died in December, 1901. They
had the following children :

Susannah ; Minerva ; married Isaac Newcomb, Chicago, 111. ;
William ; Ida ; Albert ; Michael ; Austin.

The latter four reside near Richland Center, Ind.

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PHILLIP (Phillip, J. G.), 5th son of Phillip and Rosanna
(Bishoff* Overmyer), was born near Weirickstown, (now Center-
ville) in Union (now Snyder) county, Pa, August 31, 1801,
learned the blacksmith trade of his brother William, married
Margaret Swineford in 1824, worked at the trade several years,
and in 1832, he and his brother William came to Sandusky
county Ohio to see the country, walking all the way here and
return, and finally decided to move here and came with his
family in 1835, locating on eighty acres of dense forest being
the east half of the southwest forth of section thirty-five north
of Lindsey, coming in a covered wagon, which served as a place
to live until he had erected a two story hewed log house. Wild
game of all kinds was plentiful then, and the Indians frequently
came and slept on the floor around the fire-place of the cabin.
Their cooking was all done on the coals. Cranes were con-
structed in the open chimneys to hang the kettles on, and the
baking was done in round iron pots, with lids of iron, so they
could be covered up with live coals, to hurry the baking. He
walked back to Pennsylvania several times on visits, easily
averaging fifty miles a day. He worked a great deal on the old
Ohio railroad that passed over the southwest corner of his land
near his house, would go to mill at Lower Sandusky now
(Fremont) with ox team, going one day and returning the next,
hauled many nice large poplar and walnut saw-logs to Lower
Sandusky and sold them for one dollar per log, starting from
his home before daylight in the morning and return late at
night with his ox team. Many fine logs were rolled on piles and
burned so as to make room for raising potatoes, corn, rye and
wheat for family use. He had a limited education in German
was formerly a whig, later a republican, were both members of
the Evangelical church but later he worshipped with the Re-
formed denomination, was an industrious well to do farmer of a
pleasant and genial disposition, retaining his mental and phy-
sical faculties to the end of life, his death came May 20, 1888,
and is buried beside his wife in the Lindsey cemetery. Children.

George, died in childhood.

Israel, born April 20, 1826.

Levi, died in childhood.

198 OVERMYER HISTORY

Wm. A., born June 5, 1831.

Richard, born 1833.

Luanda, born December 25, 1836.

ISRAEL (Phillip; Phillip; J. G.)' son of Phillip and Mar-
garet (Swineford) Overmyer, was born in Union county, Pa.,
April 20, 1826, and came to Sandusky County, Ohio, in 1835,
assisted his father in cleaning the farm, receiving but a limited
education ; married Sarah Myers, daughter af Henry and Mary
(Burks) Myers. A few years after marriage he moved to Pul-
aska County, Indiana, locating six miles southwest of Montrey,
where he resided for some time, later sold out there and moved
near Tiosa where he died. Children:

Phillip H. ; Geo. W. ; Thomas ; Frederick ; Mary ; Margaret ;
Harriett; Rosa; Emma; Vander; Charles; Nancy.

PHILIP H. (Israel; Phillip; Phillip; J. G.),son of Israel
and Sarah (Myers) Overmyer, married Lydia Vandien, is a
laborer and butcher, lives in Tiosa, Ind., and has the following
named children :

Geo.; Frank; Louis; Sarah; Henry; Daisy; Carrie.

MARGERET (Israel; Phillip; Phillip; J. G.),married
Thomas Dunfee, lived near Tiosa, Fulton County, Indiana, where
she died, leaving children:

Agnes P.; Charles W. ; Garfield; Harriet; Rosanna; Fred-
erick ; Goldie ; Joseph.

THOMAS (Israel; Phillip; Phillip; J. G.), married D.
Miller; they are farmers, have one hundred and sixty acres, and
live at Bass Lake, Ind., have three daughters:

Lyria ; Bonnie ; Alta.

MARY (Israel; Phillip; Phillip; J. G.), married John Rine-
hold, they are farmers and he is a Democrat ; they live six miles
northeast of Winamac. Children:

Annie; Charles; William; Louis; Frederick; Rosa; Delia;
John; Ida; Minnie and Arlu.

GEO. W. (Israel; Phillip; Phillip; J. G.), gone to the State
of Washington.

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FREDERICK (Israeli; Phillip; Phillip; J. G.), gone to
Woodland, California.

HARRIET, married Frank Young of Ora, Indiana.

ROSA, married Wash. Olds of Chicago, Illinois.

EMMA, married James Palmer of Tiosa, Indiana.

WILLIAM A. (Phillip; Phillip; J. G.), son of Phillip and
Margaret (Swineford) Overmyer, was born in Union County,
Pa., June 5, 1831, came to Sandusky County, Ohio in 1835,
received a very limited education, assisted his father to clear
up the farm that had been covered with heavy timber and dense
underbrush, which were grubed out and burned, later he helped
to grade part of the roadbed through Lindsey, of the Lake Shore
and Michigan Southern railway; also assisted in laying the iron
rails ; he and his cousin Luke Overmyer drove the spikes to
fasten the rails from Lindsey to Norwalk, camping during the
time with fifty Irishmen who occasionally imbibed too much
booze; then proceeded to annihilate the yanks as they called the
Overmyers. They had four companions or yanks ; being very
strong and active they would come out of the melees without
much injury save being nearly denude of clothing, for the time
being, finally they informed the foreman they would quit their
job unless they were given other quarters, which he did. Some-
time in 1853 he was married to Mary Fetterman, daughter of
John and Catharine Fetterman, and moved into the old log
house on his father's farm and farmed for him. When the
civil war broke out he was drafted, and reported at Cleveland,
but having a family of small children and no one to work his
aged father's farm, they insisted he should hire a substitute, which
he did , hiring an Irishman in Cleveland, to take his place. Later
the 169th regiment was pressed into service and he this time hired
John Myers as substitute who returned after the war without
having received any injuries. He bought the north part of his
farm of Z. Flatz, and the south part from Henry Emmel. He has
always been a hard working industrious man, never taking a very
active part in public afTairs, but leads a quiet, peaceful and busy
life, raising a family of nine children to manhood and woman-

200 OVERMYER HISTORY

hood, who are an honor and reflect the noble traits in the life of
their parents. They are both members of the Reformed church
and he has always been a Republican. They have recently pur-
chased a home in the village of Lindsey where they lead a re-
tired life with the income of their new 120 acre farm lying just
northeast of Lindsey, Ohio. Their children,

Sarah Ellen, born April 6, 1854.
Newton W., born February 25, 1855.
Emanuel, born September 18, 1856.
Maria, born April 9, 1858.
Matilda, born March 14, 1860.
Lydia Ann, born April 19, 1862.
Phillip Henry, born February 23, 1864.
Catharine, born January 20, 1866.
Louis Wesley, born October 22, 1868.

SARAH E. (Wm. A.; Phillip; Phillip; J. G.), daughter of
Wm. A. and Mary (Fetterman) Overmyer, was born near Lind-
sey, Ohio, April 6, 1854. After she was eight years old she made
her home with her grandparents, Phillip Overmyer. On November
21, 1878, she married John C. Haas, son of Jacob Haas; born
December 18, 1855 ; moved into a separate house at Lindsey
until her grandmother, Mrs. P. Overmyer died, then moved back
to her grandfather, P. Overmyer, and remained with him till his
death, May 20, 1888. Their children are :

An infant, born July 21, 1879 ; died in infancy.

Harry, born July 21, 1880.

Dora, born December 12, 1881.

George, born August 7, 1883.

Erie, born June 30, 1889.

NEWTON (Wm. A.; Phillip; Phillip; J. G.), son of Wm.
A. and Mary (Fetterman) Overmyer, was born near Lindsey,
Ohio, February 25, 1855 ; assisting his father in farm work dur-
ing the summer season and attending the district schools in the
winter, until he was seventeen years old, then was employed by
Beery & Davis at lumbering. On December 26, 1878, he mar-
ried Martha Strawman, daughter of Daniel and Sarah (House)
Strawman, born September 28, 1858 ; employed at carpenter work

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several years, then began farming on the Strawman homestead;
later bought a farm near Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio,
where he is still so engaged. Mr. Overmyer was a member of
the Lindsey school board for six years ; formerly was a member
of the Lindsey Band. They are both members of the Evan-
gelical church and take an interest in Sunday school work. Has
been the superintendent several years. Children :

Arthur L., born December 20, 1879.
Howard Ray, born March 8, 1881.

EMANUEL (Wm. A.; Phillip; Phillip; J. G.), son of Wm.
A. and Mary (Fetterman) Overmyer, was born near Lindsey,
September 18, 1856 ; assisted his father in farm work and attend-
ing school until February, when he married Carrie Artz, born
February 8, 1864, daughter of Jacob and Helen (Nufer) Artz.
They are farmers, reside in Ottawa County, and have two chil-
dren :

Daisy, born November 8, 1884. She married Henry Bloom
of Ottawa County, Ohio, December 20, 1902 ; have a fine farm
where they reside, 3 miles northeast of Lindsey, Ohio.

Flossie, born February 2, 1893.

MARIA (Wm. A.; Phillip; Phillip; J. G.), daughter of
Wm. A. and Mary (Fetterman) Overmyer, was born near Lind-
sey, Ohio, April 9, 1858, married Cyrus G. Bowers, March 11,
1878, born July 20, 1858, in Lancaster, County, Pa., son of
Cyrus and Catharine (Catherman) Bowers who came to San-
dusky County in 1874 from Seneca County Where they had moved
in 1868. He received a fair common school education and learned
carriage painting at Lindsey, Ohio, where he lived after marriage
until 1889, when they moved to St. Louis, Michigan, and lived
there a short time, then returned to Lindsey. Both belong to
the Evangelical church, are members of K. O. T. M. He is a
republican and was appointed Post Master under President
McKinley, May 1, 1898, which office he still holds. They have a
fine home on Main street where they reside. Children :

Mabel, born April 21, 1878, married G. W. Overmyer, son
of Amos (Jacob; Philip; J. G.)

202 OVERMYER HISTORY

Lulu, born August 11, 1880, married Aaron I. Naumann,
July 16, 1903. He is a son of Louis and Catherine (Michaels)
Naumann and was born June 7, 1879. Is Superintendent of
schools at LeClaire, Iowa. They have Catherine and Margaret —
Twins.

Harold, born September 22, 1885.

Mark, born January 11, 1897.

MATILDA (Wm. A.; Phillip; Phillip; J. G.), daughter of
Wm. A., and Mary (Fetterman) Overmyer was born near Lind-
sey, Ohio, March 14, 1860, received an ordinary common school
education and on January 1, 1885, married Milton H. Kocher,
born December 11, 1863, near Tamacwa West Penn,
Schuylkill County, Pa., son of David and Catharine (Shirey)
Kocher. They both belong to the Reformed church. He is a
democrat and carpenter, making nearly all his own plans and
specifications. They resided in Lindsey, Ohio, and had the fol-
lowing children :

Howard Ray, born March 4, 1886.

Mamie Irene, born September 16, 1887.

Harry Laurence, born June 9, 1889.

Catharine Furnie, born February 6, 1893.

Nellie, born September 29, 1895.

Lottie, born May 24, 1898.

Freda, born March 22, 1900.

Mrs Kocher died, March 9, 1905, is buried at Lindsey
cemetery.

LYDIA A. (Wm. A.; Phillip; Phillip; J. G.), son of Wm.
A. and Mary (Fetterman) Overmyer, was born near Lindsey,
Ohio, April 19," 1862, attended the common schools of the com-
munity and on February 25, 1883, was married by Rev. Richards
of the Reformed church, to Samuel W. Moser, son of Nathan and
Alanda (Eisenhard) Moser, near Lehighton, Carbon County,
Pa. Both belong to the Evangelical church. He is a republican
and a carpenter. They reside in Lindsey, and have children.

Myrtle M., born July 11, 1884.
Arthur F., born February 27, 1886.

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Frederick E., born May 31, 1888.

Floyd L., born September 16, 1890; died September 13, 1894.

PHILLIP HENRY (Wm. A.; Phillip; Phillip; J. G.), son
of Wm. A. and Mary (Fetterman) Overmyer, was born February
23, 1864, grew to manhood on his father's farm, and on Novem-
ber 26, 1885, he married Laura Haas, daughter of Jacob and
Mary (Aurand) Hass, born September 19, 1866. He is section-
foreman on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railway.
They reside at Lindsey. Children :

Grace May, born February 17, 1889.
Eva L., born December 4, 1891.
Mary R., born August 25, 1893.
Donald H., born November 19, 1898.

CATHARINE (Wm. A.; Phillip; Phillip; J. G.), daughter
of Wm. A. and Mary (Fetterman) Overmyer, was born near
Lindsey, January 20, 1866. March 6, 1888, married Michael Boy-
er, born August 28, 1859, son of Daniel and Catharine (Baker)
Boyer. He and his brother owned and operated a threshing
machine and tile works until recently. They reside at Lindsey,
Ohio, and have:

Flossie M., born June 12, 1888.
Gertrude E., born October 12, 1889.
Paul, born March 13, 1898.

LOUIS W. (Wm. A.; Phillip; Phillip; J. G.), son of Wm.
A. and Mary (Fetterman) Overmyer, was born near Lindsey,
Ohio, October 22, 1868 ; grew to manhood on his father's farm.
He married Mary Auxlter, daughter of Daniel and Laura
(Swartz) Auxter. They are farmers and at present are farming
his father's farm near Lindsey. Children:

Harry M., born March 22, 1889; died November, 1900.

Lonnie C, born September 14, 1890.

Hardy M., born May 3, 1892.

Freddie E., born June 12, 1894.

Bessie L., born December 21, 1895.

Dewey L., born October 21, 1897.

Carl W., born April 1, 1900.

204 OVERMYER HISTORY

Emerson A., born April 14, 1903.
Cleo P., born March 1, 1905.

RICHARD (Phillip; Phillip; J. G.), son of Phillip and
Margeret (Swineford) Overmyer, was born in Union County,
Pa., in 1833, and came with his parents to Sandusky County,
Ohio, when one year old, grew up on his father's farm near
Lindsey, and about 1857 he proceeded to Pulaski County, Ind.,
and made his home with his brother Israel's family, and on April
4, 1861, he married Malinda Graves, born February 17, 1850, in
Pulaski County, Ind., locating on a farm four miles east of Wini-
mac. He was a hard worker a very strong and bony man, had
the misfortune to have one of his cows mire in a swamp on his
farm, and in trying to lift her out, he lifting against two other
men on the other end of the lever, he received an internal injury,
from which he died in less than a week. Had a child Mary, who
also died. They are both buried at Reed cemetery one and one-
half miles east of Winimac, Ind. His widow later again married
Thomas Hacket of Winimac. Richard Overmyer died April 4,
1862.

LUCINDA (Phillip; Phillip; J. G.), only daughter of Phil^
lip and Margaret (Swineford) Overmyer, was born near Lind-
sey, Ohio, Dec. 25th, 1836, received a limited education in the
common log school house of her time to which she often waded
through mud and water. In 1854 at Fremont, Ohio, she mar-
ried Daniel Drukenmiller, born July 17th, 1836, a successful
farmer living near Fremont, Ohio. Have the following children :

Margaret, born October 17, 1856, married William H.
Fought.

Phillip H., born May 20, 1858, married Sylvesta Kluseman.

Mary J., born July 7, 1860, married Robert Wolfe.

Amos N., born December 10, 1862, married Josie Munch.

Wm. P., born November 10, 1864, married Anna Strasbach.

Emma C, born February 7, 1866, married Wm. Longan-
bach.

Sarah E., born January 2, 1868, married Wm. Tindall.

Harriet, born October 6, 1872, married Samuel Wonecott.

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Rutherford B., born June 15, 1876, married Laura Day.
Archibald W., born October 13, 1878, married May Baker.

They are retired farmers and reside in the village of Ball-
ville, Ohio.

GEORGE (Phillip; J. G.), sixth son of Phillip and Rosanna
(BishofT) Overmyer, was born near Weiricktown, now Center-

ville, Snyder county, Pa. 1804 grew to manhood as

other young men of his time and first married Barbara Ander-
son, a sister of his brother Jacob's wife, who died leaving one
child Agnes. He again married to Catherine Herbest, daughter of
Henry Herbest some time during 1832, at that time residing in
the state of New York, was a general laborer in his community.
In 1834 when his father and brothers decided to come to Ohio
he came with them and with his brother Daniel located in section
34 of Washington township, northwest of Lindsey, erecting a
cabin in the unbroken forest and proceeded to make it a home.
The land was covered with heavy timber and facilities for drain-
age were poor, so that the most courageous at times nearly fal-
tered, while many of his neighbors became discouraged and re-
turned from whence they came. He with others held out and
finally made it a success. While he died young in comparison to
many others, yet he lived to see the country around his home
begin to blossom as the rose and the granaries fill with bounteous
harvests. He was nearly six feet tall, straight and erect, muscu-
lar, well proportioned, very active and inured to hard labor.
Hungry wolves would often attack young pigs and calves so they
had to be secured for the night in stables where they could not
enter. His farming operations were for many years carried on
with an ox team, but later he procured horses and he and his
sons and grandsons were later owners of some of the finest horses
of the community. His wife died September 30, 1856, and on
April 25, 1857, he also closed his earthly career, both having been
members of the Evangelical church, and he in politics an old line
Whig. Both buried at Lindsey cemetery.

The daughter born of his first wife, named Agnes, born
October 27, 1830.

Phillip H., born December 8, 1833.

206 OVERMYER HISTORY

Franklin, born September 21, 1835.
Joseph, born August 8, 1839.
Edward, born May 8, 1843.

AGNES (George; Phillip; J. G.), daughter of George and
Barbara (Anderson) Overmyer, was born near Seneca Falls,
New York, October 27, 1830, came with her father to Sandusky
county, Ohio, in 1834. She married Levi Burkett August 17,
1850, son of Henry Burket, born November 17, 1830 ; resided in
Sandusky county, Ohio, until 1858, then settled four and one-half
miles southwest of Montrey, Pulaski county, Ind.

Their children: George, Catherine, Phillip H., Franklin,
Amanda, Luke, Jane, Lucy, Grant, Austin, Marion and Ida.

They are both living and in 1900 celebrated their golden
wedding jubilee on their 160 acre farm near Montrey, Ind.

PHILLIP H. (George; Phillip; J. G.), son of George and
Catharine (Herbest) Overmyer, was born near Seneca Falls,
New York, December 8, 1833 ; came with his parents to Sandusky
county, Ohio, in 1834. He grew up on his father's farm and re-
ceived a limited education in the common schools as they then
existed, assisting his father and their neighbors in clearing away
the forest and ditching the farms until October 26, 1856, he was
married to Catharine Walters by Rev. D. Strawman. She was
born February 12, 1836, a daughter of Michael and Mary
(Wolfe) Walters, who came from New Berlin, Pa., in 1838, and
settled due south of Lindsey about three miles in Section 26
of Washington township. When P. H.'s father died he moved
on to the old homestead and later bought his brothers inter-
ests in the same, and later bought the farm that formerly be-
longed to his uncle, Daniel Overmyer, and adding more acres
still later, until he possessed one of the best and most exten-
sive farms in the community, which has been tiled and improved
to a splendid condition, continued to farm the same until 1886,
when he rented the farms to his son, Cyrus, and later sold part
to his son, Perry, and moved to the village of Lindsey, where
he continues to lead a retired life enjoying the fruits of a well
spent manhood amid his children and grand children, which
are as follows:

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Emma, born February 19, 1858.

Perry K., born May 10, 1859.

Julia A., born October 19, 1860.

Cyrus, born February 24, 1862.

Edith, born August 1, 1863.

J. Wesley, born November 1, 1865.

Clara, born July 8, 1869.

Willie, born May 12, 1872 ; died in infancy.

Elbert E., born September 7, 1873.

Ora, born June 12, 1876, died in infancy.

Rosella C, born September 2, 1877.

EMMA (Phillip H.; George; Phillip; J. G.), daughter of
Phillip H. and Catharine (Walters) Overmyer, was born near
Lindsey, Ohio, and married William Henry Artz, April 26, 1877,
son of Jacob and Helen (Nufer) Artz, of Rice township, Ohio;
they are farmers and have the following children :

Blanch P., born August 26, 1878.
Ida V., born February 23rd, 1880.
Harry E., born September 25, 1881.
Cora C, born October 8, 1883.
Eda V., born January 6, 1889.

John W. and William H., twins, born October 7, 1886 ; died
in infancy.

Virgie O., born October 29, 1887.

Orlie G. and Orrie G., twins, born January 1 , 1889.

Floyd E., born February 17, 1893.

PERRY K. (Phillip H.; George; Phillip; J. G.), son of P.
H. and Catharine (Walter) Overmyer, was born on the old home-
stead ; received a common school education ; was married at El-
more, Ohio, May 17, 1883, to Tinela Kimball, daughter of Tim-
othy and Mary (Walters) Kimball, born June 2, 1861; she was
educated in the Elmore schools. They live at Lindsey ; have their
farm rented and he at times deals in timber and live stock
is a Republican and member of K. O. T. M., and has been mayor
of the village ; have no children.

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JULIA A., (Phillip H.; George; Phillip; J. G.), daughter
of P. H. and Catharine (Walters) Overmyer, was born near
Lindsey and was educated in the common schools and taught
several terms ; married October 8, 1885, William M. Heine-
man, born March 26, 1861, in Buffalo, N. Y., son of Jacob and
Mary Heineman. They were farmers ; belonged to the Evangel-
ical church, and he is a Democrat. She died July 9, 1900.
The had the following children :

Forest E., born July 17, 1886.

Ada R., born October 22, 1887.

Mary C., born July 22, 1890.

Infant, born December 24, 1894, dead.

Rolla P., born September 29, 1896 ; died January 30, 1897.

CYRUS (Phillip H.; George; Phillip; J. G.), son of P. H.
and Catharine (Walter) Overmyer, was born on the old home-
stead, was educated in the common schools ; married April 29,
1886, to Cora O. Engler, daughter of Jacob and Sarah Engler,
who was born April 5th, 1866 ;they formerly farmed on the old
homestead, but later moved to Lindsey and he worked at the car-
penter trade ; they have a farm of 80 acres in Washington town-
ship, and in 1905 bought an interest in a hardware store at
Gibsonburg. They have :

M. Cecil Z., born August 26, 1887.

EDITH (Phillip H.; George; Phillip; J. G.), daughter of
P. H. and Catharine (Walters) Overmyer, was born and edu-
cated near Lindsey, Ohio ; was married by P. W. Raidabach at
Lindsey, Ohio, to Alvin P. Fought, June 11, 1891, son of Paul
and Mary (Hetrick) Fought; locating at Preston, Beaver coun-
ty, Oklahoma, but later sold his ranching interest there ; they re-
turned locating a few years in Michigan, sold their farm there.
They have bought the Paul Fought homestead one mile south-
east of Lindsey, where they reside. Children :

Wilfred H., born August 15, 1893.

Paul Phillip, born June 11, 1897.

Olien C, born February 26, 1904.

JOHN WESLEY (P. H. ; George; Phillip; J. G.), son of
P. H. and Catharine (Walter) Overmyer, was born near Lind-

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sey, Ohio, November 1, 1865 ; was educated in the common
schools and at Ada, Ohio, Normal University ; follows the pro-
fession of teaching; on July 16, 1891, marreid B. Louisa Nau-
mann, daughter of Lewis and Catharine Naumann, born April
14, 1867. In 1887 he with others became possessed with the
desire to go "west." When there, took possession of a claim
and remained several years to prove it ; assisted in stock ranch
work several years, and then returned to his native state ;
spent a few years at college and since has been teaching. They
are members of the Congregational church. He is a conserva-
tive Republican ; his present postoffice address is Castalia, O.
One child :

Carleton N., born September 18, 1896.

CLARA (Phillip H. ; George; Phillip; J. G.), daughter of
Phillip H. and Catharine (Walter) Overmyer, was born near
Lindsey, Ohio, educated in the common schools and married
Charles Hetrick, May 27th, 1891, son of Daniel and Mary
(Seigenthaler) Hetrick, born May 19, 1867. He formerly taught
school in Sandusky county, but was appointed as a clerk in the
post office of the city of Toledo, where they now reside. Child-
ren:

Wilfred, born December 11, 1891 ; died July, 1903.

Berly M., born October 22, 1893 ; died April 25, 1894.

Harley N., born August 8, 1895; died December 19, 1895.

Phillip, born December 8, 1900.

ELBERT E. (Phillip H.; George; Phillip; J. G.), was born
and educated near Lindsey, Ohio, and later graduated in the
commercial course of O. N. U., of Ada, also a course of short-
hand and bookkeeping at the Davis Business College of Toledo,
O. ; formerly had an interest in a stock ranch in Beaver county,
Oklahoma Terr., at times handling three thousand head of live
stock in one season ; later sold his interests there and was a
street car conductor on the Toledo Traction company's tracks
for one year. He married April 8, 1903, Leila E. Ream. She
was born June 14, 1878, daughter of Elias and Sarah Ream,
who lived in Erie county, O. They reside on the P. H. Over-

210 OVERMYER HISTORY

myer homestead one mile northwest of Lindsey and are en-
gaged in farming.

ROSELLA C, (Phillip H.; George; Phillip; J. G.), was
born Sept. 2, 1877. Educated at Lindsey. Ohio, and taught school
in that vicinity some years. At her father's residence on April 26,
1899, she was married to George I. Johnson, son of W. D. and
Clara Johnson, born in New York state December 22, 1865, but
came to Ohio in his youth and is the junior member of the John-
son Hoop and Stave Manufacturing Company; was leader of the
Lindsey band for some time and acted in that capacity previous
in Logansport, Ind. They reside in Lindsey, O. Have :

Irving O., born March 26, 1902.

FRANKLIN (George; Phillip; J. G.), second son of George
and Catharine (Herbest) Overmyer, was born near Lindsey,
Ohio; grew up on his father's farm and married Susannah Bur-
ket, June, 1858, daughter of Henry and Catherine (Houtz)
Burket, born October 18, 1837 ; moved to Indiana in 1859, where
he has bought and sold serveral farms and now has accumulated
a large quantity of real estate ; has been farming and stock
raising, and threshing; owns several grain elevators on the
Nickel Plate Railway ; buys and ships live stick, grain and seeds.

He enlisted February, 1865, in Co. H, 55th Reg. Ind. Inf..
at Michigan city, went to Indianapolis, thence to Alexandria,
Va., thence by rail to Dover, Delaware, where he remained
until August, 1865, then mustered out near Dover. In former
years worked at the carpenter trade, and later followed grain
threshing. They lived at Burr Oak, Ind., and in 1903, took a
trip to California, and when about to return, she was taken sud-
denly ill and died at Los Angeles, Cal., August, 1903 ; buried
at Burr Oak, Ind. They had :

Harvey, born December 8, 1858.

Jeremiah, born December 29, 1860.

Samantha, born October 27, 1863 ; died May 8, 1868.

Sherman, born June 8, 1866.

Franklin, born April 21, 1868.

Albert, born February 21, 1870.

Edward, born November 5, 1871.

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Lewis, born December 11, 1873.
Alice, born January 14, 1876.
George W., born December 25, 1877.
J. A. Garfield, born April 12, 1880.

HARVEY (Frank; George; Phillip; J. G.), son of Frank
and Susannah (Burket) Overmyer, was born in Sandusky coun-
ty, Ohio, came with his parents to Indiana, and on November
23, 1882, married Catharine Wise, born June 19, 1863. They
followed farming and threshing; were members of the M. E.
church ; she died July 21, 1901. Children :

Walter L. ; Ettie E. ; Nettie J.

Their post office address is Richland Center, Ind.

JEREMIAH, married Minerva Shock. They are thresh-
ers and farmers. Children :

Effie and Elizabeth.

Their post office : Richland Center, Ind.

SHERMAN, married Ida Sickman, April 20, 1889, daughter
of Henry and Christena (Tauney) Sickman, born April 12.
1870 ; they are farmers. Children :

Mertie, born February 3, 1890.
Benjamin, born July 5th, 1891.
Chester, born August 3, 1894.
Verna, born April 20, 1897.
Bessie, born January 1, 1900.
Post office : Burr Oak, Ind.

FRANK, married Flora Voeries ; is employed in the office
of The Illinois Central Railway as shorthand and type-writer.
Children :

Roxie, died ; Elma ; Gladys and an infant.

Their address is 6343 Washington avenue, Chicago, 111.

ALBERT, married Delia Osborn ; are farmers. Children :

Laura ; Earl ; Dewey.

Postoffice: Burr Oak, Ind.

EDWARD, married Alice Miller. They are farmers.
Children :

212 OVERMYER HISTORY

Ola ; Ralph ; Raymond.

Their address: Richland Center, Ind.

LEWIS, married September 14, 1899, to Grace Humbert^
daughter of Jacob and Louisa Humbert, born in Iowa, January
14, 1878. Are farmers and runs one of his fathers grain eleva-
tors. Lives with his parents and have one child :

Roy, born August 8, 1900.

ALICE, married Norman Bady ; are farmers and live on
a farm one mile west of Burr Oak, Ind.
Child born April 8, 1901.

JOSEPH (George; Phillip; J. G.), son of George and Cath-
arine (Herbest) Overmyer, was born on the homestead one
mile northwest of Lindsey, Ohio ; educated in the common schools
and married December, 1860, Sarah Overmyer, daughter of
Michael (John M. ; J. G.) ; worked at the carpenter trade several
years with his brother Frank, while single, then went to Henry
county, Ohio, and farmed for his father-in-law, Michael Over-
myer ; was also section foreman on Wabash R. R. at Colton ;
and was engaged as sectionhand on L. S. & M. S. R. R. One
Sunday while returning to Elmore from Lindsey with Jacob
Newcomer, a section foreman, he became suddenly ill. and died of
heart failure before reaching Elmore ; leaving a widow and one
son Clarence, his death occurring October 18, 1863.

CLARENCE (Joseph; George; Philip; J. G.), only son of
Joseph, was born at Lindsey, Ohio, September 8, 1861, for a
while during his younger years he attended school at Tiffin,.
Ohio ; on November 13, 1884, he married at Monroe, Mich.
Cora C. Crowder, daughter of Lewis and Prudence Crowder
born December 23, 1861. He is an iron and steel worker ; a
Democrat and both belong to the M. E. church. Children :

Louis P., born October 2, 1885.

May P., born February 14th, 1887.

Joseph H., born December 14 ,1888 ; died July 3, 1889.

Nancy S., born April 8, 1890. ; died August 19, 1891.

Sarah J., born August 19, 1891.

Eva, born December 29, 1892.

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Herbert S., born September 8th, 1894.
Cora, born July 21, 1896.
Bertha, born December 9, 1897.
Lillie, born April 9, 1900.

EDWARD (George; Phillip; J. G.), fourth son of George
and Catharine (Herbest) Overmyer, was born in Sandusky coun-
ty, Ohio, grew up on his father's farm, and received a com-
mon school education, during the Civil War he enlisted in San-
dusky county, Ohio, May 2, 1864, assigned to Co. K, 169 Reg.
O. N. G., was at Washington, D. C, Fort Ethan Allen, Vir.-
discharged September 4, 1864, at Cleveland, Ohio. Married
Susannah Boyer, daughter of John and Catharine (Smith)
Boyer, residing on a farm northeast of Lindsey, Ohio, until
1876, when they sold their farm to John H. Roush, and moved
to Monroe county, Mich., locating on the north side of the
Raisin river, several miles west of Monroe city, for many years
he has been afflicted with inflammatory rheumatism, so he is
unable to walk. Children:

Catharine ; Wesley ; Samantha ; LeRoy ; Jane ; Perry ; Daniel.

DAVID (Phillip; J. G.), seventh son of Phillip and Rosan-
na (BishofT) Overmyer, was born in Union county, Pa., January
11, 1808, grew to manhood in what is now Sndyer county, Pa.,
sometime during 1831, he married Catharine Bruce and
later with her came to Sandusky county, Ohio, and located
on the forty acre lot next east of where his oldest brother Samuel
was living, being in Section 12 of Washington township, Sandus-
ky county, Ohio. Here he resided several years and in 1838
sold his land and moved to Fulton county, Ind., locating four
miles north of Kewanna. That country was then infested with
wild animals and Indians. He was a hardworking and indus-
trious man, made a home out of the forest and raised a family of
seven children:

Daniel, born November 24, 1832.
Mary, married J. Hissong; died November 23, 1857.
Stephen, born June 18, 1837 ; died July 6, 1881.
Phillip, born August 24, 1839; died October 15, 1863.

214 OVERMYER HISTORY

Sarah, married Samuel Walters; live at Altamount, Kan

Angeline, married David Whitman.

Harriet, married Silas Smith and live at the old homestead.

His first wife, Catharine Bruce, died October 3, 1870, and
is buried at Bruce Lake cemetery. He again married a widow
Mary Stout. They had no children and parted, and for his
third wife he married a Mrs. Burns, who died later. Finally
on January 20, 1884, his eventful life came to a close and he is
buried in Bruce Lake cemetery, by the side of the wife of his
youth.

DANIEL (David; Phillip; J. G.), son of David and Cathar-
ine (Bruce) Overmyer, was born in Union county, Pa., November
24, 1832, and came with his parents to Sandusky county, Ohio
and later to Fulton county, Indiana ; grew to manhood in the
new country of the far west as it was at that time. In 1853 he
married Sarah Stamm and in 1854 moved to Pulaski county,
where he continues to reside. In 1864 he enlisted in the 59th
Regt Ind. Vol. Inft.. and served about nine months, after which
he returned to his farm. His wife died July 16th, 1867, aged 31
years, 7 months and 21 days, leaving him six children :

John, born August 11, 1855.

Mary E., born May 14, 1857.

Harriet, born October 18, 1859.

Phillip L., born Nov. 3, 1861.

Charles M., born March 27, 1863; died April 21, 1880.

Schuyler C, born December 29, 1864.

In October, 1868, he married for his second wife Lucinda
Kroft, and with her had six children :

Franklin, born August 7, 1869.

Amanda, born November 7, 1870.

Etta M., born February 17, 1871.

Isaac, born November 10, 1872.

Benjamin, born July 11, 1875.

Annie, born November 15, 1880.

He owns a large farm said to be the best farm in Tippe-
canoe township, where he resides with one of his sons, his wife
having left him and resides with another son.

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JOHN (Daniel; David; Phillip; J. G.), first son of Daniel
and Sarah (Stamm) Overmyer, was born in Pulaski county, Ind.
Married Emma Burns : Their children are :

Lettie and Daniel.

His wife died and he again married Matilda Garman. Child-
ren:

Ira ; Edward ; Earnest ; Lela.

They are members of the Evangelical church.

MARY E., married Amos Adams. Children :

Maud ; Edith ; Blaine ; Clay ; Carl and Earl are twins.

HARRIET, married Benjamin Zellars. They live in Wina-
mac ; is a painter. Children.
Almeda ; Alvin ; Harvey.

PHILLIP LINCOLN, married Lennie Luntzford ; are far-
mers ; live two miles west of Bruce Lake station ; belong to
Evangelical church ; a republican. One child : May.

SCHUYLER C, married Lydia Owens, farmers; members
of the M. E. church ; republican ; live four miles southwest of
Leiters Ford, have three sons, one daughter : Bessie.

FRANKLIN, married Isabella McKee ; are farmers; a re-
publican ; and live six m/'les southwest of Leiters Ford. Child-
ren:

Dessie; Bennie; Nina.

AMANDA, married Charles Bitterling are farmers; belong
to Lutheran church and live three miles southwest of Monterey.
Children :

Edna; Ruth; Clara; George; Charles, Oma, and an infant.

ETTA M., married Schuyler Wentzel ; farmers; live four
miles south of Monterey. Children:
Efrie and Joseph.

ISAAC, married Addie Miser ; are farmers ; members of the
Reformed church ; a Republican and live five miles southwest
of Leiters Ford. Children :

Harry ; George ; Clem.

216 OVERMYER HISTORY

BENJAMIN, married Ida Feece, April 13, 1898, daughter
of William and Mary A. (Hartman) Feece, born March 18,
1875, are farming the old homestead four miles south of Monte-
rey ; a Republican. Child :

Daisie, born February 13, 1899.

ANNIE, married Edward Lewis ; are farmers and live five
miles south of Monterey. One child: Cecil.

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CHAPTER V.

Line of John Michael, fifth son of the emigrant, John George.
Overmyer, who was bom in Pennsylvania in 1773*

JOHN MICHAEL (J. G.), fifth son and twelfth child
of John George Overmyer, the emigrant, was born at the old
homestead, now Limestone twp., Union county, Pa., January 12.
1773. By the teaching of his parents, he received a fair Ger-
man education, and later learned the trade of what was then
called, house carpenter and cabinet maker. House carpenters
were those who after a hewed log house or other cabin was
erected, would construct window sash and frames and doors,
and door frames, lay matched floors, with boards all matched
by hand. Such work he did during the summer season, and in
the winter, would construct chairs, cupboards, tables and at
times fanning mills for farmers, the gearings of which consisted
of wooden cog-wheels all made by him. He also constructed
many of the weaving looms on which our grandmothers wove
the material to clothe their families with.

On September 22, 1793, at Longstown, Pa., he married
Catharine Long, daughter of George Long, a switzer proprietor
of Longstown (now New Berlin), where he resided, until he
left Pennsylvania for Ohio. For many years he was Captain
of the 7th Com. of the 39th Regt. of the Pennsylvania militia
commanded by Col. Youngman. He and his oldest brother, John
George, were named as executors in their father's last will and
testament. Having completed their final settlement of his fathers
estate in 1810, he prepared two teams, horses, harness and wag-
ons, and with one four horse team, and one five Jiorse team,
moved to Ohio in 1811, located near Somerset, Perry county,
entering a quarter section of forest land, and began to establish
a home, with a family of six children. His brother Peter having
settled there ten years previous, here he with his wife and children
began and cleared up a farm. He often exchanged work with his

218 OVERMYER HISTORY

neighbors, would finish their homes and construct furniture for
them, and they in turn would chop on clearings and build fence
and plow for him.

In the fall of 1826, he with two of his sons, George L. and
Michael, and a neighbor, Daniel Hensel, made a trip to Lower
Sandusky to view the new country with a view to locating
where water navigation could be utilized for shipping surplus pro-
duce, that would eventually accumulate in later years, when the
forest was finally cleared away. He made the trip on horse-
back, the two sons and Mr. Hensel traveling on foot from their
home in Perry county to Lower Sandusky (now Fremont)
Sandusky county, mostly over new roads through the dense
forest. They were well pleased with the lay of the land and the
water navigation of the Sandusky river. On their return trip
they stopped at the government land office at Bucyrus, Ohio.
He entered the southeast quarter of Section 18 for George L.
and the southwest quarter of the same section for Michael
and Mr. Hensel entered the southwest quarter of Section
17 all in Sandusky township, paying one dollar and a quarter
an acre. Mr. Hensel and the two sons moving onto the land in
the fall of 1827. In 1831 he again came to Lower Sandusky on
horseback to visit his sons, and found the cleared land so pro-
ductive and the surroundings so much improved that he decided
to sell his holdings in Perry County and himself and the balance
of his family also come to Sandusky county. On his return he
began preparation and the folowing year moved from Perry
to Sandusky county and bought the southeast quarter of Section
19, Pike tract of 153 acres ; lived a few months on the west
bank of Big Mud creek, until he erected a one and one half
story hewed log house on his land in the dense forest, where
Samuel Kuns now resides, near Four Mile House, Sandusky
township. The first year he resided here was a very wet and rainy
season, and he like many other pioneers, became greatly dis-
couraged, but he could not get back, and lived to see the Maumee
Pike macadamized by the state and the country improve so
much, that he became satisfied with his change. He helped and
was principally instrumental in organizing the first Lutheran

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congregation of Salem's Four Mile church ; also active in getting
the grounds for Four Mile cemetery.

The itinerant preacher ever was cordially received and en-
tertained by him, and several young ministerial students, had
their home with him for years. During the first four years of
his residence here his remaining three children were married,
viz: John, Barbara and Samuel. In 1836 his son-in-law, John
Kuns, father of Samuel and John Kuns, moved in with him, from
Perry county, with two four horse teams. Peter Overmyer and
Peter Whitmer, both nephews of John M. Overmyer, were the
teamsters on this move. The Kuns boys farmed for him as long
as he lived. Their rye, wheat and buckwheat was all threshed
with flail for quite a number of years. He was about 5 feet,
9 inches tall, square built, broad shouldered, very short stout neck,
muscular, active, hardworking, and fond of horse-back riding.
An eye witness told the writer that in later years, he kept a young
spirited horse, for saddle purposes, and had a mounting stand
erected from a square cut of a log or tree, so he could better
mount the frisky animal, when starting away into the forest to
gather in his and his neighbors cows, to have them ready at home
by milking time. He had blue eyes, a round full, flushed, always
smooth shaven face, of a genial disposition. When mounted on
his charger, his erect position, broad shoulders, ruddy face,
broad brimmed hat covering a fine head of grey hair, made a
picture for patriarchal inspiration to those who would meet him.
never to be forgotten. The writer was assured by many who
knew him in their youth, that they considered him one of the
grandest old gentlemen the country ever produced.

After a lingering dropsical ailment he died October 19,
1847, and is buried at Four Mile cemetery. His wife, Catharine
(Long) Overmyer, was born October 11, 1775, where New Ber-
lin, "formerly called Longstown," is situated. Her father, George
Long laid out the town in 1792. Frederick Evans was the sur-
veyor, the first lot sold was No. 53 to Adam Snyder, deed dated
January 18, 1793, giving his daughter several lots . A house was
erected, where she with her ordinary household duties, managed
a bakery for the settlers of the village, baking the ever famous
Bretzel and ginger bread, and brewing ginger ale to supply the

220 OVERMYER HISTORY

wants of the public. The writers father often related of remem-
bering the great social jollification of people of the village when
the fact was announced that Thomas Jefferson was declared
president-elect of the United States. Having moved from Penn-
sylvania to Perry county, Ohio, in 1811, and from there to Lower
Sandusky in 1832, twice tasted the severe trials of pioneer life,
with a family of children. She died October 3, 1853, and was
buried beside her venerable husband in Four Mile cemetery
near her last place of residence.

They were life long members of the Lutheran church ; he
a Jeffersonian Democrat.

They had the following children :

George L., born January 4, 1795 ; died August 29, 1870.

Catharine, born June 4, 1799 ; died November 5, 1874.

Michael, born September 5, 1801.

Susan, born February 13, 1804 ; died December 31, 1840.

John, born December 24, 1806 ; died May 10, 1889.

Barbara, born September 25, 1809 ; died June 7, 1889.

Elizabeth and Magdalena, twins, born August 22, 1812;
both died in infancy.

Samuel, born February 1, 1815 ; died in Mexican War in
1848.

GEORGE L., (John M.; J. G.), first son of John M. and
Catharine (Long) Overmyer, was born in Longstown (now New
Berlin) Pa., January 4, 1795, and was baptized in the Lutheran
faith by Rev. Leist, his parents residing in the village until 1811,
which gave the son George L., a fair opportunity to attend school,
free schools were unknown in that age. Teachers would canvass
a community and parents were obliged to subscribe, and pay a
certain amount per scholar per quarter or term. If teachers
would secure a sufficient number of pupils, then the school would
begin and continue until the number would drop below a pay-
ing basis, and then close until some other teacher would be se-
cured. One of his first teachers was the elder James Parks, who
was appointed a Justice of the Peace March 30, 1797, and was
taught later by Alexander Templeton, and Dr. James Charlton
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the young student was enabled to procure an education above the
ordinary young men of his day and age. Financial problems
contained in the text books were in sterling, pounds and shill-
ings and pence, though the decimal system was adopted in 1786,
but few text books or teachers taught that system then. In
1811 he came, with his parents to Perry county, Ohio, walking
nearly the entire distance, as he assisted in driving several cows.
Here he assisted his parents in clearing up the home farm, and
on May 16, 1816, he married Mary Bowman, daugh-
ter of George and Catharine (Roodh) Bowman, born
in Westmoreland county, Pa., September 10th, 1801. After
marriage he learned the milling trade and served in a grist mill
owned by his father-in-law, George Bowman, until 1827, then
he, his brother Michael, and a neighbor, Daniel Hensel, moved by
teams to Lower Sandusky (now Fremont). The three families
first moved into a cabin on the west bank of Muscalunge creek
on the south side of the Maumee Pike, lived there only a short
time until they erected a cabin on the southeast quarter of Sec-
tion 18, then the three families moved into it, and with the aid
of their three wives and the elder children, erected a cabin for
each of the other two families on their respective tracts. The three
families were without a team the first year, each family had two
cows, that were wintered on corn in the ear and underbrush of
the forest. Their corn meal for family bread and mush, was
mostly carried home from the Lower Sandusky Mills in sacks
on the pioneer's shoulder, through the forest on a direct line
from the settlement to Lower Sandusky crossing Muscalunge
creek at the Bowlus sawmill nearly a mile north of the Pike.
Later he bought an ox team, which served a splendid purpose for
the settlement. Constructing a box onto the rear axle of the
wagon, with a temporary tongue attached thereto, one would with
this cart, and the ox team convey quite a grist to and back from
the mill for the settlement, after clearing a field several crops
were usually raised without a plow or harrow in use in the field
the soil being stirred and cultivated with the hoe.

In 1836 he sold this farm and moved several miles west on-
to the northeast quarter of section 11, Washington twp., which
he had bought from the government in 1835. Here he resided

222 OVERMYER HISTORY

until 1849 assisting in organizing the township, being elected as
one of the first Justice of the Peace. Solemnizing many marri-
ages in that capacity, for the settlers, was elected as the first
township clerk, which office he held thirty years in succession ;
was a good mathematician and penman, many deeds and mort-
gages were by him written and are in a plain round hand and
well preserved to this day.

He was a lean, spare built man, blue eyes, of a jovial, free
and liberal disposition, no financier, never accumulated much
of this world's goods and loosing heavily by bailing others ; a Jef-
fersonian and Jacksonian Democrat ; a member of the Lutheran
church ; he and his wife lived together over fifty- four years, he
dying very suddenly of paralysis of the heart August 29, 1870.

The wife and mother resided with their children and died
October 18, 1879 ; are buried side by side in Four Mile cemetery.
Had the following children :

Catharine, born in 1817 ; died in infancy.

Susan, born April 16, 1820; died January 8, 1887.

Elizabeth, born April 21, 1822; died April 15, 1879.

Paul, born November 20, 1824; died March 29, 1847.

Solomon B., born November 23, 1826.

George B., born February 18, 1829 ; died February 9, 1885.

Mary A., born March 12, 1831 ; died June 11, 1905.

John, born May 19, 1833 ; died February 8, 1900.

Noah, born January 18, 1836 ; died December 28, 1852.

Sarah, born May 2, 1838.

Barnhart B., born July 26, 1840.

Samuel B., born October 6, 1842 ; died October 9, 1864.

SUSAN (George L. ; J. M. ; J. G.), daughter of George L.
and Mary (Bowman) Overmyer, was born in Perry county,
Ohio and come with her parents to Sandusky county in 1827.
Later married Joseph Shively. First settled on Section 25
of Washington twp. ; sold this farm to Leonard Hess, then moved
into Sandusky township, and settled on the north side of the
Maumee Pike in Section 29. In 1855, he sold this place and
bought 160 acres in Sections 12 and 13 in Washington township,
where they resided until they died, his death occurring August

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31, 1881, and hers January 8, 1887 ; were buried in Four Mile
cemetery. Children :

Sarah, born July 10, 1835 ; married N. Engler June 1, 1854.

Elizabeth, born September 10, 1837 ; married H. J. Kramb
April 22, 1866.

Henry, born January 23, 1840 ; married Savilla Boop.

John, born May 15, 1842 ; married Elizabeth Ribble.

George Alfred, born March 23, 1844 ; married Catherine
Kuns.

Solomon, born March 3, 1846 ; married Mary Hufford.

Joseph Franklin, born June 30, 1848.

William Hanson, born March 7, 1852.

James Allen, born January 19, 1860.

Louis W., born January 21, 1866.

ELIZABETH (George L. ; John M. ; J. G.), third daughter
of George L. and Mary Overmyer, was born in Perry county,
Ohio, came with her parents to Sandusky county, and on June
10, 1840, married Isaac Overmyer, son of (Peter; John George;
J. G.), resided on different farms in Washington township,
Sandusky county, Ohio, until 1855, when they with John Ander-
son, Luke Overmyer and others moved to Pulaski county, Ind.,
overland with several ox teams and a few horse teams. Started
near Fremont, Ohio, on a Wednesday and arrived at their des-
tination, near Winamac, Pulaski county, Indiana, a week after
the following Sunday. Erected a cabin, began clearing the land
and establishing a home. Isaac died January 7, 1864, leaving
one child :

Susan, born April 1, 1841.

A few years after Isaac's death she married Ferdinand Sei-
del, of Winamac, Ind. With him had no children . She died April
15, 1879, and is buried in Montrey cemetery, Montrey, Ind.
Susan, her daughter, on February 6, 1864, at Winamac, Ind.
married Richard Hoesel, son of Charles and Catherine (Wesner)
Hoesel, born in Bohemia, near Saxony, July 20, 1840, and came
to America in 1855 and located in Seneca county, Ohio. Went
from there with his parents to Indiana in 1858, where after
their marriage they accumulated a large farm — at one time own-
ing over eleven hundred acres of land, all well stocked with hogs.

224 OVERMYER HISTORY

horses, cattle and sheep. Their residence and home farm is sit-
uated three and one-half miles southwest of Montrey. He was
injured by a spirited team running away on January 1, 1895
from which he died January 3, never having regained conscious-
ness or spoken a word after the accident. He is buried in the
family lot in Montrey cemetery, Montrey, Ind. She has divided
the farms and other property among their children and resides
in a fine home by herself in Montrey, spending much of her
time with her children and other relatives. Their children :

C. Hubert; Nettie B. ; Mary E. ; Ida C. ; Chas. H. ; Louisa
A. ; Clara E. ; Frank A. ; John Lewis ; Alpha R. Their history
briefly is as follows :

C. Hubert, born January 3, 1865. Died March 5, 1865.

Nettie B., born July 29, 1866. Married Enoch Overmeyer
son of Ezekiel (Peter; John George; J. G. (See Chapter II.)

Mary E., born February 25, 1868. She attended school at
Ladoga, Winamac and Logansport, and taught several terms, and
on June 17, 1891, married Schuyler Johnson, son of Eli and
Jane (South) Johnson. They are farmers and reside on a nice
farm of 256 acres six miles northeast of Winamac. Children:

Hazel E., born June 3, 1893.

Esther M., born November 26, 1898.

Ida C, born September 9, 1869. Married George H. Went-
zel. Have three children: Harry S., born October 11, 1888;
Charles H., born November 13, 1889 ; Eva S., born December
16, 1900; live at a nice home four miles southwest of Leiter's
Ford.

Charles H., born July 27, 1871. On January 29, 1893,
married Nettie Smith, daughter of George and Sarah (Bennett)
Smith, born November 10, 1875. Are members of the Lutheran
church ; are farmers, reside on their farm of 252 acres, three
miles northeast of Winamac. Children: Fay, born November
25, 1893; May, born December 15, 1894; Earl Richard, born
January 9, 1896 ; Alpha, born January 13, 1898 ; Hubert, born
March 9, 1899, and Ethel, born March 16, 1901.

Louisa A., born September 12, 1873. On February 27, 1892, at
Winamac, Ind., married Jacob Frank Shine, son of Charles and
Lucetta Shine, born in Pulaski county April 7, 1870. After mar-

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riage they located at Hammond, Ind., where he was formerly
a carpenter and contractor, and built many fine residences in
said place. Since 1898 he has been a metropolitan police offi-
cer. They belong to the Lutheran church. He is a Democrat,
and they reside at 41 West Doty street, Hammond, Ind. Chil-
dren : Phamie, born June 13, 1893 ; Charles H., born October 9,
1896 ; Eva M., born October 29, 1898 ; Frank W., born April 3,
1901.

Clara E., born July 25, 1876. Died July 5, 1877.

Frank A., born April 26, 1878.

John Lewis, born May 7, 1880. On May 21, 1901, married
Cora V. Bruce, daughter of Daniel and Sarah E. (Hizer) Bruce
born October 16, 1877. They reside two miles west of Bruce's
Lake.

Alpha R., born August 9, 1882 ; married, lives on old home-
stead.

PAUL (George L. ; John M. ; J. G.), first son and fourth child
of George L. and Mary (Bowman) Overmeyer, was born in
Perry county, Ohio, November 20, 1824, and came with his par-
ents to Sandusky county, Ohio, in 1827, where he grew to man-
hood, attending the primitive rural schools of that time, taught
by his father and his uncle, Isaac Moore, which was only three
months each year during the winter season. In summer he as-
sisted his parents and neighbors in clearing up the farms and
was generally engaged as sawyer in the lumber sawmills, erected
along the streams of the vicinity. He was a natural musician
and fond of vocal music, possessing a splendid voice which he
fully cultivated by practice and drilled the young people of the
community for splendid old-time church music. In the spring
of 1847, while engaged as foreman on the sawmill owned by
Solomon Waggoner, he contracted a cold by being in the water
repairing the floodgates of said mill, which produced lung
fever or pneumonia, from which he died March 29, 1847. Is
buried in Four Mile cemetery.

SOLOMON B. (George L. ; John M. ; John G.), was born
near Somerset, Perry county Ohio, November 23, 1826. Came
to Sandusky county with his parents in 1827, attending the

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public schools taught by his father and his uncle, Isaac Moore,
in winter, and assistinng his father in clearing land in summer,
spring and fall. The first clearings were planted to corn with
the hoe, and cultivated with the hoe entirely, as they had no
team. In 1845, during the summer, he worked for John Sworm,
a blacksmith, as an apprentice ; was also admitted a confirmed
member of the Lutheran church by Rev. Henry Lang. The
following spring he went to York Center, east of Clyde, at
Wales Corners, to serve as an apprentice and learn blacksmithing,
of J. B. Carl, and two years later came to Lower Sandusky (now
Fremont), and worked for Solomon Lansing, founder of the
City of Lansing, Michigan ; then worked a year at Hamer's
Corners (now Clyde, O.) for Tom. Wilkes. He was a contractor
and had a contract to macadamize the Maumee Pike from Green
Creek to York Center, Solomon B. doing the repair work on the
tools used on said contract. In November, 1848, on the day
after election, when Zach. Taylor was elected president of the
United States, he, with Daniel Boyer, started on a western trip
afoot, carrying each a satchel, walking to Maumee, thence by
canal boat to Defiance, husking corn there a few days ; thence
walked to Fort Wayne, Ind., carrying their satchels ; thence
to Rochester, Whitley county. Here Mr. Boyer became dis-
couraged and started on his return home, but S. B. proceeded to
Oswego and worked, piece work, making horse shoes and horse
shoe nails, getting for the latter one dollar per thousand, work-
ing one week ; then walked to Warsaw, Kosciuska county, thence
to Goshen, and north to White Pigeon, Michigan. Here he
worked two years for Thomas P. Huff" at blacksmithing. In
the summer of 1850 he concluded to return home, going from
White Pigeon to Jonesville by stage, thence by the first rail-
road he ever saw to Toledo, by canal from Toledo to Maumee,
from there home, one mile east of Hessville, by stage. Rented
a blacksmith shop of John Reed at Hessville and continued
working at that trade. Married Magdalena Barbara Overmyer
(daughter of Michael; David; J. G.) Aug. 12, 1852, at Hessville,
Ohio, by John Berry, justice of the peace; she was born near
Longstown (New Berling), Pa., Sept. 30, 1833.

To them were born the following children ;

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Elizabeth, born December 31, 1853 ; died in 1859.

Mary Savilla, born March 18, 1856 ; married Frank Spiele-
denner.

David Allen, born February 13, 1859.

Isaac Franklin, born January 12, 1862 ; died.

John Joseph, born August 30, 1863.

Martha Fianna, born July 27, 1866.

William Alvin, born Jan. 6, 1870 ; died March 12, 1871.

darah Belle, born October 1, 1873 ; died Jan. 5, 1900.

Having discontinued the trade of blacksmithing, he turned
his attention to farming until 1879, then moved to Hessville
and since has lived a retired life ; always a Jacksonian democrat
and both members of the Lutheran church. She died March 27.
1904 ; buried at Four Mile cemetery.

MARY SAVILLA, born March 18, 1856, in Washington
township ; educated in the common schools of Washington town-
ship, married May 30, 1882, at Fremont, O., to Frank Spieldenner,
born May 9, 1842. She is a member of the Lutheran church
and he is a carpenter by occupation and has been employed by
the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Co. for a
number of years to build and repair cars, and they reside at
No. 753 Madison street, Conneaut, Ohio.

Their children:

Magdalena Elizabeth, born April 12, 1883.

Martha B., born June 15, 1884; died June 30, 1885.

Mary F., born September 27, 1885.

Solomon A., born April 24, 1887.

Franklin E., born June 24, 1897.

DAVID ALLEN (Solomon; George L. ; J. M. ; J C), was
born in Washington township, one mile east of Lin isey, Ohio.
February 13. 1859 ; educated in the common schools of the town-
ship and on November 20, 1879, married Calista Ebersole,
daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Overmyer) Ebersole, born June

21, ; are farmers, and reside one mile northeast of Millbury,

Ohio, and have the following children:

Oliver, born April 22, 1880.

Edward, born March 20, 1882.

228 OVERMYER HISTORY

Nathaniel, born November 29, 1883.

Sadie Bell, born February 27, 1885 ; died July 3, 1904.

Infant, born November 3, 1886 ; died December 7, 1886.

Vicia Alice, born November 23, 1888.

Myrtle V., born August 26, 1891.

OLIVER (David A.; Sol.; Geo. L. ; Jno. M. ; J. G.), first
son of David Allen and Calista (Ebersole) Overmyer, was born
near Millbury. Ohio, April 22, 1880, and when grown to manhood
married Rosa Miller, is a ship carpenter and they reside at No.
1224 Navarre Ave., Toledo, Ohio, have one child.

Oral Oliver, born November, 1904.

JOHN JOSEPH (Sol.; G. L.; J. M. ; J. G.), born August
30, 1863, at Hessville, Ohio, educated in the county schools of
the township, and was married February 5, 1888 at Hessville, to
Lucy Schroeder, born March 8, 1870 at Woodville, Ohio,
daughter of William and Mary Schroeder. They are members
of the Lutheran church, are farmers and live near Prairie Depot,
Wood County, Ohio. Children :

Lily Mary Magdaline, born July 13, 1888.

William Gerhardt, born June 23, 1893.

Ida May Belle, born June 23, 1896.

MARTHA F. (Sol.; Geo. L.; Jno. M. ; J. G.), daughter of
Solomon and Mary M. Overmyer, was born July 27, 1866, near
Lindsey, Ohio, educated in the common schools of the township.
Married October 11, 1887 at Hessville, Ohio, to Frank Ward.
They reside at Bay Shore, Lucas County, Ohio, P. O. address,
Station A, Toledo, Ohio. Children :

Isaac Arthur, born September 8, 1888.

Ivan Salisbury, born November 16, 1890.

Ethel Margie, born September 7, 1892.

Ella Viola, born January 5, 1896.

Mary Magdalena, born January 12, 1899

Charles Henry, born January 11, 1900.

SARAH BELL (Solomon; Geo. L. ; Jno. M. ; J. G.), was
born October 1, 1873, near Lindsey, Ohio, educated in the com-
mon schools of the township, married Henry Lockmiller, to them
were born three children.

AND GENEALOGY 229

Clara.

Edward.

Infant. Her death occurring January 5, 1900.

GEORGE B. (G. L.; J. M.; J. G.), son of Geo. L. and
Mary Overmyer, was born February 18, 1830 in Sandusky town-
ship, Sandusky County, Ohio,baptized to the Lutheran faith in
infancy, educated in the common schools of the township and
later learned the carpenter trade. Married Elizabeth Fickel,
daughter of Geo. and Catharine Fickel, born in Germany, June
4, 1835. Lived at Hessville, Ohio, several years, then moved
to Upper Sandusky, Wyandot County, but later re-
turned to Fremont, Ohio. Enlisted with Capt. Jno. L. Green,
Jr., company E, 186th Regiment, Ohio Volunteers Infantry, mus-
tered in at Camp Chase, March 2, 1865, 991 men, Thomas F.
Wildes, colonel. Reported at Nashville, Tennessee, March 8, sent
to Cleveland, that state ; then to Dalton, Georgia ; then to Chata-
nooga, Tenessee ; mustered out at Nashville, September 18, 1865,
851 men, colonel Wildes still commanding. Returned to his
home at Fremont, Ohio. His children consisted as follows:

Mary Savilla, born May 2, 1851 ; died August 4, 1851.

William Henry, born August 14, 1852; died June, 1903.

Clara Cecelia, born January 16, 1854.

Mary Ellen, born February 23, 1856; died June 29, 1885.

Geo. Franklin, born October 4, 1859 ; died June 30, i860.

Charles W., born September 7, 1857.

Eugene, born August 14, 1861.

Almeda C, born June 8, 1863.

Frank H., born September, 11, 1870.

George B. Overmyer, died February 9, 1885, and his wife
died December 3, 1893, and are buried side by side in the B. B.
Overmyer lot, four mile Cemetery, Sandusky Township, San-
dusky County, Ohio.

WILLIAM H. (G. B.; G. L. ; J. M. ; Jno. G.) ; was born
August 14, 1852, was educated in the common schools of the
township. When about sixteen years old he assisted a horse
buyer to take several car loads of horses to Boston, Massachu-
sets, where he remained several years, then enlisted into the
service of the United States regular army, and served five years,

230 OVERMYER HISTORY

was in the famous Modoc Indian Warfare of the Oregon lava
beds, with General Custer, fighting the Indians under various
Wiley Indian Chiefs Sitting Bull, Rain-in-the—face, Medicine
Wolfe, Gray Beard, White Horse, Little Bull and Little Bear,
after the time of service had expired he stayed a short time
in Oregon, then drifted eastward to Pike County, Illinois, where
he married Mary Leland, 'born June 15, 1852, daughter of
Charles Leland, who was a soldier of the rebellion, belonging to
Company D., 7th California Cavalry. Their children are:

George Henry, born February 10, 1876.

Alfred Eugene, born November 20, 1878 ; died July 8, 1880.

Harry Addison, born September 9, 1881.

James William, born April 9, 1883.

Gertrude May, born May 14, 1886.

Charles Franklin, born September 18, 1893.

He was a carpenter and contractor in later years. After a
lingering illness with Brights disease. He died in June, 1903 and
is buried in Oakwood Cemetery.

GEORGE H. (Wm. H. ; Geo. B. ; Geo. L. ; Jno. M. ; J. G.),
was born in Fremont, Ohio, February 10, 1876, later married and
is employed as conductor by The Toledo Traction Co., and they
reside at 833 Junction Ave., Toledo, Ohio. Have one child:

Verna, born June 4, 1901.

JAMES WILLIAM, (Wm. H. ; Geo. B. ; Geo. L. ; Jno. M. ;
J. G.),was born in Fremont, Ohio, where he grew to manhood,
and married, is employed by The Toledo Traction Co, and re-
sides at 1021 Summit St., Toledo, Ohio.

CLARA C. (Geo. B. ; Geo. L. ; Jno. M. ; J. G.), daughter of
Geo. B. and Elizabeth (Fickel) Overmyer, was born January 16,
1854, resided with her parents until August, 1865, then went to
East Hampton, Massachusetts with the family of T. Clapp, and
remained there until April, 1871, then returned to Fremont, Ohio,
where she married James Shultz, June 19, 1872. He was a
cabinet maker by trade, a member of I. O. O. F. lodge, and she
belongs to the Daughters of Rebecca. Both members of St.
Paul's Episcopal church. He died December 4, 1894, and is
buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Fremont, Ohio. She resides and

AND GENEALOGY 231

owns the home on corner of Croghan and Austin Streets, Fre-
mont, Ohio.

MARY E. (Geo. B. ; G. L. ; Jno. M.; Jno. G.), was born
February 23, 1856. Married John Shannon in 1879 at Fremont,
Ohio. One son

Charles, born September 7, 1880.

After a lingering illness with consumption, after returning
from Los Angeles, California, where she had gone to regain her
health. She died June 29, 1885, and is buried beside her parents
in Four Mile Cemetery.

CHARLES W. (Geo. B. ; Geo. L. ; Jno. M. ; J. G. ),was
born at Upper Sandusky, Wyandot County, September 7, 1857.
Attended the common schools of the community and later learned
the trade of plastering. On March 24, 1883, at Fremont, O., he
married Fannie C. Walhof, daughter of Louis and Catharine
(Banz) Walhof of Austria, born August 22, 1853. Are members
of the Reformed church. He is a democrat, reside at 115 Austin
St., Fremont, Ohio. Children :

Clyde L., born July 29, 1885

Carl L., born June 15, 1887; died April 12, 1888.

Harold F., born January 21, 1889.

Lucy C, born October 10, 1891.

EUGENE (Geo. B.; Geo. L. ; Jno. M.; J. G.), was born
August 14, 1861, near Fremont, Ohio, attended the common
school of the township and later learned the carpenter trade.
Was married to Catharine Chambers of Ottawa County, Ohio.

ALMEDA C. (Geo. B. ; Geo. L. ; Jno. M. ; J. G.), was born
June 8, 1863 at Fremont, Ohio, was educated in the schools of
Fremont, and for several years taught common schools of the
vicinity, and on April 11, 1883, she married Charles Freeh, in
St. Joseph's Catholic church, by Dr. Baur. Mr. Freeh is a son
of Albina and Monica Freeh, is an engineer and machinist ; re-
side in Fremont, Ohio. Children :

Anna E., born September 6, 1883.
Geo. A., born February 27, 1885.
Louis H., born September 4, 1888.

232 OVERMYER HISTORY

Hazel C, born December 28, 1890.
Carl W., born January 1, 1893.

MARY ANN (Geo. L.; Jno. M. ; J. G.), daughter of Geo.
L. and Mary (Bowman) Overmyer, was born in Sandusky
County, Ohio, March 12, 1831 ; attended the schools of Wash-
ington Township ; was . employed as a servant girl by many of
the neighbors, and was proficient in spinning, sewing and quilting,
as was the custom in those pioneer days. Sht was a member of
the Lutheran church, and on March 27, 1852, at Hessville, Ohio.
married Joshua Box, son of Nicholas and Margaret Box ; born in
Northampton county, Pa., December 13, 1822. He was a demo-
ocrat, a blacksmith, but later disposed of his equipments and
moved to Ingham County, Michigan, where they engaged in
farming. Of late years he paid considerable attention to bee
keeping, but his health failed. He died April 6, 1903, and she
died June 11, 1905, and are buried in Mapleridge Cemetery,
Ingham County, Michigan. Children :

Mary A., born September 16, 1853 ; married Bennett Howes.

Margaret S., born June 22, 1855; died in Childhood.

Hosea D., born March 16, 1857.

Sarah H., born January 26, 1858 ; died June 14, 1862.

Charlotta J., born December 17, 1860; married John Mohn.

Clara E., born October 5, 1862 ; died.

Susan C, born October 5, 1864; married Chas. L. Hulett;
died, leaving two sons.

Emma L., born March 3, 1867.

Hosea D., only son of Joshua and Mary A. (Overmyer)
Box, was born in Sandusky County, Ohio, March 16, 1857; was
educated in the schools of that community, and at Hessville,
Ohio ; went with his parents to Michigan and assisted them in
procuring a farm, near Lansing, the capital of the state ; where
on February 22, 1882, he married Sarah Ulyssa Keeler, daughter
of John and Rebecca Keeler; born September 19, 1862. They
are of the leading farmers in Ingham County, and have the fol-
lowing children :

Wilber R., born February 7, 1884.

Roily J., born February 18, 1886 ; died June 17, 1892.

Anna R., born March 23, 1887.

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Grace J., born January 14, 1892.
Gertie M., born May 25, 1894.
Harry D., born December 31, 1896.
Elmer C. born November 17, 1898.
Howard L., born May 13, 1903.

JOHN (Geo. L.; Jno. M.; J. G), eighth child of Geo. L.,
was born in Sandusky county, Ohio, May 19, 1833 ; attended the
common schools of the township and later became a steam en-
gineer and grist miller. Married Margaret Ridenour in Hope-
well Township, Perry County, Ohio; a daughter of Martin and
Elizabeth Ridenour, born August 8, 1833. They were both
members of the Lutheran church ; later moved to Paulding
County, Ohio, on a farm. Their children are:

Mary Jane, born September 24, 1854.

Charlotte Savilla, born March 23, 1857; died October 23,
1857.

Frances Cornelia, born October 3, 1858 ; married Sam M,
Zartman.

Joseph Franklin, born February 2, 1861.

Harriett Alvesta, born November 9, 1863 ; died March 14,
1892.

John Arthur, born March 22, 1868.

Wm. Edgar, born December 3, 1869 ; died December 18,
1895.

Maxie Elizabeth, born March 7, 1871; married Michael
Mondershide.

Charles Isaiah, born June 15, 1873.

George Martin, born September 17, 1875.

Jesse Raymond, born March 1, 1879.

After residing in Paulding County, near Payne, he with
his sons operated a steam saw mill, for other parties in connec-
tion with the farm for a number of years. After a lingering
dropsical ailment, he died February 8, 1900, and is buried near
Payne, Pauling County, Ohio.

MARY JANE (John; Geo. L. ; Jno. M.; J. G), was born
September 24, 1854, at Hessville, Sandusky county, Ohio ; moved
with her parents to Perry County, Ohio; attended the common
schools of the county and later returned to Sandusky County.

234 OVERMYER HISTORY

Married William Anderson, near Lindsey, Ohio, December 12,
1884. Resided on a farm some years then sold this farm and
moved to Paulding County, Ohio ; later sold their farm there,
then moved to Fulton County, Indiana ; reside near Tiosa. Their
children :

James B., born September 21, 1885 ; enlisted in the U. S.
Navy in August, 1902.

Howard H., born March 27, 1888.

Delbert F., born June 10, 1889.

Louis W., born March 14, 1893.

FRANCES CORNELIA (John; Geo. L. ; Jno. M.; J. G.),
was born in Perry County, Ohio, October 3, 1858. Married
Samuel M. Zartman of Perry County, Ohio.

JOSEPH FRANKLIN (John; Geo L. ; Jno. M.; J. G.),
was born February 2, 1861, at Glenford, Perry County, Ohio;
educated at New Reading, Ohio; married at Payne, Ohio, April
26, 1896, to Alice Susan Smith, born February 17, 1875, at North
Star, Darke County, Ohio, daughter of Henry J. and Mary
Smith. He belongs to I. O. O. F. lodge and the Lutheran
church ; a republican in politics, and is employed as head sawyer
by a firm in Payne, Ohio, where he resides.

JOHN ARTHUR (John; Geo. L. ; Jno. M. ; J. G.), was
born March 22, 1868, at Brownsville, Licking county, Ohio;
attended school at New Reading, Perry county, Ohio. Married
June 27, 1889, at Payne, Ohio, to Ida Barton, born March 25;
1872, at Bluffton, Wells county, Indiana; daughter of Rozel and
Mary Barton. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. lodge ; a re-
publican and resides near Edgerton, Allen County, Indiana, and
is engaged in farming. Their children are :

Bloom, born October 15, 1891.

Orville, born November 27, 1893.

Olive, born December 6, 1895.

Clyde, born October 12, 1897.

SARAH (G. L. ; Jno. M. ; J. G.), was born in section
eleven, Washington township, Sandusky county, Ohio, May 2,
1838 ; attended the country school in her youth ; assisted her

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parents and neighbors in general women's work until October 6,
1864, when she married Jacob N. Engler, born July 4, 1836, in
Sandusky township, Sandusky county, Ohio; son of David and
Edith (Burgoon) Engler. He learned the carpenter trade in
youth and has followed it since. They began housekeeping
near Four Mile house; now reside near the place of her birth.
Their children:

Cora Odell, born April 5, 1866.
Mary Edith, born August 1, 1870.
Henry Hanson, born October 31, 1872.

Cora O. Engler, married Cyrus Overmyer, April 29, 1886,
son of P. H. (Geo.; P.; J. G.)

Mary E. Engler, married General M. Marsh at Prairie
Depot. Ohio, May 20, 1896. He was born January 11, 1872; son
of Lucius and Sarah Marsh. Their children:

Hobart E., born March 1, 1897.
Virgie Naoma, born January 25, 1900.
Margaret Lorene, born July 14, 1902.
Post office address, Bowling Green, Ohio.

Henry H. Engler, married Hattie Burkett, March 25, 1896.
She was born January 11, 1873. They reside at Lindsey, Ohio.
He is a carpenter by trade and is employed in the vicinity of
Lindsey and in the City of Fremont, Ohio.

BARNHART B. (Geo. L. ; Jno. M. ; J. G.), sixth son and
eleventh child of Geo. L. and Mary (Bowman) Overmyer, was
born in Washington township, Sandusky county, Ohio, one mile
east of Lindsey. He attended the rural district schools of No.
1 and 7, and assisted his parents in farming, until he was 19
years old, then he attended the preparatory department of
Oberlin college two years, devoting his time principally to the
English language, and the higher mathematics. Teaching in
winter in the various common schools of the community for four-
teen years ; also taught the village school of Hessville, Ohio.
During the winter 1864 and 1865, where he had one hundred
and seventeen pupils enrolled on the school register, and an aver-
age daily attendance of ninety seven, requiring daily assistance
bv the more advanced scholars of the school.

236 OVERMYER HISTORY

He was elected second lieutenant of Company B., 3rd Regi-
ment., O. M. L, on July 4, 1863, and commissioned by Governor
Todd on the 20th of that month. He, with the other officers of
his regiment, immediately reported at Camp Lucas, Toledo, Ohio
where they were drilled and instructed in military tactics by able
and efficient officers, under adjutant General Hill; subsequently
drilling a portion of the militia of the north half of Washing-
ton township,, frequently, until September, 1864, when the militia
regiments were all discharged by a general order from the
adjutant general of Ohio. On August 29, 1865, at the parsonage
in Fremont, Ohio, by Rev. H. Lang, he married Mary Malinda
Walborn, daughter of William and Lydia (Rutter) Walborn,
born October 15, 1844, at Stauchburg, Berks, county, Pa. ; came
with her parents to Sandusky county in 1860, choosing the occu-
pation of general farming, they located on a level, wet, and tim-
bered farm, one mile northeast of Lindsey, Ohio, which he
bought for nineteen dollars per acre ; residing thereon thirty-
three years. During that time he filled various offices of the
township, serving as township trustee in all twelve years, a mem-
ber of the board of education, nineteen years ; its president many
terms ; elected as a member of the Sandusky County Agricultural
society, a member of its executive committee, three years; its
vice president, two terms and its president, two terms. Also
elected and served as director of the Sandusky County Mutual
Insurance company, three years ; as an actuary, five years, and as
its secretary, five years. Its risks increasing to over one million
five hundred thousand dollars during his time of service. In
the mean time giving attention to general farming and fine stock
raising. For thirty years his farms produced some of the finest
horses, hogs, sheep and cattle the country afforded. His agri-
cultural ideas were always along the lines of progress, owning
and operating the first twine-binding harvester and check-row
corn planter in the township ; also laid the first drain tile in his
immediate neighborhood.

During all these years he looked well to the education of
his children, giving them much better opportunities in that direc-
tion than he ever had. In politics always a liberal democrat.
Member of the Lutheran church and had the following children :

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Emma R., born April 8, 1866.
Samuel F., born May 21, 1870.
John C, born November 20, 1871.
Robert L., born May 24, 1877.
Arthur W., born May 31, 1879.

On frequent occasions he was besought by his many friends
to be a candidate for county comissioner on his party's ticket,
but failed to secure the nomination, until several of the opposite
party had been elected. Again he consented and was
placed on his party's ticket against the incumbent who
had been elected three years previous with a majority of over
sixteen hundred votes. After a spirited campaign, Mr. Overmyer
was elected by nearly one thousand majority, making a change
of about twenty-six hundred votes in favor of Mr. Overmyer.
He served three years and for re-election was bitterly opposed by
a set of grafters whose bills he had cut short and their jobs dis-
pensed.

The following is a clipping of the local paper on the side
for the improvements :

The democratic candidate for County Commissioner, B. B.
Overmyer, of Washington township, needs no encomiums from
the press to strengthen the regard in which he is held by the tax-
payers of Sandusky county.

For fifty-nine years he has lived among our people, serving
them in the capacity of teacher and instructor, devoting his time
earlier in life to educational work and to practical business
farming, and when called by the people to act as one of the board
of Commissioners, intrusted with the business of managing the
financial affairs of the county, and looking to its improvement
and advancement, he brought with him a wide experience
coupled with an active, energetic and thinking brain. As a
teacher, as a member on the township board of education, as
township trustee and finally as county commissioner, he has al-
ways been progressive, useful and pains-taking in the discharge
of every duty.

For many years past the County Commissioners have been
making temporary loans, ranging from five to as high as $40,000
to "bridge over" the necessities of the county's business. This

238 OVERMYER HISTORY

vear, through the suggestions and assistance of Mr. Overmyer,
by putting into practice economy and retrenchment, by using
business methods and by curtailing public expenditures, the com-
missioners conducted the business of the year without the nec-
essity of borrowing a cent. The county, and every tax-payer
in it, has gotten the benefit of this.

The Republican party, with its usual aptness for misrepre-
sentation, has attempted to use the grant of the electric railway
franchise as a political argument ; but in this way they over-
reach the mark. The tinkle of the electric bell of progress and
the sound of the pick and shovel in the hands of the unemployed
laborers in Sandusky county, speak in louder tones than the
false cries of desperate politicians.

You cannot do better than to reward a faithful public
servant with a second term, and by doing so you will give the
public a valuable aid in the economic administration of county
affairs.

Mr. Overmyer was re-elected by a fair majority and during
his second term continued to displease certain unprincipled parties
by refusing to allow their unjust claims, for which they man-
ipulated the grand juries sufficient to procure indictments
against him and others for misconduct in office.

After testing the charges in the various courts, up to the
supreme court, and before a jury, of twelve able and disinterested
men, Mr. Overmyer's conduct was exhonorated and endorsed.

Since 1898, they resided near the city limits on West State
St., on a nicely located farm, enjoying the society of their chil-
dren, and a pleasant community.

EMMA REBECCA (B. B.; Geo. L. ; Jno. M.; J. G.), only
daughter and first child of Barnhart B, and Mary M. (Walborn)
Overmyer, was born one mile northeast of Lindsey, Ohio, April
8, 1866 ; was educated in the common schools of the community
and high school of Fremont, Ohio, and on April 12, 1893, by
Rev. W. A. Bowman, at Fremont, Ohio, married Charles P.
Auxter, son of Henry and Harriet (Hetrick) Auxter, born
March 24, 1865. They are members of the Lutheran church.
He is a democrat, a painter and paperhanger ; reside on White
Ave., Fremont, Ohio, and have no children.

AND GENEALOGY. 239

SAMUEL FRANKLIN (B. B.; Geo. L. ; Jno. M.; J. G.),
first son of B. B. and Mary M. (Walborn) Overmyer, was born
in Lindsey, Ohio, May 21, 1870; was educated in the common
schools of the community, and assisted on his father's farm till
and after his mariage, which was on September 27, 1888, by Rev.
W. A. Bowman, at Fremont, Ohio, to Emma M., daughter of
Daniel and Mary (Seigenthaler) Hetrick, born July 21, 1871;
is by trade a carpenter and machinist, but at present is farming
on his father's homestead. They are members of the Lutheran
church ; a democrat, and have two children.

Elta Lucinda, born April 23, 1889.

Harry Melvin, born May 1, 1896.

JOHN CALVIN (Barnhart B. ; Geo. L. ; Jno. M. ; J. G.),
son of Barnhart B. and Mary Malinda (Walborn) Overmyer,
was born November 20, 1871, in the primitive "log house," the
home of his parents, situated one and one-half miles northeast
of Lindsey, Washington township, Sandusky county, Ohio. He
attended the county school in district No. 9, Washington town-
ship, and early assisted in the duties of farm life during the sum-
mer months and attended school during the winter, until he
reached the age of fifteen when he attended the graded school at
Lindsey, one winter under the instructions of S. W. Grant. He
began teaching in the autumn of 1888, his first school being in
district No. 10, Salem township, Ottawa county, and taught each
succeeding winter until the spring of 1901 ; seven years of which
time he taught in the country schools of Rice and Sandusky
townships, Sandusky county, except the one term taught in Ot-
tawa county; the remaining six years he taught graded school
at Hessville, Helena, and Lindsey.

In the autumn of 1889 he was a student in the preparatory
department of Oberlin college, and in August, 1890, entered the
Ohio Northern University at Ada, Ohio, taking up the course in
civil engineering and surveying.

He attended the university a term or two each year and
pursued his studies during the winter months in connection with
his duties as teacher, until he completed the course, graduating
in 1893. While at the universtiy he was a member of Company
D., O. N. U. cadet batallion and the Franklin Literary society.

240 OVERMYER HISTORY

He also took a commercial course and book-keeping in the Bry-
ant and Stratton correspondence college of Buffalo, N. Y. On
August 1, 1894, he married Ida C. Hasselbach at Kingsway,
Ohio ; Rev. W. A. Bowman officiating. She was born January
6, 1872, in Rice township, Sandusky county, Ohio ; the eldest
child of Charles and Rosa (Locher) Hasselbach. She also at-
tended the University at Ada, and taught school four years. They
purchased a home in Lindsey where they resided until Septem-
ber, 1897, when they moved to Helena, Ohio, and in May, 1898.
moved to their present residence on West State street, Fremont,
Ohio.

Mr. Overmyer was for five years secretary of the Sandusky
County Fair Association, and four seasons employed in the
offices of the Continental Sugar Company.

He has spent some time in travel ; in 1894 he visited the
birth-place and former home of his mother in Berks county, Pa.,
and extended his trip to Philadelphia and the Atlantic coast, and
in 1896, spent several months in Illinois and Missouri, and in
1902, spent several weeks in Indiana. He has spared neither
time nor money in collecting facts and data and preparing them
for th^ successful publication of this, the first edition of the
Overmyer History and Geneology.

He is a democrat, and they are members of the Lutheran
church. He follows his profession, that of a surveyor and civil
engineer, and was in the employ of the county surveyor of Wood
county, Ohio, one season, and two seasons in the employ of the
engineering firm of Riggs and Sherman, Toledo, Ohio.

Since 1902 he has an office of his own and enjoys a liberal
patronage in railroad and municipal engineering and land sur-
veying.

They own fifty-three acres of fine fcli d one-half mile north-
west of the corporate limits of Fremont, Ohio, and have a pleas-
ant home on West State Street, where they reside. His office
is at the corner of State and Justice streets . They have two
children :

Calvin J., born February 13, 1897.

Edith E., born April 8, 1899.

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AND GENEALOGY 241

ROBERT LUTHER (B. B.; Geo. L.; Jno. M.; J. G.),
third son and fourth child of Barnhart B. and Mary M. Over-
myer, was born near Lindsey, Ohio, May 24, 1877 ; was educated
in the common schools of the community, and later at Lima col-
lege ; teaching during the winter seasons for several years, and
working on his father's farms during the summer, until 1901,
when his health began to fail, being afflicted with Brights disease ;
he lingered until November 26, 1902, at 8 :45 a. m., his spirit
passed to him who gave it. He is buried at Four Mile cemetery.

OBITUARY FROM LOCAL PAPER.

Robert L. Overmyer, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Over-
myer, died this (Wednesday) morning at 8:45 sun time, at the
residence of his parents on West State street, aged 25 years, 3
months and two days.

"Rob," as he was commonly known, was afflicted with kid-
ney trouble and diabetis a little over a year ago and had since
suffered with a complication of diseases which developed into
stomach trouble from which be could not recover. He was an
exemplary young man in every respect ; to know him was to love
him and admire his manly qualities and quiet and gentle dis-
position.

He always resided with his parents and formerly was a
student at Lima college and for several years taught school in
Washington township.

During his recent illness he was patient and hopeful and
bore his affliction with christian fortitude, having been up and
about the house until Tuesday evening.

He leaves besides his sorrowing parents one sister and three
brothers, namely, Emma, wife of C. P. Auxter, Frank and John
C. of this city and Arthur W. who is a student at the University
at Ada, Ohio, and numerous relatives and friends. Funeral ser-
vices will be held at the Salem Luthern church Four-mile house,
Fridav at 10 a. m., conducted by Rev. Bowman and Althoff.
There will be a special car on the Lake Shore Electric following
the 9 :30 a. m. car on Friday, for the benefit of those wishing
to attend the funeral.

242 OVERMYER HISTORY

ARTHUR WARREN (Barnhart B. ; Geo. L. ; Jno. M.; J.
G.), was born May 31, 1879, at the home of his parents in Wash-
ington township, Sandusky county, Ohio, a few miles northeast
of Lindsey. He attended the common schools until the winter
of 1894-5, when he attended High school at Lindsey, of which
his brother John C. was then superintendent.

In the spring of 1895, being then not yet 16 years of age.
he passed the teacher's examination in Sandusky county, and in
the fall of that year he, with his brother Robert, attended a term
of school at Lima college and that winter taught his first term
of school in district No. 10, Washington township.

During the succeeding seven years he taught school during
the winter months and in the fall of 1896, the spring and fall
of 1897, and the spring of 1898 he attended Lima college, taking
a part of the Literary course. During two terms of school at
Lima he was president of the Columbian Literary Society, the
only society then in the college. In the fall of 1897, during the
campaign of Hon. Horace L. Chapman for Governor, Mr. Over-
myer, at the solicitation of the Allen county Bi-Metallic league,
made several campaign speeches in that county, one in the as-
sembly-room of the court house at Lima.

In the fall of 1899 he entered the law department of the
Ohio Northern University at Ada, Ohio, from which he gradu-
ated in 1902, and was admitted to the bar at Columbus in De-
cember of that year.

While in college at Ada he was a member of Company B
of the O. N. U. Cadet Battalion and was a sergeant during the
summer of 1902.

He was also a member of the Philomathean Literary So-
ciety of the college and served as its critic and later as president.

After his admission to the bar he at once located in his
home town of Fremont, Ohio, and began the general practice of
law. In February, 1903, he was elected secretary of the San-
dusky County Fair Association and was re-elected in 1904 and
again in 1905.

In August, 1904, he formed a partnership for the practice
of law with Capt. E. C. Sayles of Fremont, w'hich partnership,
under the firm name of Sayles & Overmyer is enjoying a good
practice.

AND GENEALOGY 243

Mr. Overmyer was baptized in infancy by Rev. H. Lang,
and later was confirmed a member of the Lutheran church by
Rev. W. A. Bowman, of Fremont. In politics he is a Democrat
and 'takes an active interest in every campaign by speaking
throughout the county in support of the Democratic ticket.

On June 17, 1903, he was married at Ada, Ohio, by Rev.
L. A. Belt, D. D., president of the O. N. U., to Miss Nina Zeldon
Preston, whom he had met while in college there the previous
year. She is the only daughter of Robert L. and Elizabeth A.
(Branstretter) Preston, and comes from one of the oldest fami-
lies in Hardin county. She was born June 28, 1881, five miles
south of Ada, and attended the common schools and later en-
tered the music department of 'the Ohio Northern University
at Ada, of which department her uncle, Prof. Owens, was in-
structor.

In the spring of 1902 she moved with her parents to Ada
and soon thereafter met her future husband.

They reside at Fremont, Ohio, and have one child,

Richard Preston, born December 18, 1904.

SAMUEL B. (Geo. L. ; Jno. M. ; J. G.), seventh son and
twelfth child of Geo. L. and May (Bowman) Overmyer, was
born in Washington township, Sandusky county, Ohio, one mile
east of Lindsey, October 6, 1842; attended the common schools
of the township and assisted his father farming until October
17, 1861 ; that day he enlisted as a private in Company C, 72nd
Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. His regiment was assigned
to the second brigade, second division, 15th army corps. Dur-
ing three years, less ten days, he served in the army and shared
with his regiment the hardships of the march and the dangers
of their encounters with the enemy, participating in the battles
of Pittsburg Landing or Shiloh Church, Corinth, Vicksburg,
Jackson, Tupelo, and at the disastrous and disgraceful encounter
with the enemy at Guntown, Mississippi. He was captured with
many others June 12, 1864, and confined in Andersonville Prison
for some time, and was then removed to Savannah, Georgia.
Here he died in prison October 9, 1864, and is buried in an un-
known grave. Was never married. His brother, Barnhart B.,
has erected a suitable monument to his memory in the family

244 OVERMYER HISTORY

lot at Four Mile cemetery, though his body is buried near Savan-
nah, Georgia.

CATHARINE (Jno. M. ; J. G.), first daughter of John M.
and Catharine (Long) Overmire, was born in Longstown (now
New Berlin), Union county, Pa., June 4, 1799. Was educated
mostly by her parents and in the German language, and came
with her parents to Perry county, Ohio, in 1811, where she grew
to womanhood, and on May 19, 1818, married John Kuns, son of
Jacob Kuns, born in Center county, Pa., December 31, 1793 ; re-
sided in Perry county, Ohio, until 1836, then with their family
moved to Lower Sandusky, now Fremont, Ohio, and moved in
with her parents. Her husband had become an invalid, so her
sons, Samuel and John, farmed her father's farm. Her husband,
John Kuns, died October 25, 1845. She with her sons remained
with her parents during the remaining years. She died Nov. 5,
1874, and is buried beside her husband in Four Mile cemetery.
They were members of the Lutheran Church, and had the fol-
lowing children :

Salome, born June 18, 1819, died in infancy.

Catharine, born May 17, 1821 ; married John Henricks ; died
1881.

Samuel, born February 22, 1823 ; first married Mary Swarm;
she died, then he married Susan (Auxter) Bruner; reside at old
John M. Overmyer homestead, four miles west of Fremont, O.

John, born January 4, 1827, married Hannah Sebring; re-
side near Fremont, O.

Elizabeth, born June 5, 1830, married Jonah Henricks, died
1894.

MICHAEL (John M. ; J. G.), was born September 5, 1801,
at Longstown (now New Berlin), Union county, Pa. He came
with his parents to Perry county, Ohio, in 181 1, by way of Mary-
land and Virginia, crossing the Ohio River near Wheeling, and
thence through the forest to Perry county. Ohio, and followed
farming. Here he married Esther Hammer, April 29, 1823. She
was a daughter of Jacob Hammer and Elizabeth (Geisen) Ham-
mer, of Fairfield county, Ohio, and was born December 24, 1804.
They moved to Sandusky county, Ohio, in 1827, and settled in

AND GENEALOGY 245

the forest about five miles northwest of Lower Sandusky (on
what is now called the George Waggoner farm), on Little Mud
Creek, on the line of the L. S. & M. S. railroad. From this
place, he moved to near Hessville, on the Western Reserve and
Maumee turnpike, which country was then a wilderness, and in
which only Indians roamed. Here he put up a log cabin with
round logs and clapboard roofs and mud chimney, and began
making and clearing up a farm with good prospects of success.
Among other trials of pioneer life, he was obliged to lose his
farm on account of having bailed his brother Samuel, who car-
ried on a dry goods store at Lower Sandusky, and failed in busi-
ness.

Michael Overmyer decided to leave Sandusky county, on ac-
count of his bad luck here, and try his fortunes elsewhere. He
took his team of fine horses and drove to Indiana, where he sold
them at a high price and on his return, stopped at the land office
at Defiance, Ohio, and bought 120 acres of canal land in Henry
county, at $1.01 per acre. He moved to this farm in Washington
township, Henry county, in 1848, and settled about five miles
west of Texas, where he remained the rest of his life. By hard
labor, he cleared up his farm, put up a hewed log house and a
frame barn, with clapboard roofs, and inclosed his cleared land
with rcil fences. He died at the age of 56, and is buried in the
Union cemetery, Washington township, Henry county, Ohio.
His wife survived him about 29 years. She is buried at Lindsey,
Ohio. They were members of the Lutheran Church and had the
following children :

Elizabeth, born January 21, 1824.
Catherine, born January 1, 1825.
Samuel, born December 27, 1826.

John, born , died in childhood.

Hiram, born October 22, 1830.

Michael, born July 2, 1832.

Solomon, born May 30, 1834.

Noah, born February 5, 1836.

Rachael, born October 2, 1838.

Stilwell, born August 8, 1840, died in childhood.

Sarah, born April 1, 1843.

246 OVERMYER HISTORY

ELIZABETH (Michael; Jno. M. ; J. G.), first child of
Michael and Esther (Hammer) Overmyer, was born near Som-
erset, Perry county, Ohio, January 21, 1824, and came with her
parents to Sandusky county, Ohio, in 1827. In 1843 she married
Henry Overmyer, first son of (William; Phillip; J. G.) — for
children see his sketch. After he died she married Robert Ram-
sey. They had no children ; moved to Indiana, died, and are bur-
ied there.

CATHARINE (Michael; Jno. M. ; J. G.), second child of
Michael and Esther (Hammer) Overmyer, was born near Som-
erset, Perry county, Ohio, January 1, 1825. Came with her
parents to Sandusky county, Ohio, in 1827. In 1845 she mar-
ried Christian Foster, son of Henry Foster. He was a carpenter.
They resided in Hessville, O., but soon his health began to fail
and they moved to New Haven, Ohio, for medical treatment,
where he died, leaving the widow and the following children:

Mahala, born May 8, 1846, married Isaiah Overmyer (Wm. ;
Phillip; J. G.).

Calista, married Frederick Stine.

Lavina, married Louis W. Overmyer (Wm. ; Phillip; J. G.).
Catharine then married William Dahm, a laborer; lived in her
residence in Hessville, Ohio ; had one child, William Dahm ;
disagreed and parted, procured a divorce, and married John
Foster, a widower, and brother of her first husband ; had one
child, Solomon. They resided on the old John Foster home-
stead, where they both died, and are buried at Four Mile ceme-
tery.

SAMUEL (Michael; Jno. M. ; J. G.), third child and first
son of Michael and Esther (Hammer) Overmyer, was born
in Thorn township, Perry county, Ohio, December 27, 1826.
Came with his parents to Sandusky county, received a very lim-
ited education as opportunities were very poor at that early day
in the forests of the Black Swamp, as the new country was then
called. Went with his parents to Henry county, Ohio, in 1848.
Several years later he returned to Sandusky county, then went to
Summit county, and on September 15, 1854, was married at
Greensburg, Summit county, O., to Christena Sechrist, daughter
of Abraham Sechrist, born at Clinton, Summit county, O., Octo-

AND GENEALOGY 247

ber 4, 1832. He was a laborer and farmer; belonged to the
Reformed church, and had the following children :

Erwin E, born January, 1855, died in infancy.
Levi C, born January 23, 1858.
Henry F., born July 27, 1860.
Abraham S., born December 10, 1862.
Clara A., born July, 1864, died August, 1864.
Mary E, born August 2, 1865, married a Mr. Sell.
Emma M, born February 10, 1868, resides at Clinton, O.
Amanda E., born April 20, 1872, resides at 119 Howard St.,
Akron, O.

Edna I, born September 12, 1878, died in infancy.
He died November 9, 1884.

LEVI CURTICE (Samuel; Michael; Jno. M. ; J. G.), sec-
ond son of Samuel and Christena (Sechrist) Overmyer, was born
in Franklin township, Summit county, Ohio, January 23, 1858.
Was educated in the common schools of the countv, and on
September 16, 1890, married Annie Ellis, daughter of Thomas
and Elizabeth Ellis, born in Wales, Great Britain, March 24,
1870. They are members of the U. B. Church, he a Prohibition-
ist, a salesman in M. O. Neal's dry goods store in Akron, Ohio,
and they reside at No. 308 Second St. Children :

Zulu Grace, born February 18, 1892.
Eva E., born March 7, 1894.

HENRY FRANKLIN (Samuel; Michael; Jno. M. ; J. G.),
third child of Samuel and Christena Overmyer, was born near
Clinton, Summit county, Ohio, July 27, 1860 ; was educated in
the common schools of the community, and on January 15, 1885,
near Clinton, Ohio, married Adah V. Spangler, daughter of
John and Amanda Spangler, born April 2, 1863. They belong to
the U. B. Church. He is a Republican, a member of the K. O.
T. M. society, is baggage master at Millersburg, Holmes county,
Ohio, where they reside. Children :

Elry B., born October 3, 1885.
Ethel M., born May 12, 1890.
Harry E., born September 18, 1891.

248 OVERMYER HISTORY

ABRAHAM SAMUEL (Samuel; Michael ; Jno M.; J. G.),
fourth son of Samuel and Christena Overmyer, was born in
Summit county, Ohio, December 10, 1862 ; was educated in the
common schools of the county, and on April 13, 1886, at her
father's home, near Clinton, Ohio, married Lucy Snyder, daugh-
ter of Isaac and Barbara Snyder, born September 24th, 1863.
They are farmers, members of the Lutheran Church. He is a
Democrat. They reside on a farm near Clinton, but their post-
office address is West Mecca, Trumbull county, Ohio. Children:

Minnie, born April 17, 1887.

Melvin, born January 2, 1890.

HIRAM (Mich. ; John M. ; J. G.), fifth child of Michael and
Esther (Hammer) Overmyer, was born in Sandusky county,
Ohio, October 22, 1830, and moved with his parents to Henry
county, Ohio, in 1848. Received a very limited education. On April
30, 1853, near Napoleon, Henry county, Ohio, he married Ma-
linda Amelia Carey, daughter of Edward and Susanna (Shafer)
Carey, born in York, York county, Pa., February 16, 1834. He
was employed on the Wabash and Toledo canal for a number of
years, but later moved near Antwerp, Paulding county, Ohio, on
a farm, where he resided until death. At the beginning of the
civil war he enlisted as a private, and was a member of the 68th
Reg., O. V. L, and his term of service began in 1861 and was
honorably discharged in 1864.

He was a member of the G. A. R., of the U. B. Church, a
Democrat, since the war a farmer, and had the following child-
ren :

Orlando D., born December 13, 1854.

Emma L., born December 16, 1856, died January 15, 1857.

George E., born January 24, 1858.

Edward L., born March 3, 1860.

Hiram A., born February 5, 1862.

Ulyssus S. G., born March 25, 1864.

Adella M., born April 24, 1868, married a Mr. Smith.

Charles F., born August 4, 1872.

Ida D. and Eda B., twins, born October 17, 1876, died Sep-
tember 10 and 20, 1877.

Cora A., born July 29, 1883.

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Mr. Overmyer died September 13, 1899, and is buried
Deihl cemetery, Maumee township, Allen county, Indiana.

ORLANDO DEVAULSON (Hiram; Michael; John M.;
J. G.), first son of Hiram and Malinda A. (Carey) Overmyer,
was born December 13, 1854, in Henry county, Ohio; was edu-
cated in the schools of Henry and Fulton counties, and on De-
cember 23, 1874, married Ellen Stevens, daughter of Lycurgus
and Emily (Mclntyer) Stevens, born in Huron county, Ohio,
October 27, 1857. They reside in Harrison township, Paulding
county, Ohio. He is a Democrat, a farmer and carpenter, and
they have the following children :

Clarence Emerson, born August 16, 1875.
Emily Amelia, born September 18, 1878.

GEORGE E. (Hiram; Michael; John M. ; J. G.), third child
of Hiram and Malinda A. (Carey) Overmyer, was born in Henry
county, O., January 24, 1858. Received a common school educa-
tion and on October 2, 1882, in Harrison township, Paulding
county, O., married Abbie Applegate, daughter of Henry and
Mary (Swisher) Applegate, born in Maumee township, Allen
county, Ind., Oct. 9, 1863. They are farmers and reside in
Allen county, Ind., and have the following children:

Ida May, born February 25, 1884.
Bertha Dell, born September 26, 1885.
Henry Eugene, born December 17, 1886.
Ethel Leah, born August 9, 1888.

EDWARD L. (Hiram; Michael; John M.; J. G.), fourth
child of Hiram and Malinda A. (Carey) Overmyer, was born
March 3, 1860, in Henry county, O. Received a common school
education and on December 24, 1887, in Coryall township, Pauld-
ing county, O., married Eliza J. Smith, daughter of Andrew J.
and Catharine (Boyer) Smith. He is a member of I. O. O. F.
a farmer, and with this union had two children :

Fay Ola, born October 17, 1888.

Bessie Fern, born March 22, 1890.

This wife died February 18, 1894 ; is buried in Deihl ceme-
tery, Allen county, Ind.

260 OVERMYER HISTORY

Second marriage, February 14, 1900, to Mary L. Lutz,
daughter of Jacob and Mary (Haney) Lutz, born in Paulding
county, O., June 9, 1870.

HIRAM ALVESTUS (Hiram; Michael; John M. ; J. G.),
fifth child of Hiram and Malinda A. (Carey) Overmyer, was
born in Henry county, O., February 5, 1862. Moved with his
parents to Paulding county, O., where he attended the common
schools ond worked on his father's farm, and on February 10,
1883, at Fort Wayne, Ind., married Phianna Swisher, daughter
of John M. and Eliza (Husted) Swisher, born June 7, 1864. He
is a member of I. O. O. F., a democrat and farmer and resides
near Antwerp, Paulding county, O. Children :

Clyde E., born September 2, 1883.

Nellie E., born May 4, 1886.

Dora E., born June 19, 1887.

Erma J., born September 19, 1889.

Gertrude R., born November 1, 1893.

Una P., born September 9, 1894.

Nida L., born March 12, 1896.

ULYSES S. G. (Hiram; Michael; John M. ; J. G.), sixth
child of Hiram and Malinda A. (Carey) Overmyer, was born
March 25, 1864, in Henry county, O. Moved with his parents
to Paulding county, O., where he attended the common schools
to some extent, and assisted in general work of the vicinity
until August 18, 1892. On that day in Maumee township, Allen
county, Ind., married Maggie A. Doctor, daughter of Nathan
C. and Essa (Ashley) Doctor, born at Fort Wayne, Ind., March
29, 1871. They reside near Antwerp, Paulding county, O. ; are
farmers, a democrat, and have the following children :

Infant, born October 17, 1893; died October 24, 1893.

Floyd S., born April 26, 1895.

Henry C, born June 17, 1898.

CHARLES FRANKLIN (Hiram; Michael; John M. ;
J. G.), the sixth son and eighth child of Hiram and Malinda A.
Overmyer, was born August 4, 1872, in Fulton county, O.
Moved with his father to Paulding county county, O., there at-
tended the common schools and worked on his father's farm.

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On January 1, 1895, at Cedarville, Ind., married DeEtta Katura
Lindemuth, daughter of Michael and Sarah (Nevinger) Linder-
muth, born in Scipio township, Allen county., Ind., June 15,
1876. They are farmers; a democrat and reside near Antwerp,
Paulding county, O. Children :

Alta Hester, born June 4, 1895.

Mamie Carmine, born November 21, 1897.

Lelah Ninetta, born October 23, 1899.

MICHAEL (Michael; John M.; J. G.), sixth child of
Michael and Esther (Hammer) Overmyer, was born near Hess-
ville, O., July 2, 1832 ; never enjoyed much of an opportunity
for education ; learned the carpenter's trade and was often em-
ployed to run the early or pioneer water-sawmills to saw building
lumber, as was done by water power instead of steam as now.
Was a member of the firm that erected the first steam sawmill
at Lindsey, Ohio. In February, 1857, he was married by Probate
Judge Bell, to Susan Overmyer, daughter of Jacob (Phillip ; J. G.)
He was a private in Co. K, 169th Reg., O. V. I., and received an
honorable discharge in September, 1864. Are members of the
Evangelical church ; is a liberal republican. Children :

Amanda, born August 9, 1857.

Amos Norton, born August 21, 1859; died March 1, 1865.

Jacob Martin, born June 2, 1863 ; died January 29, 1865.

Lucas Marion, born December 22, 1865.

William F., born February 8, 1868.

Catharine, born July 17, 1872.

Erdine, born January 30, 1876.

Irwin, born April 4, 1879 ; died April 11, 1879.

Harry G., born April 2, 1884.

Susanna Overmyer died May 22, 1893. His second marriage
occurred February 28, 1895, to Lena Woodard (Noss), daughter
of Joseph and Catherine Noss. Have no children. They have
moved from their farm to Lindsey, where they lead a retired
life.

AMANDA (Michael Michael; John M. ; J. G.), first child
of Michael and Susanna Overmyer was born August 9, 1857,
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252 OVERMYER HISTORY

member of the Evangelical church. On February 10, 1884, by
Rev. Bernhart, married Jacob E. Diddia, son of Isaac and Mary
(Gippel) Diddia, born near Millersburg, Dauphin county, Pa.
January 9, 1857. He is a lumberman and sawyer. A member
of I. O. O. F, a republican ; reside at Lindsey, Ohio. Children :

John R., born September 18, 1884.

Susan, born March 26, 1886.

Clyde F.i born October 10, 1887.

LUCAS M. (Michael; Michael; John M. ; J. G.), fourth
child of Michael and Susanna Overmyer, was born near Lind-
sey, Ohio, December 22, 1865 ; worked on his father's farm and
attended the schools of Lindsey and on October 2, 1889, married
Ida M. Rearic, daughter of George L. and Sarah (Skinner)
Rearic. Mrs. Overmyer died leaving one child, Ada A., born
January 2, 1891. At Council Bluff, Iowa, on April 4, 1893, L.
M. Overmyer married for his second wife, Eva V. Van Wormer,
daughter of Lucious D. and Alice Van Wormer. He is a rail-
way engineer, a republican, member of M. W. of A. of the
Trinity M. E. church. They reside at No. 2318 South 7th
street, Council Bluff, Iowa, and have the following children :

Erhel G., born December 30, 1893.

Lilah M., born June 26, 1900 ; died March 4, 1901.

Ella A., born February 2, 1903 ; died April 24, 1903.

WILLIAM F. (Michael; Michael; John M. ; J. G.), fifth
child of Michael and Susanna Overmyer, was born near Lindsey.
Ohio, February 8, 1868 ; received a limited education and was
employed on his father's farm until he grew to manhood. On
August 22, 1894, at Ballville, Ohio, he married Lillie B. Nesbitt
daughter of James M. and Martha J. Nesbitt, born January 1,
1871. He is a railway section hand, a republican. They are
members of the Evangelical church and reside at Lindsey. Chil-
dren :

Lillie L.. born November 23, 1896.

Mabel V., born April 14, 1898.

CATHARINE, (Michael; Michael; John M.; J. G.), sixth
child of Michael and Susanna Overmyer, was born near Lind-
sey, Ohio, July 17, 1872 ; was educated at the Lindsey schools.

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On September 6, 1893, married Charles Vining, son of Calvin
and Harriet Vining, born at Sandusky, Ohio, March 2, 1862.
He is in the stave manufacturing business; reside at Lindsey,
Ohio. One child:

Charles Russel, born August 24, 1895.

ERDINE (Michael; Michael; John M. ; J. G.), seventh
child of Michael and Susanna Overmyer, was born near Lindsey,
Ohio, January 30, 1876 ; attended the Lindsey schools, and on
May 9, 1898, at Lindsey, Ohio, married George Woodward,
son of George and Lena (Noss) Woodward, born April 17,
1873. They are farmers; he a democrat, and reside near Lind-
sey. One child.

Lulu May, born November 7, 1898.

SOLOMON (Michael; John M.; J. G.), seventh child of
Michael and Esther (Hammer) Overmyer, was born in San-
dusky county, near Hessville, Ohio, May 30, 1834; received a
very limited education; went with his parents to Henry county,
Ohio in 1848, where he assisted his father in clearing up a
farm. In 1854, he returned to Sandusky county and learned the
carpenter trade. On January 27, 1856, at Hessville, Ohio, by John
Beery J. P., married Mary Overmyer, daughter of Jacob (Phillip;
J. G.), born April 23, 1838; moved into a log house formerly oc-
cupied by Phillip Overmyer, Sr. son of J. G., where they resided
and farmed for Jacob Overmyer, until 1865, when he with his
brother Michael and William Boyer, erected the first steam saw-
mill at Lindsey, Ohio, then he moved to Lindsey and resided
there until his death. For years he operated a threshing machine,
then assisted at the steam saw mill which they sold later to Beery
& Davis. Was a member of Company K., 169th Regiment, O.
V. I., but hired Roman Binkley as his substitute when drafted
into the service ; was a republican. Both were members of the
Evangelical church, and have the following children:

Catharine, born May 9, 1857.

Jacob, born April 4, 1860.

Allen W., born February 28, 1861.

Chester, born January 28, 1862; died September 17, 1862.

Ira, born July 3, 1864; died May, 1873.

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Sarah E., born March 7, 1875 is a dressmaker and resides
at Lindsey, Ohio.

Phillip A., born May 1, 1877.

George N., born October 28, 1880.

Mrs. Mary Overmyer, died June 28, 1896, and is buried at
Lindsey new cemetery.

Solomon Overmyer, married second wife, Mrs. Caroline
Boyer, September 28, 1879, had no children with this wife;
he died March 10, 1903, is buried at new cemetery, Lindsey,
Ohio.

CATHARINE (Solomon Michael; John M. ; J. G). first
child of Solomon and Mary Overmyer, was born near Lind-
sey, Ohio ; educated in the common schools and on December
30, 1879, at Elmore, Ohio, by Rev. Althoff, married Israel Het-
rick, son of Daniel and Mary (Seigenthaler) Hetrick, born in
Rice township, Sandusky county, Ohio, October 20, 1857;
they reside in Lindsey, Ohio. Children:

Mary E., born May 24, 1880.

Dora May, born January 27, 1885.

Fred DeWilton, born October 11, 1892.

JACOB (Solomon; Michael; John M. ; J. G), second child
and first son of Solomon and Mary Overmyer, was born near
Lindsey, Ohio, April 4, 1860; was educated in the common
schools, and served as a general laborer for his father and his
uncle Amos Overmyer. December 30, 1880, married Sarah A.
Heinrich, daughter of Christian and Mary (Strawhecker) Hein-
rich, who come from Germany ; born in Rice township, Sandusk>
county, Ohio, March 22, 1862. They are members of the Evan-
gelical church; are farmers; reside in Harris township, Ottawa
county, Ohio, three miles north of Lindsey. Children :

Ira Solomon, born June 27, 1883.

Newton C, born September 15, 1884.

Nelson B., born June 6, 1886.

ALLEN W. (Sol, Mich.; Jno. M.; J. G), second son of
Solomon and Mary Overmyer, was born near Lindsey, O., Feb-
ruary 28, 1861 ; was educated in the common schools of the
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versity at Ada, O. ; taught school several years ; was then em-
ployed as clerk in Overmyer Bros', store and later clerked in
a drug store at Oak Harbor, O. ; September 27, 1883, at Fre-
mont, O., by Rev. Henry Lang, he married Laura Louisa Depp,
daughter of Christian and Rebecca (Babione) Depp. He is a
member of the Evangelical church ; a republican and has held
various offices of trust in the village ; as school board, being its
treasurer twelve years, also village treasurer. In 1885 he bought
the hardware store of H. J. Kramb, and has since erected a fine
brick building in which he conducts a fine trade in the hardware
line, and has a fine residence near the store where they enjoy
life and business to the fullest extent. Children :
Lavina, born July 11, 1884.

Oliver A., born August 23, 1887.

LAVINA (W. A.; Solomon; Michael; John M. ; J. G.):
first child of Allen W. and Laura L. (Depp) Overmyer, was
born at Lindsey, Ohio, July 11, 1884, and on December 29, 1903.
married Clarence T. Gahn, son of Charles and Christena (Stull)
Gahn, born June 25, 1877, and graduated in commercial course
at Ada, Ohio, in 1903 ; taught school 8 years. They reside at
Lindsey, Ohio, and have one child :

Laura Christena, born March 31, 1905.

PHILLIP A. (Solomon; Michael; John M. ; J. G.), seventh
child of Solomon and Mary Overmyer, was born at Lindsey,
May 1, 1877 ; attended the Lindsey schools and later the business
college at Fremont, Ohio. Taught school 6 years ; was appointed
United States Postal Clerk in 1902, and runs on the Lake Shore
railway from Cleveland to Chicago, and has an interest in the
Boyer Tile yard.

GEORGE N. (Solomon; Michael; John M. ; J. G.), eighth
child of Solomon and Mary Overmyer, was born at Lindsey,
Ohio, October 28, 1880; was educated in the Lindsey schools;
taught school 5 terms ; was also appointed United States Postal
Clerk in August, 1902, and ran from Cleveland to Chicago,
until June, 1905, then resigned and with his brother Phillip A.
and sister Sarah, resides at Lindsey, Ohio.

256 OVERMYER HISTORY

NOAH (Michael; John M. ; J. G.), eighth child and sixth
son of Michael and Esther (Hammer) Overmyer, was born
near Hessville, Ohio, February 5, 1836 ; received a fair educa-
tion ; moved with his parents to Henry county, Ohio, and assist-
ed in clearing up a farm ; later employed on the Wabash rail-
way ; then married Theresa Eversole ; then moved to Marysville,
Missouri, where he was employed on the Wabash, St. Louis &
Pacific railway ; later appointed road master on said line and
moved to Council Bluff, Iowa, where they resided for some time,
then again moved to Marysville, Missouri, where they reside.
They have two sons:

Jacob, born , farmer, Marysville, Missouri.

, stenographer, Council Bluffs, Iowa.

RACHAEL (Michael; John M. ; J. G.), ninth child of
Michael and Esther Overmyer, was born near Hessville, Ohio,
October 2, 1838 ; went with her parents to Henry county,
Ohio, but later returned and married Daniel Burket of Lindsey,
Ohio. After a few years they moved to Pulaski county, Indiana,
where they engaged in farming, until he died, leaving children,
Evannah and Amelia, twins ; Catharine, Allen, and Aaron ;
then she married George Burket a widower, brother of hei
former husband. They continued farming until he died, leav-
ing the following children: Carry, Richard, George, Schuyler.
Maud, Dwight and Gertrude.

SARAH (Michael; John M. ; J. G.), eleventh child of
Michael and Esther Overmyer, was born near Hessville, Ohio.
April 1, 1843; moved with her parents to Henry county, Ohio;
attended the common schools there, but later returned to Lind-
sey, Ohio, where she married Joseph Overmyer, son of George
(Phillip; J. G.), December, 1860; he died October 18, 1863,
leaving one child, Clarence, see Joseph line of Phillip (J. G.)
In November, 1864, she married Waldo O. Kelley and moved
to Hessville, Ohio. He enlisted and went to the war; never re-
turned. In 1872 she married Samuel Earnst, son of John and
Elizabeth Earnst, a shoemaker, and died Decmeber 19, 1898, at
Lindsey, Ohio. She has since married Arthur Tricket, a barber,
and resides at 504 Jerome street, Monroe, Michigan.

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SUSAN (John M.; J. G.), fourth child of John M. and
Catharine (Long) Overmyer, was born in New Berlin, Uuion
county, Pennsylvania, February 13, 1804 ; came with her parents
from Pennsylvania to Perry county, Ohio, in 1811, where she
grew to womanhood, and in 1821 married Jonathan Kessler,
born in Pennsylvania, February 2, 1797. They moved from
Perry county to Sandusky county, Ohio in 1832, where they
resided until death. She died December 31, 1840, and Mr.
Kessler, October 10, 1880; are buried at Four Mile cemetery.
Children.

Catharine, born 1822 ; married John Waggoner.

John, born October 3, 1824 ; married Catharine Hensel ;
died April 16, 1894.

Barbara, born May 25, 1827 ; married Stephen Newcomer,
December 31, 1846 ; died June 16, 1901 ; is buried at Oakwood
cemetery.

Susan, born February 18, 1829 ; married William Saam ;
died September 12, 1895.

Noah, born July 31, 1831 ; married Sarah Hensel.

Sarah, born June 15, 1833.

Lavina, married Christian Binkly.

Elizabeth, died in childhood.

Benjamin F., born August 7, 1838; married Caroline Reed.

JOHN (John M.; J. G.), fifth child of John M. and Cath-
arine (Long), Overmyer, was born in Northumberland, (now
Union) county, Pennsylvania, at Longstown (now New Berlin),
December 24, 1806. At the age of five years he came with his
parents to what is now Somerset, Thorn township, Perry county,
Ohio, where he grew to manhood on a farm and attended Ger-
man and English country schools. He afterwards taught school
in his neighborhood. His father John M. Overmyer, was a
farmer and a cabinet maker, and was assisted by his sons in
both these occupations. John Overmyer also worked in a tan-
nery several years for his brother-in-law, Jonathan Kessler. He
was for seven years a member and part of the time an officer
of an Independent Militia Rifle company, at Somerset, and
drilled seven days of each year with said company. He always
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258 OVERMYER HISTORY

nearly six feet. He was compactly built, broad shouldered and
deep chested, always walked erect, and weighed during his
mature manhood about 200 pounds. He was of a mild and
peaceable disposition, but firm and resolute in what he considered
matters of duty. He was a natural athlete and delighted in
wrestling and foot-racing, but he never would tolerate any pro-
fanity, vulgarity or indecent language in his presence. He was
a careful and observing reader of the Bible and such law books
and newspapers as were to be had in those days. He kept him-
self well posted and up to date, generally. At the age of seven-
teen he became a member of the German Lutheran church and
continued in the same during life, serving as elder and deacon
at intervals. He was very punctual in his attendance at the
services of the German Lutheran Reformed and the German
Dunkard churches, and never indulged in what he considered
Sabbath breaking. Being naturally fond of music he improved
his opportunities of culture in that direction and became noted
as a teacher of country singing schools, and in connection with
military parades he excelled as a drummer. In the latter he
took great delight.

In the spring of 1832, he came with his parents from
Perry to Sandusky county, Ohio, driving a four-horse team
loaded with household goods. The family settled in the forest
about 4 miles west of Lower Sandusky, now Fremont, on the
north side of the Western Reserve and Maumee pike, on what is
known as the Samuel Kuns farm.

The Seneca and Wyandot Indians were then quite numer-
ous, but were friendly with the whites. Here for several years
John Overmyer helped his father clear up his farm. On May
5, 1833, he married Sarah, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth
(Huffer) Hendricks, born July 29, 1814, and soon after moved
on his own farm, about five and a half miles west of Lower
Sandusky, on what is now the Samuel Fought farm. Here he
put up a log cabin on the banks of Stag Run or Little Mud
Creek in pioneer style, and later a hewed log house with clap-
board roof and a chimney built of wood lath and clay mortar.
He spent sixteen toilsome years in clearing up this farm, but
afterwards lost it by bailing a friend and paying bail money.

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He and his family lived chiefly on corn bread and wild game
and wore home spun clothing. His wife was an excellent weav-
er on a hand loom. He served as constable of Washington
township during the years of 1842-3-4, and assisted at the
recapture of an Englishman named George Thompson at Wood-
ville, Ohio, who had escaped from the jail at Lower Sandusky,
where he had been confined awaiting trial for the murder of a
German servant girl at Bellevue, Ohio, Miss Catharine Hamler.
Mr. Overmyer afterwards served as bailiff at the Court House
on the trial of Mr. Thompson, and was present when said
criminal was hung at Lower Sandusky.

In 1847 during the raising of troops for the Mexican war,
Mr. Overmyer went as drummer boy with the recruits from
Lower Sandusky to Perrysburg, Ohio, who went in teams along
the Western Reserve and Maumee Pike.

In the spring of 1849, Mr. Overmyer moved to Washington
township, Henry county, Ohio, upon a tract of school lands,
(Sec. 16), one mile north of Washington station, now Colton,
on a tract partly improved. His family occupied a round log
cabin in the woods on the banks of Bad Creek. This tract
had been leased from the State of Ohio by Abraham Snyder, a
cousin of Mrs. John Overmyer. Mr. Snyder was from what is
now West Virginia, near Martinsburg, in Berkly county. He
became well known in Sandusky and Henry counties as a great
deer hunter. He made his home three years with the family of
John Overmyer, and supplied them and their neighbors with
plenty of game, some of which was hauled from the woods by
Mr. Overmyer with an ox team.

Amid the other trials of pioneer life the family were afflicted
with the "Maumee Shakes" or the "Black Swamp Ague" every
summer, which scorched them with fever and chilled them by
turns until it made their teeth chatter. Not far from this residence
was an old Indian Graveyard which was often visited in the
summer seasons by Indians who after other ceremonies covered
the mounds with bark peeled from trees. While residing here
Mr. Overmyer found time to clear up a spot of ground and
build a house, 20x28 feet, on section 17, canal land in Wash-
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260 OVERMYER HISTORY

ernment. This was two and one-half miles west of Colton.
That house is still standing to this day, February 2, 1900, and
is the only landmark remaining of these early pioneers.

Mr. Overmyer held offices of honor and trust, in Washing-
ton township, among which were those of trustee, supervisor
and juror. He was drawn as a juror in 1880, in the great
Scott-Drury murder case at Napoleon, Ohio, but was released
on account of his age.

Mr. Overmyer lived in Henry county for forty years. His
wife, Sarah died January 15, 1862, and left him to care for the
family. His older daughters were now married and gone from
home leaving him only his youngest daughter, Rebecca, to keep
house for him.

In 1865, he quit house-keeping and went to live with his
brother-in-law, Jacob Hendricks, until the fall of 1866 when his
son Samuel married, and bought and moved upon the old home-
stead in section 17. Here he spent the last years of his life in
retirement, and died May 10, 1889. He was buried in Union
cemetery beside his wife who had preceded him 27 years. They
had the following children :

Elizabeth, born November 22, 1834 ; died May 3, 1853.

Catharine, bom November 10, 1836.

Philamon, born April 23, 1838.

Sarah, born May 23, 1840 ; died November 10, 1860.

Samuel, born May 7, 1842.

Harriet, born October 12, 1844 ; married J. J. Hiser, moved
to Dennison, Texas.

John H.. born October 8, 1848.

Rebecca, born November 11, 1851.

Jacob, born July 24, 1854.

Benjamin F., born October 2, 1857.

Obituary notice copied from "The Democratic Northwest"
of Napoleon, Ohio, dated May 23, 1889.

OBITUARY.

Overmyer. — One more of the old pioneers of Henry county
has been laid to rest. John Overmyer, of Washington township,
Henry county, Ohio, was born December 24, 1806, in Union

AND GENEALOGY 261

county, Pennsylvania ; died May 10, 1889, aged 82 years, 4
months and 16 days.

We have been acquainted with Uncle John, as he was
usually called, for a number of years and have found him to be
a man of sterling worth ; he was respected by his neighbors, and
was a general favorite with both old and young, which was
proven by the large concourse of people who were in attendance
at his funeral. There were 59 teams that joined the solenm
procession and followed the old pioneer to his resting place by
the side of his wife of his youth in the Union cemetery, to await
the summons from on high. Funeral services conducted by the
writer of this notice at the spacious residence of his son Samuel
who owns the old homestead. Rev. Geo. Miller.

To this Uncle John the Overmyer decedents are in a great
measure, indebted for this the first volume of the Overmyer
history and geneology By his aid and suggestions the begin-
ning was made tthe first data recorded which finally materalized
into what we have in the present volume.

The Writer, B. B. O.

Narrative of John Overmyer taken by Homer Everett at
home, Fremont, June 27, 1880. Mr. Overmyer came to Wash-
ington township, Sandusky county with his father, John M.
Overmyer, in May, 1832. They settled on a tract of land op-
posite the four mile house, west of Fremont, on the W. R. & M.
Turnpike, which was then a mud road. Mr. Overmyer was born
at Longtown, (now New Berlin), Northumberland county (now
Union), Pennsylvania, December 24, 1806. After settling in
Sandusky county, Mr. Overmyer married Sarah Hendricks a
daughter of Jacob Hendricks, of Washington township, who
raised a family of ten children, five sons and five daughters. He
moved in April, 1849, with his family to Henry county, Ohio.
(Washington township.) Mr. Overmyer s parents both died on
the farm on which they both settled.

Of the inhabitants of Washington township in Sandusky
county, when Mr. Overmyer first came he remembers Jacob
Hendricks, Geo. Hedrick, Jacob Newcomer, John Anderson,
Joseph Reed, James Rose, Mathias Orndorf. Henry Meyer,

262 OVERMYER HISTORY

brother-in-law to Orndorf. John Macklin who then kept tavern
at Big Mud Creek on the Pike. Nathan Robbins, Daniel Kuhn
Daniel, Hendricks, Daniel Upp, Henry Foster, George Wag-
goner.

The cleared farms were very few in the township. We
could not raise wheat, it would grow to rank straw without
grain. It shrunk and was not good for anything. We could
raise corn very well. Overmyer says that three or four years
after he came he paid George Grant at Birchard & Dickinson's
store one dollar a bushel for corn. It was very scarce that
year, from a wet season. I can not now remember, said he, a
framed house then in Washington township. The best and
wealthiest inhabitants lived in log cabins. There was not a
grist or saw mill in the township. Then the turnpike in wet
weather was almost impassable and the by-roads ^vere still
worse. The prevailing disease was chill and fever. Oxen were
used as a general thing for all team work by the inhabitants.
Our holidays were the 4th of July and Militia training. For
about two weeks in the early spring it was for several years
the custom to do little but attend logging bees. The men would
meet at a neighbor's chopping, divide hands, choose each side
a captain, and then such a handling and piling of logs would
astonish the inhabitants now. Whiskey was cheap and plenty
and we used it freely, and it helped much to move the logs.
The men would lift and be on the strain, and joke and be merry
all day without complaint, and the next day do the same thing for
another neighbor. It must be remembered too, that we were
in the Black Swamp, and half the time working and travelling
in the water.

The early settlers of Washington townshiy, Sandusky
county, were nearly all from Pennsylvania and from Perry
county, Ohio, and vicinity ; chiefly from Perry county. As I
came out here on a visit the other day I saw Washington town-
ship with another face on ; now she abounds in fine farms of the
richest lands, fine houses and barns, and her people are wealthy
and happy. Little do they know of the modes of life and labors
of the early settlers.

AND GENEALOGY 263

CATHARINE (John; John M.; J. G.), second child of
John and Sarah (Henricks) Overmyer, was born in Sandusky
county, Ohio, November 10, 1836; attended the common schools
of the vicinity and later moved with her parents to Henry
county, Ohio. On February 2,. 1857, at Toledo, she married
John H. Myers, born in Germany. They are members of the
Presbyterian church; she of the Ladies' Aid Society. They
reside at McComb, Hancock County, Ohio. Children :

George F., born November 13, 1857.
Sarah E., born November 13, 1859.
John H., born April 4, 1862.

Ettie M., born September 17, 1867; died July 20, 1879.
Bertha, born February 14, 1874.

Mrs. Henry Myers, died September 16, 1902 and buried at
Liberty Center, Ohio.

PHILAMON (John; John M. ; J. G.), third child of John
and Sarah (Henricks) Overmyer, was born in Sandusky county.
Ohio, April 23, 1838 ; attended the common schools of Sandusky
and Henry counties until he grew to manhood ; then was em-
ployed as a section hand on the Wabash railway at Colton, Ohio
where he had his leg nearly cut off by a scythe, which was on
the hand-car which he helped to propel by crank appliance.
Afterwards was made foreman of track work at New Haven.
Indiana, for several years, then conducted a grocery store in
New Haven, where he enlisted and was employed by the gov-
ernment as track repairer on the railroads in Tennessee, where in
1864, he was captured by Hoods army and confined to prison
which was the last ever heard of him by his friends.

In January, 1861, at New Haven, Indiana, he married
Sarah Miller, and to them were born two children :

Silas Byron, born August 13, 1862, who was accidentally
shot and killed, July 4, 1879.

Estella, born August 10,1864; died in infancy.

In his early days Philamon was quite a successful deer
hunter, and with his parents endured many of the hardships and
privations of the early pioneer life. Was a member of the
Lutheran church and a Jackson Democrat.

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SARAH (John; John M.; J. G.), fourth child of John and
Sarah Overmyer, was born in Sandusky county, Ohio, May 23,
1840; went with her parents to Henry county, Ohio, when she
was nine years old. There she married John J. Hiser, son of
John and Elizabeth Hiser. They resided at Colton, Ohio, where
she died, leaving one child :

Frank J., born November 10, 1860.

SAMUEL (John; John M. ; J. G.), fifth child of John and
Sarah (Henricks) Overmyer, was born in Sandusky county,
Ohio, May 7, 1842; moved with his parents to Henry county,
Ohio, when quite young, where he grew to manhood on his
father's farm; atending school some during the winters and
working on the farm in summer, and several summers assisted
his Uncle John Henricks, on a brick yard, and went with John
Waggoner, who owned and operated a horse-power threshing
machine several seasons ; was also employed on the Wabash rail-
way one year. On January 15, 1862, his mother died, leaving
the household duties to devolve mostly on his youngest sister,
so he left home and went to Sandusky county, where he re-
mainel with his Uncle Jonah Henricks as a laborer, until Octo-
ber 18, 1862. He enlisted as a soldier of the Civil war, was as-
signed to Company D, 14th Regiment, O. V. I. ; took an active
part in the battle of Lockout Mountain, Jonesborough and Chica-
mauga, where on September 19, 1863, he was wounded, the
ball penetrating through his left arm and shoulder, he remained
in the field and hospital six weeks, laying eight days before his
wound was dressed. Enduring the hardship of army life, the
enemy having burned their supplies, he and Henry Andrix, his
partner, subsisted chiefly on roasted or parched corn which they
would take from the mules. He was in thirteen different states,
during the war, and in 1864, rejoined his regiment and was with
Sherman's army on the famous march from Atlanta to the sea.
At the close of the war, he accompanied his regiment on foot
and by rail to Washington, D. C, and was in the grand review
of Sherman's army, there in May, 1865. From Washington
they were sent by rail to Louisville, Kentucky, and was there
honorably discharged. July 11, 1865..

While in camp at Louisville, he contracted small pox, but

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went with his regiment to Cleveland, Ohio, for transportation
to their different homes, but on account of small pox he had to
remain there three weeks, then went home to Colton, Henry
county, Ohio; was again employed by the Wabash railway com-
pany in 1866. He bought his father's farm, the old homestead,
eighty acres, and on October 14, 1866, at Colton, Ohio, married
Mary E. Kessler, daughter of John and Catharine (Hensel)
Kessler, and began farming ; has been very successful ; erected
fine buildings and raised fine stock. In the autumn of 1896, they
left the farm and moved to Liberty Center, Ohio, into a fine
home, where they lead a retired life. They are members of the
German Reformed church. He is a republican ; also a member of
Phillip Hendricks, G. A. R. Post of Colton, Ohio. Children:

Wm. Henry, born September 7, 1867.

Hattie B., born November 19, 1871.

James F., born August 6, 1876.

John E., born April 4, 1879.

Arthur E., born February 23, 1885.

WM. HENRY (Samuel; John; John M. ; J. G.), first son of
Samuel and Mary (Kessler) Overmyer, was born in Washing-
ton township, Henry county, Ohio, April 7, 1867 ; attended the
common schools, and on August 9, 1889, at Colton, Ohio, mar-
ried Eva D, Shoup, daughter of Wm. and Sarah Shoup, born
January 21, 1872. They are farming the old home farm of his
father's ; are members of the Reformed church ; a republican.
Post office address is Colton, Ohio. Children :

Benjamin, born December 30, 1889.

Imo B., born May 15, 1892.

Helen F., born May 20, 1894.

Sarah E., born July 15, 1896.

HATTIE B. (Samuel; John; John M.; J. G.), second
child and only daughter of Samuel and Mary E. (Kessler) Over-
myer, was born near Colton, Ohio, November 19, 1871 ; was
educated in the common schools of the township, and on June
24, 1894, married George F. Slater, son of James M. and
Mary E. Slater, born January 2, 1866. They reside at No. 118
Norwalk street, East Side, Toledo, Ohio. One child :

Faye E., born September 28, 1895.

266 OVERMYER HISTORY

JAMES F. (Samuel; John; John M. ; J. G.), third child
of Samuel and Mary E. Overmyer, was born in Henry county,
Ohio, August 6, 187G ; attended the common schools of the vicin-
ity, and on March 9, 1898, at Liberty Center, Ohio, married
Gertrude Smith, daughter of Frank W. and Lona Smith, born
February 1G, 1874. He is a K. of P., a democrat, a barber.
They reside at Liberty Center, Ohio, and have two children.

Howard K., born June 6, 1899.

Beryl L., born April 7, 1900.

JOHN E. (Samuel; John; John M. ; J. G.), fourth child
of Samuel and Mary E. Overmyer, was born at Colton in Henry
county, Ohio, April 4, 1879 ; educated at Liberty Center, and on
October 20, 1897, at Liberty Center, Ohio, married Blanche I.
Alspaugh, daughter of Nanan and Maggie Alspaugh, born
December 29, 1880. He is a republican, a general laborer and
resides at Liberty Center, Ohio. Children :

Raymon, born February 25, 1898.
Gladys, born June 10, 1900.

JOHN H. (John; John M. ; J. G.), seventh child of
John and Sarah (Henricks) Overmyer, was born in Sandusky
county, Ohio, October 8, 1848 ; came with his parents to Henry
county, Ohio, when a year old, where he grew to manhood ; at-
tending the common schools of that vicinity. On October 12,
1873, at Kalamazoo, Michigan, he married Ebenette Orton,
daughter of Charles and Mary Orton, born at Falls Church,
Fairfax county, Virginia, February 26, 1853. They reside at
Moline, Allegan county, Michigan ; is a farmer and railroad
contractor ; a Bryan democrat. Are members of M. E. church,
and have the following children :

Estella F., born March 14, 187G ; married Arnold Frank,
October 13, 1896.

Ella M., born July 21, 1878 ; married Maurice Watts, March
29, 1899.

Milton Frances, born February 22, 1881.

Wm. Alphonso, born August 2, 1884.

Ethelyn, born August 11, 1887.

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REBECCA (John; John M. ; J. G.), eight child of John
and Sarah Overmyer, was born in Henry county, Ohio, Novem-
ber 11, 1851 ; attended the common schools of that community,
and later at Detroit, Michigan. Married Ralph Rood, a con-
ductor on The Lake Shore and Michigan Central railway. In

1879, he died, leaving one child, Alice May. She married a
second husband, Henry Hovey, an engineer on The Lake Shore
and Michigann Southern railway, He is a member of the
Brotherhood of Railway Engineers, and she a member of the
Ladies Engineer Corps, an auxiliary to the former. They re-
side at No. 669 Knower street, Toledo, Ohio.

Hovey, died January 14, 1902.

JACOB (John; John M. ; J. G.), ninth child of John and
Sarah (Henricks) Overmyer, was born in Washington town-
ship, Henry county, Ohio, July 24, 1854 ; was educated in the
common schools of that community, and assisted in labor on his
father's farm, and on March 24, 1874, began to serve an ap-
prenticeship of three years of horse shoeing and general black-
smithing, with T. H. Biggins at Napoleon, Ohio. After com-
pleting his appreticeship in 1877, he was admitted as a partner
in the establishment, and in 1881 assumed entire control of the
firm and continued work at the old stand. On September 30,

1880, at Adrian, Michigan, he married Mary L. Biggins. He is
a democrat, a member of F. & A. M. and I. O. O. F. Served
as noble grand in I. O. O. F. lodge, No. 260, at Napoleon, Ohio,
from January 15, 1884 to January 1, 1885. Member of Napo-
leon lodge, No. 256, F. & A. M. and was made E. A., March
25, 1884 ; then F. C, April 8 ; M. M., May 20 ; Holy Chapter 136
R. A. M. Master and Past Master Nov. 1, '87; Most Excellent.
Dec. 6, 1887; Royal Arch, March 28, 1888; Wauseon Council
No. 68 Royal and Select. Master Oct. 1, 1888, at same place.
Red Cross, K. T. and Knights of Malta March 27, 1896; De-
fiance K. T. No. 30, Defiance, O. Ancient Accepted Scottish
Rite, Order of Ohio Valley of Toledo Jan. 27 and 28, 1898 ; A.
A. S. R. Toledo, O. Had one daughter born June 7, 1881 ; died
in infancy.

268 OVERMYER HISTORY

BENJAMIN F. (John; Jno. M.; J. G.), tenth child of
John and Sarah Overmyer, was born in Washington Township.
Henry County, Ohio, October 2, 1857. When he was about four
years old his mother died, his father broke up housekeeping soon
after, and our subject went to live among relatives and others and
had very limited common school privileges. While living at the
home of his brother Samuel, being then about ten years old, he
met with an accident in falling from a wagon by which he re-
ceived injuries in the face and back, of which he carries a scar
in his forehead. At the age of fourteen years he began to work
by the month for farmers in different localities, and at the age
of twenty-two he began to work as a laborer and later as a fore-
man in construction work on the Cincinnati, Jackson & Macki-
naw Railway, in Van Wrert county, Ohio. He next went to De-
catur, Indiana, where he served as foreman on construction work
on the Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City railway. He then re-
turned and was employed by the Wabash, St. Louis & Kansas
City railway, about two years in Henry county, Ohio, under Fore-
man Martin Kane, familiarly known as "Old Smokes."

After three years of railroading he returned to farm work
and also took contracts for various improvements, such as cutting
timber, clearing land, ditching and bridge building. In the fall
of 1884 he entered the Fayette Normal Music and Business Col-
lege in Fulton county, Ohio, taking the Scientific Course, and
during vacations working for farmers to earn money to pay his
way to school. In the fall of 1888 he entered the Tri-State Nor-
mal School at Angola, Steuben county, Indiana, where he took a
practical business course. He then returned to Colton, Ohio,
and confined his work to that vicinitv so as to be near to and
assist in caring for his father during his last illness, who died
May 10, 1889.

About the middle of May, 1889, he was employed as trav-
elling salesman in the states of Ohio, Michigan and Indiana, by I.
E. Ilgenfritz & Sons, Nurserymen at Monroe, Michigan. He
continued with them about two years or until February 15, 1891,
when he was employed in the Ohio State hospital at Toledo, Ohio,
first as an attendant on the M building and later as landscape
gardener about two years, when ill health obliged him to resign

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his position. Resuming nursery work for a few years he next
took up Fire and Life Insurance, handling the New York Life
and the Henry County Farmers' Mutual Insurance Companies.

In the spring of 1899 he was employed as travelling sales-
man one year in the states of Pennsylvania, West Virginia and
Maryland, for the sale of creamery butter and cheese supplies and
stock, for the firm of Burnap & Burnap, Toledo, Ohio. He
then returned to the firm of I. E. Ilgenfritz Sons, Monroe Mich-
igan, for the sale of nursery stock. During the years 1897-8 he
served as assessor in Liberty township, Henry county, Ohio.

At the age of nineteen years Mr. Overmyer became a mem-
ber of the Reformed church in which he still retains nominal
membership. In politics he has always been a democrat but is
not a strict partisan. He became a member of the Masonic Fra-
ternity at Liberty Center, Ohio, in Lodge No. 518, F. & A. M., in
the year 1880, and was dimitted in 1899 and became a member
of Napoleon Lodge No. 256, F. & A. M., the same year. He is
also a member of the Holy Chapter, No. 136, R. A. M., Napol-
eon, Ohio. On April 14, 1900, at Green Lake, Mich., he mar-
ried Mrs. Elsie E. (Cook) Vreland, daughter of Amos and Lydia
(Brown) Cook. They reside at Green Lake, Mich. Present
postoffice address is 503 Division St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

BARBARA (Jno. M. ; J. G.), sixth child of John M. and
Catharine (Long) Overmyer, was born in Union county, Pa.,
Sept. 25, 1809, emigrated with her parents to Perry county, Ohio,
when she was two years old ; thence to Sandusky county in 1832,
where on March 2, 1834, she married Isaac Moore, son of Jacob
and Mary Moore, born in York county, Pa., June 13, 1800. They
resided in Sandusky county until 1848 then moved near Colton,
Henry county, O., where they continued farming. They were
members of the German Lutheran church. She died June 7,
1889, aged 79 years 6 months and 12 days, is buried in Union
cemetery, Washington township, Henry county, O. Children:

Geo. W., born Dec. 4, 1834 ;

Catharine, born July 19, 1836 ;

Mary, born March 18, 1838 ;

John, born January 23, 1840 ;

Daniel, born December 18, 1841 ;

270 OVERMYER HISTORY

Simon, born October 6, 1844 ;
Israel, born February 11, 1850.

SAMUEL (Jno. M. ; J. G.), ninth child of John M. and
Catharine (Long) Overmyer, was born near Somerset in Perry
county. Ohio, February 1, 1815, where he grew to manhood and
came with his parents to Sandusky county, O., in 1832; later
married Sarah Rinehart.

They resided in Lower Sandusky now Fremont, Ohio, was
engaged in mercantile business and failed involving three broth-
ers and one brother-in-law ; enlisted as a soldier in the Mexican
war and died while on the march to take the city of Mexico be-
ing overcome by the excessive heat. Children : Thomas J. ;
Amelia; Helena, and Lucas. Both sons died single. Helena
married a Mr. Dorr and moved to Michigan and later died there.

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CHAPTER VI.

Line of David, sixth son of the Emigrant John George Overmyer,
who was bom in Pennsylvania in 1774.

DAVID (J. G.), sixth son and thirteenth child of J. G.
Overmyer, the emigrant, was born near New Berlin, Union, then
part of Northumberland, county, Pa., November 12, 1774, being
nearly two years old when the Declaration of Independence was
proclaimed. He received a fair German education from his par-
ents and other special teachers, and was naturally endowed with
the gift of surgery and healing, as practiced in those early days.
He was called far and often in cases of sickness or accident by
the people of the communities in which he resided. The writer
remembers the occasion when his father had his shoulder partly
dislocated, that Uncle David was sent for, and came and though
nearly ninety years old, adjusted the trouble and prepared a lini-
ment that soon relieved the soreness. In 1795 at Longstown
(now New Berlin), Pa., he married Barbara Hochacker, born
in New Jersey, April 10, 1776. They were life long members of
the Lutheran church ; farmers. He was a democrat until 1838
then affiliated with the Anti-Mason and later with the Whig
party. During the war of 1812 he was first corporal of the 3rd
company 77th regiment Pennsylvania troops, commanded by
Capt. Valentine Haaz, under Lieut. Col. George Weirick, 1st
Major Wm. Taggart, 2nd. Major Jacob Lechner, Adjutant
George Coryell, Surgeon John Y. Kennedy, Surgeon's Mate
Thomas Vanvalzah, Quartermaster George Clingman, Quarter-
master Sergeant John Reehl, Sergeant Major Daniel Rohrer.
They were assigned and served in the first brigade second divi-
sion, under Brigadier General Henry Spearing, whose aide-de-
camp was Hugh Maxwell. He served during the war. Pay roll
of said 3rd company dated at Marcus Hook, Nov. 10, 1814.

Captain, Haas Valentine.
Lieutenant, Shedle Samuel.

272 OVERMYER HISTORY

Sergeants, Eckhart, John ; Hosterman, George ; Boyer, Hen-
ry; Hendricks, Andrew.

Corporals. Overmyer, David ; Johnston, John ; Kleckner,
Jacob ; Richter, Frederick.

Privates, Alter, Joseph ; Bachman, Lorenzo ; Bear, Isaac ;
Berger, Joseph ; Berman, Anthony ; Benfer, George ; Binckly,
Jacob ; Bous, Frederick ; Bosler, Jacob ; Brous, Henry ; Butten-
stine, Phillip; Clendinin, John; Doebler, Ludwig; Derk, Jona-
than ; DofTe, John ; Dnke, Jacob ; Duke, George ; Everhard,
Barnes; Everhard, Phil; Fetter, Benjamin; Folk, John; Foltz,
Joseph ; Gordon, Willis ; Gaugher, Jonas ; Grim, Henry ; Haas,
Henry ; Haas, Daniel ; Hentricks, E. ; Herrold, Phillip ; Hobb,
Frederick ; Hummel, John H. ; Jarrett, Jacob ; Karstetter,
George ; Keely, John ; Kessler, Michael ; Kreisher, Henry ;
Kreitzer, Frederick; Kuns, John; Miller, Daniel; Mowrer, Jacob;
Mover, Phillip ; Neitz, Jacob ; Pontius, Henry ; Rettig, Wm. ;
Richenbach, John ; Rusher, John ; Shedler. Jacob ; Shoemaker,
Peter ; Smith, Abraham ; Smith, John ; Smith, Joseph ; Sold, Phil-
lip ; Spaid, Henry ; Stahl, Henry ; Stimeling, George ; Stock, Peter ;
Swartz, Peter ; Swartzlander, George ; Truster, John ; Wagner,
George ; Weaver, John ; Weller, Isaac ; Witmer, Sam ; Woodling,
Henry ; Wool, Daniel ; Yeager, John ; Yeager, Adam ; Yeisly,
Henry ; Yerger, Phillip ; Yordon, John ; Young, Ludwig.

In 1844 he with his second son, Michael H., moved to San-
dusky county, Ohio, with several four-horse teams and a light
two seated rig, all covered with the accustomed white canvass so
familiar in those days. The trip lasted fourteen days. At night
grandpa and grandma would sleep at the tavern or farmhouse by
the wayside and the others would sleep in the covered wagons,
their meals would be prepared in camp kettles over temporary fires
by the wayside. They arrived at John Rearick's and John Mich-
ael Overmyer's near Four Mile House, Saturday, May 2nd. 1844,
and on the following Monday located on N. W. quarter of sec-
tion 7 of Sandusky township, where they resided until their son,
Michael, died in 1848, then they moved in with their son-in-law,
Mathias Benner, who had come from Pennsylvania a few years
previous and resided in section 22 of Washington township,
where they remained until death. She departed September 9,

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1856, agd 80 years 4 months and 29 days, and he September 28,
1866, aged 91 years 10 months and 16 days. Truly receiving the
promise recorded in Job V. 25-26, are buried side by side in Four
Mile cemetery. Children:

Sarah, born January 4, 1797.

Frederick, born December 20, 1798.

Michael H., born January 23, 1800.

Elizabeth, born November 21, 1803.

Jacob, born November 4, 1808.

SARAH (David; J. G.), first child of David and Barbara
(Hochacker) Overmyer, was born in Union county, Pa., January
4, 1797, and later married Phillip Rudy, with whom she had
ten children. Her husband died and later she married Jacob
Spangler with whom she had three children.

FREDERICK (David; J. G.), first son and second child of
David and Barbara (Hockacker) Overmyer,. was born in Union
county, Pa., December 20, 1798, where he grew to manhood and
later married Sarah Mook. They remained settlers in Pennsyl-
vania ; died and were buried there and had the following children :

Eliza, married George Vogle.

George, married and moved near Pittsburg, Pa.

Lavina.

Susan, married a Mr. Walter and once lived in Ottawa
county, O.

Mary ; Barbara ; Amelia ; Leah.

MICHAEL H. (David; J. G.), second son of David and
Barbara Overmyer, was born in Union county, Pa., Jan. 23, 1800,
where he grew to manhood and later married Elizabeth Alter,
born Jan. 1, 1800. They were members of the Luthern church,
farmers and moved to Sandusky county, Ohio, in 1844. With
several four-horse teams and covered wagons, his father, David,
and wife came with him and they located on section 7 of San-
dusky township, where he died Jan. 12th, 1848. His wife resided
with their children and died May 21st, 1884. They are buried
in Four Mile cemetery. Children :

Sarah, born August 9, 1825.

Michael F., born August 25, 1829.

274 OVERMYER HISTORY

Angeline, born September 24, 1831.
Magdalene B., born September 30, 1833.
Elizabeth, born April 16, 1835, married Jos. Mutno; died at
Trowbridge, O.

Amanda, married Wm. Ward; live at Sta. A, E. Toledo, O.
David, born August 16, 1841.

Ispac, born April 30, 1846 ; died at Elmore, O., Sept. 8, 1872.
Charles went to California ; not heard from since.

SARAH (Michael; David; J. G.), first child of Michael H.
and Elizabeth (Alter) Overmyer, was born in Union county.
Pa., grew to womanhood there and married William Swartz-
lander, and with her parents came to Sandusky county, O., and
had the following children : M-athias ; Michael ; Wm. Henry ;
Mary ; David ; and James.

MICHAEL F. (Michael H. ; David; J. G.), second child -of
Michael H. and Elizabeth Overmyer, was born in Union county,
Pa., Aug. 25th, 1829, and came with his parents to Sandusky
county when but sixteen years old. He attended the common
schools some but had a limited education. On Eeb. 1, 1858, at
Hessville, O.,, he married Sarah A. Moyer, daughter of George
and Azenith Moyer, born in Butler county, O., June 6th, 1837,
residing in Hessville, O. On March 2nd, 1864, he enlisted as a
private and was assigned to Com. C, 72nd Reg., O. V. I., was im-
mediately ordered to join the regiment and participated in the
battles of Rice's Cross Roads, Tupelo and Harrisburg, Miss., and
engaged in the pursuit of Hood in Tennessee ; also engaged at
Old Town Creek and at Spanish Ford, Ala. ; was mustered out
Sept. 11, 1865, at Memphis, Tenn. He was a democrat, a car-
penter and after he returned from the war bought a home at
Lindsey, O., where he died Sept. 11, 1893, and is buried in the
cemetery there.

Rolandus, born April 26, 1858 ; still single, lives with his
mother.

Clara, born October 16, 1860.

John E, born December 20, 1862, died December 31, 1863.

Lydia E, born December 11, 1864, died August 31, 1866.

Ella, born May 27, 1867.

Mr. and Mrs. Michael F. Overmyer and Three Children

Taken about 1880
(Page 274)

Jacob Overmyer
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Isabella, born February 17, 1869.

Alice G, born March 6, 1873, died November 19, 1878.
Archie F, born January 6, 1879, unmarried yet, section fore-
man on Pennsylvania railroad at Tiro, O.

CLARA (Mich. F. ; Mich. H. ; David- J. G.), second child
of Michael F and Sarah (Moyer) Overmvr. was born in Hess-
ville, O., October 16, 1860; was educated in the schools of that
place and on July 6, 1879, married Jerome Piert, born May 13,
1846. They resided at Curtice, O., most of their married life,
though for several years resided at Lindsey, and later in To-
ledo, where he died May 31, 1903, and is buried in Crane Creek
cemetery. They had :

Myrtle, died in childhood.

Frank, playfully jumped into a bin of shelled corn at the
Lindsey elevator, when about 12 years old, and was drawn down
by the corn running into the car and smothered to death.

Ernest, born June 22, 1884.

Leroy, born March 13, 1887.

Blanche, born February 16, 1888.

Gladys, died in childhood.

Nina, born August 24. 1892.

Flossie, born June 8, 1897.

Pearl, born January 12, 1898.

Clarence, born January 28, 1899.

Mrs. Piert married again to Jackson Hammon. They reside
at Clay Center, Ottawa county, Ohio, and have one child, Isaac
J, born May 19, 1904.

ELLA (Mich. F.; Mich. H. ; David; J. G.), fifth child of
Michael F. and Sarah Overmyer, was born at Hessville, O., May
27, 1867 ; attended the common school of that place and married
Joseph Schuck May 14, 1889. He was born August 15, 1860, in
Washington township; son of Peter and Eve Schuck, who came
to America from France in 1842. After their marriage they
began housekeeping in Fremont, where they have since resided.
He was employed as blacksmith and carriage trimmer for some
time, has been a member of the Fremont fire department for
nineteen years, first as a volunteer, but now is one of the regular

276 OVERMYER HISTORY

men, employed on a salary. They formerly resided on North
Wood street, but now have charge of "The Buckland," a hotel
in the residence portion of Fremont. They have :

Marie, born November 2, 1890.

Beatrice, born March 6, 1892, died December 3, 1893.

Hilda, born September 27, 1893.

Edward J, born December 31, 1895.

ISABELLA (Mich. F. ; Mich. H. ; David ; J. G.), sixth child
of Michael F. and Sarah Overmyer, was born February 17, 1869,
and married Albert Kane. They formerly lived at Lindsey and
he was foreman of a gang of men when they built the Lake
Shore Electric Railroad and later was section foreman. They
now reside at Bellevue, O., where he is employed on a railroad.
They have:

Ellen, born July 19, 1886.
Clement, born May 2, 1888.
Henry, born March, 1890.
Cora, died in infancy.
Maude, born October 16, 1893.
Hilda, born August 31, 1895
George, born October 31, 1898.
Fred, died in childhood.
Lester, born October, 1902.
Infant daughter, born June, 1905.

ANGELINE (Mich. H. ; David; J. CO, third child of Mi-
chael H. and and Elizabeth (Alter) Overmyer, was born in
Union county, Pennsylvania, and came with her parents to San-
dusky county, Ohio ; at Hessville, O., married Jacob Burket, son
of Daniel Burket. He was a member of Company C, 72d Regi-
ment, O. V. I. Children:

Ellen, born May 3, 1855, married James Vaness, of Hess-
ville, O.

Mary born September 13, 1857, married Edward Mover, of
Hessville, O.

George, born December 20, 1859, married Laura Vaness.

Alta, born February 27, 1874, marrhd Henry Reed.

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MAGDALENE (Mich. H.; David; J. G.), fourth child of
Michael H. and Elizabeth Overmyer, came with her parents to
Sandusky county, Ohio, married Solomon B. Overmyer (Geo. L. ;
T. M.; J. G.). See life of John M.

DAVID A. (Mich. H. ; David; J. G.), second son and sev-
enth child of Michael H. and Elizabeth (Alter) Overmyer, was
born in Union county, Pennsylvania, August 16, 1841 ; came
with his parents to Sandusky county, Ohio, when about four
years old; attended the common schools and on December 23 .
18t*2, at Fremont. O., married Mahala E. Overmyer; they are
members of the Reformed church; are farmers; he is a Demo-
crat; was a soldier in the Civil war, and reside near Liberty
Center, Henry county, Ohio. Children:

Mary E, born January 15, 1864.

Eugene J, born August 16, 1867.

William B, born August 14, 1870.

Charles W, born October 15, 1875.

James I, born August 13, 1878.

Naman A., born March 13, 1881.

EUGENE (David A.; Mich. H. ; David; J. G.), first son
and second child of David A. and Mahala E. Overmyer, was
born in Sandusky county, Ohio, August 16 1867; was educated
in the common schools of Henry county, Obio, and on Novem-
ber 15, 1894, at Napoleon, O., by Geo. W. Fisk, J. P., married
Laura E. Mohler, daughter of Allen and Sarah (Weirick) Moh-
ler, born in Henry county, Ohio, August 4, 1878. They are
members of the Reformed church. He is a Democrat, a general
laborer, and reside at Liberty Center, O. Children:

Blanche M., born September 12, 1895.

Homer L, born July 3, 1897, died May 20, 1898.

R*y E. and Bay E., twins, born March 24, 1899.

JAMES I. (David A.; Mich. H. ; David; J. G.), fourth son
ar.d fifth child of David A. and Mahala Overmyer, was born in
"fuilton county, Ohio, August 13, 1878 ; was educated in the com-
mon schools of that county and at Liberty Ctnter, O., on August
??, .1898, at Napoleon, O., he married Florence Almina Mohler.
daughter of Allen and Sarah (Weirick) Mohler, born in Henry,

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county, Ohio, September 6, 1881. They are members of the
Reformed church ; he a Democrat, a general laborer, and reside
at Liberty Center, O. One child:

Mellis Evan, born March 31, 1899.

ISAAC (Mich. H.; David; J. G.), third son and eighth
child of Michael H. and Elizabeth (Alter) Overmyer, was born
;n Sandusky county, Ohio, April 30, 1846, and was educated in
*ht common schools of that county ; after growing to manhood
he enlisted as a soldier of the Civil war, was assigned to Com-
pany C, 72d regiment, O. V. I.; was captured at Guntown and
confined to Andersonville prison ; while confined there he, with
several comrades, once made an escape and proceeded toward
the union lines a few days, but were recaptured by the dreaded
bloodhounds, who compelled them to climb saplings in the woods
to keep them from being torn to pieces by the ferocious animals.
In 1865 he was discharged from prison and returned to Hessville,
O. ; after resting and regaining health and strength, several
months, he served as clerk in a general store for Elias Lay at
Hessville. O., for a short period of time ; then went to Elmore,
O.. and clerked for John H. MaGee in a similar store, and on
July 3, 1870, at Elmore, O., by Rev. Baldwin, with J. H. MaGee
and wife as witnesses, he married Phebe Ferris, daughter of
Ezekiel and Elizabeth (Kimbell) Ferris, born at Elmore, O...
January 27, 1850; remaining in the employ of said MaGee until
quite suddenly stricken with death September 8, 1872; is buried
in the cemetery there, leaving wife and one child, Jennie Bell,
to mourn his early departure.

JENNIE BELL (Isaac; Mich. H. ; David; J. G.), only child
of Isaac and Phebe (Ferris) Overmyer, was born at Elmore, O.,
May 15, 1871 ; was educated in the schools of Elmore and on
September 2, 1891, married Geo. W. Clay, son of Zachariah and
Elizabeth (Troutman) Clay, born near Lindsay, O., May 9, 1867
They reside near Elmore, O. ; are florists ; members of the Dis-
ciple church. Have one child :

Helen R, born June 28, 1892.

ELIZABETH (David; J. G.), second daughter and fourth
cl.'ld of David and Barbara (Hochacker) Overmyer, was born

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in Union county, Pennsylvania, November 21, 1803, where she
grew to womanhood and on June 5, 1825, by Rev. Fries, at New
Berlin, Pa., she married Mathias Benner, born May 1, 1803
They resided in Pennsylvania until the fall of 1843, then moved
to Sandusky county, Ohio, where they followed farming; she
died October 21, 1871, and he October 4, 1872, and are buried
at Four Mile cemetery. Children:

Harriet Savilla, born July 23, 1827, first married Sanuel
Reed ; he died, then married Henry Sweet.

Mary Jane, born September 27, 1829, married Adam Hensel
April 16, 1848.

Charles E., born August 30, 1833, died in 1852.

James D., born January 16, 1835, married Rebecca Thier-
wechter.

Elizabeth B, died in infancy.

William H, born April 6, 1840.

JACOB (David; J. G.), third son and fifth child of David
and Barbara (Hochacker) Overmyer, was born near New Ber-
lin in Union county, Pennsylvania, November 4, 1808 ; grew to
n anhood there and in 1830 married Mary Margaret Hommel
at Adamsburg, Pa., daughter of John and Elizabeth Hommel
born at Mauk Chunk, Pa., February 22, 1808; came to San-
dusky county, Ohio, in March, 1856, and located on the Maumee
p'J-e near Hessville, O. ; were always farmers ; members of the
Reformed church ; a Whig, later a Republican, and had the fol-
lowing children :

Tames A, born May 22, 1832.

Hiram and Nancy Jane, twins, born April 14, 1837.

The wife, Mary M. Overmyer, died August 10, 1862; then
he married Sarah Moses, of Helena, O. ; had no children with
this marriage; he died June 2, 1882, aged 73 years, 6 months
and ?8 days; are both buried in Four Mile cemetery, Sandusky
township, Sandusky county, Ohio.

JAMES A. (Jacob; David; J. G.), first son and child of
Jacob and Mary M. (Hommel) Overmyer, ^as born in Penn-
sylvania and grew to manhood there ; came to Sandusky county
Ohio, and married Eliza Fox, daughter of Joseph Fox; became

280 OVERMYER HISTORY

dissatisfied with his surroundings and went west; the last heard
of him was just before the Civil war; he was in California.
Th*»y had three daughters : Margaret, Emma, and Elizabeth.

HIRAM (Jacob; David; J. G.), second son of Jacob and
Mary M. (Hommel) Overmyer, was born at Beaver Springs.
Pa., April 14, 1837; was educated in Juniata county, Pennsyl-
vania, and came with his parents to Sandusky county, Ohio, in
18.57; on November 2. 1861, he enlisted as a soldier of the Civil
war and was assigned to Company B, 72d regiment, O. V. I. ;
went with the regiment until captured at Guntown, Miss. ; then
was confined in Andersonville and other rebel prisons ; was one
of ^e party that escaped once, but was overtaken and treed by
bloodhounds and returned to the prison again ; was mustered
out March 22, 1865, and returned to his father's home near
Hescville, O. ; on June 12, 1866, at Laselle, Mich., he married
Angelina Beery, daughter of John and Elizabeth Beery, born at
He^.sville, O., March 12. 1840. They are farmers; members of
the Lutheran churcn ; he a Republican ; reside near Grover Hill.
Paulding county, Ohio, and have the following children:

Charles E, born June 17, 1867.

Eugene E, born September 16, 1869.

Albert, born June 29, 1872.

William F, born March 1, 1875.

Estella, born June 18, 1878.

Alice, born April 23, 1884.

CHARLES E (Hiram; Jacob; David; L G.), first son of
Hiram and Angelina (Beery) Overmyer, was born near Hess-
ville, O., June 17, 1867, and was educated at the schools of that
place and later moved with his parents to Paulding county, Ohio
and on December 14, 1904, at Findlay, O., he married Edna
Muspelman, daughter of Joseph and Lucinda Musselman, born
at Kenton, Hardin county, Ohio, May 22, 1882; is a teamster
and they reside at 319^2 West Main street, Findlay, O.

NANCY JANE (Jacob; David; J. G.), only daughter and
third child of Jacob and Mary M. (Hommel) Overmyer, was
born at Beaver Springs, Pa., April 14, 1837; was educated at
Shirleysburg Seminary, Huntington county, Pennsylvania; came

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with her parents to Sandusky county, Ohio, in 1856, and on
March 27, 1864, at Hessville, O., married Elijah D. Ellsworth,
son of Daniel Ellsworth, born February 24, 1836. They are
farmers ; members of the Presbyterian church ; reside near Wes-
ton. Wood county, Ohio, and have the following children :

Eugene, born February 5, 1865.
Irwin H, born February 25, 1866.
Etta A, born February 20, 1872.

IRWIN H. Ellsworth, in September, 1888, married Anna
J. Weaver, daughter of Thomas and Jennie (Mower) Weaver
born October 27, 1868. Children:

Irwin C, born December 25, 1889.
Harold E, born February 6, 1895.
They reside at Oak Harbor, O.

282 OVERMYER HISTORY

CHAPTER VII.

Line of Jacob, seventh son of the emigrant, Jahn George Over-
myer, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1778.

JACOB (J. G.), seventh or youngest son and fourteenth
child of the emigrant John George Obermayer, was born in
Union (then part of Northumberland county), Pennsylvania.
March 27, 1778, where he grew to manhood and received a fair
German education, and in 1798 at Longstown (now New Ber-
lin) he married Mary Guin, born in Ireland, January 12, 1777.
They resided in Pennsylvania until after his father died ; this
bong the son that received the bear, gun and shot pouch that
his father had carried during the Revolutionary war, as re-
ferred to in Pennsylvania history. Later they moved to Perry
county, Ohio, and in 1833 moved to Jackson township, San-
d:isky county, Ohio, where some of their children had movec
some time previous. There, as many others, they experienced
the stern inconveniences of pioneer life. They were member.'
of the Lutheran church ; he a Jefferson Democrat. He died quite
suddenly with dropsy of the heart May 14, 1835, and is buried
in the Smith cemetery, Jackson township, Sandusky county.
Ohio. His wife staying with her children about ten years longer,
died January 12, 1845, and is buried beside her husband.

Children :

Margaret, born April 10, 1799, married Hugh Mitchell.
Hugh, born April 30, 1801.
Catherine, married Emanuel Roberts.
Eva, born January 23, 1808, married M'oses Deahofe.
Louis, born August 11, 1810.

Mary, married Benjamin Hammit. moved to Iowa.
Peter, born February 1, 1814.

Elizabeth, born November 19, 1816, married Daniel Over-
mvt*r.

Barbara, married Silas Kenan.

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HUGH (Jacob; J. G.), first son and second child of Jacob
and Mary (Guin) Overmyer, was born in Northumberland
county, Pa., May 1, 1801. In 1813 the county was divided, and
the subject's birthplace became a part of Union county. Before
he grew to manhood he came with his parents to Perry county,
Ohio, and on October 9, 1823, married Eleanor Yost, born in
Wheeling, Virginia, May 20, 1802 ; resided in Perry county
until 1833, then moved to Jackson township, Sandusky county,
Ohio, in company with his brother-in-law Hugh Mitchell and
wife Margaret, and Benjamin Hammit and wife, where they re-
sided until death. They were farmers, members of the Baptist
church, he a Jefferson Democrat. He died November 20, 1851,
and she March 16, 1891, and are both buried in the Smith ceme-
tery, north of Burgoon, Ohio. Children:

Henrv G., born September 11, 1824.
Harrison, born September 17, 1826.
Thomas A., born 1828, died July 29, 1830.
Lucinda, born July 15, 1830, died October 14, 1830.
Mary Catherine, born September 14, 1831, died July 17, 1876.
Sarah A., born July 24, 1833, died July 2, 1834.
Martha J., born March 4, 1835, died November, 1894.
Hiram, born May 21, 1836.
John L, born March 13, 1838.
Benjamin F., born December 29, 1839.
Infant, born and died.

Hugh M., born March 25, 1843, died in Arkansas, single,
October 1, 1875.

Francis M., born February 16, 1845.

HENRY G. (Hugh; Jacob; J. G.), first son of Hugh and
Eleanor (Yost) Overmyer, was born at Zanesville, Ohio, Sep-
tember 11, 1824, and came with his parents to Sandusky county
when nine years of age, where he experienced the hardships and
privations of pioneer life. Received a limited education as the fa-
cilities were poor in those days, and on September 10, 1862, at
Bowling Green, Ohio, married Myra A. Day, daughter of Ira F.
and Emily C. Day, of Milan, Huron county, Ohio, born August
28, 1840. They moved to Fairgrove, Mich. ; were Seventh Day

284 OVERMYER HISTORY

Adventists ; farmers. He died June 19, 1892, and is buried in
Demerist cemetery, Akron, Mich. Children:

Homer A., born August 3, 1863.

Hiram O., born January 31, 1865.

Emily C, born November 8, 1866 ; died April 12, 1895.

Cora L., born August 25, 1873.

Olive M., born April 5, 1878.

Orin M., born April 5, 1878, died in April, 1878.

Dora A, born November, 1874, died in August, 1875.

HOMER A. (Henry G. ; Hugh; Jacob; J. G.), first son of
Henry G. and Myra A. (Day) Overmyer, was born in Sandusky
county, Ohio, August 3, 1863, where he grew to manhood and
was educated in the common schools of that county, then went
to Akron, Mich., where on March 27, 1889, he married Catherine
Einwachter, daughter of Henry and Margaret Einwachter, born
July 24, 1870. They are Protestants. He belongs to the Modern
Maccabees, is a carpenter and contractor, has been Deputy Sher-
iff, and they reside at Akron, Tuscola county, Mich. Children:

Maggie A., born November 16, 1890.

Nina M., born March 14, 1892.

Alfred H., born March 11, 1893.

Robert O., born October 13, 1895.

Leonard G., born April 24, 1897.

Olive L., born May 24, 1899.

Virgia C, born March 24, 1901.

Etta V., born July 10, 1903, died April 10, 1904.

HARRISON (Hugh; Jacob; J. G.), second son of Hugh
and Eleanor (Yost) Overmyer, was born in Perry county, Ohio
September 17, 1826, and came with his parents to Sandusky
county, Ohio, when he was about seven years old, where he grew
to manhood, and on October 30, 1851, married Fanny Walters,
born near Kans^ Seneca county, Ohio, April 24, 1827. They
were farmers, members of the Evangelical church, he a Repub-
lican, and moved near Plymouth, Indiana, before the civil war,
where he enlisted in Miles Tibetts' company, 73rd Regiment, In-
diana Volunteers, August 5, 1862; went to camp August 11, and

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took final leave for t^e war August 20, 1862, and served until he
was honorably discharged, July 10, 1865. Children:

Martha J., born October 31, 1852.

Sylvanus W., born October 3, 1854.

Sylva A., born December 25, 1856.

John Henry, born April 30, 1859.

Harrison died July 25, 1865, and his wife July 29, 1897.

MARTHA J. (Harrison; Hugh; Jacob; J. G.), first child
of Harrison and Fanny (Walters) Overmyer, was born in San-
dusky county, Ohio, and moved with her parents to Marshall
county, Indiana. There she married William Burkett. She died
May 1, 1890, leaving children Wesley, Elizabeth, Jennie, Isaiah
and Elmer.

SYLVANUS W. (Harrison; Hugh; Jacob; J. G.), first
son and second child of Harrison and Fannv (Walters) Over-
myer, was born in Sandusky county, Ohio; went with his parents
to Marshall county, Indiana, where he married Mary Sigman.
Their postoffice is M ^xinkuckee, Indiana. Children : Effie, born
November 27, 1884: Mary, born May 1, 1887.

JOHN H. (Harrison; Hugh; Jacob; J. G.), second son
and fourth child of Harrison and Fanny Overmyer, was born in
Indiana, April 30, 1859 ; was educated in the common schools,
and married Mary Rodenberger, born in Marshall county, Indi-
ana, June 10, 1859. They are farmers, members of the Wesleyan
M. E. church ; have one child, Pearl Ruth, born March 25th,
1895.

MARY C. (Hugh; Jacob; J. G.), fifth child of Hugh and
Eleanor (Yost) Overmyer, was born in Perry county, Ohio,
September 14, 1831. Married Henry Lance, who enlisted in
Company H, 169th Regiment, O. V. I. He died in 1864 at Fort
Ethan Allen, Va. Children: Ellen, Clara, Mary and Sarah E.
Second marriage, Reuben Wyant; then had Cora, Ira and
George.

MARTA J. (Hugh; Jacob; J. G.), seventh child of Hugh
and Eleanor (Yost) Overmyer, was born in Jackson township
Sandusky county, Ohio, March 4, 1835, where she grew to worn-

286 OVERMYER HISTORY

anhood and married John Knisely, who was a farmer and car-
penter: were members of the United Brethren church, he a Re-
publican. Moved to Fayette, Mich., where she did in November,
1894. Children: Jane and George.

HIRAM E. (Hu^h; Jacob; J. G.), fourth son and eighth
child of Hugh and Kleanor (Yost) Overmyer, was born in San-
dusky county, Ohio, Msy 27, 1836 ; was educated in the common
cchools and Otterbein University, became a minister of the
Evangelical Association, served three years as a soldier in the
165th New York Regiment; was honorably discharged at the
close of the war. On March 5, 1867, he married Margaret Kem-
merling, daughter of Peter and Elizabeth Kemmerling, born in
Sandusky county, Ohio, April 11, 1840. He died at Nobles-
ville, Indiana, February 1, 1895, and is buried there. Children:
Ira F., Cora M., Elah, Albert L., Hattie F., Elmer E. and Ches-
ter P.

IRA F. (Hiram E. ; Hugh ; Jacob ; J. G.), first son of Hiram
E. and Margaret (Kemmerling) Overmyer, was born at Ply-
mouth, Marshall county. Indiana, January 13, 1868; was educat-
ed in the common schools and at Northwestern College, Naper-
ville, Illinois. Served three years with Troop M, 8th U. S. Cav-
alry, 1900 to 1903. At Junction City, Kansas, September 19.
1900, he married Maude S. Pixley, daughter of Edward and
Rosa Pixley, born at Rogerton, Indiana, November 29, 1883.
He is a manufacturer, a Republican, resides at Cowan, Delaware
county, Indiana. Children : Dwight M., born June 20, 1901 ;
Margaret, born November 10, 1903.

JOHN IRA (Hugh; Jacob ; J. G.), fifth son and ninth child
of Hugh and Elea lor (Yost) Overmyer, was born in Jackson
township, Sanduskv co.mty, Ohio, March 13, 1838, where he
grew to manhood. Was educated at the various common schools
of the township. Of: March 30, 1862, in said township, he mar-
ried Sarah E. Huffman, daughter of Benjamin and Mary A,
(Ferrel) Huffman, born in Ashland county, Ohio, May 31, 1844.
During the civil war he enlisted, was assigned to Company H,
169th Regiment ; was mustered into the service at Camp Taylor
May 19th, 1864; ordered to Washington and stationed on garri-

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son duty at Fort Ethan Allen. Only field duty was during Ear-
ly's raid. Discharged September 4, 1864. Has always been a
farmer; are members cf the U. B. and M. E. church of the
Grange. He is a Jackson Democrat, has held various township
offices, as Justice of the Peace, Trustee, etc. Reside at Rollers-
ville, Ohio. Had the following children :

Elsie D., born October 11, 1864 ; married Jonathan Cleve.

Infant son, born November 20, 1867 ; died.

Rowena M., born March 17, 1869 ; married Henry Gust.

Infant son, born October 13, 1873 ; died.

Sadie B., born Feb uary 28, 1875 ; married Ora B. Umphry.

Aithur J., born December 12, 1878; married a Miss Heinzel-
man, 1905.

BENJAMIN F. (Hugh; Jacob; J. G.), sixth son and tenth
child of ugh and Eleanor (Yost) Overmyer, was born in Jack-
son township, Sandusky county, Ohio, December 29, 1839. Was
educated in the common schools of the vicinity, and later married
Caroline Shawl. They owned and resided on a farm near Rol-
lersville, Ohio, where he died February 3, 1879, and is buried at
Smith cemetery, Jackson township, Sandusky county, Ohio.
Children :

William G., married Halena Thompson ; afterwards he died.

Harriet, married William Stroub.

George, died young.

Charles.

FRANCIS M. (Hugh: Jacob; J. G.), eighth son and thir-
teenth child of Hugh and Eleanor (Yost) Overmyer, was born
in Jackson township, Sandusky county, Ohio, February 16,
1815. He married Balinda Lease, daughter of Otho and Balinda
Lease of Fremont, Ohio, and later moved to Charlotte, Mich,
where they still reside. He is a carpenter and contractor, and
have the following children : Glen, Cecelia, Otho and Ralph.

LOUIS (Jacob; J. G.), second son of Jacob and Mary
(Guin) Overmyer, was born in Pennsylvania, August 11, 1810.
Moved with his parents to Perry county, Ohio, where he grew
to manhood, and in 1832 married Rhoda Hammitt. She died in
May, 1834, leaving one son, Hugh, born November 13, 1831 ; for

288 OVERMYER HISTORY

second wife married Mary Stofer, daughter of Joseph and Mary
Stcfer born January 20, 1811, and with this wife had the fol-

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lowing children :

Susannah, born January 16, 1836; married John Kelly.

Mary Ellen, born February 16, 1839 ; married Henry
Shreffler.

Benjamin F., born November 14, 1841.

Elizabeth Catharine, born February 19, 1844; married Bir-
chard Havens.

Had moved into Jackson township, Sandusky county, Ohio
and on June 1, 1866, his second wife died ; then married Mary
Kelly; she died October 9, 1872, then he married the fourth
wife, Susan Swank. Trien he died, October 1, 1886, and was
buried in Smith cemetery, Jackson township, Sandusky county.
Ohio. His fourth wife died October 1, 1888.

HUGH (Louis; Jacob; J. G.), first son and only child of
Louis and Rhoda (Hammitt) Overmire, was born in Perry
county, Ohio, November 13, 1831, and came with his parents to
Jackson township, Sandusky county, in 1833. and his mother
died there in 1834. He grew to manhood in that vicinity and
near Fostoria, and on November 24, 1850, married Diannah Jane
Kelly, daughter of Samuel and Lydia Kelly, born in Trumbull
county, Ohio, March 1, 1828. In the spring of 1853, in company
with seven other families, moved to Iowa, leaving Fremont, Ohio
May 19, and moved to Tama county, Iowa, 65 miles west of
Iowa City. After viewing the condition of the country there,
he and his cousin Jacob Mitchell and their families never un-
loaded the^r goods, but started back toward Sandusky county,
Ohio, again, arriving in JacksOn township September 6, having
gone the entire distance out and back in covered wagons. He
then bought 80 acres of heavy timbered and wet land within one
mile of the place from which he had started. He then rented a
farm and ran a threshing machine for eight or nine years. In
1867 he sold the last land he had in Jackson township, and moved
onto a farm three miles south of Fostoria, which he still owns.
He sold threshing machines for ten years, and in 1878 he moved
to Fostoria and started in the coal and wood business and re-
mained there four years but did not succeed well. Later specu-

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lated in real estate in Fostoria with good results. Then again
moved back to the farm and resided there until his wife died;
April .°,, 1899. Then he moved back to Fostoria, his youngest
daughter still keeping house for him. He resides at No. 230
East Crocker Street, Fostoria, Ohio. Is a Seventh Day Advent-
ist. Children :

Anson Keeler, born December 9, 1851.
Frdand Ison, Elizabeth Icy, twins, born December 14, 1855.
Lewis Benjamin, Samuel Kelly, twins, born January 31,
1857.

Rhoda Victoria, bom April 24, 1863.

ANSON K. (Hugh; Louis; Jacob; J. G.), oldest son of
Hugh and Diannah (Kelly) Overmyer, was born in Jackson
township, Sandusky county, Onio. December 9, 1851. On Sep-
tember 28, 1876, at Independence. Ohio, he married Emma Lytle,
daughter of Solomon and Rachel Lytle, born October 30, 1851
They reside near Ithaca, Mich. : have one son, Orland E., born
July 13, 1879.

ORLAND E. (Anson K. ; Hugh; Louis; Jacob; J. G.), first

and only child of Anson K. and Emma (Lytle) Overmyer, was

born in Seneca county, Ohio, July 13, 1878; later went with his
parents to Gratiot county, Mich., where on August 26, 1900, at

the bride's parents in Washington township, Gratiot county, he

married Bertha Hornbeck, daughter of Aden Hornbeck, born

January 25, 1881. They are farmers, he a Democrat. Reside near

Ithaca, Mich. Have one child, Mazie Ramena, born April 5,

1903.

FREL\ND I. (Hugh; Louis; Jacob; J. G.), second son
of Hugh and Diannah J. (Kelley) Overmire, was born in Jack-
son township, Sandusky county, Ohio, December 14, 1855, where
he grew to manhood, and on April 12, 1879, in Loudon township,
Seneca county, he married Fanny Sheller, daughter of Samuel
and Elizabeth Sheller, born April 28, 1855. He is a well driller,
building mover, a Democrat, and resides at Fostoria, Ohio. Have
two children — Rosco V., born March 20, 1881, and Earl, born
October 13 1883.

290 OVERMYER HISTORY

ELIZABETH (Hugh; Louis; Jacob; J. G.), oldest daugh-
ter and th;rd child of Hugh and Dianna Overmire, was born in
Sandusky county, Ohio, December 14, 1855, and on December 9,
1880, she married Daniel Cramer, son of William and Sharlotte
Cramer. He runs a sawmill and planing factory, is a Republi-
can. Are Seventh Adventists, and reside at Fostoria, Ohio.

LOUIS B. (Hugh; Louis; Jacob; J. G.), third son and
fourth child of Hugh and Dianna Overmire, was born in San-
dusky coui.ty, January 31, 1857, and on May 29, 1884, at Tiffin,
Ohio, he married Catharine Andes, daughter of Peter and Mary
Andes, born in Bavaria, Germany, June 27, 1867. He is a Demo-
crat, in the lumber factory and structure moving business. Re-
side at Fostoria, Otvo, and have two children — Ada, born May
5, 1886, and Willie H. P., born May 18, 1890.

SAMUEL K. (Hugh; Louis; Jacob; J. G.), fourth son and
fifth child of Hugh and Dianna Overmire, was born in Sandus-
kv county, Ohio, January 31, 1857, and on April 3, 1879, at Fos-:
toria, Ohio, married Ida Ruth Hartsock, daughter of Nelson
and Saiah Hartsock, born July 30, 1861. They are farmers, he
a Knights of Pyth.as and a Democrat. Reside near Arcadia,
Hancock county, Ohio, and have two children — Jay, born April
28, 1880 ; Fay, born March 9, 1887.

SUSANNAH (Louis; Jacob; J. G.), first daughter of Louis
and Mary (Stofer) Overmyer, was born in Jackson township,
Sandusky county, Ohio. June 16, 1836, where she grew to wom-
anhood, and on November 27, 1853, in Ballville township, San-
dusky county, Ohio, she married John Kelly, son of Samuel and
Lydia Kelly, born in Whetstone township, Crawford county,
Ohio, '\pril 11, 1830. He was a farmer and carpenter, and
they were members of the Reformed Church, he died June 3,
1884, she resides at 320 Howland street, Fremont, Ohio.
Children :

Ro?etta, born Tune 3, 1855; died October 1, 1856.
Willis A., born July 11, 1858.
Rufus M., born June 14, 1864.

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MARY E. (Louis, Jacob; J. G.), daughter of Louis and
Mary (Stofer) Overmyer, was born in Jackson township, San-
dusky county, Ohio, February 16, 1839 ; attended the schools in
that vicinity, and on July 6, 1856, in Jackson township, married
Henry Shreffler, son of Paul and Catharine (Ickes) Shreffler
born November 1, 1834 in Richland county, Ohio. They were
farmers. He died November 18, 1864, leaving the following
children :

Louis F., born May 17, 1857.

Allen Quincy, born September 12, 1859 ; died November 19
1893.

Mary Catharine, born February 5, 1861.
Henry Elmer, born July 30, 1862.
Fronds Marion, born September 11, 1864.

Mr. Shreffler having died in 1864, she married John Reed,
March 15, 1869, son of George and Elizabeth Reed. Mr. Reed
died, having no children. Then on May 14, 1889, at Fremont,
Ohio, she married William S. Brown, born in Belmont county.
Ohio, February 3, 1833. He is a saddler and hardware clerk ; she
a member of the M. E. Church. They reside at 520 Oliver St.,
Fremont, Ohio.

BENJAMIN F. (Louis; Jacob; J. G.), second son and
fourth child of Louis Overmire, was born in Jackson township,
Sandusky county, Ohio, November 14, 1841, where he attended
the common schools and assisted on his father's farm until he
grew to manhood. On October 10, 1861, he married Harriet
Ellen Burkhart, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Weaver)
Burkhart, born in Jackson township, December 4, 1835. She
was a teacher of common schools and taught twelve terms,
mostly in Wood county, Ohio. They were both members of the
United Brethren church. He belonged to the Helena I. O. O. F.
lodge, was a Democrat, and had held various township offices;
formerly conducted farming for his father until the spring of
1870, then moved to Seneca county, Ohio, near Fostoria, onto his
own farm ; later sold that farm and bought a farm in Scott town-
ship, west of Helena, in 1872, and moved thereon, erecting all
new fine buildings, and farmed there until 1904, then retired and

292 OVERMYER HISTORY

moved to West Madison Street, Gibsonburg; Ohio, where he
died July 3, 1905, and is buried at Helena, O. Children :

Charles Louis, born September 22, 1862.

Cora Etta, born October 1, 1871.

CHARLES LOUIS (Benj. F. ; Louis; Jacob; J. G.), first
and only son of Benjamin P. and Harriet Ellen (Burkhart)
Overmire, was born in Jackson township, September 22, 1862
attended the commcn schools of that vicinity and the Fostoria
Academy, taught school several terms, and on December 30,
1887, married Mary Jane Neason, daughter of John and Alcena
(Wilis) Neason, born June 6, 1867. He farmed his father's
farm for two years, then moved to Helena and engaged in oil
rig birlding and olumbing. After a short illness he died Sep-
tember 19, 1894, and is buried at Metzger cemetery, near Hele-
na. Ohio. Children .

Theresa Fern, born January 23, 1888.

Harry Ralph, born June 25, 1889.

Grover Franklin, born September 5, 1892.

CORA ETTA (Benj. F. ; Louis; Jacob; J. G.), only daugh-
ter of B. F. and Harriet E. Overmire, was born in Loudon
township, Seneca county, Ohio, October 1, 1871, attended the
common schools of the township and the Tinney Select School
and lat< r taught school in the various districts, and on Septem-
ber 9, 1891, she mnrried Menton E. Deloe, son of D. M. and
Amelia Deloe, born in Lamartine, Clairon county, Pa., is at pres-
ent mayor of the village of Gibsonburg, and they reside on West
Madison Street. Have no children.

ELIZABETH CATHARINE (Louis; Jacob; J. G.),
younge°t daughter and child of Louis and Mary (Stofer) Over-
mire, was born February 19, 18-44, in Jackson township, and at-
tended the common rchools of the township, and on January 17.
1867, at Bettsville, Ohio, married Birchard Havens, born in
Jackson township, August 16, 1846. Have always been farmers
and own her father': old homestead and resided there until the
spring cf 1905, then moved near the city of Fremont, on the
banks of the Sandusky river, intending to lead a retired life.
Children :

AND GENEALOGY 293

Clara, born May 30, 1868.

Hattie, born November 13, 1871.

Myrta, born September 7, 1874 ; died March 18, 1875.

Delia, born May 11, 1876.

CLARA, married George F. Keenan, November 11, 1886 ;
have two children — Armina Rose, born March 7, 1890, and Edna
Rose, born July 24, 1891.

HATTIE, married William W. Smith, November 12, 1896
No children. Reside at No. 1933 Linwood Ave., Fremont, Ohio.

PETER (Jacob; J. G.), third son and seventh child of Ja-
cob and Mary (Gwin) Overmyer, was born in Perry county.
Ohio, February 1, 1814; came with his parents to Sandusky
county in 1833, where he assisted his brothers and father to clear
..way the forest and build homes. On June 24, 1838, he married
Elizabeth Hill, daughter of Daniel and Mary Hill, born in Berks
county, Pa., May 30, 1819. Resided in Sandusky county until
1851, then moved to Iowa City, where he spent the winter. In
the spring of 1852 to Tama county, located on Section 6 of
Toledo township. Was one of the first settlers of the county.
Was a Democrat, a farmer, i Freewill Baptist. Died in Sep-
tember, 1895, and is buried in Rose Hill cemetery, near Garwin,
Tama county, Iowa. Children :

Eva, born April 8, 1839; died July, 1896.

John F., born November 25, 1840 ; died March, 1893.

Levi W., born October 1, 1842.

Silas B., born November 25, 1844.

Mary Catharine, born February 23, 1847; died January,
1884.

JOHN FRANCIS (Peter; Jacob; J. G.), first son and sec-
ond child of Peter and Elizabeth (Hill) Overmyer, was born in
Sandusky county, Ohio, November 25, 1840. Moved with his
parents to Indiana when quite young, and in 1851 to Iowa City,
where ~hey remained over winter ; in the spring of 1852, came to
Tama county, where he grew to manhood, attending school in
the winters in the primitive log cabin school houses of early
days. On July 4, 1877 he married Amy Bruner. They were
members of the U. B. Church. He died at his home in Howard

294 OVERMYER HISTORY

township, March 19, 1892, leaving a wife and two daughters
aged 11 and 14.

LEVI W. (Peter; Jacob; J. G.), second son and third child
of Peter and Elizabeth (Hill) Overmyer, was born in Sanudsky
county, Ohio, October 1, 1842, and moved with his parents to
Tama county, Iowa, in 1851, where he grew to manhood, and on
May 18, 1871, married Elizabeth Wilson, daughter of James and
Margaret Wilson, born in Ogle county, Illinois, in 1845. They
belong to the Christian Church. She died August 11, 1881, and
had the following children :

Lena Mary, born March 13, 1872.

Walter Lee, born January 23, 1874; died August 29, 1875.

James Franklin, born February 16, 1876.

Orpha Louella, born February 19, 1879.

Willie, born August 5, 1881 ; died August 16, 1881.

On December 6, 1883, he married for his second wife, Clara
Bell Bond, daughter of William and Mary Jane (Lummis)
Bond, born in Lesneur county, Minnesota, January 28, 1864.
Had one child, Warren, born December 24, 1884 ; died January
29, 1885.

LENA M. (Levi W. ; Peter; Jacob; J. G.), first child of
Levi W. and Elizabeth (Wilson) Overmire, was born in Tama
county, Iowa, March 13, 1872, and later in said county, married
William Albert Bond, son of William and Mary J. Bond, born in
Minnesota, March 10, 186S. They are farmers. Reside at
Garvin, Iowa. Children :

Ivan Leroy, born September 19, 1883.

Mary Elizabeth, born August 30, 1885.

R-x Porter, born August 20, 1888.

Lucy Bell, born November 30, 1901.

JAMES F. (Levi W. ; Peter; Jacob; J. G.), third child of
Levi W. and Elizabeth (Wilson) Overmire, was born in Tama
county, Iowa, February 16, 1876, where he attended the schools
of the county, and on March 1, 1900, at Mallard, Palo Alto
county, he married Lona Jane Peden, born at Rochester, Palo
Alto county, Iowa, November 30, 1877. They are farmers,

AND GENEALOGY. 295

Methodists, he a Democrat; reside near Mallard, Iowa. Child-
ren:

Elma Luella, born May 30, 1901.

Harry Ralph, born February 18, 1903.

M^rle Cordis, born March 10, 1905.

ORPHA L. (Levi W. ; Peter; Jacob; J. G.), fourth child
of Levi W. and Elizabeth Overmyer, was born in Tama county,
Iowa, and on August 10, 1897, in said county, married John
Krough, son of Nis and Maree Krough, born in Des Moines
county. Iowa, June 24, 1874. They are farmers, members of the
Christian Church, reside at Platsmoth, Nebraska. Children:

L^vi Henry, born February 14, 1899.

Clive Cedric, born May 18, 1901.

Horold Ramond, born October 11, 1903.

SILAS B. (Peter; Jacob; J. G.), third son and fourth child
of Pet^r and Elizabeth (Hill) Overmyer, was born in Jackson
township Sandusky county, Ohio, November 25, 1844, and moved
with his parents to Tama county, Iowa, in 1851, where he grew
to manhood and attended the schools of that county. On March
12, 1868, in Tama county, Iowa, he married Martha Crawford,
daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Hall) Crawford, born in
Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, May 24, 1848. Formerly
were farmers, but now engaged in real estate and insurance busi-
ness. Served as soldier in the civil war; three years belonged to
the 28th Iowa Volunteer Infantry. Are members of the Presby-
terian Church. Is independent in politics, and at present mayor
of Lenox, Iowa. Children:

Marl M., born December 18, 1868.

Mary E., born May 17, 1872.

Infant son, born July 22, 1880 ; died July 27, 1880.

Edna B., born October 26, 1881.

Nellie M., born October 5, 1884.

Postoffice address, Lenox, Taylor county, Iowa.

The writers of this History have a portion of the Overmyer
family, here given, which at the present writing they are unable
to place properly, but desire to record what has been gathered,
in suitable form for any future family historian, and hoping that

296 OVERMYER HISTORY

at an early day they can be placed in that Branch to which they
belong. The Writers.

A Peter Overmyer is said to have had seven children, viz.:
John, Thomas, George, Joseph, Jacob, William A. and Mary.
Jacob is said to reside at Geary, Oklahoma ; have written him
three times, and received no reply. The postoffice address of the
others we know not ; with longer time perhaps could have traced
clearly.

WILLIAM A. (Peter), was born July 4, 1844. Was a
soldier in the civil war, was a member of the Masonic and Odd
Fellows fraternities, and on February 3, 1863, at Ottawa, Illi-
nois, married Harriet Harris, daughter of George and Hester
Harris, born in New York, August 1, 1852. He was first a
farmer, but later a dry goods merchant at Templeton, Iowa,
where he died April 14, 1888. Had the following children :

E"win White, born October 12, 1870.

William Howard, born May 13, 1873.

Guv Thomas, born July 12, 1875 ; died September 19, 1877

Carrie Bell, born November 13, 1877 ; married Allie Clark
in 1902.

Addie Blanche, born October 23, 1880.

Bertha Ethel, born October 12, 1884.

ERVIN W. (Wm. A.; Peter), first son of William Allen
and Harriet (Harris) Overmyer, was born in Tama county,
Iowa, October 12, 1870, where he grew to manhood and was ed-
ucated in the schools of the vicinity on November 11, 1891, at
Algona. Iowa, he married Jennie Boals, daughter of William J.
and Almena B. Boales, born April 22, . He is engaged in sell-
ing goods for a business firm on the installment plan. Resides
at Houston, Texas, and have two children — Vera Almena, born
September 22, 1892, and Ervin Wm., born March 24, 1894.
Their postoffice address at present is No. 1708 Washington Ave.,
Houston, Texas.

WILLIAM H. ( Wm. A. ; Peter ; — ), second son of Wm. A.
and Harriet (Harris) Overmyer, was born May 13, 1873, in
Tama county, Iowa. After he grew to manhood he became a

AND GENEALOGY 297

professional dentist, and is located at 212 and 214 Dearborn St.,
Boyce Building, Chicago, Illinois.

CARRIE BELL (Wm. A.; Peter; — ), first daughter and
fourth child of William A. and Harriet Overmyer, was born
November 13, 1877, and in 1902 married Allie Clark, of Wat-
seka, I'linois, where they still reside. Have one child, Thelma
Wyonna.

Thus ends the first volume of the Overmyer History, that
has taken years of toil, worry and research, for which the writers
never expect to be paid for in dollars and cents, and as dollars
and cents are not all of the reward there is to services rendered,
they feel satisfied that coming generations will, "many years
hence, when the writers hereof have gone to their reward," be
thankf.ii for the data of history and facts contained in these
pages.

Thanking all who so eagerly, earnestly and faithfully assist-
ed us in this work, and with no ill will or ill feeling toward any
that were careless, negligent, indifferent or unconcerned in mat-
ters relating thereto, we bow our Exit.

B. B. and J. C. Overmyer.

INDEX TO OVERMYER NAMES

INDEX TO OVERMYER NAMES

A. Page.

AARON, (David, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 102

AARON, (Henry, William, Philip, J. G.) 153

AARON, (David, Peter, J. G.) 137

AARON, (Jonathan, John George, Peter, J. G.) : . . 89

ABRAHAM H., (Philip A., Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 171

ABIGAIL, (Philip A., Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 172

ABRAM SAMUEL, (Samuel, Michael, J. M., J. G.) 248

ADA, (Louis B., Hugh, Louis, Jacob, J. G.) .290

ADA A., (Lucas M., Michael, Michael. John M., J. G.) 252

ADA ROZELLE, (Aaron, David, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 102

ADAM, (Peter, J. G.) 83

ADAM, (Ben. Jackson, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 105

ADAM NEWTON, (Daniel, John George, Peter, J. G.) 88

ADELLA M., (Hiram, Michael, John M., J. G.) 248

ADELLA L , (Adam, Benj., Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 105

ADDIE BLANCHE, (Wm. A., Peter, ) 296

ADELBERT E., (Levi, Peter. Geo., J. G.) 71

AGNES, (Geo., Phil.. J. G.) 206

AGNES, (Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 183

ALBERT, (Jeremiah, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 95

ALBERT, (William, Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 174

ALBERT, (Franklin. George, Philip, J. G.) 211

ALBERT, ( James D., John, Tacob, Peter, J. G.) 104

ALBERT, (Hiram, Jacob. David, J. G.) 280

ALBERT E., (William, Philip, J. G.) 166

ALBERT L., (Hiram E., Hturh, Jacob, J. G.) 286

ALBERTUS, (Mich.. Henry, Wm., Phillip, J. G.) 153

ALFRED, (Reuben B., Geo. W., Jeremiah, facob, Peter,

T. G.) 99

ALFRED E., (Wm. H., Geo. B., Geo. L., John M., J. G.). .230
ALFRED H., (Homer A., Henry G., Hugh, Tacob, J. G.). .284

ALMA. (William, Jr., William, Sr., Phiiip, J. G.) 157

ALMFDA, f Bovd A. ; Levi ; Peter ; Geo. ; ]. G.) 70

ALMEDA C, (George B., George L., Tohn M , J. G.) 231

ALMINA T., (Amos, Benj. F., Peter, f. G.) .128

ALLEN W., (Solomon, Michael, John M., J. G.) 254

ALICE, (Hiram, Jacob, David, J. G.) 280

INDEX TO OVERMYER NAMES

ALICE, (Frank, Geo., Phil., J. G.) 212

ALICE G., (Michael F., Michael H., David, J. G.) 275

ALICE S., (Amos, George, John, Peter, J. G.) .123

ALICE LEE. (Joel W., Jacob, Geo., J. G.) 79

ALTA, (Thomas, Israel, Phil., Phil., J. G.) 198

ALTA LILLIAN, (Abraham H., Phil. A., Jacob, Philip,

J. G.) 172

ALTA HESTER, (Charles Frank, Hiram, Michael, John

M., J. G.) 251

ALVIN SAMUEL, (John H., Samuel, Philip, J. G.) 146

AMANDA ELLEN, (Samuel, Michael, J. M., J. G.) 247

AMANDA, (Michael H., David, J. G.) 274

AMANDA, (Michael, Michael, John M., J. G.) 251

AMANDA JANE, (George W., Peter, Peter, J. G.) 134

AMANDA, (Ezekiel, Peter, Geo., J. G.) 69

AMANDA, (Philip, Henry, Wm., Philip, J. G.) 154

AMANDA, ( Wm., lacob, Philip, J. G.) 174

AMANDA, (Luke, Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 182

AMANDA, (Daniel, David, Phil., J. G.) 215

AMANDA, (Daniel, Philip, J. G.) 196

AMANDA, (Jacob, Philip, J .G.) 187

AMANDA E., (Geo. W., Luke, Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 181

AMANDA C, (Michael, Daniel, Philip, J. G.) 190

AMBROSE, (Ezekiel, Peter, Geo., J. G.) 68

AMELIA, (Samuel, John M., J. G.) 270

AMELIA, (Fred, David, J. G.) 273

AMOS, (Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 185

AMOS, (William, Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 174

AMOS AUSTIN, (John H., Samuel, Philip, J. G.) 146

AMOS, (Benj. F., Peter, J. G.) 128

AMOS, (George, John, Peter, J. G.) 123

AMOS, (Benjamin, John, Peter, J. G.) 109

AMOS NORTON, (Michael, Michael, John M., J . G.) ... .251

AMY, (David, George, John, Peter, J. G.) 118

ANNA, (Aaron, Henry, William, Philip, J. G.) 153

ANNA, (Daniel, John,' Peter, J. G.) 110

ANNA CATHERINE, (George W., Peter, Peter, J. G.). .135

ANNA EVA, (J. G.) 12

ANNA B., (Geo. B., Geo. W., Peter, Peter, J. G.) 135

ANNE MARY, (John George, Peter, J. G.) 85

ANNIE, (Daniel, David, Phil., J. G.) 216

ANNIE, (Wm. H., Jacob. George, J. G.) 81

ANNIE L., (Conrad, David, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 101

ANNETTA, (Amos, Benj. F., Peter. J. G.) 128

INDEX TO OVERMYER NAMES

ANGELINE, (David, Phil., J. G.)

ANGELINE, (Michael H., David, J. G.)

ANSON KEELER, (Hugh, Louis, Jacob, J. G.)
ARTHUR, (Benev., Luke, Jacob, Philip, J. G.) .
ARTHUR J., (Adam, B. Jackson, Jacob, Peter, J. G

ARTHUR J., (John I., Hugh, Jacob, J. G.)

ARTHUR L., (Newton W., Wm. A., Phil., Phil,
ARTHUR W., (B. B., George L., John M., J. G.)
ARTHUR ELVIN, (Samuel, John, John M., J. G
ARCHIBALD F., (Michael F., Michael H., David,
ATTA B., (Enoch, Ezekiel, Peter, Geo., J. G.) . . .
AUSTIN, (George, Jacob, Philip, J. G.)

)

J-

)
J.

G

..214
..276

..289
..182
..105
..287
..201
..242
..265
..275
.. 68
..177

B.

BARBARA, (Fred, David, J. G.) 273

BARBARA, (Phillip, J. G.) 140

BARBARA, (Peter, J. G.) 83

BARBARA, (Jacob, J. G.) 282

BARBARA, (John M1., J. G.) 269

BARBARA, (George, J. G.) 78

BARBARA, (J. G.) 12

BARBARA, (John, Peter, J. G.) 108

BARBARA, (Geo., John, Peter, J. G.) 124

BARBARA, (Daniel, Phil., J G.) 191

BARBARA E., (Ezekiel, Peter, Geo., J. G.) 67

BARBARA E., (William, Philip, J. G.) 166

BARBARA ELLEN, (John H., Samuel, Philip, J. G.)....144

BARNHART B., (George L., John M., J. G.) 235

BAY E., (Eugene, David A., Michael H., David, J. G.) . . . .277

BEN TACKSON. (Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 104

BENNIE, (Frank, Daniel, David, Phil., J. G.) 215

BENJAMIN, (Daniel, David, Phil., J. G.) 216

BENJAMIN F., (Peter, J. G.) 126

BENTAMIN HENRY. (Ben Tackson, Jacob, Peter, J. G.). .105
BENTAMIN, (Wm. H., Samuel, John, Tohn M., J. G.)....265

BENJAMIN F., Dr. (William, Philip, J. G.) 165

BENVILLE, (Luke, Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 182

BENTAMIN F., (John, John M., J. G.) 268

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, (Hugh., Jacob, I. G.) 287

BENTAMIN FRANKLIN, (Louis, Tacob, J. G.).... 291

BENJAMIN F., (Peter, Peter, J. G.)....* 130

BENTAMIN, (John, Peter, J. G.) 108

BENTAMIN F.. (Amos, Benj. F., Peter, J. G.) 128

BENJAMIN, (Sherman, Frank, Geo., Phil., T. G.) 211

INDEX TO OVERMYER NAMES

BEULAH B., (Adam, Ben Jackson, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 105

BERYL L., (James F., Sam J., John, John M., J. G.) 266

BERTHA, (Clarence, Jos., Geo., Phil., J. G.) 213

BERTHA ETHEL, (Wm., A., Peter, ) 296

BERTHA DELL, (George E., Hiram, Michael, John M.,

J. G.) 249

BERNICE, (Frank P., Wm., Peter, Geo., J. G.) 65

BERTRAND, (Rolandus C., Jonathan. John George, Peter,

J. G.) 90

BERNICE MARIE, (Edgar L., Jonathan M., Daniel, John,

Peter, J. G.) 110

BERDIE L., (Sanford P., Phil. A., Jacob, Phil., J. G.) . . . .173
BEATRICE MARIAN, (Abraham H., Philip A., Jacob,

Philip, J. G.) 172

BESSIE, (Sherman, Frank, Geo., Phil , J. G.) 211

BESSIE, (Schuyler C, Daniel, David, Phil., f. G.) 215

BESSIE, (Newton W., Phil. A., Jacob, Phil, J. G.) 171

BESSIE L., (Louis W., Wm. A., Phil.. Phil., J. G.) 203

BESSIE M. (Albert E., William, Philip, J. G.) 166

BESSIE FERN, (Edward L., Hiram, Michael, John M.,

J. G.) 249

BLANCHE, (Benv., Luke, Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 182

BLANCHE MAY, (Eugene J., David A., Michael H., David,

J. G.) 277

BLOOM, (John A., John, Geo. L., John M., J. G.) 234

BOYD A., (Levi, Peter, Geo., J. G.) 70

BONNIE, (Chas. G., Jerome, Daniel, Phil., J. G.) 194

BONNIE, (Thomas, Israel, Phil., Phil., J. G.) 198

C.

CALVIN J., (John C, B. B., Geo. L., John M., J. G.)
CARL L., (Chas. W., Geo. B., Geo. L., John M., J. G
CARL W., (Louis W., Wm. A., Phil., Phil., J. G.)
CARL J., (Homer, Jeremiah Jacob, Peter, J. G.)
CARRIE, (Frank L., Wm., Jacob, Philip, J. G.)
CARRIE E., (Nelson F., Benj., Jno.. Peter, J. G.)
CARRIE BELL, (Wm. A., Peter, )

CARRIE MAY, (Ezekiel, Peter, George, J. G.)
CARRIE, (Phil. H., Israel, Phil., Phil, J. G.) . .
CARLSON D., (David, David, Jacob, Peter, J. G.)
CARLTON N., (John W., Phil. H., Geo., Phil., J. G
CAROLINE EMMA, (Martin V., Jacob, Peter, J. G
CAROLINE, (Wm. Jr., Wm., Philip, J G.) . . .
CATHERINE, (Phillip, J. G.)

)

.240
.231
.203
. 98
.174
.109
.297
. 69
.198
.102
.209
.107
.155
.140

INDEX TO OVERMYER NAMES

)

J

G

J-

CATHERINE, (Phillip A., Jacob, Philip, J. G.)

CATHERINE, (Peter, George, J. G.)

CATHERINE. (Peter, Peter, J. G.)

CATHERINE, (Peter, J. G.)

CATHARINE, (David, Peter, J. G.)

CATHERINE, (David, Jacob, Peter, J. G.)
CATHERINE ALICE, (John H., Samuel, Philip
CATHERINE, (Jacob, William, Philip, J. G
CATHERINE, (Wm, Jacob, Philip. J. G.) .

CATHERINE, (Jacob, Philip, J. G.)

CATHERINE, (Wm., Jacob, Philip, J. G.)

CATHERINE, (John M, J. G.)

CATHERINE. (George L., John M., J. G.)
CATHERINE, (Michael, John M., J. G.).
CATHERINE, (Michael, Michael, John M.,

CATHERINE, (John, John M, J. G.)

CATHERINE, (J. G.)

CATHARINE, (Conrad, David. Jacob, Peter

CATHARINE, (John, Peter, J. G.)

CATHERINE E., (Geo., Jacob, Philip, J. G
CATHERINE, (Luke, Jacob, Philip, J. G.)

CATHERINE, (Daniel, Philip, J. G.)

CATHERINE, (Wm. A., Phil., Phil., J. G.)
CATHERINE, (Edward, Geo., Phil., J. G.)
CATHERINE, (Sol., Michael, John M., J.
CATHERINE, (Jacob, J. G.)

CECIL Z., (Cyrus, Phil. H., Geo., Phil., J. G
CELESTA, (John H., Samuel, Philip, J. G.)
CECELIA, (Francis M., Hugh, Jacob, J. G

CHARLES, (John L, Benj. J., Jacob, Peter,
CHARLES, (Benj. F., Hugh, Jacob, J. G.)
CHARLES, (John J., Ben Jackson, Jacob,
CHARLES, (Luke, Jacob, Philip, J. G.)..
CHARLES, (Israel, Philip, Philip, J. G.)..
CHARLES, (Michael H., David, J. G.) . . . .
CHARLES C, (Bovd A., Levi, Peter, Geo., J. G.)
CHARLES E., (Hiram, Jacob, David, J. G.) . . . .
CHARLES E., (Levi, Peter, George, J. G.)

CHARLES F., (Wm. H., Geo. B., Geo. L., John M
CHARLES G., (Jerome, Daniel, Phil., J. G.) . . . .
CHARLES G., (George W., Peter, Peter, J. G.).
CHARLES H., (Albert, Jeremiah, Jacob, Peter, J
CHARLES I., (John, George L., John M., J. G.) .
CHARLES ML, (Daniel, David, Phil., J. G.)

G.)

)

J. G.)
Peter,

J-

J-

J-

G.)

..169
.. 71

..136

.. 83
..137
.. 99
..145
..158
..174
..184
..175
..244
..222
..246
..252
..263
.. 12
..101
..108
..177
..182
..191
..203
..213
..254
..282

. .208
..147
..287

..104
..287
..104
..181
..198
..274

70

..280
.. 71

..230
. .194
..134
.. 97
..233
..214

INDEX TO OVERMYER NAMES 6

CHARLES S., (Frank, Levi, Peter, Geo., J. G.) 71

CHARLES W., (Geo. B., Geo. L., John M., J. G.) 231

CHARLES FRANKLIN, (Hiram, Michael, John M., J. G.).250

CHARLES FRANKLIN, (John, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 103

CHARLES LOUIS, (Benj. F., Louis, Jacob, J. G.) 292

CHARLES LUTHER, (Daniel, John George, Peter, J. G.) 87
CHARLES OSCAR, (James D., John, Jacob, Peter, J. G.).104
CHARLES WESLEY, "(David Abraham, Michael H., David,

U- G.) 277

CHAUNCEY, (Thomas J., Jerome, Daniel, Phil., J. G.) . . . .193

CHAUNCEY A., (Peter, George, J. G.) 77

CHAUNCEY D., (William, Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 175

CHAUNCEY W., (Geo. W., Daniel, John George, Peter,

J. G.) 86

CHAUNCEY DAVID, (Ephraim, John George, Peter, J. G. 93

CHARLOTTE S, (John, Geo. L., John M., J. G.) 233

CHARLOTTA R., (Geo. B., Geo. W., Peter, Peter, J. G.) . .135

CHESTER, (Sherman, Frank, Geo, Philip, J. G.) 211

CHESTER, (Solomon, Michael, John M, J. G.) 253

CHESTER P., (Hiram E, Hugh, Jacob, J. G.) 286

CHRISTEN A, (John, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 103

CHRISTENA, (David, Peter, J. G.) 137

CHRISTINA, (Peter, J. G.) 83

CLARA, (John B., Peter, Peter, J. G.) 136

CLARA, (Amos, Wm., Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 175

CLARA, (Philip H., George, Philip, J. G.) 209

CLARA, (Michael F, Michael H, David, J. O.) 275

CLARA E., (David, David, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 102

CLARA H., (Geo. W., Luke, Jacob, Phliip, J. G.) 181

CLARA M, (Waldo E, H. H., Peter, J. G.) 75

CLARA ALICE, (Jacob Maurice, George, Jacob, Philip,
J. G.) 179

CLARA ANN, (Samuel, Michael, John M, J. G.) 247

CLARA CECELIA, (Geo. B., Geo. L, John M, J. G.) . . . .230

CLARA GENELLA, (Isaiah, William, Philip, J. G.) 162

CLARA ISABEL, (Peter, George, J. G.) 75

CLARA MORRIS, (Joel W, Jacob, George, J. G.) 79

CLAUD W, (Jerome, Daniel, Phil., J. G.) 195

CLAUD, (John J, Benj. J, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 104

CLAUDE, (John J, Ben Jackson, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 104

CLARISSA ANNE, (Ephraim, John George, Peter, J. G. 92

CLARENCE, (Joseph, George, Philip, J. G.) 212

CLARENCE, (John R, Jacob, Wm., Philip, J. G.) 159

CLARENCE A, (Conrad, David, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 101

INDEX TO OVERMYER NAMES

CLARENCE EMERSON, (Orlando D., Hiram, Michael,

John M., J. G.) 249

CLEM, (Isaac, Daniel, David. Phil., J. G.) 215

CLEM, (Isaiah, John, Wm., Philip, J. G.) . . . 161

CLEO P., (Louis W., Wm. A., Phil., Phil, J. G.) 204

CLYDE, (John A., John, Geo L., John M., J. G.) 234

CLYDE, (Chas. G., Jerome, Daniel, Phil, J. G.) 194

CLYDE L., (Chas. W., Geo. B., Geo. L. John M., J, G.). .231
CLYDE E., (Hiram A., Hiram, Michael, John M'., J. G.). .250
CLYDE EMERSON, (Amos Austin, John H., Samuel,

Philip, J. G.) 146

CONRAD, (David, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 101

CORA A., (Hiram, Michael, John M., J. G.) 248

CORA B., (Amos, Benj. F., Peter, J. G.) 128

CORA L., (Henry G-, Hugh, Jacob, J. G.) 284

CORA M., (Hiram E., Hugh, Jacob, J. G.) 286

CORA M., (Wm. H., Henry, Wm., Philip, J . G.) 154

CORA M., (Peter, David, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 102

CORA, (Clarence, Jos., Geo., Phil., J. G.) . . 213

CORA ELLEN, (Jonathan M., Daniel, John, Peter, J. G.) . .110

CORA EMMA, (Aaron, Henry, Wm., Philip, J. G.) 153

CORA ETTA, (Benjamin F., Louis, Jacob, J. G.) 292

CORA ROSETTA, (Martin V., Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 106

CORNELIA A., (Daniel, Philip, J. G.) 195

CORNELIUS K., (Daniel, John George, Peter, J. G.).... 88
CYRUS, (Philip H., George, Philip, J. G.) 208

D.

DAISIE, (Isaiah R., John, Wm., Philip, J. G.)

.161
.216
.198
.181
.201

DAISIE, (Benj., Daniel, David, Phil., J. G.)
DAISY, (Phil. H, Israel, Phil., Phil., J. G.).
DAISY, (Geo. W., Luke, Jacob, Philip, J. G.)
DAISY, (Emanuel, Wm. A.. Phil., Phil., J. G.).

DAISY A., (Albert, Jeremiah, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 96

DAISY E., (Wilbur E, Joel, John George, Peter, J. G.).. 92

DAISY I., (Isaac N., William, Philip, J. G.) 164

DANIEL, (Philip, J. G.) 189

DAVID, (Philip, I. G.) 213

DAVID ALLEN, (Sol. B., Geo. L., John M., J. G.) 227

DAVID, (Peter. J. G.) 137

DANIEL, (John George, Peter, J. G.) 85

DAVID, (Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 99

DAVID M., (Peter, Peter, J. G.) 130

DAVID, (David, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 101

INDEX TO OVERMYER NAMES 8

DAVID, (Michael H., David, J. G.) 277

DAVID, (George, John, Peter, J. G.) 117

DAVID HICKS, (David, George, John, Peter. J. G.) 118

DAVID ABRAHAM, (Michael H., David, J. G.) 277

DAVID, (J. G.) 271

DANIEL, (David, Philip. J. G.) 214

DANIEL, (John, Peter, J. G.) 109

DANIEL, (Edward, George, Phil., J. G.) 213

DANIEL, (John, Daniel, David, Phil., J. G.) 215

DEFOREST, (Rolandus C., Jonathan, John George, Peter,

J. G.) 90

DELIA, (Marion, Luke, Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 182

DELLA, (Isaiah R.. John, Wra, Philip, J. G.) 161

DESSIE, (Schuvler C., Jacob, Wm., Philip, J. G.) 159

DESSIE, (Frank L., Wm., Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 174

DESSIE, (Frank, Daniel, David, Phil., J. G 215

DEWEY L., (Louis W., Wm. A., Phil., Phil.. J. G.) 203

DEWEY, (Albert, Frank, George, Phil., J. G.) 211

DONALD H., (Phil. H., Wm. A., Phil., T. G.) 203

DORA ROSETTA, (Martin V.,., Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 106

DORA A., (Henry G., Hugh, Jacob, J. G.) 284

DORA A!, (Wm. H., Henry, Wm., Philip, J. G.) 154

DORA E., (Hiram A.. Hiram, Michael, John M., J. G.). .250

DOROTHY, (Chas. G., Geo. W., Peter, Peter, J. G.) 135

DOROTHY, (Homer, William, Jr., William. Sr., Philip,

J. G.) 155

DWIGHT M., (Ira F., Hiram E., Hugh, Jacob, J. G.) 286

E.

EALTHY R., (Peter, David, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 102

EARL, (Beno., Luke, Jacob, Phillip, J. G.) 182

EARL, (Albert, Frank, George, Phillip, J. G.) 211

EARL, (Freland L, Hugh, Louis, Jacob, J. G.) 289

EARL, (George, Philip, J. G.) 185

EARL H., (Homer, Jeremiah, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 98

EARNEST, (John, Daniel, David, Phillip, J. G.) 215

EDA B., (Hiram, Michael, John M., J. G.) 248

EDGAR L., (Jonathan M., Daniel, John, Peter, J. G.) 110

EDGAR WHEELER, (James D., John, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) .104

EDITH, (Beno., Luke, Jacob, Phillip, J. G.) 182

EDITH MAY, (Aaron, Henrv, Wm., Phillip, J. G.) 153

EDITH, (Philip H., George, Philip, J. G.) 208

EDITH E., (John C., B. B., George L., John M„ J. G.) 240

EDNA B.5 (Silas B., Peter, Jacob, J. G.) 295

INDEX TO OVERMYER NAMES

EDNA I., (Quincy A., Daniel, John, Peter, J. G.)
EDNA M., (Conrad, David, Jacob, Peter, J. G.)
EDNA IRENE, (Samuel, Michael, John M., J. G
EDWARD, (David A., Sol. B., George L., John M

EDWARD, (William, Philip. J. G.)

EDWARD, (Henry, William, Philip, J. G.)....

EDWARD, (George, Philip, J. G.) . .

EDWARD, (George W., Peter, Peter, J. G.)...
EDWARD, (John, Daniel, David, Phillip, J. G.)
EDWARD, (Franklin, George, Philip, J. G.) . . .
EDWARD L., (Hiram, Michael, John M., J. G.)
EDWIN, (Benj., Jackson, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) . .
EDWIN, (Thomas J., Jerome, Daniel, Phillip, J. G

EDWIN F., (Joel, Jno. Geo., Peter, J. G.)

EFFIE, (Sylvia, Harry, Hugh, Jacob, J. G.) . . . .
EFFIE, (Jeremiah, Frank, George, Phillip, J. G.)
fiLBERT E., (Philip H., George, Philip, J. G.)

ELIZA, (Joel W.; Jacob, George, J. G.)

ELIZA, (Benjamin, John, Peter, J. G.) . .

ELIZA, (Frederick, David, J. G.)

ELIZA A., (Jeremiah, Jacob, Peter, J. G.)

ELIZA E., (Peter, George, J. G.)

ELIZABETH,
ELIZABETH,
ELIZABETH,
ELIZABETH,
ELIZABETH,
ELIZABETH,
ELIZABETH,
ELIZABETH,
ELIZABETH,
ELIZABETH,
ELIZABETH,
ELIZABETH,

ELIZABETH,
ELIZABETH,
ELIZABETH,
ELIZABETH,
ELIZABETH,
ELIZABETH,

ELIZABETH, (Jacob, J. G.)

ELIZABETH C., (Jessiah, David, Jacob, Peter,

ELIZABETH C, (Louis, Jacob, J. G.)

ELIZABETH I., (Hugh, Louis, Jacob, J. G.)

J

John M., J. G.)

George L., John M., J. G.) .
Michael, John M., J. G.)
John, John M., J. G.) . . .

David, Peter, J. G.)

William H., Henry, William, Phillip, J. G
Schuyler C, Jacob, William, Phillip, J. G
Jeremiah, Frank, George, Phillip, J. G.)
Sol. B., George L., John M., J. G.)
James A., Jacob, David, J. G.)
John George, Peter, J. G.) . . .

J. G.)

Peter, George, J. G.) . .

Peter, J. G.)

Jacob, Peter, J. G.) . . .
Samuel, Philip, J. G.).

David, J. G.)

Michael H., David, J. G

)

J

..111
..101
..247
..227
..149
..152
..213
..135
..215
..211
..249
..104
..193
.. 92
..285
..211
..209
.. 80
..109
..273
.. 99
.. 76
..220
..223
..246
..260
..137
.)154
).159
..211
..227
..280
.. 84
.. 12

.. 69
.. 83
.. 94
..148
..278
..274

..282
..100
..292

..290

INDEX TO OVERMYKR NAMES 10

ELIZABETH L., ( Jeremiah, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 95

ELIZABETH ELLEN, (James D., John, Jacob, Peter,

J. G.) 104

ELI, (Daniel, John George, Peter, J. G.) 85

ELLA, (Mich F., Mich. H., David, J. G.) 275

ELLA A., (Lucas M., Mich., Mich., John M., J. G.) 252

ELLA MAY, (Wm. Alonzo, Daniel, John, Geo. Peter, J. G.) 87

ELLA MAY, (John H., John, John M., J. G.) 266

ELLEN, (Luke, Jacob, Phillip, J. G.) 182

ELLEN, (Ira W., Jerome, Daniel, Phillip, J. G.) 195

ELLEN CATHERINE, (Martin V., Jacob, Peter, J. G.)..107

ELM/A, (Frank, Frank, George, Phillip, J. G.) 211

ELMA L., (James F., Levi W., Peter, Jacob, J. G.) 295

ELMER E. (Hiram E., Hugh, Jacob, J. G.) 286

ELSIE D., (John L, Hugh, Jacob, J. G.) 287

ELSIE E., (Albert, William, Philip, J. G.) 166

ELSIE M., (Quincy A., Daniel, John, Peter, J. G.) Ill

ELRY B., (Henry Franklin, Samuel, Michael, John M.,

J. G.) 247

ELUM, (John H., Samuel, Phillip, J. G.) 147

ELDORA, (Ezeikel, Peter, George, J. G.) 69

ELVINA S., (Joel, Jno. Geo., Peter, J. G.) 91

ELIAS, (Benjamin F., Peter, J. G.) 127

ELIM C., (Amos A., John H., Samuel, Phillip, J. G.) 146

ELTA L., (Samuel F., B. B., George L., John M., J. G.) . . . .239

ELAH, (Hiram E., Hugh, Jacob, J. G.) 286

EMMA, (Luke, Jacob, Phillip, J. G.) 183

EMMA, (Israel, Phillip, Phillip, J. G.) 199

EMMA, (James A., Jacob, David, J. G.) 280

EMMA F., (Peter, George, J. G.) 77

EMMA E., (John, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 103

EMMA, (Philip H., George, Philip, J. G.) 207

EMMA R., (B. B., George L., John M., J. G.) 238

EMMA, (Ben Jackson, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 105

EMMA L., (Hiram, Michael, John M., J. G.) 248

EMMA A., (George W., Luke, Jacob, Phillip, J. G.) 181

EMMA ALICE, (Jonathan M., Daniel, Tno., Peter, J. G.). .101
EMMA ALICE, (Jonathan M., Daniel, John, Peter, J. G.) . .110

EMMA PHEBE, (Ezeikel, Peter, George, J. G.) 69

EMMA MARIA, (Samuel, Michael, John M., J. G.) 247

E VIM A AD ALINE, (Ephraim, John George, Peter, J. G.) . . 92
EMMA SARAH,. (James D., John, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) ... .104

EMILY C, (Henry G., Hugh, Jacob, J. G.) 284

EMILY MAY, (Joel, Daniel, John, George, Peter, J. G.) . . . 86

11 INDEX TO OVERMYER NAMES

EMILY AMELIA, (Orlando D., Hiram, Michael, John M.,

J. G.) 249

EMERSON A., (Louis W., William A., Phillip, Phillip,

J. G.) 204

EMALINE, (David, Peter, J. G.) 137

EMANUEL, (William A., Philip, Philip, J. G.) 201

EMANUEL, (Peter, George, J. G.) 60

ENOCH, (EzeikeL Peter,, George, J. G.) 67

EPHRAIM, John George, Peter, J. G.) 92

ERNEST, (Beno., Luke, Jacob, Phillip, J. G.) 182

ERNEST, (Rolandus, Jonathan, Jno., Geo., Peter, J. G.) ... . 90

ERVIN E., (Aaron, Henry, Win., Phillip, J. G) 153

ERVIN E., (Samuel, Michael, John Ml, J. G.) 247

ERDINE, (Michael, Michael, John M., J. G.) 253

ERMA J., (Hiram A., Hiram, Michael, John M., J. G.) . . . .250

ERMA E., (James B., Geo., Jno., Peter, J. G.) 123

ERWIN W., (William A., Peter) 296

ESTELLA, ( Wm., Peter, George, J. G.) 63

ESTELLA M., (Homer, Jeremiah, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 98

ESTELLA, (Reuben B., Geo. W., Jeremiah, Jacob, Peter,

J. G.) 99

ESTELLA L., (Jessiah, David, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 100

ESTELLA, (Philamon, John, John M., J. G.) 263

ESTELLA, ( Hiram, Jacob, David, J. G.) 280

ESTELLE F., (John H., John, John M., J. G.) 266

ESTHER, (J. G.) 12

ESTHER ALBERTA, (Jacob Maurice, George, Jacob,

Philip, J. G.) 179

ETTA M., (Daniel, David, Phillip, J. G.) 215

ETTA V., (Homer A., Henry G., Hugh, Jacob, J. G.) 284

ETTIE E., (Harvey, Frank, George, Phillip, J. G.) 211

ETHELINE M., John H., John, John M., J. G.) 266

ETHEL G., (Lucas M., Mich., Mich., John M., J. G.) 252

ETHEL M., (Henry Franklin, Samuel, Michael, John M.,
J. G 247

ETHEL LEAH, (George E., Hiram, Michael, John M.,
J. G.) 249

EUGENE, (Wm., Peter, George, J. G.) 66

EUGENE, (George, Jacob, Phillip, J. G.) 179

EUGENE, (George B., George L., John M., J. G.) 2"1

EUGENE E., (Hiram, Jacob, David, J. G.) 280

EUGENE J., (David A., Michael H., David, J. G.) 277

EVA, (Clarance, Joseph, George, Phillip, J. G.) 2118

EVA, (Peter, Jacob, J. G.) 293

INDEX TO OVERMYER NAMES

12

EVA, (Orrin M., Jerome, Daniel, Phillip, J. G.) 194

EVE, (Jacob, J. G.) 282

EVA E., (Levi C, Samuel, Michael, John M., J. G.) 247

EVA L., (Phillip H., William A., Phillip, Phillip, J. G.) ... .203
EVA BELLE, (John Chester, Ephraim, John George, Peter,

J. G.) 93

EVANDUS, (Michael, Daniel, Phillip, J. G.) 190

EZEKIEL, (Peter, George, J. G.) 66

F.

FANNIE LOVINA, (Jessiah, David, Jacob, Peter, J. G.)..100
FANNY RHEA, (Cornelius K.„ Daniel, John George, Peter,

J. G.) 88

FANNIE B., (William, Peter, George, T. G.) 64

FAY, (Sam K., Hugh, Louis, Jacob, J. G.) 290

FAY G., (George W., Amos, Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 187

FAY OLA, (Edward L., Hiram, Michael, John M., J. G.). .249

FESTUS L., (John H., Samuel, Philip, J. G.) 147

FLORA, (Norris A., Albert, Jeremiah, Jacob, Peter, J. G.). 96
FLORA EMELINE, (Ephraim, John, George, Peter. J. G.) 93
FLORA ROSETTA, (Chauncey David, Ephriam, John

George, Peter, J. G.) 93

FLORENCE, (John, George, John, Peter, J. G.).
FLOSSIE, (Emanuel, William A., Philip, Philip, J. G
FLOYD, (Martin V., Amos, Jacob, Philip, J. G.) . . . .
FLOYD, (Orrin M., Jerome, Daniel, Phillip, J. G.) . .
FLOYD R., (George W., Luke, Jacob, Philip, J. G.)
FLOYD S., (Ulysses S. G., Hiram, Michael, John M.,
FRANCES M., (Geo. B., Geo. W., Peter, Peter, J. G
FRANCES, (George, John George, Peter, J. G.) . .
FRANCES C, (John, George L., Tohn M., J. G.) . .
FRANCIS MARRION, (Hugh, Jacob. J. G.)....
FRANCIS M., (George W., Amos, Jacob, Philip, J
FRANK, (John T-, Ben Jackson, Jacob, Peter. J. G

FRANK, (Levi, Peter, George, J. G.)

FRANK. (Phil H., Israel, Philip, Philip, J. G.) . . . .
FRANK A., (Enoch, Ezeikel, Peter, George, J. G.)
FRANK E., (Jonathan M., Daniel., John, Peter, J. G
FRANK H., (George B., George L., John M., I. G

FRANK P.t (William, Peter, George, J. G.)

FRANK R., (James B., George, John, Peter, J. G..
FRANKLIN, (Orrin M., Jerome, Daniel, Phillip, J
FRANKLIN, (Jacob, William, Phillip, J. G.)...
FRANKLIN, (Jacob, William, Phillip, J. G.)...

)

)

G.)

G.)

.113
.201
.187
.194
.181
G.)250
.135
. 93
.234
.287
.187
.104
. 70
.198
. 68
.110
.229
. 65
.123
.194
.158
.158

13

INDEX TO OVERMYER NAMES

FRANKLIN, (George, Philip, J. G.)

FRANKLIN, (Franklin, George, Philip, J. G.).

FRANKLIN, (Daniel, David, Philip, J. G.)

FRANKLIN, (John J., Ben. J., Jacob, Peter, J. G.)
FRANKLIN L., (William, Jacob, Phillip, J. G.)
FRED E., (Adam, Ben Jackson, Jacob, Peter, J. G.)
FREDERICK, (Harry J., Jerome, Daniel, Philip, J. G.)
FREDERICK, (Schuyler G, Tacob, William, Phillip, J. G
FREDERICK, (Henry H., Peter, George, J. G.)

FREDERICK, (Israel, Philip, Philip, J. G.)

FREDERICK, (David, J. G.)

FREDERICK, (Harry J., Jerome, Daniel, Phil., J. G.)
FREDERICK, (Isaiah R., John, William, Philip, J. G.)
FREDDIE E., (Louis W., William A., Philip,. Philip, J. G
FREDERICK E, (Geo. B., Geo. W., Peter, Peter, J. G.)

FREELAND ISOX, (Hugh. Louis. Jacob, J. G.)

FRIEDELL, (Norris A., Albert, leremiah, Jacob, Peter,
J. G.) * 96

..210
..211
..215
..104

..174
..105
..193
).159
. . 74
..199
..273
..193
..161
).203
..135
..289

GEORGE,
GEORGE,
GEORGE,
GEORGE,
GEORGE,
GEORGE,
GEORGE,
GEORGE,
GEORGE,
GEORGE,
GEORGE,
GEORGE,
GEORGE,
GEORGE,
GEORGE,
GEORGE,
GEORGE
GEORGE
GEORGE
M.. I.
CPORCxE
GEORGE
GEORGE
GEORGE

(John, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 103

(J. G.) 58

(George, J. G.) 59

(Henry H, Peter, George, J. G.) 74

(John George, Peter, J. G.) 93

(Philip, J. G.) 205

(Philip, Philip, T. G.) 197

(Ben Franklin, Hugh, Jacob, J. G.) 287

(George, J. G.) 59

(John, Peter, J. G.) 112

(Daniel, John, Peter, J. G.) 110

(Charles G., Jerome, Daniel, Philip, J. G.) 194

(Philip H., Israel, Philip, Philip, J. G.) 198

(Isaac, Daniel, David, Philip, I. G.) 215

(Fred, David, T. G.) 273

(Tacob, Philip, T. G.) 175

B., (George W. Peter, Peter. J. G.) 135

B., (George L., John M., J. G.) 229

H, (William H., George B..., George L., John
C ^ "?°o

L., (John M., I. G.)....'..'.'.'.'.'.'.'.".'.'.'.'.'.'.'.['.'.'.220

L.. (George W., Luke. Tacnb, Philin. J. G.) 181

M.. (Joel YV.. Jacob, George. I. G.) 79

M., (John. George L., John M., J. G.) 2:53

INDEX TO OVERMYER NAMES 14

GEORGE N., (Sol., Michael, John M., J. G.) 255

GEORGE P., (Geo. B., Geo. W., Peter, Peter, J. G.) 135

GEORGE W., (Peter, Peter, J. G.) 131

GEORGE W., (Edw., Geo. W., Peter, Peter, J. G.) 135

GEORGE W... (Geo. B., Geo. W., Peter, Peter, J. G.) 135

GEORGE W., (Franklin, George, Philip, J. G.) 211

GEORGE W., (Luke, Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 181

GEORGE AMOS, (Jacob, George, J. G.) 78

GEORGE EDWARD, (David, George, John, Peter, J. G.) . .118
GEORGE EDWARD, (Hiram, Michael, John M., J. G.) . . .249
GEORGE FRANKLIN, (George B., George L., John M.,

J. G.) 229

GEORGE RUFUS, (Jonathan M., Daniel, John, Peter,

J. G.) 110

GEORGE WASHINGTON, (Amos. Tacob, Philip, J. G.). .187
GEORGE WASHINGTON, (Israel, Philip, Philip, J. G.) . .198
GEORGE WASHINGTON, (Isaiah. William, Philip, I. G.)162
GEORGE WASHINGTON, (Teremiah, Tacob, Peter, J. G.) 98
GEORGE WASHINGTON, (Daniel, John George, Peter,

J. G) 86

GEORGIANNA, (William, Peter, George, J. G.) 65

GERTRUDE B., (Albert E., William, Philip, J. G.) 166

GERTRUDE M., (William H., George B., George L., John

M., T. G.) 230

GERTRUDE R., (Hiram A., Hiram, Michael, John M.,

J. G.) 250

GERTRUDE, (Thomas J., Jerome, Daniel. Philip, J. G.) . . .193

GERALD, (Louis F.. Isaiah, William. Philip. T. G.) 162

GLADYS, (Frank. Frank, George, Philip, T- Gr.) 211

GLADYS, (John E., Samuel John, Tohn M., J. G.) 266

GLADYS F., (Albert, Teremiah, Tacob. Peter, J. G.) 96

GLADYS F., (Louis W., William, Philip, T- G.) 164

GLEN. (Francis M., Hugh, Jacob, J. G.) 287

GLENN, (Frank L.. William, Tacob. Philip, T- G.) 174

GLENN, (Frank P., William, Peter, George, J G.) 65

GRACE. (Frank, Levi, Peter, Geo., I. G.) ) 71

GRACE, (David, George, John, Peter. T- G.) 118

GRACE, (Charles G./Terome Daniel Philip. T. G.) 194

GRACE M., Philip H., * William A., Philip. Philip, J. G.). . .203

GRANT, (William, Peter, George, J. G.) 63

GRANT H., (James B., Geo., John, Peter, J. G.) 123

GRANVILLE. (William, Peter, George, J. G.) 63

GROVER FRANKLIN, (Charles Louis, Benjamin F.. Louis,

Jacob, J. G.) 292

15 INDEX TO OVERMYER NAMES

GUY A., (Abraham H., Philip A., Jacob, Philip, J. G.) ... .172
GUY T., (William A., Peter) 296

H.

HANNAH, (Benjamin F., Peter, J. G.) 126

HARDY M., (Louis W., William A., Philip, Philip, J. G.) . .203

HARLEY, (Marion, Luke, Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 182

HARRIET, (Benjamin F., Hugh, Jacob, J. G.) 287

HARRIET, (Israel, Philip. Philip, J. G.) 199

HARRIET, (David, Philip, J. G.) 214

HARRIET, (Daniel, David, Philip, J. G.) 215

HARRIET, (Benjamin, John, Peter, J. G.) 109

HARRIET, (George, John, Peter, J. G.) 122

HARRIET, (John, John M., J. G.) 260

HARRIET, (William, Philip, J. G.) 161

HARRIET L., (Albert, Jeremiah, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 96

HARRIET, (Jacob, William, Philip, I. G.) 159

HARRIET, (John, William, Philip, ]. G.) 160

HARRIET A., (John, George L., John M.. J. G.) 233

HARRIET B., (Samuel, John. John M., I. G.) 265

HARRISON, (Hugh, Jacob, J. G.) 284

HARRISON, (Harry, Hugh, Jacob, J. G.) 285

HARRISON M.. (Albert E., William, Philip, J. G.) 166

HAROLD A., (Elim, John H., Samuel, Philip, J. G.) 147

HAROLD C, (Conrad. David, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 101

HAROLD F., (Charles W., George B., George L., John

M., J. G.) 231

HARRY, (Isaac, Daniel, David. Philip, I. G.) 215

HARRY, (Thomas J., Jerome, Daniel. Philip, T. G.) 193

HARRY, (George W., Jeremiah, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 98

HARRY, (Ambrose E., Ezeikel, Peter, George, J. G.) 68

HARRY A., (Peter, David, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 102

HARRY A., (William H., George B., George L., John M., ,

J. G.) 230

HARRY E., (Henrv F., Samuel, Michael. Tohn M., J. G.). .247

HARRY I., (Jerome, Daniel, Philip, I. G.) ....193

HARRY M., (Louis W., William A., Phliip, Philip, J. G.). .203
HARRY M., (Samuel F., B. B., George L.. lohn M., J. G.) .239

HARRY R., (James F., Levi W., Peter. Jacob. J. G.) 295

HARRY RALPH, (Charles Louis, Benjamin Franklin, Louis

Tacob, T. G.) 292

HARRY GLADWIN, (Michael, Michael, Tohn M., J. G.). .251
HARRY EUGENE, (George E., Hiram, Michael, John M.,

J. G.) 249

INDEX TO OVERMYER NAMES 16

HARVEY, Franklin, George, Philip, J. G.) 211

HARVEY A., (Aaron, Henry, William, Philip, J. G.) 153

HATTIE, (Beno., Luke, Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 182

HATTIE F., (Hiram E., Hugh, Jacob, J. G.) 286

HATTIE R., (George W., Daniel, John George, Peter, J. G.) 86

HELEN, (Jerome C, Jerome, Daniel, Philip, J. G.) 194

HELEN E., (George W., Amos, Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 187

HELEN F., (William H., Samuel, John. John M., J. G.) . . .265

HELENA, (Samuel, John M., J. G.) 270

HERMAN, (Claud W., Jerome, Daniel, Philip, J. G.) 195

HENNAS. (Isaiah R., John, William, Philip, J. G.) 161

HENRIETTA, (William H., Jacob, George, J, G.) 81

HENRY, (William, Sr., Philip, J. GO 152

HENRY, (Henry, William, Philip, J. G.) 152

HENRY G., (Hugh, Jacob, J. G.) 283

HENRY, (Newton W., Philip A., Jacob. Philip. J. G.) 171

HENRY C., (Ulysses S. G., Hiram, Michael, John M., J. G.)250

HENRY, (Philip H., Israel, Philip, Philip, J. G.) 198

HENRY FRANKLIN, (Samuel, Michael, Johh M., J. G.) . .247

HENRY HARRISON. (Peter, George, J. G.) 73

HERBERT S., (Clarence, Joseph, George, Philip, J. G.) 213

HIRAM, (Jacob, David, J. G.) 280

HIRAM P., (Amos, Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 187

HIRAM, (Michael, John M., J. G.) 248

HIRAM A., (Hiram, Michael, John M., J. G.) 250

HIRAM E., (Hugh, Jacob, J. G.) 286

HIRAM O., (Henrv G., Hugh, Jacob. J. G.) 284

HOMER, (William,"' Jr., William, Philip, J. G.) 155

HOBART, (Schuyler C, Jacob, William, Philip, J. G.)....159

HOMER, (Jeremiah, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 98

HOMER A., (Henry G., Hugh, Jacob, J. G.) 284

J. G.) 172

HOMER LE ROY, (Eugene, David A., Michael H., David,

T G ) 277

HORATIO JOHN, (Abraham H., Philip A., Jacob, Philip,

HOWARD, (Ambrose E., Ezeikel, Peter, J. G.) 68

HOWARD K., (James F., Samuel, John, John M., J. G.). .266
HOWARD IRVIN, (Abraham H., Philip A., Jacob, Philip,

J. G.) 172

HOWARD RAY, (Newton W., William A., Philip, Philip,

J. G.) 201

HUGH, (Jacob, J. G.) 283

HUGH, (Louis, Jacob, J. G.) 288

HUGH MICHAEL, (Hugh, Jacob, J. G.) 283

HULDAH, (Peter, Peter, J. G.) 137

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I.

IDA, (William H., Henry, William, Philip, J. G.) 154

IDA ELLEN, (Ephraim, John George. Peter, J. G.) 92

IDA ELLEN, (Channcev David. Ephraim, John George,

Peter, J. G.) " 93

IDA EST ELLA, (Isaiah, William, Philip, J. G.) 163

IDA ETHEL, (Cornelius K., Daniel, John George, Peter,

J. G.) '.. 88

IDA D., (Hiram, Michael, John M., J. G.) 248

IDA I., (Peter, David, Jacob. Peter, J. G.) 102

IDA M., (William, Peter. George, J. G.) 65

IDA M., (Jessiah, David, Jacob, Peter, T. G.) 101

IDA MAY, (George E., Hiram, Michael. John M., J. G.) . .249
IDA M. B., John Joseph, Solomon B., George L., John M.,

J. G.) 228

IMO. B.. (William H., Samuel, John, John M., J. G.) 263

INEZ EMILY. (Abraham H., Philip A.. Jacob, Philip, J. G.)172
IOLA FAY, (Jacob Maurice, George, Jacob, Philip, J. G.) . .179

IRA, (George, John, Peter. J. G.) 112

IRA, (Solomon. Michael, John M., J. G.) 253

IRA, (John, Daniel, David, Philip, J. G.) 215

IRA W., (Jerome, Daniel. Philip, J. G.) 195

IRA F.. (Hiram E., Hugh. Jacob, J. G.) 286

IRA SOLOMON, (Jacob, Solomon, Michael, John M., J. G.)254
IRENE E., (Jacob Marion. Philip A., Jacob, Philip, J. G.) . .171

TRVIN, (Bene, Luke. Jacob, Philip. I. G.) 182

IRVIN H., (Conrad, David, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 101

IRVIN. (Michael. Michael, John M.. J. G.) . . 251

IRVIN, (Thomas J., Jerome, Daniel, Philip. ]. G.) 193

IRWIN WINFIELD, (Philip A., Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 173

ISAAC. (Peter George. J. G.) 61

ISAAC. (Daniel. David. Philip, J. G.) 215

ISAAC. (Michael H., David. J. G.) 278

ISAAC F., (Sol. B., George L., John M., J. G.) 22rt

ISAAC N.. (William. Philip. J. G.) " 164

ISABEL, (Michael F., Michael H., David. ]. G.) 276

ISABEL. ( John. George, John, Peter. J. G.) 114

ISABELLA B.. (George, John, Peter. J. G.) 124

ISADORE B., (Philip A.. Jacob. Philip, J. G.) 171

ISAIAH, (William, Philip, J. G.) " 161

ISAIAH R., ( John, William. Philip, J. G.) 161

ISRAEL, (Philip, Philip, J. G.) 198

IVA L., (Irwin W., Philip A., Jacob. Philip. J. G.) 173

IVA VIOLA, ( Martin V., Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 106

INDEX TO OVERMYER NAMES 18

J.

(J. G.) 2

JACOB, (David, J. G.) 279

JACOB, (Philip, J. G.) 167

JACOB MARTIN, (Michael, Michael, John M., J. G.)....2tfl

JACOB, (John, John M., J. G.) 267

JACOB, (George, John, Peter, J. G.) 112

JACOB, (George, J. G.) 78

JACOB, (Peter) 296

JACOB, (Solomon, Mfchael, John M., J. G.) 254

JACOB, (Noah, Michael, John M., J. G.) . . 256

JACOB MAURICE, (George, Jacob, Philip, J G.) 179

JACOB MARION, (Philip A., Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 171

JACOB, (William, Philip, J. G.) 158

JACOB, (Peter, J. G.) 93

JACOB, (George. J. G.) 78

JACOB, (J. G.) 282

JACOB, (Peter, J. G.) 93

JAMES A., (Jacob, David, J. G.) 279

JAMES A. G., (Frank, George, Philip, J. G.) 211

JAMES B., (George, John, Peter, J. G.) 123

JAMES, (David, Peter, J. G.) 137

JAMES F., (Levi W., Peter, J. G.) 294

JAMES D., (John, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 103

JAMES DANIEL, (James D., John, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) . . . .104
JAMES IRVEN, (David Abraham, Michael H., David, J. G.)277

JAMES F., (Samuel, John, John M., J. G.) 266

JAMS W., (William H., George B., George L., John M.,

J. G.) 230

JANE, (George, John, George, Peter, J. G.) 93

JANE, (Edward, George, Philip, J. G.) 213

JAY, (Sam K., Hugh, Louis, Jacob, J. G.) . . . .290

JAY, (Harry J., Jerome, Daniel. Philip, J. G.) 193

JEROME C, (Jerome, Daniel, Philip, J. G.) 194

JEREMIAH, (Jacob, Peter. J. G.) 95

JEREMIAH, (Orrin M, Jerome, Daniel, Phillip, J. G.) ... .194

JEROME, (Daniel, Philip, J. G.) 192

JEREMIAH, (Franklin, George, Philip, J. G.) 211

JEREMIAH, (George W., Jeremiah, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) . . 98
JESSIE W., (George W., Daniel, John George, Peter, J. G.) 86

JESSIE M., (Amos, George, John, Peter, J. G.) i23

JESSIE, (Rolandus C, Jonathan, John, George, Peter, J. G.) 90
JESSE LORENZO, (Abraham H., Philip A., Jacob, Philip,

J. G.) 172

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JESSIE R., (John, George L-, John M., J. G.) 233

JESSIAH, (Michael, Daniel, Philip, J. G.) 190

JESSIAH, (David, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 100

JENNIE BELL, (Isaac, Michael H., David, J. G.) 278

JOEL, (Peter, George, J. G.) 60

JOEL, (William, Philip, J. G.) 150

JOEL WOODFORD, (John Charles, Joel Weaver, Jacob,

George, J. G 80

JOEL WEAVER, (Jacob, George, J. G.) 78

JOEL, (Daniel, John George, Peter, J. G.) 86

JOEL, (Daniel, Philip, J. G.) 189

JOEL, (John George, Peter, J. G.) 91

JOEL, (Daniel, John George, Peter, J. G.) 86

JOEL, (George, John, George, Peter, J. G.) 93

JOHN B., (Peter Peter, J. G.) 136

JOHN, (Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 102

JOHN DAVID, (Conrad, David, Peter, J. G.) 101

JOHN J., (Benjamin Jackson, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 104

JOHN H., (Samuel, Philip, J. G.) 143

JOHN, (William, Philip, J. G.) 159

JOHN R., (Jacob, William, Philip, J. G.) 158

JOHN, (Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 168

JOHN, (John M., J. G.) 257

JOHN, (George L., John M., J. G.) 233

JOHN CHARLES. (Joel Weaver, Jacob, George, J. G.) . . 80

JOHN, (Michael, John M., J. G.) 245

JOHN H., (John, John M, ]• G.) 266

JOHN RICHARD, (Enoch, Ezeikel, Peter, George, J. G.) . 68

JOHN C, (B. B., George L., John M., J. G.) 239

JOHN ERALY, (Samuel, John, John M., J. G.) 266

JOHN E., (Michael F., Michael H., David, J. G.) 274

JOHN I., (Hugh, Jacob, J. G.) 286

JOHN L., (Jacob, George, J. G.) 78

JOHN CHESTER, (Ephraim, John George, Peter, J. G.) . . 93

JOHN D., (John, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 103

JOHN WESLEY, (James D., John, Jacob, Peter, J. D.) . . . .104

JOHN GEORGE, (J. G.) 58

JOHN GEORGE, (Peter, J. G.) 83

JOHN, (Peter, J. G.) 108

JOHN MICHAEL, (J. G.) 217

JOHN PETER, (George W., Peter, Peter, J. G.) 131

JOHN, (Philip, Henry, William, Philip, J. G.) 154

JOHN PETER, ( J. G.) 82

JOHN F., (David, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 99

INDEX TO OVERMYER NAMES

20

JOHN D., (John, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 103

JOHN, (John, Peter. J. G.) 108

JOHN, (George, John, Peter, J. G.) 112

JOHN L., (James B., George, John, Peter, J. G.) 123

JOHN J., (John B., Peter, Peter, J. G.) 136

JOHN, (Isaiah R., John, William, Philip, J. G.) 161

JOHN FREDERICK, (Amos, Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 185

JOHN W., (Philip H., George, Philip, J. G.) 208

JOHN, (Daniel, David, Philip, J. G.) 215

JOHN JOSEPH, (Sol. B., George L., John M.. J. G.) 228

John A., (John, George L., John M., J. G.) 234

JOHN HENRY, (Harry, Hugh, Jacob, J. G.) 285

JOHN F., (Peter, Jacob, J. G.) 293

JOHN, (Peter) 296

JONAS, (J. G.) 12

JONATHAN, (John George, Peter, J. G.) 83

JONATHAN M., (Daniel, John, Peter, J. G.) 110

JOSEPH, (George, Philip, J. G.) 212

JOSEPH, (Frank P., William, Peter, George, J. G.) 65

JOSEPH, Philip, Henry, William, Philip, J. G.) 154

JOSEPH H., (Clarence, Joseph, George, Philip, J. G.)....2l2

JOSEPH F., (John, George L., John M., J. G.j 234

JOSEPH, (Peter) 296

JUDITH ALICE, (Martin V., Jacob, Peter, J, G.) 106

JUDSON G., (Jacob Marion, Philip A., Jacob, Philip, J. G.) .171
JULIA A., (Philip H., George, Philip, J. G.) 208

L.
LAURA B., (James D., John, Jacob, Peter, J. G.)
LAURA, (Albert, Frank, George, Philip, Philip, J. G.)
LAURA H., (George W., Jeremiah, Jacob, Peter, J. G

LAVINA, (Frederick, David, J. G.)

LA VINA, (Allen W., Solomon, Michael, John M., J
LAURENCE, (James D., John, Jacob, Peter, J. G.)

LEVI W., (Peter, Jacob, J. G.)

LEVI, (Philip, Philip, J. G.)

LEVI CURTIS, (Samuel, Michael, John M., J. G.)

LEVI, (Peter, George, J. G.)

LEROY, (Isaiah R., John, William, Philip, J. G.)

LEROY, (Edward, George, Philip, J. G.)

LEROY, (Boyd A., Levi, Peter, Geo., J. G.)..
LE ROY E., (Joel, John George, Peter, J. G.) . .

LEWIS A., (John B., Peter, Peter, J. G.)

LEWIS, BENJAMIN, (Hugh, Louis, Jacob, J G.)
LEOTA, (Bovd A., Levi, Peter, Geo., J. G.) . . .

.104
.211
. 98
.273
,255
.104
.294
.197
.247
. 69
.161
.213
. 70
. 9i
.136
.290
. 70

21 INDEX TO OVERMYER NAMES

LEE ANSON, (Frank, Levi, Peter, Geo., J. G.) 71

LEO, (Quincy A., Daniel, Jno., Peter, J. G.) Ill

LELA NINETTE. (Charles Frank, Hiram, Michael, John

M., J. G.) 251

LETTIE, (John. Daniel, David. Philip, J. G.) 215

LELA, (John, Daniel, David, Philip, J. G.) 215

LEAH, (Fred, David, J. G.) 273

LENA M., (Levi W., Peter, Jacob, J. G.) 294

LEANDER, (John Jack, Ben. Jackson, Jacob, Peter. J. G.).104
LEONARD G., (Homer A., Henrv G., Hugh, Jacob, J. G.) .284
LILAH M., (Lucas M., Michael, Michael, John M., J. G.). .252
LILLIE L., (William F., Michael, Michael, John M., I. G.).252

LILLIAN, (Clau. W., Jerome, Daniel, Philip, J. G.) 195

LILLIAN MAY, (Philip A., Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 172

LILLIAN, ( William, Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 175

LILLIAN M., (Peter, David, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 102

LILLIE, (Newton W., Philip A., Jacob. Philip., J. G.) 171

LILLIE, (Clarence, Joseph, George, Philip, J. G.) 213

LILLY M. M., (John, Joseph, Sol. P»., George L., John M.,

J. G.) * 228

LLOYD, (Frank. Levi. Peter, Geo., J. G.) 71

LOUIS, (Jacob, J. G.) 287

LOUIS FREDERICK, (Isaiah, William. Philip, J. G.)....162

LOUIS, (Philip II., Israel, Philip. Philip, J. G.) 198

LOUIS P., (Clarence, Joseph, George, Philip, J. G.) 212

LOUIS HAVENS, ( William A.. Daniel, lohn George, Peter,
J. G.) 87

LOUIS FRAXKLIN 106

LOUIS W., (William, Philip, J. G.) 163

LOUIS, (Franklin. George, Philip, I. G. ) 212

LOUIS W., (William A.. Philip, Philip, J. G.) 203

LOUISA BELLE, (Austion. George, Jacob, Philip, J. G.)..178

LOUISA C, (James B., George, John, Peter, J. G.) i23

LOTTIE, Clau. W., Jerome, Daniel, Philip, J. G.) 195

LOUNIE C. (Louis W.. William A., Philip. Philip. J. G.)..203

LORETTA, (Peter, Peter. J. G.) 130

LUCY CATHERINE. (Charles W., George B., George L.,
John M., J. G.) 231

LUCY A., (William. Peter, George, J. G.) 63

LUCY FRANCIS, (Martin Y., Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 107

LUCY A., (Peter, George. J. G.) 76

LUCY IDA, (Ezeikel, Peter, George, J. G.) 68

LUCINDA MAY 106

LUCINDA, (Philip, Philip, J. G.) 204

INDEX TO OVERMYER NAMES 22

LUCINDA, (Hugh. Jacob, J. G.) 283

LUCINDA, (Jonathan, John George, Peter. J. G.) 89

LUCINA, (Elias, Benjamin F., Pe'er, J. G.) . . , 127

LUCAS M,, (Lucas M., Michael, Michael, John M., J. G.) . .252

LUGAS, (Samuel, John M., J. G.) 270

LUCILE, (Mearl D., Jerome, Daniel, Philip, J. G.) 195

LULU J., (Conrad, David, Jacob, Peter,. J. G.) 101

LULU GERTRUDE, (Quincy A., Daniel, John. Peter, J. G.)lll

LULU, (George W., Luke, Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 181

LUKE, (Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 180

LYDIA, (Benjamin, John, Peter, J. G.) 109

LYDIA A., (William A.. Philip, Philip, J. G.) 202

LYRIA, (Thomas, Israel. Philip, Philip, J. G.) i98

LYDIA, (David, Peter, J. G.) 137

LYDIA E., (Michael F., Michael H., David. J. G.) 274

LYLA MAY, (Louis F., Isaiah, William, Philip, J. G.) 162

M.

MARY, (Peter) 296

MARY, (Richard, Phillip, Phillip, J. G.) 204

MARY, (Benj., John, Peter, J. G.) 109

MARY, (Svlv. W, Har., Hugh, Jacob, J. G.) 285

MARY A., (Peter, Peter, J. G.) 130

MARY J., (Peter, George, J. G.) 72

MARY MAGDALENE, (Peter, J. G.) 83

MARY E., (Albert, Teremiah, Jacob, Peter. J. G.) 97

MARY ETTA. (Philip A., Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 170

MARY TOSEPHINE, (Abraham H., Philip A., Jacob. Phil-
ip, J. G.) 172

MARY, (David, lacob, Peter, J. G.) 100

MARY ELIZABETH, (John H.. Samuel, Philip, J. G.) . . . .145

MARY A., (Daniel, Philip, T. G.) 191

MARY ELSIE, Tacob Maurice, George, Jacob, Philip, J. G.)179

MARY. (Jacob/ Philip. J. G.) 183

MARY A., (Gerge L., John M., J. G.) 232

MARY S.. (George B., George L-, Tohn M., J. G.) 229

MARY ELLEN. (George B.^George L., John M., L G.) . . . .231

MARY ELLEN. (Samuel, Michael", John M., T G.) 247

MARY I., (Martin V., Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 106

MARY, (Jacob, Peter, J. G.) . 106

MARY, (Elias, Benj F., Peter, J. G.) 127

MARY E., (Jacob. George, J. GO 78

MARY, (lacob, I. G.) 282

MARY CATHERINE. (Hugh, Jacob, J. G.) 285

MARY ELLEN, (Louis, Jacob, J. G.) 291

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MARY ROSETTA, (Ephraim, John George, Peter, J. G.) . 93
MARY EM ALINE, (David Abraham, Michael H., David,

J. G.) 277

MARY MAGDALENE, (Peter, J. G.) 83

MARY MAGDALENE, (J. G.) 12

MARY A., (William, Peter, George, J. G.) 64

MARY, (Ezeikel, Peter, George, J. G.) 68

MARY A., (Waldo E, H. H., Peter, George, J. G.) 75

MARY, (Joel \Y., Jacob, George, J. G.) 79

MARY, (John, George, John, Peter, J. G.) il4

MARY G., (John B., Peter, Peter, J. G.) 136

MARY, (David, Peter, J. G.) 137

MARY M., (Amos A., John H., Samuel, Philip, J. G.) ... .146

MARY E., (John, William, Philip, J. G.) 160

MARY, (William, Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 175

MARY J., (Luke, Tacob, Philip, J. G.) 181

MARY CATHERINE, (Amos, Tacob, Philip. J. G.) 187

MARY A., (Daniel, Philip. J. G.') 191

MARY J., (Michael, Daniel, Philip, J. G.) 190

MARY R., (Philip H., William A., Philip, Philip, J. G.) . . . .203

MARY, (Israel, Philip, Philip, J. G.) 198

MARY P., (Clarence, Joseph, George, Philip. J. G.) 212

MARY, (David Philip, J. G.) 213

MARY E., (Daniel, David. Philip, J. G.) 215

MARY S., (Sol. B., George L., Tohn M., T. G.) 227

MARY JANE, (Tohn, George L.Mohn M, ]. G.) 233

MARY, (Fred, David, J. G.) 273

MARY CATHARINE. (Peter, Jacob, T. G.) 293

MARY E., (Silas B.. Peter, Tacob, J. G.) 295

MARL M., (Silas P,.. Peter, Jacob, J. G.) 295

MARTHA T„ (Harry. Hugh,' Tacob, T. G.) 285

MARTHA F., (Sol. B., George L., John M.. T. G.) 228

MARTHA JANE, (Daniel, John, Peter. T. G.) 110

MARTHA T., (Ezeikel. Peter, George, T. G.) 68

MARTHA J., (Jacob. George, J. G.) . . 78

MARTHA T., (Hugh. Tacob. T. G.) 285

MARTHA E., (David, David, Tacob, Peter, T. G.) 102

MARGARET, (Israel, Philip, Philip. J. G.) 198

M 4RGARET, (James A., Jacob, David. J. G.) 280

MARGARET. (Ira F.. Hiram E., Hugh, Tacob. T. G.)....286

MARGARET, (John. Charles, Joel W., George. J. G.) 80

MARGARET, (Jacob, J. G.) 282

MARGARET, (George. J. G.) 78

MARGARATHA, ( T- G.) 12

MARGARET E.. (Waldo E., H. H., Peter, George, J. G.). 75

INDEX TO OVERMYER NAMES 24

MARGARET GERTRUDE, (Rolandus C, Jonathan, John

George, Peter, J. G.) 90

MARGARET V., (Isadore B., Philip A., Jacob, Philip,

J. G.) 171

MARGARET, (William, jr., William, sr., Philip, J. G.) ... .157

MARGARET, (John, Peter, J. G.) 108

MARTIN V., (Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 106

MARTIN V., (Amos, Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 187

MARTIN MELANCTHON, (George W., Peter, Peter,
J. G.) 131

MARTIN L., (Jerome, Daniel, Philip, f. G.) 192

MARIA, (George, J. G.) 78

MARIA, (John, Peter, J. G.) 108

MARIA. (Peter, George, J. G.) 72

MARIE, (George. John, Peter, J. G.) 125

MARIE S., (Austin, George, Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 178

MARIA, (William A., Philip, Philip, J. G.) 201

MARION, (Luke, Tacob. Philip, J. G.) 182

MARJORIE. (William F., Isaiah, William, Philip, J. G.)..163

MARK. (Frank P., William, Peter, George, J. G.) 65

MAGGIE A., (Homer A., Henry G., Hugh, Jacob, J. G.).284

MAY, (Frank L., William, Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 174

MAY, (Philip L., Daniel, David, Philip, J. G.) 2i5

MABEL, (Thomas J.. Jerome, Daniel, Philip, J. G.) 193

MABEL C., (Aaron, Henry, William, Philip, T. G.) 153

MABEL V., (Lucas M., Michael, Michael, John M., J. G.).252
MABEL ELCY, (George Washington, Jeremiah, Jacob,

Peter, J. G.) 98

MABEL MAY, (Jacob Maurice, George, Jacob, Philip, J. G.)i79

MAGDALENE, (Michael H., David, J. G.) 277

MAGDALENA, (John M., J. G.) 220

MAYME CARMINE, (Charles Frank. Hirman, Michael,

John M., J. G.) 251

MADIE P., (Aaron, Henry, William, Philip, J. G.) 153

MAIN A., (Chauncey D., William, Jacob, Philip, J. G.) . . . .175

MALINDA, (Luke, Jacob, Philip, j. G.) 181

MATILDA, (William A., Philip, Philip, J. G.) 202

MAZZY MAY, (Terome, Daniel, Philip, J. G.) 194

MAZIE R AMEN A, (Orland E., Anson K., Hugh, Louis,

Tacob, J. G.) 289

MAXIE E., (John, George L., John M., J. G.) 233

MERL C, f Jam^s F., Levi W., Peter, Jacob, J. G.) 295

MEARL D., (Jerome, Daniel, Philip, J. G.) 195

MERTIE, (Sherman, Frank, George, Philip, J. G.) 211

25 INDEX TO OVERMYER NAMES

MELLVILLE. (Ezeikel, Peter, George, J. G.) 67

MELLIS EVAN, (James Irven, David A., Michael H., Da-
vid, J. G.) 278

MELVIN, (Abraham, Samuel. Samuel, Michael, John M.,

J. G.) 248

MICHAEL. (Henry, William, Philip. J. G.) 153

MICHAEL, (Daniel, Philip, J. G.) 190

MICHAEL, (John M., J. G.) 244

MICHAEL, (Michael, John M., }. G.) 251

MICHAEL H., (David, I. G.) 273

MICHAEL F., (Michael H., David, J. G.) 274

MILTON F„ (John H., John. John M., J. G.) 266

MINERVA A.. (William, Philip, J. G.) 167

MINNIE, (Abraham, Samuel, Samuel, Michael, John M.,

J. G.) 248

MOLLIE, (Jacob, William. Philip, J. G.) 159

MYRTELLE M., (Wilbur C, Joel, Tohn George, Peter,

J. G. ) 92

MYRTELLE C, (Albert. Jeremiah. Jacob, Peter, J. G.) . . . 97
MYRTELLE, (Adam. Ben. Tackson, Jacob. Peter, J. G.)..105
MYRTLE V., (David A., Solomon *B.. George S., John
M., J. G.) 228

N

NANCY JANE. (lacob, David, j. G.) 280

NANCY, (Israel. Philip. Philip. J. G.) 198

NANCY S., (Clarence, Joseph, George, Philip. J. G.) 212

NANCY A, (John B., Peter. Peter. J. G.) . . . 136

XAAMAX ALEXANDER, (David. Abraham, Michael H.,

David. J. G.) 277

NATHAN, (Amos. George. John. Peter, J. G.) 123

NADINE, (Sanford P.. Philip A., Jacob, Philip J. G.)....173
NATHANIEL, (David A.. Sol. B., Geo. L.. John M., J. G.).228

NAOMA, (Festus L.. John H.. Samuel. Philip, I. G.) 148

XELLIE. (Ambrose E., Ezeikel, Peter, George. J. G.) 68

XELLIE MAY, (Amos, Jacob, Philip. J. G.) 185

XELLIE E.. (Hiram A., Hiram, MHchael, John M.. I. G.) . .250

XELLIE M., (Silas B., Peter. Jacob, J. G.) * 29:>

XELLIE, (Ouincv A.. Daniel. John, Peter. J. G.) Ill

NELLIE. (Ouincy A., Daniel. John, Peter, J G.) Ill

NELLIE F.. (Homer, Jeremiah, Jacob. Pe/-r. J. G.) 98

XELLIE, ( Joel W., Jacob. George, J. G.) 79

XELLIE. (Henry H.. Peter. George. J. G.) 75

XETTIE E., (George Washington, Jeremiah, Jacob, Peter,
NETTIE J., (Harvey, Frank, George, Philip, J. G.) 211

INDEX TO OVERMYER NAMES 26

NELSON F., (Benjamin, John, Peter, J. G.) 109

NELSON B., (Jacob, Solomon, Michael, John M., J. G.)..254
NEWTON C, (Jacob, Solomon, Michael John M., J. G.).254

NEWTON W., (William A., Philip, Philip, J. G.) 200

NEWTON W., (Philip A., Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 170

NINA M., (Homer A., Henry G., Hugh, Jacob, J. G.) 284

NINA, (Frank, Daniel. David, Philip, J. G.) 215

NIDA L.. (Hiram A., Hiram, Mich., Jno. M., J. G.) 250

NOAH, (George. John, Peter, J. G.) 126

NOAH, (John, George, Peter, J. G.) 85

J. G.) 99

NOAH, (George L., John M., J. G.) 222

NOAH, (Michael, John M.. J. G.) 256

NOAH, (Benjamin, John. Peter, J. G.) 109

NOAH. (Henry. William, Philip, J. G.) 152

NORRIS A., (Norris A., Albert, Jeremiah, Jacob, Peter,

J. G.) 95

NORRIS A., (Albert, Jeremiah, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 96

O.

OGLE F., (Adam, Ben Jackson, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 105

OLIVE H., (Chas. G., Geo. W., Peter, Peter, J. G.) 135

OLIVE M., (Henry G., Hugh, Jacob, J. G.) 284

OLIVE L.. (Homer A., Henrv G., Hugh, Jacob, J. G.) 284

OLIVE, (John A., John, Gerge L., lohn M., J. G.) 234

OLIVER DANIEL, (Wm. A., Daniel, Jno. George, Peter,

J. G.) 87

OLIVER, (David A.. Sol. B., George L., lohn M., J. G.) . .228
OLIVER A., (Allen W., Solomon, Michael, John M., J. G.)255

OLA, (Orrin M., Jerome. Daniel, Phillip, J. G.) 194

OLA, (Edward, Frank, George, Philip, J. G.) 212

ORA, (Philip H., George, Philip, J. G.) 207

ORA B., (Wm. A., Daniel, Jno. George, Peter. J. G.) 87

ORA A., (James B., George, John, Peter, J. G.) 124

ORA, (Beno., Luke, lacob Phillip, J. G.) 182

ORA, (Beno., Luke, Jacob Phillip, J. G.) 182

ORANGE, (Wm.. Wm.. Phillip, J. G.) 156

ORPHA L., (Levi W., Peter, Jacob, J. G.) 295

ORLAND E., (Anson K., Hugh, Louis, Jacob, T. G.) 289

ORAL OLIVER, (David A., Sol B., Geo. L.. Ino. M., J. G.)228

ORLANDO D., (Hiram, Michael, lohn M., J. G.) 249

ORIN M., (Henrv G., Hugh, lacob, T. G.) 284

ORRIN M.. (Jerome, Daniel, Philip, J. G.) 193

ORVILLE, (lohn A., John, George L., John M., J. G.) . . . .234
OSSIE W., (Geo. W., Daniel,, Jno. George, Peter, J. G.) . . 87

27

INDEX TO OVERMYER NAMES

287

65
86

187

OTHO, (Francis M., Hugh, Jacob, J. G.) . .

P.

PAUL. (Frank P., William, Peter, George, J. G.)

PAUL, (Joel, Daniel, John George, Peter, J, G.)

PAUL V., (Wm. W., Amos, Jacob, Philip, J. G.)

PAUL, (George L., John M., J. G.) 225

PETER, (George, J. G.) 59

PETER, (Peter, J. G.) 129.

PETER, (Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 94

PETER, (David, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 102

PETER, ( ) 296

PETER, (Jacob, J. G.) 293

PETER. (David, Peter, I. G.) 137

PEARL RUTH, (John H., Harrv, Hugh. Jacob, J. G.) . . . .285

PERRY K., (Philip H.. George, Philip, J. G.) 207

PERRY, (Edward. George, Philip. L G.) 213

PEMINAH, (Benjamin, John, Peter, J. G.) 109

PHILIP, (Henry, William, Philip, J. G.) 153

PHILIP A., (Jacob, Philip, I. G.) 169

PHILIP TRISTAN, (Abraham H., Philip A., Jacob,

Philip. J. G.) 172

PHILIP H., (George, Philip. J. G.) 206

PHILIP, (David, Philip, J. G.) 213

PHILIP H., (Israel. Philip. Philip, J. G.) 198

PHILIP H., (William A.. Philip, Philip. J. G.) 203

PHILIP, (Philip, J. G.) 197

PHILIP ANDERSON, (Solomon. Michael. J. G.) 255

PHILIP, (J. G.) 138

PHILIP SHERIDAN, (Amos, Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 185

PHILIP L.. (Daniel. David. Philip, f. G.) 215

PHILEMON. ( John, John M., J. G.) 263

POLLY, (William, Philip, J. G.) 158

Q.

OUINCY ALBERT. (Daniel, John, Peter, J. G.)

R.
RALPH W. E.. (Waldo E.. H. H., Peter, George, J. G
RALPH R., (Peter, David, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) . .
RALPH ROE, (Chauncv D., Wm., Jacob! Philip.
RALPH, (Thomas J., Jerome, Daniel,' Philip, J. G.)
RALPH, (Edward, Frank. George. Philip, J. G.) . .

RALPH. (Francis M.. Hugh, Jacob, J. G.)

RAYMON, (John E., Samuel, John M., J. G.) . . . .

RAYMON (Boyd, Levi, Peter, Geo., J. G.)

RAYMOND W. (David, David, Jacob. Peter. J. G.)

G

.111

. 75
.102
.175
.19;]

.212

.287
.266
. 70
.102

INDEX TO OVERMYER NAMES 28

RAYMOND, (Edward, Frank, George, Philip, J. G.) 212

RAYMOND McKINLEY, (Amos, Jacob, Philip, J. G.) . . . .185

RACHAEL, (Michael, John M., J. G.) 256

RACHEL M. (Jeremiah, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 95

RACHEL, (Benjamin, John, Peter, J. G.) 109

RAY E., (Eugene J., David A.. Michael H., David, J. G.) . .277

RAY F., (Amos A., John H., Samuel, Philip, J. G.) 146

REBECCA, (John, John M., J. G.) 267

REBECCA L., (Jeremiah, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 97

REUBEN B., (George Washington, Jeremiah, Jacob, Peter,

J. G.) 98

RHODA VICTORIA, (Hugh, Louis, Jacob, J. G.) 289

RICHARD, (Philip, Philip, J. G.) 204

RICHARD L. (Jeremiah, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 95

RICHARD P., (A. W., B. B., George L., John M., J. G.) . . .243

ROSA, (John J., Ben. J.. Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 104

ROSA, (Israel, Philip, Philip, J. G.) 199

ROSA A., (Jerome, Daniel, Philip, J. G.) .192

ROSA. (Thomas J., Jerome, Daniel, Philip. J. G.) 193

ROSCO V. (Freland L, Hugh, Louis, Jacob, J. G.) 289

ROSCO A., (George W., Luke, Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 181

ROY, (John R., Jacob, William, Philip, J. G.) 159

ROY E., (George W., Luke, Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 181

ROY (Lewis, Franklin. Geo., Phillip, J. G.) 212

ROLANDUS, (Michael F., Michael H., David, J. G.)....274
ROLANDUS C, (Jonathan, John George, Peter,* J. G.) . . . 90

ROSANNA, (Daniel, Philip, J. G.) 191

ROSELLA C, (Philip H., George, Philip, J. G.) 210

ROBERT O., (Homer A., Henrv G., Hugh, Jacob, J. G.) . .284

ROBERT L., (B. B.. George L., John M.. J. G.) 241

ROBERT J., (Tohn B., Peter, Peter. I. G.) 136

ROBERT L. (Benj. Henry, Ben Jackson, Jacob. Peter. J. G.) 105

ROSA, (John J., Ben Jackson, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 104

ROSANNA, (Peter, Peter, J. G.) 136

ROSSANA, (Philip, J. G.) 140

ROSCOE CONKLIN (Orange, William, jr., William, sr.,

Philip, J. G.) 157

ROSETTA (John, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 103

ROSEMUND RUTH, (Alvin S., John H., Samuel. Philip,

J. G.) 147

ROSAMOND, (Rolandus C, Jonathan, John George, Peter,

J. G.) 90

ROXIE, (Frank, Frank, George, Philip, J. G.) 211

ROLLA C, (Joel, John George, Peter, J. G.) 91

ROWENA M., (John I., Hugh, Jacob, J. G.) 287

29 INDEX TO OVERMYER NAMES

RUSSEL ALGER, (Isadore B., Philip A., Jacob. Philip,

J. G.) 171

S.

SARAH (Phillip. T. G.) 140

SARAH. (Peter, George, J. G.) 62

SARAH, (Qavid, Peter, [. G.) 137

SARAH E., (Peter, Peter, J. G.) 130

SARAH ELIZ., ( Joel, John George, Peter, J. G.) 91

SARAH JANE, (John. Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 103

SARAH ELIZ. (Martin V., Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 107

SARAH. ( Jacob, William, Philip, J. G.) 158

SARAH, (Daniel. Philip. J. G.) 189

SARAH ELLEN, (George, Jacob, Philip. J. G.) 177

SARAH ANN, (Jacob, Philip. J. G.) 180

SARAH, (George L., John M., J. G.) 234

SARAH, (Michael, John M., J. G.) 25G

SARAH ESTHER, (Noah, Michael, John M., J. G.) . . . .256

SARAH, (George, J. G.) 77

SARAH, ( John George, Peter. J. G.) 90

SARAH LOUISA, (George W., Peter. Peter, J. G.) 134

SARAH LOUISA, (Ezeikel, Peter, George, J. G.) 67

SARAH A., (David, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) . '. . .100

SARAH, (Benj. F., Peter, J. G.) 128

SARAH. ( Henry, William. Philip, J. G.) 152

SARAH E., (John, William. Philip. J. G.) 160

SARAH ELLEN, (Wm. A., Philip," Philip, J. G.) 200

SARAH, (Philip 11., Israel, Philip, Philip, J. G.) 198

SARAH J., (Clarence, Joseph, George, Philip, J. G.) 212

SARAH. (David, Philip, J. G.) * 214

SARAH BELL, (Sol. B., George L., John M., J. G. ) 22s

SARAH E., (Solomon, Michael, John M., J. G.) 254

SARAH H.. (William H.. Samuel, John. John M., J. G.) . . .265

SARAH, (David. J. G.) " ' 273

SARAH, ( Michael H., David. J. G.) 274

SARAH A.. (Hugh, Jacob, J.' G.) 2S3

SARAH, (John, John' M., J. G.) 264

SARAH JANE. (Ephraim, John George.. Peter, J. G.) 92

SARAH ANNE, (Chauncey David, Ephraim, John George,

Peter, J. G.) ' . 93

SADIE B., (David A., Sol. B., George L., John M.. J. G.) . .228

SADIE B., (John I.. I [ugh, Jacob, J. G.) * 2s;

SADIE P. (Benj. Henry, Ben Jackson, Jacob, Peter. J. G.).105

SAMUEL B., (George L., John M., J. G.) " 243

SAMUEL F., (B. B., George L„ John M.. J. G.) 239

SAMUEL, (Michael, John M., J. G.) 246

INDEX TO OVERMYER NAMES 30

SAMUEL, (John M., J. G.) 270

SAMUEL KELLY, (Hugh, Louis, Jacob, J. G.) 290

SAMUEL LAIRD (George W., Peter, Peter, J. G.) 131

SAMUEL, (John, Peter, J. G.) 108

SAMUEL, (Philip, J. G.) 140

SAMUEL, (John, John M., J. G.) 264

SALOME (John, Peter, J. G.) 108

SAMANTHA, (Franklin, George, Philip. J. G.) 210

SAMANTHA, (Edward, George, Philip, J. G.) 213

SANFORD PHILIP, (Philip A., Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 173

SCHUYLER, (Ezeikel, Peter, George, J. G.) 68

SCHUYLER C, (Daniel, David, Philip, J. G.) 215

SCHUYLER C, (Jacob, William, Phlip, J. G.) 159

S. L., (Amos, William, Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 175

SHERMAN, (Franklin, George, Philip, J. G.) 211

SILAS B., (Homer, Jeremiah, Jacob, Peter, j. G.) 98

SILAS BYRON, (Philamon, John, John M., J. G.) 263

SILAS B., (Peter, Jacob, J. G.) * 295

SIMON P., (Benjamin. Peter, J. G.) 128

SOLOMON, (John, Peter, J. G.) 109

SOLOMON B„ (George L., John M.. J. G.) 225

SOLOMON, (Michael, John M., J. G.) 253

SOPHIA, (Benj. F., Peter, J. G.) 128

SOPHIA, (John, Peter, J. G.) 108

STEPHEN, (David, Philip, J. G.) 213

STILWELL, (Michael, John M., J. G.) 245

STELLA MS., (Amos, George, lohn, Peter, J. G.) 123

SUSAN, (John M., J. G.) 257

SUSAN, (George L., lohn M., J. G.) 222

SLTSAN, (Benjamin, John, Peter, J. G.) 109

SUSAN, (John R., Jacob, William, Philip, J. G.) 159

SUSAN, (Fred, David, J. G.) * 273

SUSANNA, (George, John, Peter, J. G.) 122

SUSANNAH,, (William, Philip, J. G.) 161

SUSANNAH, (John George, Peter, J. G.) 84

SUSANAH, (J. G.) 12

SUSANNAH, (Peter, Peter, J. G.) 130

SUSANAH.. (Louis, Jacob, J. G.) 290

SUSANAH, (Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 183

SUSANAH, (Samuel, Philip, J. G.) 142

SUSANAH LILLIAN, (John H„ Samuel, Philip. J. G.)..144

SUSIE ESTELLE, (Philip A., Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 173

SUSIE, (David, George, John, Peter, J. G.) . 118

SYLVANUS W., (Harrv, Hugh, Jacob, J. G.) 285

SYLVA A., (Harrv, Hugh, Jacob, J. G.) 285

31 INDEX TO OVERMYER NAMES

T

THOMAS J., (Peter, George. J. G.) 75

THOMAS (Israel, Philip, Philip, J. G.) 198

THOMAS J., ( Jerome, Daniel, Philip, J. G.) 193

THOMAS,* (Thomas J., Jerome, Daniel, Philip, J. G 193

THOMAS J., (Samuel, John M., J. G.) 270

THOMAS A., ( Hugh, Jacob, J. G.) 283

THOMAS. (Peter, ) 296

THEODORE, (Harry J., Jerome, Daniel, Philip, J. G.) ... .193

THEODORE, (Hiram P., Amos, Jacob, Philip, J. G 187

THELMA UYONNA CLARK, (William A., Peter, ).297

THERESA FERN, (Charles Louis, Benjamin Franklin,

Louis, Jacob, J. G. ) 292

U.

UDORA, ( Johr B., Peter, Peter, J. G.) 136

ULYSSES S. (Hiram. Michael, John M., J. G.) 250

UNA P.. (Hiram A., Hiram, Michael, John M., J. G. ) 250

V.

YAXDER, (Israel, Philip, Philip, J. G.) 198

VELVIA, (Xorris. Albert, Jeremiah, Jacob, Peter, J. G.).. 9G

YERXA ( Frank, Levi. Peter, Geo., J. G.) 71

YERXA (Geo. H., Win. H., Geo. B.. Geo. L., Jno. M., J. G.) 230

YERXA E.. (Conrad, David. Jacob, Peter, j. G.) . . . J01

VERNA, (Sherman, Frank, George, Philip, J. G.) 211

YICIA ALICE, (David A., Sol. B., Geo. L.. John M., J. G.)228
YIRGIA C, (Homer A., Henry G., Hugh, Jacob, J. G.) . . . .284

W.
WALTER L.. (Harvev, Frank, George. Philip, J. G.)....211

WALTER LEE, (Levi, W., Peter, Jacob, J. G.) 294

WALTER MORELAXD. (Rolandus C, 'Jonathan, John

George, Peter, J. G.) 90

WALDO EMERSOX, (Henrv, Peter, George, J. G.) 7 1

YVANDAH, (Amos, William, Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 175

WARD, (Mearl D., Jerome, Daniel. Philip, J. G.) 19:,

WESLEY, (William, Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 17 1

WESLEY, (Edward. George, Philip. J. G.) 213

WILFRED ROLLIX. ( Henrv. Peter. George, J. G.) 74

WILLIAM A., (Peter, ) 29C

WILLIAM H.. (William A.. Peter, ) 296

WILLIAM H. P. (Louis B., Hugh, Louis, Jacob, J. G.) ... .290

WILLIAM S. (Phil. A., Jacob, Phillip, J. G.) . 170

WILLIAM B. (Geo. B.. Geo. W., Peter, Peter, J. G.) 135

WILLIAM G., (John Joseph, Sol. B., Geo. L., John M.,

T G ) "8

WILLIAM E., (John, George L.. John M., J. G.) 233

w

*u

INDEX TO OVERMYER NAMES 32

WILLIAM F. (Hiram, Jacob, David, J. G.) 280

WILLIAM GIBSON, (Ben Franklin, Hugh, Jacob, J. G.).287
WILLIAM EPHRAIM, (Chauncey David, Ephraim, John

George, Peter, J. G.) 93

WILLIAM ALONZO, (Daniel, John George, Peter, J. G.) . 87
WILLIAM BENJAMIN, (David Abraham, Michael H., Da-
vid, J. G.) 277

WILLIAM ALLEN, (George W., Peter, Peter, J. G.) 131

WILLIAM, (George, John George, Peter, J. G.) 93

WILLIAM F., (Conrad, David, Jacob, Peter, JL G.) 101

WILLIAM C., (David, David, Jacob, Peter, J. G.) 102

WILLIAM H., (John, Jacob., Peter, J. G.) 103

WILLIAM FRANKLIN, (Isaiah, William, Philip, J. G.)..162

WILLIAM H., (Geo. W., Luke, Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 181

WILLIAM, (Newton W., Philip A., Jacob, Philip, J. G.)..171
WILLIAM ALVIN, (Sol. B., George L., John M., }. G.). .227

WILLIAM, (Philp H., George, Philip, J. G.) * 207

WILLIAM H., (George B., George L., John M., J. G.) . . . .229
WILLIAM FERDINAND, (Michael, Michael, John M.,

T. G.) 252

WILLIAM HENRY, (Samuel, John. John M.. J. G.)....265
WILLIAM ALPHONSE, (John H., Tohn, Tohn M., J. G.).266

WILLIAM H. (Jacob, George, J. G.) 81

WILLIAM L., (William, Peter, George, I. G.) 64

WILLIAM, (Ambrose E., Ezeikel, Peter George. I. G.).. 68
WILLIAM MAURICE, (Austin, George, Jacob,* Philip.
T G ) 1 78

WILLIAM A., Philip, Philip, J. G.) .199

WILLIAM, (Luke, Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 181

WILLIAM WILLIS, (Amos, Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 186

WILLIAM, (Philip, J. G.) 149

WILLIAM. TR.. (William, Sr., Philip. T- G.) 154

WILLIAM H., (Henry, William, Philip, ]. G.) 154

WILLIAM, (Jacob, William, Philip, J. G.) 154

WILLIAM, ( Jacob, William, Philip, J. G.) 158

WILLIAM H., (John, William, Philip, J. G.) 160

WILLIAM, (Jacob. Philip, T. G.) 173

WILLIAM, (William, Jacob, Philip. J. G.) 174

WILLIAM, (Henrv, Tacob, George, I. G.) 81

WILLIAM J., (Wm. H., Tacob, George, I. G.) 81

WILLIAM, (Peter, George, J. G.) 62

WILLIE H. P., (Louis B., Hugh, Louis, Jacob, J. G.) 290

WILLIE, (Levi W., Peter, Jacob, J. G.) 294

WILLIE (Nelson F., Benj., John, Peter, J. G.) 109

WILBUR G., (Austin, George, Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 178

33 INDEX TO OTHER NAMES

WILBURT C, (Joel, John George, Peter, J. G.) 91

Z.

ZINA, (Marion, Luke, Jacob, Philip, J. G.) 182

ZULU G., (Levi C, Samuel, Michael, John M., J. G.) 247

INDEX TO OTHER NAMES

A.

ADAMS, (Amos, Maud, Edith, Blaine, Clay, Carl, Earl).. 215

AGNEW, (William, Chester, John, Catharine) 160

ALLEN, (Fernando C.) 172

ANDERSON, (William, James B., Howard H., Delbert F.,

Louis W.) 234

ANDERSON, (Glenn. Harold G.. Vernon C.) 173

ANTELS (Manford R., Francis E., Rebecca J., Loyd A.,

Harry) 93

ARTZ, (William H., Blanch P., Ida V., Harry E., Cora C,
Edward V., John W., Win. H., Virgie O., Orlie G., Orrie

G., Floyd E.) 207

ATON, (William S., Amanda E., Cora E., Levi S.) 97

AUXTER (David, Emery W., Robert H., Liscom D., Fran-
cis M., Cora B., Newton W., Blanche C.) 170

AUXTER, (Arthur, Emerson A.. Dorothv M.) 178

AUXTER, (Charles P.) 238

B.
BABCOCK, (Andrew E., Guy C, Gladvs A., Otto R., Dean

E.) 175

BABCOCK, (Flovd E., Delia L.) 69

BADY, (Norman) 212

BAIRD, (Edward E., Emma M., Llovd E.) 110

BAUMER, (Albert. Marion. Annie, Emma) 182

BAUMAN. (Henrv) 62

BAUMAN. (Marv L.) 62

BAUMAN, (Frank M.) 62

BENNER, (Chas. P., Ralph. Glenn) 157

BENNER, (Mathias, Harriet S., Marv J.. Chas. E.. James

D., Elizabeth B., Wm. H.) ' 279

BIDDLE, (Jno. W.) 155

BITTERLING, (Charles, Edna, Ruth. Clara, Geo., Chas..

Oma) 215

BLANCHARD. (Harrv, Grace E.) 172

BLOSSOM, (T. W., Nellie, Flov. Ethel, Eva. Hiram D., J.

Wood, T. Rav) 12.*;

BOYER. (George. Wm. E., Clara B., Idora V., Jeanetta E.) 72

INDEX TO OTHER NAMES 34

BOYER, (Thomas C, Bertha E., Chauncey A.) 72

BOYER, (Irvin V.) 72

BOYER, (William, Emma F.. Minerva C, Wm. W.)

BOYER, (Leroy M., Gertrude C, Frank F.)

BOYER, (Harry M. and Earl F.) 73

BOYER, (Lavern J., Claude V.) 76

BOYER (Glenn R., Clyde S.) 77

BOYER (Alfred, Abagail, Emma E., Alton A., Mea, James

A.) 156

BOYER, (Michael, Flossie M., Gertrude E., Paul) 203

BOLLEY, (Edward, Mabel M.) 105

BOWERS, (James C, Golden Y., Ada E., Horatio W.,

Lloyd M., Leon D., Malcom C.) 167

BOWERS, (Cyrus G., Mabel, Lulu, Harold, Mark).. 201

BOWERSOX, (Emanuel S., Mary J., Chas. H., Clara A.,
Emma F., Hattie V., Irvin E., Wilson T., Ellen B.,

Estella M., Cooper K., Haves) 195

BOX. (Joshua, Mary A., Margaret S., Hosea D., Sarah H.,

Charlotte J., Clara F., Susan C, Emma L.) 232

BOND, (William A., Ivan L., Marv E.. Rex P., Lucy B.).294
BRADBURY, (Jno., Wm. F., Geo. W., Harry C, Orval

D., John H., Jessie, Alice M., Freddie, Rov, Ethel G.)..122
BRENNER, (Louis, Bertha E., Edith B., Ruth A., Gilbert

L., Irene A., Chas. E.) 124

BLTRKETT, (Ephraim, Susannah, Minerva, Wm.. Ida, Al-
bert, Michael, Austin) 196

BURKETT, (Levi, Geo.. Catharine. Phillpi H., Franklin,
Amanda, Luke, Jane, Lucy, Grant, Austin, Marion,

Ida) * 206

BURKETT, (Daniel, Evannah. Amelia, Catharine, Allen,
Aaron, Carry, Richard, Geo., Schuyler, Maud, Dwight,

Gertrude) 256

BURKETT, (Tacob. Ellen, Marv, George, Alta) 276

BURKETT, (Willis, Ethel C.) 64

BURKETT, (Wm., Wesley, Elizabeth. Jennie, Isaiah,

Elmer ." 285

BUSH. (Edward Y.. Edna Z.) Ill

C.

COLLIER, (Frank H.( Erlo F.) Ill

CLEVELAND, (Ralph B., Verna M.) Ill

CLAY, (George W., Helen R.) 278

CLARK, (Allie. Thelma N.) 297

COCHRAN, (Nathan, Marshall, Emma, Ervin, Frank,

Grace, Floydean) 157

COCHRAN, (Henry E., Esther M., Hazel L.) 179

35 INDEX TO OTHER NAMES

CUTTER, (Albert B.) 114

D.

DIDDIA, (Jacob E., Jno. R., Susan, Clyde F.) 252

DONNELY, (Frank, Nellie M., Sarah E.) 106

DORNMYER, (Henry, Gladys C. and Harry J.) 97

DORNMYER, (Jeremiah V., Lucina E., Rosa S., Emma C,

Jno. W., James M., Sarah E., Rufus H., Chas. E., Geo.

M.) 128

DRUNKENMILLER, (Deniel, Margaret, Phil. H., Mary

J., Amos N., Wm. P., Emma C, Sarah E., Harriet,

Rutherford B., Archibald W.) 204

DRUKENMILLER, (Austin. Georgia E., Effie M.) 182

DUDELSON, (Zina, Nellie, May, Luke, Alvin, Dollie, Elsie,

Zina) 183

DUNFEE, (Thomas, Agnes, Chas. W., Garfield, Harriet,

Rosanna, Fred, Goldie, Joseph ) 198

E.
ELLSWORTH, (Elijah D., Eugene, Irwin H., Etta A.) . . .281
EMIGHT, (Frank, Rosa, Bennie, Mayme, Bessie, Harvey.. 182

ENGLER, (Jacob N., Cora O., Mary E., Henry H.) 235

ETTER, (David, Geo. L., Mary E., David A., Isabella, Paul

L., Sarah L., Robert 134

EVERSOLE, (Joseph, Martha, Nathaniel, Kezziah, Sus-
anna, Calista) 190

F.

FALL, (Alexander, Walter D., Howard C, Bessie M.) 123

FISHER, (Joseph, Mary E., Adam) 105

FOUGHT, (Frank, Eva M.) 162

FOUGHT, (Arthur) 179

FOUGHT, (Alvin P., Wilfred H., Paul P., Olien C.) 208

FOSTER. (Christian, Mahala, Calista, Lovina) 246

FREEH, (Charles, Anna E., Geo. A., Louis H., Hazel C,

Carl W.) 231

FURNEY, (H., Maud B., Alta M., Rubv L.) 107

G.

GAHN, (Clarence T., Laura C.) 255

GALLUP, (Mozart) 164

GARNER, (Jno. H., Laura A., Josiah W., David P.,

Louisa, Mary, Charles, Christian, Pearl J.) 100

GLOVER, (Christian) 99

GNEPPER, (Fred, Jno. W., Pearl M.. Amos F., Mary F.,

Bernice I., Harrv E., Mabel S.) 146

GROSS, (Olive, Irene) 101

GRUBER, (Benj., Alfred F.) 122

INDEX TO OTHER NAMES 36

H.

HAAS, (John, Harry, Dora, Geo., Erie) 200

HAMMON, (Jackson, Isaac J.) 275

HAMMITT, (Oliver H., Geo. W., Samuel, Sarah A., John,

James M., Benj.) 85

HAVENS, (Birchard, Clara, Hattie, Myrta, Delia) 292

HELM, (Francis, Bessie M.. Cecelia E., James L.) 107

HETRICK, (Israel, Mary E.. Dora M., Fred D.) 254

HETRICK, (Chas., Wilfred, Berlv M., Harlev N.„ Phillip). 209

HETRICK, (Alfred D., Lloyd E., Vida, Grace) 147

HETRICK, (Henry A., Oral C, Flora E.) 97

HEINEMAN, (Wm. M., Forest E., Ada R., Marv C,

Rolla P.) 208

HESS. (Conrad, Mary A., Amanda C, Louis M., Cyrus N.,
Sarah J., Wm. A., Chas. B., Daisy A., Lillian A.,

Blanche R.) 184

HESS, (Jacob, Mary C, Ida J., Cora A., Herman G., Sarah
L., Rutherford B., lacob S., Alvin E., Elmer G., Cyrus

W., Orville A.) . . . .188

HISER, (John J., Frank J.) 264

HISER, (John) 160

HILLMAN, (Zurel, Esther, Irma) 97

HOUSTON, (Robert W., Nellie C, Robert M.) 79

HOWELL, (Frank E., James M.) Ill

HOLLINGER, (Jacob) 128

HOFFMAN, (Jacob) 183

HOESEL, (Richard, C. Hubert, Nettie B., Mary E., Ida C,
Chas. H., Louisa A., Clara E., Frank A., John L., Alpha

R.) , 224

HUBBARD, (Elijah W., Marv, Gertrude) 76

HUNN, (Cliffton) 155

HURST, (Hazel A., Harold G.) 75

J-

IOHNSON, (Kenneth, Ershel) 87

JOHNSON, (Jno., Catherine, William. Elizabeth, Sarah,

Mary. Ellen, Daniel) 158

JOHNSON, (Geo. I., Irving O.) 210

K.
KANE, (Albert, Ellen, Clement, Henry, Cora, Maude, Hilda.

Geo.. Fred, Lester) " 276

KARSCHNER, (Geo. W., Daniel, Marv A., David) 192

KALB, (Jno. S., Lucretia, Marietta) 172

KESSLER, (Jonathan, Catherine, Jno., Barbara, Susan,

Noah, Sarah, Lavina, Elizabeth, Benj. F.) 257

37 INDEX TO OTHER NAMES

KELLY, (John, Rosetta, Willis A., Rufus M.) 290

KNISELY, (John, Jane, George) 286

KOCHER, (Milton H., Howard R., Mamie L, Harry L.,

Catherine F., Nellie, Lottie, Freda) 202

KROUGH, (John, Levi H., Clive C, Herold R.) 295

KUNS, (John, Salome, Catharine, Samuel, Jno.. Elizabeth) ..211

L

LANCE, (Henry, Ellen, Clara, Mary, Sarah E.) 295

LEITER, (Sidnev, Wm„ Clyde, Lucv, Marie) 175

LEWIS, Edward, Cecil) 216

E„ Francis M.) 201

LONG, (Harvey, Ethel. Maud P., Jamima E. ) 99

LOCHMILLER. (Henry, Clara, Edward) 228

LOOSE, (Jerome L. ) 1 42

LOOSE, (Elum S., Ida and Mary) 143

M.
MENKHANS, (Joseph) 179

MILLER, (David, Wesley ()., Mary R.. Harry A.. Lulu C,

Otto O.) ' .' 144

MORMAN, ( Alonzo) 194

MOSER, (Samuel W.. Myrtle M., Arthur F., Fred E..

Floyd L. ) ' 202

MOORE, (Isaac, Geo. \Y.. Catherine, Mary. John. Deniel,

Simon. Israel) 270

MOHLER, (Geo., Eva A., Fred E., Lottie F.. Dorr W.,
MURRAY. (Geo. W.) 77

Nellie B.) 101

MUNK, (Daniel. Oliver, Harry, Chas., Arthur. Mildred,

Wonetta, Malcom) 166

MURPHY, (Michael, Hattie M., Lila M.. Geo. R.. Ora M..

Laura J., Fred E., Clarence L.) 177

MYERS. ('Geo. H., Hadie B., Merlin D.. Geo. H., Clyde F.) 7(5

N.

NEWCOMER. ( Jacoh. Alice. Lewis) 161

NICHOLS. (Loren. Ralph C. Charlotte A.) 163

NOTESTINE. (Jefferson. Beryl. Haldon W., Clement J.).. 145

O.

OLDS, (Washington) 190

OPPERMAN. (lohn. Nellie M.) 181

OSBORN. (Leonard, Minot L.. Fern.. Fred.) 66

OSWALD. (Chas.. Alonzo B.. Chauncv C. Florence,
Maud. Bessie, Chas. E.) 159

P.
PALMER, (James) 199

INDEX TO OTHER NAMES 38

PENNOCK, (Elva E., Nettie B.) 99

Irwin C.) 136

PIERT, (Jerome, Frank, Ernest, Leroy, Blanche, Gladys,
Nina, Flossie, Pearl, Clarence) 275

POWELL, (Allie) 159

R.

REED, (Sarah, Catherine, John, Caroline, Elizabeth, Sus-
anna, Mary J.) 94

REEL, (Henry F., Eva C, Edward, Clarence 134

RINEHOLD, (John, Annie, Charles, Wm., Louis, Fred,
Rosa. Delia, Jno., Ida, Minnie, Arlie) 198

ROOD, (Ralph, Alice, May) 267

S.
SCHUCK, (Joseph, Marie, Beatrice, Hilda, Edward J.).. 275

SHANNON, (John, Charles) 231

SHIVELY, (Joseph, Sarah, Elizabeth, Henry, John, Geo.

A., Solomon, Joseph F., Wm. H., James A., Louis W.) . .222
SHREFFLER, (Henry, Louis F., Allen 0., Mary C. Henry
SEIGENTHALER, (Henrv, Geo. W., Alvesta, Louisa E.,

Elizabeth L.. Hattie C, Henry E., Bertha M., Harry R.) .149

SEIDEL, (Ferdinand) £23

SLATER, (Geo. F., Faye E.) 265

SMITH, (Stephen, Wm. J.. Wesley, Fannie F.) 64

SMITH, (Wm., Rosa L., Harriet D., Frederick M., Frank

L.) 92

SMITH, (Alvin E., Adrain L., James D., Oliver R.) 89

SPANGLER, (Jacob) 273

SPEAR, (Jno. L., Lavina R., Thermia I.) 135

SPIELDENNER, (Frank, Magdalena E., Martha B., Mary

F., Solomon A., Frank E.) 227

SPOHN, (Solomon, Barbara C, Martha R., Louis E.) 130

SPOHN, (Joel, Jos. P., Loretta, Lucy A., Samuel, Sarah

C, Mary E., John O., Melissa, Clement V., Wm. A.,

Chas. W., Emma A., David M., Annie L., Martin E.) . .136
SNYDER, (Nicholas D., Blanche, Lyman, Rosa, Charles,

Peter. Nano, Frances, N. D., Mary A., Mildred) 137

SOHN, (Uriah, Harry F., Chas. A.,' C. H., Elmer M.,

Sarah L., Geo. N.) 107

STINE, (Adam, Geo. W., Almeda, Samuel L., Mary E.,

Sarah E., Chas., Manerva E., Jno. W.) 127

STEWART, (Jno. E., James N., Theodore) 124

STROHL, (Peter, Isabel, Isaac, Margaret, Maria, Catharine,

Barbara) 78

STULTZ, (Peter, Sarah, Jno. B., Susannah) 85

39 INDEX TO OTHER NAMES

STULTZ, (Jno., Elizabeth, Joseph, George, Jemima A.) . . . . 84
STULTZ, (Jos., Geo. W., James, Mary E., Jemima J., Julia

A., Wm. H., Rhoda E., Elias N.. Sarah E.) 91

SWARTZLANDER, (Wm, Mathias. Michael, Wm. H.,

Mary, David, James 274

T.

TEEMS, (Henry, Jno., Geo.. Cora. Ernest, Hattie) 160

THOMPSON, (Dr. A. R.. Wm. H.) Kil

V.

VINING, (Charles, Chas. R.) 253

W.

WAGGONER, (Daniel, Louisa, Joseph. Jno. J., Amos E.). .142
WAGGONER, (Samuel B., Elizabeth, Jno., IsVael. Amineely,

Wm. V.) .'.118

WAGGONER, (Hiram, Jno. J., Phil. H., Wm. E., Mary

E., Catharine, Sarah C. Charles) ISO

WALKER, Tohn, Earl) 194

WARD, (Frank. Isaac A.. Ivan S., Ethel M., Ella V., Mary

M., Chas. H.) 228

WEISMAN, (Jno., David M., Samuel. Wm. A.. John P.,

Oliver H. P., Geo. O.) 130

WOODWARD, (Gilbert M.. Helen L.) 80

WOODWARD, (Charles A.) 10!)

WOLFE, (Clarence C, Dorothv C. Chas. C.) 165

WYANT, (Reuben, Cora, Ira, Geo.) 285

Y.
YOUNG, (Frank) 199

Z.

ZARTMAN, (Samuel M.) 234

ZELLARS. (Benjamin, Almeda, Alvin. Harry) 215