Borden Forest Overton

1930 Beaumont, Jefferson County TX Census, 2 APR 1930

Borden F. and Ethel J. Overton are listed with their two daughters, Dorthy S., 5; and Bobbie M., 1. Border is 31, a driller in an oil field. Borden's father was from Missouri, his mother from Texas.

WWI Draft Registration

Borden Forest Overton, b. 30 JAN 1899, Cleveland, Liberty County TX. He's working as a laborer for the Mohawk Oil Company. Maggie Jane Hurst is listed as a contact. The 1900 Harris County Census lists his mother as Maggie J. Overton. His father is Leonidas.

Overton, TX was named after this Overton family.

Bobbie told me the Overtons came from Missouri (?) by covered wagon. Leonidas was a doctor. The wagon ran over his son. They buried him on the trail. - TSS, Summer 2006