George Overmier

• Updated from Find A Grave Memorial via daughter Sarah Herrman (born Overmier) by SmartCopy: Dec 4 2015, 2:41:44 UTC

Surname has also been reported to be Overmeier.

GREAT GRANDSON OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR CAPTAIN JOHN GEORGE OVERMIRE

BROTHER OF CIVIL WAR VETERAN LEVI OVERMIRE

UNCLE OF CIVIL WAR CAPT. SILAS OVERMIRE

PIONEER

George was the son of George (IV) Overmire and Catharine "Kitty" Emerick. He married Susannah Houtz.

"I am profoundly proud to be a direct descendant of these two stalwart citizens, who attained and practiced the highest concepts of character, citizenship, self reliance, and determination for betterment. This, at a time in the life of this nation when mere existence and the procurement of some sort of living for a large, young, and growing family, from the untilled plains and forest, was rugged indeed." --Melvern D. Overmier, grandson of George and Susannah

"Grandmother passed away in October 1891 after a rather prolonged illness. The following January, Grandfather said, "I don't want to live any longer." To all appearances, he had not been ailing, but he lay down and the end came almost immediately, after only 79 years of his life." --Melvern D. Overmier

THE STAFFORD CEMETERY "Grandfather George and Grandmother Susannah both rest today in the Stafford Cemetery, a short distance from the "Stafford" house which Grandfather and his sons previously erected. This cemetery is carved out of a niche of the Stafford farm where Grandfather George lived with his family for three years around 1864-1867. The large granite sectional marker, which Grandfather himself purchased before his death, marks the grave site." --Melvern D. Overmier

sources

• One Immigrant's Legacy, The Overmyer Family in America, 1751-2009, by Laurence Overmire, Indelible Mark Publishing, www.imarkbooks.com