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George Overmyer

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio, United States
Death: January 16, 1879 (61)
Redding Township, Jackson County, Indiana, United States
Place of Burial: Reddington, Jackson County, Indiana, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of John Overmyer of Pickaway and Maria Barbara Overmyer
Husband of Catherine Overmyer and Harriet Overmyer
Father of James Buchanan Overmyer; Martin Overmyer; Jane Overmyer; George Overmyer; Isabella B. Blossom and 7 others
Brother of Solomon Overmyer; Daniel Overmyer; Margaret Rieman; Benjamin Overmyer; John Overmyer and 2 others

Managed by: Judith "Judi" Elaine (McKee) Burns
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About George Overmyer

George Overmyer was born 6 May 1817 in Circleville,

     Pickaway Co., OH, and died 16 Jan 1879 in Reddington Twp., Jackson Co., 
     IN. He married Harriet Camp 2 Jan 1844 in Pickaway Co., OH, daughter of 
     Jacob Camp and Catherine Lehman. She was born 14 Jan 1823 in Pennsylvania, 
     and died 13 Oct 1852 in Redding Twp., Jackson Co., IN. She was buried in 
     Reddington Cemetery, Reddington Twp., Jackson, IN. He married Catherine 
     Swengel 8 May 1853 in Jackson Co., Indiana, daughter of Michael Swengel 
     and Susan Oester. She was born 3 Oct 1834 in Reddington Twp., Jackson Co., 
     IN, and died 15 Jan 1875 in Reddington Twp., Jackson Co., IN. She was 
     buried in Reddington Cemetery, Redding Twp., Jackson Co., IN.
     Children of George Overmyer and Harriet Camp are:+759  i.JOHN 
           (SPEAKER OF THE INDIANA HOUSE) OVERMYER was born 18 Nov 1844 in 
           Pickaway Co., OH, and died 17 May 1919 in Indiana.
  • +760 ii.REP. DAVID (KANSAS LEGISLATURE) OVERMYER was born 1 May
  • 1847 in Circleville, Pickaway Co., OH, and died 9 Jan 1907 in
  • Topeka, Shawnee Co., KS.
  • 761 iii.Jacob Overmyer was born Aug 1849 in Jackson Co., IN, and
  • died Abt 1854.
  • +762 iv.Susannah Camp Overmyer was born 1 Sep 1851 in Sullivan,
  • Sullivan Co., IN, and died 24 Dec 1939 in Newton, Jasper Co., IL.
     Children of George Overmyer and Catherine Swengel are: 763  i.Martin 
           Overmyer was born 30 Oct 1853, and died 23 Apr 1864 in Reddington 
           Twp., Jackson Co., IN.
    *        +764  ii.Noah A. Overmyer was born 25 Jan 1870 in Reddington Twp., 

* Jackson Co., IN, and died 20 Feb 1940 in Spokane, Spokane Co., WA.

  • +765 iii.Harriet Overmyer was born 3 Apr 1855 in Reddington Twp.,
  • Jackson Co., IN, and died 15 Mar 1920 in Jackson Co., IN.
  • +766 iv.Amos M. Overmeyer was born 3 Mar 1857 in Reddington Twp.,
  • Jackson Co., IN, and died 5 Apr 1906 in Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN.
  • +767 v.James Buchanan Overmyer was born 31 Oct 1859 in Reddington,
  • Jackson Co., IN, and died 27 May 1901 in Neoga, Cumberland Co., IL
  • (of typhoid fever).
  • 768 vi.Jane Overmyer was born 2 Mar 1860, and died May 1866 in
  • Reddington Twp., Jackson Co., IN.
  • 769 vii.George Overmyer was born 30 May 1863, and died 5 Jun 1863.
  • +770 viii.Barbara Overmyer was born 5 Apr 1865 in Reddington Twp.,
  • Jackson Co., IN, and died Aft 1905.
  • +771 ix.Isabella B. “Belle” Overmyer was born 17 Feb 1867 in
  • Reddington Twp., Jackson Co., IN, and died 21 Jun 1941 in Of Topeka,
  • Shawnee Co., KS.
  • 772 x.Ira Overmyer was born 1861 in Reddington Twp., Jackson Co.,
  • IN, and died 1892 in Of Reddington Twp., Jackson Co., IN. He married
  • Unknown Sparks. She was born Abt 1871.
  • 773 xi.Maria B. “Marie” (Newspaper Editor) Overmyer was born 12
  • Feb 1873 in Reddington Twp., Jackson Co., IN, and died Aft 1905 in
  • Of Seymour, IN. She married Charles W. Burkhart 23 Feb 1897 in
  • Tipton Co., IN. He died Aft 1905 in Of Seymour, IN.

GREAT GRANDSON OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR CAPTAIN JOHN GEORGE OVERMIRE

He was the son of John (of Pickaway) Overmier and Barbara Gensel. He married 1) Harriet Camp 2) Katharine Swengel.

George was a farmer, carpenter, and builder, a Lutheran, and a Jefferson and Jackson Democrat.

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George Overmyer's Timeline

1817
May 6, 1817
Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio, United States
1844
November 18, 1844
Pickaway,Ohio
1847
May 1, 1847
Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio, USA
1851
September 1, 1851
Reddington, IN, United States
1853
October 30, 1853
1857
March 3, 1857
Redding Township, Jackson County, Indiana, United States
1859
October 31, 1859
Reddington, Jackson, Indiana, United States
1860
March 2, 1860
1861
August 23, 1861
Redding Township, Jackson County, Indiana, United States