Dr. Henry P. Overbay

Dr Henry P. Overbay BIRTH 13 Jun 1833 Rome, Floyd County, Georgia, USA DEATH 23 Jan 1880 (aged 46) Schulenburg, Fayette County, Texas, USA BURIAL Old High Hill Cemetery High Hill, Fayette County, Texas, USA PLOT Plot 117 MEMORIAL ID 43993780 · View Source

MEMORIAL PHOTOS 2 FLOWERS 2 06/18/1822 (or 06/13/1822) - Born, near Rome, Floyd Co., GA Father: Dr. William P. Overbay Mother: Nancy P. Sudduth [or Suddeth] 11/26/1849 - Married, Jane E. Lawhorn Ragsdell [or Ragsdale], Newton Co., TX 1850 - Lived, Newton Co., TX 11/25/1856 - Married Penina Elizabeth Henderson, Fayette Co., TX (she died in 1870) 1858 - Elected first Worshipful Master, Lyons Lodge #195, A.F. & A.M., Fayette Co., TX 1860 - Practiced medicine, Fayette Co., TX [indexed in 1860 U. S. Census as N. P. Overley] 01/01/1862 - Enlisted, Pvt., Co. D, 27th TX Cavalry [Whitfield's], Hallettsville, Lavaca Co., TX 04/14/1862 - Transferred to Co. M, 27th TX Cavalry [Whitfield's] 04/15/1862 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, 27th TX Cavalry [Whitfield's] 04/30/1862 - On detached duty from being Pvt., Co. M., 27th TX Cavalry [Whitfield's] 06/14/1862 - Discharged by reason of disability 1864 - Lived, Lavaca Co., TX 01/30/1864 - Enlisted in Capt. S. Townsend's Co., 3rd Regiment Cavalry, Texas State Troops, San Antonio River, TX [Enrolled in compliance with General Order No. 14, Houston, TX, Jan. 20, 1864 - Dr. Overbay claimed exemption as a physician] 06/26/1870 - Practiced medicine, Lavaca Co., TX [indexed in the 1870 U.S. Census as Henry P. Overby living with Penina E. Overby] 11/17/1870 - Married Ruth Garrett James ["Married within four months of Penina's death for his children's sake"] 1873 - Moved to Schulenburg, Fayette Co., TX 1874 - Practiced medicine, Hackberry, Fayette Co., TX 01/22/1880 (or 01/23/1880) - Died, Schulenburg, Fayette Co., TX (buried in the Protestant part of High Hill Cemetery, Fayette Co., TX)

Note: An article by F.M. Weathered in the Galveston Medical Journal, vol. 5, February, 1870, p. 92, claims that Dr. Overbay graduated at the Medical College of Louisiana. However, he is not listed as a graduate in their alumni directory. It is possible that he attended classes at this New Orleans medical school.

Part of this biography was taken from a sketch written by Norman C. Krischke.

Thanks to Rebecca Herder for her input.

This biographical sketch is from: Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical register of physicians who served the Confederacy in a medical capacity. 02/26/2014. Unpublished database.

The following was added by Rebecca: He was a doctor for Lyons and Schulenburg. Three wives: Jane E. Ragsdale, Nov 26, 1848 / Penina E. Henderson, Nov 25, 1856 / Ruth Garrett James, Nov 17 , 1870. Six children: Eugene, Lamar, Vattell, Aroma, Henry P., Jr. and Rebel Lee.

Family Members Spouse Penina E. Henderson Overbay 1842–1870

Children Eugene Lamar Overbay 1852–1928

Lamar Overbay 1858–1880

Vattell Albert Overbay 1859–1907

Photo Aroma Overbay Karsch 1861–1939

Photo Rebel Lee Overbay 1869–1932

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