Simeon Overacker

Extract from the 1850 Census:

• Name: Simeon Overacker
• Age in 1860: 32
• Estimated birth year: 1818
• Birthplace: Ohio
• Race: white
• Gender: male
• Relation to head-of-house: head
• Home in 1850: Grattan, Kent, Michigan
• Value of real estate: $400
• Occupation: farmer
• Census place: Grattan, Kent, Michigan; Roll M432_353; Page: 303B; Image: 591
• Date: 19 Oct 1850

Extract from "History of Wright County, Iowa, its peoples, industries and institutions," H P Birdsall, Editor, B F Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1915:

Roads at this early day consisted of mere tracks, the route being decided by the first teamster who happened to pass that way. Bridges there were none, the streams being forded where encountered, and marshes avoided as best the unfortunate could. For several years the road from Belmond to Horse Grove was east of and around Franklin Grove, a distance of about fifteen miles, nearly double the length of the course pursued by a crow passing between the same points.

The nearest supply store was that of Boriah Weight, at Hardin City, where most of the mail was received until that town went into decline, after which, for a long time, Cedar Falls became the popular trading point and postoffice. For a long time Simeon Overacker carried the mail on foot, receiving therefore five dollars per trip, which amount was donated by the individuals of the settlement.

Extract from the 1860 Census:

• Name: Simeon Overacker
• Age in 1860: 42
• Estimated birth year: 1818
• Birthplace: Ohio
• Race: white
• Sex: male
• Relation to head-of-house: head
• Home in 1860: Pleasant, Wright, Iowa
• Post office: Belmond
• Value of real estate: $800
• Value of personal property: $200
• Occupation: master mason
• Census place: Pleasant, Wright, Iowa; Roll M653_345; Page: 1052; Image: 500; Family History Library Film: 803345
• Date: 10 Jul 1860

Extract from American Civil War Soldiers:

• Name: Simeon Overacker
• Residence: Belmond, Iowa
• Enlistment date: 14 August 1862
• Distinguished service: distinguished service
• Side served: Union
• State served: Iowa
• Unit numbers: 207
• Service record: enlisted as a private on 14 August 1862 at the age of 44
• Transferred into Regiment U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps on 1 Jan 1864
• Transferred out of Company A, 32nd Infantry Regiment Iowa on 1 Jan 1864
• Received a disability discharge from Regiment U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps on 25 Jul 1864 at Columbus, Ohio.

Extract from the 1870 Census: Name: Simeon Overacker

• Age in 1870: 52
• Estimated birth year: 1818
• Birthplace: Ohio
• Race: white
• Gender: male
• Relation to head-of-house: head
• Home in 1870: Clarion, Wright, Iowa
• Post office: Clarion
• Value of real estate: $11,000
• Value of personal property: $1000
• Occupation: farmer
• Census place: Clarion, Wright, Iowa; Roll: M593_427; Page: 464; Image: 269
• Date: 5 Jul 1870

Extract from the 1880 Census: Name: Simeon Overacker Age: 62 Estimated birth year: 1818 Birthplace: Ohio Race: white Sex: male Relationship to head-of-household: head Home in 1880: Clarion, Wright, Iowa Marital status: married Father's birthplace: New York Mother's birthplace: Vermont Occupation: farmer Census place: Clarion, Wright, Iowa; Roll: T9_371; Family History Film: 1254371; Page: 536.2000; Enumeration District: 252; Image: 0395 Date: 10 Jun 1880

Extract from the 1885 Iowa State Census:

• Name: Simeon Overacker
• Age: 67
• Estimated birth year: 1818
• Birth location: Ohio
• Race: white
• Gender: male
• Residence county: Wright
• Residence state: Iowa
• Locality: Clarion
• Marital status: married
• Occupation: farmer
• Line: 13
• Roll: IA1885_283

He married Caroline Amanda Paddock 19 Oct 1841 in Jackson, Jackson, Michigan.

Source: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=54062098

GEDCOM Note

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