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Tot Overby

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Tot Overby

Birth
Buford, Hall County, Georgia, USA
Death
24 May 1930 (aged 8)
Burial
Pinehurst, Dooly County, Georgia, USA
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Tot Overby died May 1930 in Rebecca, Turner County, Georgia due to malaria. He was the son of Henry Clinton "Clint" Overby and Minnie Jones Overby. He was born July 29, 1921. He had 17 siblings.: Nila, Willie, Addie Velma, Charles Henry, Lessie, Nancy R, Collie Luther "Bill, " Polly, Dorothy L, Hortense, Howard Wadley, Clinton Overby, Jr., Florence B., Allen H., Tot, Mildred "Dimples", Edsel, and Baby Overby.

He had lived in North Georgia on old Cherokee Indian land with his parents when they moved the family to Turner County. Malaria made its way to the interior of Georgia in 1807. Settlers who took over the land after the native Americans were forced out, cut down trees, and opened up the soil, allowing the disease to spread.

He was buried in the Mount Olive Cemetery in Pinehurst, Dooly County, Georgia next to his four sisters who died from malaria the end of the previous year.
Tot Overby died May 1930 in Rebecca, Turner County, Georgia due to malaria. He was the son of Henry Clinton "Clint" Overby and Minnie Jones Overby. He was born July 29, 1921. He had 17 siblings.: Nila, Willie, Addie Velma, Charles Henry, Lessie, Nancy R, Collie Luther "Bill, " Polly, Dorothy L, Hortense, Howard Wadley, Clinton Overby, Jr., Florence B., Allen H., Tot, Mildred "Dimples", Edsel, and Baby Overby.

He had lived in North Georgia on old Cherokee Indian land with his parents when they moved the family to Turner County. Malaria made its way to the interior of Georgia in 1807. Settlers who took over the land after the native Americans were forced out, cut down trees, and opened up the soil, allowing the disease to spread.

He was buried in the Mount Olive Cemetery in Pinehurst, Dooly County, Georgia next to his four sisters who died from malaria the end of the previous year.

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  • Created by: Heattown
  • Added: Aug 3, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114872000/tot-overby: accessed ), memorial page for Tot Overby (29 Jul 1921–24 May 1930), Find a Grave Memorial ID 114872000, citing Mount Olive Cemetery #2, Pinehurst, Dooly County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Heattown (contributor 48167120).