COUNTY TREASURER
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A BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN B. OVERMYER, by Laurence Overmire (Half 2C5R), Genealogist and Overmyer Family Historian, Aug. 2008:
John B. Overmyer was born in New Reading, Perry County, Ohio, on June 16, 1835, the son of Peter and Rosannah (Bueb) Overmyer.
A farmer, he married Amanda Baker, daughter of James and Nancy Baker, on Christmas in 1856. They had a son who died in infancy about 1858 and a son Lewis Albert born in 1859. Amanda died at the age of 26 on Oct. 10, 1862.
On Oct. 21, 1868, John married a second time to Sarah Rebecca Snyder, daughter of Simon and Nancy Ann (Jackson) Snyder. They had 6 children: Mary Genevieve, Eudora R., Clara J., John Jackson, Nancy A. and Robert Edward.
Known for his honesty and quiet demeanor, John was a trustee of his township and in 1873 was elected to the office of County Treasurer. He served for two terms. He was also an inventor. He invented a time lock for the safes in the treasurer's office.
John lived in the family mansion "where the Overmeyer name and ancestry has been known and honored for more than three quarters of a century."
He died in New Reading on Nov. 29, 1906, at the age of 71, and was buried in the New Reading Cemetery.
For sources see: "One Immigrant's Legacy, The Overmyer Family in America, 1751-2009," by Laurence Overmire, [Indelible Mark Publishing, www.imarkbooks.com, 2009]
COUNTY TREASURER
INVENTOR
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A BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN B. OVERMYER, by Laurence Overmire (Half 2C5R), Genealogist and Overmyer Family Historian, Aug. 2008:
John B. Overmyer was born in New Reading, Perry County, Ohio, on June 16, 1835, the son of Peter and Rosannah (Bueb) Overmyer.
A farmer, he married Amanda Baker, daughter of James and Nancy Baker, on Christmas in 1856. They had a son who died in infancy about 1858 and a son Lewis Albert born in 1859. Amanda died at the age of 26 on Oct. 10, 1862.
On Oct. 21, 1868, John married a second time to Sarah Rebecca Snyder, daughter of Simon and Nancy Ann (Jackson) Snyder. They had 6 children: Mary Genevieve, Eudora R., Clara J., John Jackson, Nancy A. and Robert Edward.
Known for his honesty and quiet demeanor, John was a trustee of his township and in 1873 was elected to the office of County Treasurer. He served for two terms. He was also an inventor. He invented a time lock for the safes in the treasurer's office.
John lived in the family mansion "where the Overmeyer name and ancestry has been known and honored for more than three quarters of a century."
He died in New Reading on Nov. 29, 1906, at the age of 71, and was buried in the New Reading Cemetery.
For sources see: "One Immigrant's Legacy, The Overmyer Family in America, 1751-2009," by Laurence Overmire, [Indelible Mark Publishing, www.imarkbooks.com, 2009]
Family Members
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Sarah Eva Overmyer Weisman Spohn
1826–1892
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Capt George Washington Overmyer
1827–1887
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Rosannah Overmyer Spohn
1830–1908
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Benjamin Franklin Overmier
1832–1834
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Susannah Overmyer
1838–1838
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David Marion Overmier
1840–1841
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Mary Ann Overmyer
1842–1864
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Catherine Overmyer Paden
1846–1926
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Lorretto Overmier
1848–1848
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Huldah Overmyer Snyder
1859–1929
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Lewis Albert Overmyer
1859–1890
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Homer O. Overmyer
1862–1862
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Mary Genevieve Overmyer Gallin
1868–1916
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Eudora R. "Dora" Overmyer Bennett
1871–1964
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Clara Gertrude Overmyer Kullman
1872–1966
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John Jay Overmyer
1874–1951
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Nancy H. "Nana" Overmyer Hollingsworth
1876–1962
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Robert Edward Overmyer
1879–1948
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Infant Son Overmyer
unknown–1858
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