Name: Philip A. OVERMYER
Given Name: Philip A.
Surname: OVERMYER/Obermoyer
Sex: M
Birth: 19 Dec 1823 in Union Co., Pennsylvania 1
Death: 22 Jan 1897 in Fremont, Sandusky Co., Ohio
Burial: Ballville Twp., Sandusky Co., Ohio
ADDR: 1225 Oakwood St.,
Ballville Twp., Sandusky Co. Ohio

Event: Company K, 169th Regiment, 2nd Lieutenant, Ohio National Guard Military Service 2 May 1864 2
Event: 2nd Lieutenant Military Discharge 4 Sep 1864
Occupation: wagon maker
Event: Croghan Lodge, I. O. O. F., and the Eugene Rawson Post, G. A. R. Member
_UID: C898CB657B2E40FF98E171FC16D6A35A47CB

PHILIP A. (Jacob; Philip; J. G.), the oldest son which grew to manhood, of Jacob and Catharine (Anderson) Overmyer, was born in Union County, Pa., December 19th, 1823, and emigrated to New York state with his father when a child, and a ccompanied them on their journey to Sandusky County, in 1834.

He shared the hardships and labor of pioneer life, being the oldest son he had very little chance to acquire an education, though he attended the country school as it then existed in Washington Township, Sandusky County, Ohio.

He married January 2nd, 1848, by Rev. Henry Lang, Margaret Waggoner, daughter of George and Margaret (Klinger) Waggoner. He engaged in farming and was also a wagonmaker, as his father had been, and for about twenty years he owned and operated a saw mill on Big Mud Creek in what is now the suburbs of Lindsey, and when the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad was built, he supplied the Company with much of the sawed material for bridges, ties, etc. When the country was in the toils of the Civil War he was elected 2nd Lieutenant of Co. K, 169th O. N. G., May 4th, 1864, and went with his regiment to the defense of Washington city, being stationed at Fort Ethan Allen and Fort Massey. Company K was commanded by Captain H. R. Bowlus, and the regiment by Co l. Nathaniel Haynes, both of Fremont, Ohio. 3

Father: Jacob OVERMYER b: 4 Jul 1797
in Union Co., Pennsylvania
Mother: Catherine ANDERSON b: 3 Dec 1802
in Union Co., Pennsylvania


Marriage 1
Margaret WAGGONER b: 22 Jan 1830 in Perry Co., Ohio

Children
Catharine OBERMOYER b: 8 Dec 1848 in Lindsey, Sandusky CO
Mary Etta OVERMYER b: 23 May 1850 in Lindsey, Sandusky
Newton W. OVERMYER b: 23 May 1852 in Lindsey, Sandusky
Jacob Marion OVERMYER b: 10 Oct 1854 in Lindsey, Sandusky
Isadore B. OVERMYER b: 21 Aug 1856 in Lindsey, Sandusky
Abraham H. OVERMYER b: 29 Nov 1858 in Lindsey, Sandusky
Abigail Eva OVERMYER b: 23 Apr 1863 in Lindsey, Sandusky William Sherman OVERMYER b: 19 Dec 1864 in Lindsey,

Marriage 2 Elizabeth REED b: 3 Dec 1844 in Sandusky Co., OH
Married: 14 Nov 1867 in Sandusky Co., Ohio 6

Children
Lillie May OVERMYER b: 27 May 1869 in Lindsey, Sandusky
Sanford Philip OVERMYER b: 14 Jun 1873 in Lindsey,
Susanna Estella OVERMYER b: 10 Oct 1875 in Lindsey,
Irwin Winfield OBERMOYER b: 24 Jun 1878 in Lindsey,

Sources:
Abbrev: Wagner-Waggoner-Wagoner Family
Title: History and Genealogy of the Wagner-Waggoner-Wagoner Family
Author: Clark R. Wagner
Publication: 1941, Arlington, Ohio
Advertiser Press, Printers, Tiffin, Ohio
Page: Page 224
Quality: 3
Abbrev: Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Civil War Soldier s Database
Title: Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Civil War Soldier s Database
Page: http://www.rbhayes.org/databases/soldiers/soldiers/2865.htm
Quality: 3
Abbrev: Overmyer History and Genealogy 1680-1905
Title: Overmyer History and Genealogy 1680-1905
Author: Barnhart B. and John C. Overmyer
Publication: Fremont, Ohio
Charles S. Beelman, Printer
1905
Repository:
Name: Not Given
Abbrev: Wagner-Waggoner-Wagoner Family
Title: History and Genealogy of the Wagner-Waggoner-Wagoner Family
Author: Clark R. Wagner
Publication: 1941, Arlington, Ohio
Advertiser Press, Printers, Tiffin, Ohio
Page: Page 214
Abbrev: Sandusky Co. OH Marriage Records 1820-1894
Title: Sandusky County, Ohio Index To Marriage Records
1820-1894
Publication: Compiled by Kenneth R. Smith
Published by Sandusky County Kin Hunters
A Chapter of the Ohio Genealogy Society
Page: Page 246; Vol. C, P. 96
Abbrev: Sandusky Co. OH Marriage Records 1820-1894
Title: Sandusky County, Ohio Index To Marriage Records
1820-1894
Publication: Compiled by Kenneth R. Smith
Published by Sandusky County Kin Hunters
A Chapter of the Ohio Genealogy Society
Page: Page 246; Vol F10, P. 33