The Emporia Weekly News, 26 Feb 1975, Fri
DEATH OF ABRAM OVERLY
Another Old and Valuable Citizen Gone
The painful news of the death of Abram Overly, an old citizen of the county, living near the junction of Cottonwood and Neosho rivers, some seven miles southeast of the city, reached us Monday. He died very suddenly at his residence Sunday morning at 5 a.m. He was not well on Saturday, and complained of a pain near his heart. In the night he was taken violently worse with this pain, and died at the time stated above. Mr. Overly was in the neighborhood of fifty-five years old. He settled here at an early day--perhaps in 1857. No man was ever more highly respected by all who knew him than was Abram Overly. Through his habits of industry and frugality, he had accumulated a fine property, his farm being one of the finest and best improved in the county. His word was regarded as being as good as his hand. We heard the other day of an instance where an Illinois cattle dealer made a contract with him amounting to $10,000 or $12,000, in which no writings at all were drawn, the gentleman stating that all he wanted was Mr. Overly's word. He was truly "the noblest work of God--an honest man." His loss will be greatly felt in his neighborhood. He was a kind neighbor, and true-hearted in every walk of life.
DEATH OF ABRAM OVERLY
Another Old and Valuable Citizen Gone
The painful news of the death of Abram Overly, an old citizen of the county, living near the junction of Cottonwood and Neosho rivers, some seven miles southeast of the city, reached us Monday. He died very suddenly at his residence Sunday morning at 5 a.m. He was not well on Saturday, and complained of a pain near his heart. In the night he was taken violently worse with this pain, and died at the time stated above. Mr. Overly was in the neighborhood of fifty-five years old. He settled here at an early day--perhaps in 1857. No man was ever more highly respected by all who knew him than was Abram Overly. Through his habits of industry and frugality, he had accumulated a fine property, his farm being one of the finest and best improved in the county. His word was regarded as being as good as his hand. We heard the other day of an instance where an Illinois cattle dealer made a contract with him amounting to $10,000 or $12,000, in which no writings at all were drawn, the gentleman stating that all he wanted was Mr. Overly's word. He was truly "the noblest work of God--an honest man." His loss will be greatly felt in his neighborhood. He was a kind neighbor, and true-hearted in every walk of life.
The Emporia Weekly News, 26 Feb 1975, Fri
DEATH OF ABRAM OVERLY
Another Old and Valuable Citizen Gone
The painful news of the death of Abram Overly, an old citizen of the county, living near the junction of Cottonwood and Neosho rivers, some seven miles southeast of the city, reached us Monday. He died very suddenly at his residence Sunday morning at 5 a.m. He was not well on Saturday, and complained of a pain near his heart. In the night he was taken violently worse with this pain, and died at the time stated above. Mr. Overly was in the neighborhood of fifty-five years old. He settled here at an early day--perhaps in 1857. No man was ever more highly respected by all who knew him than was Abram Overly. Through his habits of industry and frugality, he had accumulated a fine property, his farm being one of the finest and best improved in the county. His word was regarded as being as good as his hand. We heard the other day of an instance where an Illinois cattle dealer made a contract with him amounting to $10,000 or $12,000, in which no writings at all were drawn, the gentleman stating that all he wanted was Mr. Overly's word. He was truly "the noblest work of God--an honest man." His loss will be greatly felt in his neighborhood. He was a kind neighbor, and true-hearted in every walk of life.
DEATH OF ABRAM OVERLY
Another Old and Valuable Citizen Gone
The painful news of the death of Abram Overly, an old citizen of the county, living near the junction of Cottonwood and Neosho rivers, some seven miles southeast of the city, reached us Monday. He died very suddenly at his residence Sunday morning at 5 a.m. He was not well on Saturday, and complained of a pain near his heart. In the night he was taken violently worse with this pain, and died at the time stated above. Mr. Overly was in the neighborhood of fifty-five years old. He settled here at an early day--perhaps in 1857. No man was ever more highly respected by all who knew him than was Abram Overly. Through his habits of industry and frugality, he had accumulated a fine property, his farm being one of the finest and best improved in the county. His word was regarded as being as good as his hand. We heard the other day of an instance where an Illinois cattle dealer made a contract with him amounting to $10,000 or $12,000, in which no writings at all were drawn, the gentleman stating that all he wanted was Mr. Overly's word. He was truly "the noblest work of God--an honest man." His loss will be greatly felt in his neighborhood. He was a kind neighbor, and true-hearted in every walk of life.
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