Son of James M Overton and Mary L Waggener Overton
Married Jessie M Heydt on Dec. 25, 1892 in Lawrence, Kansas.
Thomas Riley "T.R." Overton became involved in the field of Paleontology in 1883 after the discovery of an important fossil bed [the Long Island Quarry] on his parents' farm near Long Island, Kansas. In the early to mid-1890s, Thomas worked for the University of Kansas under Professor Samuel Williston, a noted scientist and paleontologist. At the time, Samuel Williston was the head of the Geology department at the University of Kansas. T.R. Overton became a skilled fossil preparator. He assisted on numerous fossil collecting trips throughout the Plains for Williston and the University of Kansas. In 1895, Thomas was involved in a famous archaeological dig, the "Twelve Mile Creek Excavations." H.T. Martin and T.R. Overton recovered a small, man-made projectile point from within a collection of ancient bison bones along a small stream in western Kansas. In retrospect, this find represents the beginning of Paleoindian archaeology on the Plains.
In 1896, T.R. Overton left the University of Kansas to "go to preaching." He became a Baptist minister. Thomas and his wife Jessie eventually emigrated to California, finally settling in Santa Ana, California. In his later years, he found work as a carpenter. He often assisted his brother-in-law Charles Cozad, a successful land developer in Santa Ana.
Married Jessie M Heydt on Dec. 25, 1892 in Lawrence, Kansas.
Thomas Riley "T.R." Overton became involved in the field of Paleontology in 1883 after the discovery of an important fossil bed [the Long Island Quarry] on his parents' farm near Long Island, Kansas. In the early to mid-1890s, Thomas worked for the University of Kansas under Professor Samuel Williston, a noted scientist and paleontologist. At the time, Samuel Williston was the head of the Geology department at the University of Kansas. T.R. Overton became a skilled fossil preparator. He assisted on numerous fossil collecting trips throughout the Plains for Williston and the University of Kansas. In 1895, Thomas was involved in a famous archaeological dig, the "Twelve Mile Creek Excavations." H.T. Martin and T.R. Overton recovered a small, man-made projectile point from within a collection of ancient bison bones along a small stream in western Kansas. In retrospect, this find represents the beginning of Paleoindian archaeology on the Plains.
In 1896, T.R. Overton left the University of Kansas to "go to preaching." He became a Baptist minister. Thomas and his wife Jessie eventually emigrated to California, finally settling in Santa Ana, California. In his later years, he found work as a carpenter. He often assisted his brother-in-law Charles Cozad, a successful land developer in Santa Ana.
Son of James M Overton and Mary L Waggener Overton
Married Jessie M Heydt on Dec. 25, 1892 in Lawrence, Kansas.
Thomas Riley "T.R." Overton became involved in the field of Paleontology in 1883 after the discovery of an important fossil bed [the Long Island Quarry] on his parents' farm near Long Island, Kansas. In the early to mid-1890s, Thomas worked for the University of Kansas under Professor Samuel Williston, a noted scientist and paleontologist. At the time, Samuel Williston was the head of the Geology department at the University of Kansas. T.R. Overton became a skilled fossil preparator. He assisted on numerous fossil collecting trips throughout the Plains for Williston and the University of Kansas. In 1895, Thomas was involved in a famous archaeological dig, the "Twelve Mile Creek Excavations." H.T. Martin and T.R. Overton recovered a small, man-made projectile point from within a collection of ancient bison bones along a small stream in western Kansas. In retrospect, this find represents the beginning of Paleoindian archaeology on the Plains.
In 1896, T.R. Overton left the University of Kansas to "go to preaching." He became a Baptist minister. Thomas and his wife Jessie eventually emigrated to California, finally settling in Santa Ana, California. In his later years, he found work as a carpenter. He often assisted his brother-in-law Charles Cozad, a successful land developer in Santa Ana.
Married Jessie M Heydt on Dec. 25, 1892 in Lawrence, Kansas.
Thomas Riley "T.R." Overton became involved in the field of Paleontology in 1883 after the discovery of an important fossil bed [the Long Island Quarry] on his parents' farm near Long Island, Kansas. In the early to mid-1890s, Thomas worked for the University of Kansas under Professor Samuel Williston, a noted scientist and paleontologist. At the time, Samuel Williston was the head of the Geology department at the University of Kansas. T.R. Overton became a skilled fossil preparator. He assisted on numerous fossil collecting trips throughout the Plains for Williston and the University of Kansas. In 1895, Thomas was involved in a famous archaeological dig, the "Twelve Mile Creek Excavations." H.T. Martin and T.R. Overton recovered a small, man-made projectile point from within a collection of ancient bison bones along a small stream in western Kansas. In retrospect, this find represents the beginning of Paleoindian archaeology on the Plains.
In 1896, T.R. Overton left the University of Kansas to "go to preaching." He became a Baptist minister. Thomas and his wife Jessie eventually emigrated to California, finally settling in Santa Ana, California. In his later years, he found work as a carpenter. He often assisted his brother-in-law Charles Cozad, a successful land developer in Santa Ana.
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