Philip A Overmyer (1823 - 1897)

Born 19 Dec 1823 in Union Co., Pennsylvania

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Died 22 Jan 1897 at age 73 in Fremont, Sandusky Co., Ohio

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Biography

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 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

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX73-J79 : 9 November 2014), Philip Overmyer, Washington, Sandusky, Ohio, United States; citing family 1640, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6DX-4JF : 12 December 2014), Philip A. Obermoyer, ; citing , reference ; FHL microfilm 182,762.

• "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDG-FXRH : 3 April 2015), Philip A Obermoyer, 1890.

• "Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDVD-KQM : 8 December 2014), Philip A. Obermier and Elizabeth Reed, 14 Nov 1867; citing Sandusky,Ohio, reference ; FHL microfilm 0506619 V. F10-G11.

• "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZZ5-N2G : 8 December 2014), Philip A. Obermier and Elizabeth Reed, 14 Nov 1867; citing Sandusky, Ohio, United States, reference Vol. F-10 P.33; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 506,619.

• Wagner, Clark R History and genealogy of the Wagner-Waggoner-Wagoner family (Advertiser Press, Tiffin, Ohio, 1941), p.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 246; Vol. C, P. 96; Vol F10, P. 33

Also see

• "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X638-LF6 : 28 October 2016), Phillip A Overmeyer in entry for Susanna Overmeyer, 10 Oct 1875; citing Birth, Washington, Sandusky, Ohio, United States, county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 511,730.

• "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6NN-V56 : 8 December 2014), Phillip A. Overmyer in entry for Lillie May Blanchard, 26 Apr 1945; citing , reference certificate; FHL microfilm 2,372,736.

• "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV3W-SR66 : 17 May 2016), Philip A Overmeyer in entry for Marion Overmeyer, 31 May 1937; citing Chicago Heights, Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference , record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm .

• "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8RN-V7W : 8 December 2014), Philip Overmyer in entry for Abraham H Overmyer, 12 Jan 1930; citing Fremont, Sandusky, Ohio, reference fn 5373; FHL microfilm 1,992,083.

• "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSX8-TW5 : 4 December 2014), Philip A Overmoyer, Second Lieutenant, Company K, 169th Regiment, Ohio Infantry (National Guard), Union; citing NARA microfilm publication M552 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 82; FHL microfilm 882,295.

• "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8MM-8ZW : 8 December 2014), Philip A. Obermoyer in entry for Irvin W. Obermoyer and Jennie L. Diedler, 29 Jun 1899; citing Sandusky, Ohio, United States, reference vol 15 p 46 cn 91; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 506,621.