Margaret (Yount) Overton (1809 - 1863)

Born 13 Nov 1809 in Pennsylvania, United States

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Died 23 Jan 1863 at age 53 in Jasper, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Her father is uncertain. Her mother Catarina Brecht (Catherine Bright) apparently married a Yount man before Margaret was born in 1809. Her mother then remarried to John Lefler about 1811 and had several Lefler children with him. Daughter Margaret was adopted by Lefler but was not his natural child. In 1828 Rush County Indiana, John Lefler is shown as guardian of minor Margaret on a probate document concerning Margaret as heir of Henry Yount deceased in October 1828. This raises issues. Was Henry Yount her grandfather? Father? If Henry was her father, then the remarriage of her mother Catharine to Lefler in 1811 beccomes an issue. Was there a divorce? The whole seqence is unclear.^[1]

Sources

• Find A Grave: Memorial #167078265
• WikiTree profile Lefler-147 created through the import of FINDLEY_2012-01-01.ged on Jan 1, 2012 by Embret Knoshaug. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Embret and others.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHVX-SKR : 12 April 2016), Margaret Overton in household of Robert B Overton, White county, White, Indiana, United States; citing family 485, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4NB-6QB : 13 December 2017), Mary Overton in entry for Robt B Overton, 1860.

1. ↑ https://www.geni.com/people/Margaret-Overton/6000000016542529104