OVERSTROM, Charles J.

OVERSTROM, PETERSON, OLSON, ANDERSON

Posted By: Joey Stark (email)
Date: 1/26/2006 at 13:35:32

Fulton's History of Jefferson County, Vol. 2, Page 326
Charles J. OVERSTROM.... merchant of Lockridge.... born in Sweden 12 July 1847, son of Isaac and Caroline (PETERSON) OVERSTROM, who were likewise natives of that country. In 1857 the family crossed the Atlantic to the U.S. and made their way direct to Jefferson County, Iowa.
Isaac was a stone mason by trade and had followed that occupation to some extent in Sweden, where he served in the regular army for twenty years. After emigrating to America he worked at his trade until the outbreak of the Civil war, when he enlisted in an Illinois regiment, remaining at the front for three years.
He was crippled at Pittsburg Landing and throughout the remainder of his life was unable to do much work. After the cessation of hostilities between the north and the south he returned to Jefferson County, Iowa, residing near Lockridge until called to his final rest in 1899. His wife passed away in 1903. Charles J. OVERSTROM.... married, in Jan. 1878, Miss Hannah A. OLSON, dau. of John and Hannah (ANDERSON) OLSON....
*Transcribed for genealogical purposes; I have no relation to the person.