Jacob L. Overhulser

OVERHULSER

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 10/11/2004 at 10:16:53

J. L. Overhulser, Madison twp., farmer, Sec. 15; P.O. Winterset; owns 102 acres of land; born in Montgomery county, Ohio, in 1837; came to Iowa in his seventh year; his parents were among the first settlers of Jefferson county, this State; married in 1878, to Mrs. Harrah, of this county; has one child living; Mr. Overhulser has one of the best improved farms in the county, with a barn and house far better that the average; Mr. Overhulser has been quite an extensive traveler: in 1860 he went to California and spent four years, returning by steamer to the Isthmus, then home via New York; Mr. Overhulser is an intelligent, affable gentleman who has profited by his travels, and who relates many interesting anecdotes, which space forbids our giving; we cannot speak too highly of Mr. Overhulser’s good taste as displayed in the arrangement of his farm; would that more were like it.

Taken from the book, "The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1879" page 648