Overholser, Julia Anne 1845-1936

OVERHOLSER

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, Plymouth CC (email)
Date: 12/15/2004 at 20:50:56

LIVED IN IOWA SINCE 1870

Mrs. Julia Anne Overholser, 90, died Tuesday in her home at Leeds from infirmities of old age.

Mrs. Overholser was born July 26, 1845, at Elphrata, Pa. At the close of the Civil War she was married to Wm. Overholser at Terry Hill, Pa, and in 1870 they moved to Iowa and homesteaded about six miles east of Moville.

Survivors include one son, Roy Overholser; five daughters, Mrs. Cora Krummann, Mrs. Anna Dubes, Mrs. Sarah Pence, Mrs. Jessie Howell, and Mrs., Grace Pence; 19 grandchildren, and 20 great-grandchildren.

Article from the Hinton Gazette newspaper
Dated May 14, 1936
Submitted by Barb Kamradt.