Tombstone Tuesday - July 19, 2016 - Martin Oberlin Overly

Martin Oberlin Overly 

Martin Oberlin was the son of Martin and Polly (Welch) Overly. He was born on May 28, 1803 in Ross County, Ohio. Martin and Polly Overly had nine children; Mary Polly(1798), Elizabeth(1800), Martin(1803), Zachariah(1805),Thomas(1810), Daniel (1811), Nancy(1814) Katherine(1816), Susannah (1816).

Martin married several times. He married Catherine McQuire in Switzerland County, Indiana on January 2, 1821. They had four children; Nathaniel (1821), John(1823), Nancy (1825), Mary Elizabeth (1828). Catherine died in 1843.

Martin married Emily Jones and they had Sarah Louise(1850), Martha Josephine (1854), Emma Emily(1856) and Andrew Jackson(1859). Emily died in 1868. In 1870, he married again to Nancy Nausler Kirk Reece in Clayton Iowa.

In the 1840 Census for Noble County, Indiana, I located a Martin Overly family who fits the description of this family. I have not been unable to determine where Catherine died and was buried, In the 1856 Iowa State census, Martin, Emily, Sarah, Martha and Emily are listed and they live in Mendon, Clayton County, Iowa. There are two additional young men listed with them ; John(1838), William Winney(1842). They are sons of Emily from her first marriage. (and worthy of a blog of their own.) In the 1860 Census, Martin can be found in Marion Cole County, Missouri. In the 1870 Census, his is found with his children Farmsburg, Iowa with Nancy and his children; Sarah, Josephine, Emily and Andrew.

Martin died on July 19, 1878 in Farmsburg, Iowa. And is buried in the Monona Cemetery in Clayton County, Iowa. 

Rest in peace,

Love Jan

Tombstone Tuesday - July 12, 2016 - John Overly

Tombstone Tuesday - John Overly - July 12, 2016

John Overly (Overley) was born on November 3, 1795 in Bourbon County Kentucky. He was the son of Frederick and Mary Ann (Hines) Overley. John was the oldest of seven children born to Frederick and Mary Ann; John(1795), George(1798), Polly(1801), Rebecca(1806), Susannah(1812), Mary Ann(1813), Margaret(1815). The family name changed from Overley to Overly.

John came to Ross County Ohio from Kentucky when he was eight months old. Mary Ann Carried him on horse back along with her prized spinning wheel.

John married Sarah Thorpe, the daughter of Newton Thorpe on January 31, 1822 in Ross County, Ohio. They had eight children; Mary Ann(1822), Elizabeth(1824),Eveline(1828),Frederick(Pete) (1830),George (1832), Ellen(1835), John T(1838), Sarah(1842)

John settled with his family in Hopetown, Ohio. He was a farmer his entire life. He had very little schooling due to lack of attendance, his Uncle, Martin Overly, had opened a school in the area.

In all of the Federal Census from 1850 – 1870, John and his family are found in Hopetown. In the 1870 Federal Census, John is living next to his son, John Thorpe Overly and family in Hopetown.

John died on July 1 or 12 in the year 1877. There is some confusion about the date. The stone is very old, worn and hard to read. Most family histories list his death date as the 12 of July. (which is why we are featuring him today) He is buried in the Hopetown, Cemetery in Ross County, Ohio. 

Rest in Peace,

Love, Jan

Tombstone Tuesday - July 5, 2016 - Nettie Mae McLaughlin Losee

Nettie Mae McLaughlin Losee

Nettie Mae McLaughlin was born on October 22, 1915 in Thermopolis, Hot Springs, Wyoming. She is the daughter of  Robert McLaughlin and Nackey Jane Steward. They had three children; Roy (1908), Sarah (1912), and Nettie (1915). 

Nettie Mae married Wallace Losee in Rantoul, Illinois on December 8, 1940. Nettie and Wallace had three children; Theresa Ann (1943), Cecelia and a son. They remained in the Champaign area where Wallace worked at White Line Laundry after serving for many years  as an airplane mechanic in the Air Force.

Nettie Mae died on July 5, 1972. She was buried in Locust Cemetery in Champaign, Illinois.

Rest is Peace,

Jan Smith