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ELDEST SON OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR CAPTAIN JOHN GEORGE OVERMIRE

REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERAN, PRIVATE, CAPT. JOHN CLARKE'S 1ST CO., 4TH BATTALION, NORTHUMBERLAND CO. PENNSYLVANIA MILITIA

EXECUTOR OF HIS FATHER'S WILL (WITH HIS HALF BROTHER JOHN MICHAEL)

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THE GRAVESTONE OF GEORGE OVERMIRE, JR., by Laurence Overmire, Aug. 2008:

George is buried in New Reading Cemetery next to his wife Mary (Rearick) who died at the age of 70. The inscription on his headstone reads "George Overmyer who departed this life Dec. 23, 1812, aged 57 yrs. 6 mos. and 20 days." It is curious that the headstones of George and his wife Mary match: they are made with identical stone in the same style, and spell the surname "Overmyer." George died in 1812. The other markers of that early period are made of inferior stone and not wearing well, yet George and Mary's stones are in excellent condition. This suggests that the stones were probably cut upon the death of Mary in 1835, George's original stone having been replaced. It is also curious that the surname is spelled "Overmyer," a spelling which is known to have been adopted by later generations, and though it may have been used at the time of Mary's death in 1835, it was probably not used by George himself. Indeed, most of George and Mary's children seem to have gone by the spelling "Overmire" or "Overmier."

Source: One Immigrant's Legacy, The Overmyer Family in America, 1751-2009, by Laurence Overmire, Indelible Mark Publishing, www.imarkbooks.com