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GRANDSON OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR CAPTAIN JOHN GEORGE OVERMIRE

WAR OF 1812 VETERAN?

11 OF GEORGE'S GRANDSONS SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR

Birth and death dates shown here are approximate. The actual dates are unknown.

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A BIOGRAPHY OF GEORGE (IV) OVERMIRE, by Laurence Overmire (4G Grandson), Aug. 2008:

The 1905 Overmyer Genealogy by Barnhart B. and John C. Overmyer claimed that this George Overmire "died in childhood." That was a serious mistake that has taken many, many long hours of dedicated research by a great many people to get to the truth. Indeed, the 1905 work obviously got many of the facts wrong in relation to the descendants of George (III) and Mary (Rearick) Overmire.

Born about 1780 in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, presumably the eldest son of George (III) Overmire and Mary Rearick, George (IV) did not die in childhood. He married Catherine Emerick and had five children before he died, prematurely to be sure, at about the age of 29 during the time of the War of 1812. In fact, the evidence suggests he may in fact be the Sgt. George Overmire who served in that war. Perhaps his death may have been related in some way to his service, either from wounds or disease.

We know very little about George. But we do know a few things from the existing records. For example, George and his parents and his future wife Catherine Emerick and her family attended services at Emanuel's Church at the Loop in Centre County, Pennsylvania. They were probably married there about 1806 and their three daughters were baptised there. Sometime after 1809, they moved to Perry County, Ohio where the Overmyer clan had established itself near Somerset in Overmyertown, which later became New Reading.

In July and August of 1812, New Lexington records show George bought land from Jacob Miller of Somerset. If son Levi was indeed born in Newark, Ohio in 1811/12, then perhaps the family moved with George's father and mother to Perry Co., but then found temporary living accomodations in Newark. George's father [George III] died soon after the move in 1811 and George himself died mysteriously, as we have noted, at a young age in late 1813 or early 1814. His place of burial is unknown.

Source: One Immigrant's Legacy, The Overmyer Family in America, 1751-2009 (Indelible Mark Publishing, 2009, imarkbooks.com)