Notes for Horace OVEROCKER
Grave Records of Dickinson County, Iowa Page: 44
Name: Horace H. Overocker
Birth Date: 1849
Death Date: 04 May 1935
Comment: Oneida, N. Y.; Milford, Ia.
Relative: son of: Jack; son of: Elizabeth; wif: Ellen Dewey
Horace H. OVEROCKER, farmer, P. O. Mazon, is a son of Jacob OVEROCKER, born in Oneida County, N. Y., September 28, 1850. In that State he was raised until sixteen years old, during which time he received a common school education. He is the youngest of a family of six children, and was left an orphan when he was quite young, after which he was raised by an aunt. With this aunt and his brother, C. H. OVEROCKER, he came to Illinois in the fall of 1866, after which he was employed as a farm hand until he attained his majority, since which time he has farmed for himself. He was married, November 26, 1874, to Miss Nellie M. DEWEY, daughter of S. H. DEWEY, of Mazon Township. She was born in Lewis County, N. Y., May 30, 1852. They have one son, Berton H., born in Grundy County December 11, 1875. He owns a farm of 220 acres of improved land in Sections 9 and 10, of Mazon Township, worth $55 per acre. His residence is located seven miles south from Morris and one and three-quarters north from Mazon. In politics, he is a Republican. Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois, 1882
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