Husband Jacob S. Overholt 1 2 3
Born: 18 Oct 1814 - West Overton, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 3
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Died: 20 Apr 1859 1
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Father: Abraham Overholt (1784-1870) 1 4 5 6 7
Mother: Maria Stauffer (1791-1874) 4 5 7 8
Marriage: 29 Dec 1836 3 9
Wife Mary Fox 2 3
Born: 1 Dec or 6 Dec 1816 - Westmoreland Co, PA 3 9
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Died: 20 Aug 1895 3
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Father: Christian Fox (1785-1873) 9
Mother: Elizabeth Funk ( -1871) 9
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1 F Maria F. Overholt 9 10
Born: 6 Dec 1837 - Westmoreland Co, PA 10
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2 F Elizabeth F. Overholt 9 10
Born: 15 Nov 1839 10
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Died: 20 Apr 1859 10
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3 M Abraham F. Overholt 9 10
Born: 15 Sep 1841 - Westmoreland Co, PA 10
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Spouse: Martha Rist ( -1882) 10
Marr: 2 Oct 1866 10
4 M Isaac F. Overholt 9 10
Born: 4 Nov 1843 10
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
5 F Mary Anne Overholt 9 10 11 12
Born: 1 Jul 1846 - Mt. Pleasant Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2 10
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Died: 1 Aug 1935 12
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Spouse: Capt. Cassius Clay Markle (1840-1905) 10 11 12 13
Marr: 21 Feb 1865 11 12 14
6 M Fenton C. Overholt 9 15
Born: 15 Sep 1848 - West Overton, Westmoreland Co, PA 15
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Spouse: Ida A. Wright ( - ) 15
Marr: 29 Jan 1874 15
7 M Christian F. Overholt 9 16
Born: 13 Nov 1850 16
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Spouse: Susan E. McClellan ( - ) 16
Marr: 29 Sep 1885 16
8 M Jacob Webster Overholt 9 16
Born: 30 Aug 1853 16
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9 F Emma F. Overholt 9 16 17
Born: 5 Jan 1856 16
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Spouse: George Ashman Markle (1856-Aft 1935) 16 17 18
Marr: 4 Apr 1878 or 3 Apr 1879 16 17
General Notes: Husband - Jacob S. Overholt
He was reared on the homestead farm, and was educated in the common schools, and while young, though somewhat employed on the farm, was also engaged in his father's distillery, learning the business of distilling, in which the elder Overholt had peculiar skill, and in which Jacob soon became so proficient that he and his elder brother, Henry S., were practically intrusted by their father with the management of the business at an nearly age. At the time when Jacob entered the distillery the business was comparatively small; but the close attention, prudence, and activity of the young Jacob, with his brother, pushed it forward with gradual and safe progress, so that at the time he arrived at thirty years of age the business of the distillery, with that of a flouring-mill, both in the same building, had reached large proportions. The brothers continued for several years to conduct a prosperous business at West Overton, and in 1855 Jacob amicably dissolved business with his brother and removed to Broad Ford, Fayette County, PA, where he took into partnership with himself his cousin, Henry O. Overholt, and there established a saw-mill, mainly for supplying the firm with materials with which to build up a then prospective village and a distillery, which in time became the most famous of the Overholt distilleries. The old distillery has since been pulled down, a larger one having taken its place since the death of Mr. Overholt. Under the immediate oversight of Jacob Overholt, the locality of Broad Ford, containing three dwellings when he first went there, shortly grew into a busy village. Mr. Overholt paid strict personal attention to his large business until his last illness. He was a man of great energy and business activity and integrity, and in the expressive language of one who knew him well, he was everybody's friend. He was noted for his charity, never allowing the needy to go unserved by his door. [HWC 1882, 689]