Henry Vinton Overholt and Elma Binns

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Husband Henry Vinton Overholt ^{1 2}

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           Born: 12 Dec 1898 - Scottdale, East Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 2
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         Father: Abraham C. Overholt (1858-      ) 1 2 3 4
         Mother: Gertrude Torrence (      -      ) 1 2 4

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       Marriage: 7 Jan 1932 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 1

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Wife Elma Binns ¹

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           Born:  - Fayette City, Fayette Co, PA
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         Father: James G. Binns (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Elizabeth Parsons (      -      ) 1

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Children

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1 F Gertrude Elizabeth Overholt ¹

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           Born: 19 Jun 1934 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 1
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General Notes: Husband - Henry Vinton Overholt

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He attended the Scottdale schools, and after one year at the high school, enrolled at Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut. Later he entered Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University, and received the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy in 1921. He was engaged in the operation of a coal mine from 1921 to 1923, and then entered the automobile business, as a dealer in Buick cars. He was also agent for Chevrolet and General Motors trucks, and Goodyear tires, and employed twelve men in the conduct of his business. He was also a director of the First National Bank of Scottdale and of the United States Pipe and Foundry Company of Burlington, New Jersey. He was a member of the Episcopal Church and a lifelong Republican, and was a member of the Borough Council. He was affiliated with the Harvard, Yale, Princeton Club of Pittsburgh, and the Chi Phi Fraternity, and is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, and the American Legion. He was also connected with the Pennsylvania Automotive Association, and the Uniontown Country Club.

1 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 88.

2 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 112.

3 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 689.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 654.