Benjamin F. Overholt and Florence M. Osterhout

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Husband Benjamin F. Overholt ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: 19 Jul 1848 - near Scottdale, East Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2 4
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         Father: Henry S. Overholt (1810-1870) 1 4
         Mother: Abigail Carpenter (1824-1898) 4 5

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       Marriage: 16 Jul 1884 4 6

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Wife Florence M. Osterhout ^{4 6}

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           Born: 19 Jul 1859 - Glenwood, Susquehanna Co, PA 6
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           Died: 27 Sep 1900 4 7
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         Father: William H. Osterhout (      -      ) 6
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Children

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1 M William Henry Overholt ^{4 6}

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           Born: 9 Apr 1886 4 6
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           Died: 23 Mar 1893 4 7
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 F Helen Abigail Overholt ^{4 7}

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           Born: 26 Aug 1890 4 7
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3 M Raymond Dean Overholt ^{4 7}

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           Born: 17 Apr 1893 4 7
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4 F Mildred Jessamine Overholt ^{4 7}

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           Born: 10 Feb 1896 4 7
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General Notes: Husband - Benjamin F. Overholt

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He was educated in the common schools, Westerville University (Ohio), and the Mt. Pleasant Institute of Westmoreland County, PA. He attended Bryant and Stratton's Business college at Philadelphia, Pa., and graduated with the honors of his class. On leaving school he engaged in the distillery business with his father until the death of the latter in 1870. In 1872 he and A. S. R. Overholt purchased the dis­tillery and ran it until 1873, when they sold it. They engaged in the manufacture of coke in 1873 and in 1878 sold their sixty-two ovens to A. C. Overholt & Co., who added forty-eight additional ovens to the plant. In the last men­tioned year B. F. Overholt became the present general manager of A. C. Overholt & Co's coke business.

1 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 685.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 261.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 340.

4 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 111.

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

6 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 262.

7 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 343.