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Overton, Elizabeth

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Last Name Overton
First Name Elizabeth
Middle Name
Maiden Name Bryant
Death Date 1/1/1852
Birth Date 1/1/1811
Obituary Source Morgan Co. History & Genealogy, vol.5 no.2, spring 1999
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Cemetery Overton Cemetery
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Spouse 1)Jesse Edwards; 2)Eli Wrightsman; 2) Jesse Overton
Survived By Husband; son, Willis (born 1852).
Other Age about 41. Born either in Ohio or in Adair Co., Ky.; daughter of George W. and Sarah ("Sally") Demoss Bryant. Married first husband c1828 in Adair Co.; they had 3 children: George W., John B., and Sarah J. Edwards. Married second husband c1838 in Indiana. They had 3 children: Charles, Nancy, and Peter Wrightsman. Eli died c1848. Married Jesse Overton on Dec. 8, 1850, in Morgan Co., Ind. She was the second of his three wives. It is believed that she died between 1852 and 1856, possibly in giving birth to Willis, since no children are listed after him in the 1860 census. [Cemetery is now unmarked. It was located at the top of a small rise on State Road 39, just north of its junction with State Road 67.]
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