Brief Life History of Clarence Elmer
When Clarence Elmer Overholt was born on 11 March 1887, in Franklin Township, Summit, Ohio, United States, his father, John Harvey Overholt, was 29 and his mother, Charlotte Amanda Bowers, was 27. He married Elva Leota Barthalow on 4 May 1910, in Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Franklin Township, Portage, Ohio, United States in 1930 and Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States in 1940. He died on 28 January 1976, in Portage, Ohio, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Ravenna, Portage, Ohio, United States.
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- Clarance E Oberholtz in household of John H Oberholtz, "United States Census, 1900"
- Clarence E. Overhalt, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Clarence Elmer Overholt, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1890 · Woman's Suffrage
An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.
1912 · The Girl Scouts
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Name Meaning
Americanized form of Swiss German and German Oberholtzer and probably also of German Oberholz, a topographic name from Middle High German ober ‘above’ (or German ober- ‘upper’) + holz ‘wood’.
Norwegian: habitational name from the farm name Overholt, a compound of over ‘upper’ and holt ‘grove, wood’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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