BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, BELMONT COUNTY, OHIO

"History of the Upper Ohio Valley" Vol. II, 1890.

Presented by Linda Fluharty from hard copies provided
by Mary Staley & Phyllis Slater.


Page 663.

MICHAEL G. OVERBAUGH

Michael G. Overbaugh, a worthy and esteemed citizen of St. Clairsville, was
born in Pennsylvania in 1828, a son of Joseph Overbaugh. His mother, whose
maiden name was Barkhoff, died when he was three years old, and his child-
hood was consequently anything but pleasant. He was bound out, for eight
years, and was then taken away from his guardian on account of mistreatment.
At sixteen years of age he came to Wheeling, where his father had resided
about eight years, and two years later they went to Bridgeport, where his
father re-married. He was at Bridgeport and in that neighborhood some
thirteen years, and then removed to St. Clairsville in the spring of 1863,
where he engaged in gardening, in which he is still employed, having made
a marked success of his enterprise. Though starting out without resources,
he now has fifty-five acres of beautiful land within the incorporation,
two two-story brick dwellings and a frame cottage, and a series of finely
tended gardens which are attractive as well as lucrative. In 1852 Mr.
Overbaugh was married to Rachel Hague, a native of Indiana, and they have
four children: Charles, Mary, John and Frank.