West Overton
Circa 1867
Written & Compiled by K. R. Overholt
Critchfield
Photographs Created & Edited by K. R.
Overholt Critchfield © 2016, 2017, 2018
~~ Published January 18, 2018 ~~
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1867 Westmoreland County Historic Atlas -
Maps & Drawings
#53 Property of A.S.R. Overholt & Co.,
West Overton, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania;
John Pritiskutch Productions; Photograph Created
& Edited by K. R. Overholt Critchfield ©
2017
About
The 1867 Atlas
Reference
data about the 1867 Atlas of
Westmoreland County, Pennsylania, does
not tell us much more than: a) it
contained maps and drawings of townships
and boroughs from actual surveys, b) done
under the direction of S. N. Beers and D.
G. Beers, c) engraved by Worley and
Bracher, and d) originally published in
Philadelphia by A. Pomeroy. The drawing
of West Overton, seen above, was included
in the 1867 atlas, and was reprinted in
subsequent years. You can obtain your own
copy of the West Overton drawing at the
web site of John Pritiskutch
Productions
(www.anthracitemaps.com), in various
sizes on paper or heavier stock, like a
work of art. The site offers other
reproductions of late 19th century and
early 20th century maps, and drawings of
towns, counties and states throughout the
United States. The Pennsylvania offerings
have quite a few other pictures that
refer to members of our family.
Several
years ago, I purchase my own poster-sized
copy of the West Overton drawing, and the
notation, All Rights Reserved John
Pritiskutch Productions was printed
on the bottom right corner. More than a
year ago, upon contacting John
Pritiskutch, I secured his permission to
manipulate my copy of the drawing, scan
it, and create photographs for this web
page -- many thanks, John! I
wanted to show how really special this
work of art is, by creating closeups to
reveal some of the interesting details of
the daily lives of our Overholt
ancestors, following the Civil War years.
However, before you begin looking at my jpg
creations, we must discuss the big
problem regarding the title of the
drawing.
Above all,
we should not accept the
notion that the title, Property of A.
S. R. Overholt & Co., West Overton,
is accurate, not when it was dated 1867.
In the year the atlas was published,
given as 1867, West Overton and Abraham
Overholt's Homestead House was NOT the
property of Aaron Stauffer R.
Overholt, because Abraham
Overholt (1784-1870) was alive
until January 15, 1870.
In 1867, Abraham was
tearing down the Broad Ford distillery
building erected by son Jacob S.
Overholt (1814-1859). He and his
partner at A. Overholt and Company,
nephew Henry O. Overholt
(1830-1880), were replacing the original
distillery with a new facility.
The
descriptive title for the West Overton
drawing should be questioned, as to
whether it was added when the atlas was
reprinted in later years. Do we know how
many times the drawing of West Overton
was reprinted? F. A. Davis published the New
Illustrated Atlas of Westmoreland County,
Pennsylvania, 1876,
with 1971
Supplementary Section, in Rimersburg, PA,
by the Pennsylvania Record Press (1971),
originally published by Reading
Publishing Company (1876).
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Sources of Information
from the HABS/HAER Survey of West Overton
(see page 24) |
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Beers, S. N. and D. G. Atlas
of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia. A. Pomeroy, 1867. |
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Page 23: map of West Overton |
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Davis, F. A. New Illustrated
Atlas of Westmoreland County.
Pennsylvania, 1876 with 1971 |
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Supplementary Section.
Rimersburg, PA: Pennsylvania Record
Press, 1971; originally published by
Reading Publishing Company, 1876.
Page 51: map of West Overton. Buildings
identical to 1867 map, names different.
Page 53: full-page, perspective view of
West Overton. Detailed and informative.
Copy included on page 42 below.*
Page 80: map of West Overton, with
slightly different buildings than page
51, also railway and coke ovens._____________________________
* Karen's Note: Page 42
is a B&W photocopy of the full
drawing of West Overton, severely reduced
in size, titled Property of A.S.R.
Overholt & Co., West Overton.
The only expression of West Overton I
found in an online copy of this atlas
gave the following diagram in the top
left corner of a large map of East
Huntingdon Township. Of course, I may
have been searching the document
incorrectly, but if I could not find it,
where did this amazing drawing of West
Overton (shown above in a vastly reduced
size) come from?
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Cover ~ Atlas of Westmoreland County,
Pennsylvania:
from actual surveys and under the
direction
of S.N. & D.G. Beers; A.
Pomeroy, Publisher;
Fred Bourquin, Printer; 1867
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Diagram of West Overton;
Portion of East Huntingdon Township Map;
Atlas of Westmoreland County; 1867
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Returning to my
argument, Aaron S. R. Overholt (1837-1905)
did not own the property or the
businesses of West Overton in the year 1867,
because Abraham Overholt
(1784-1870) was still alive, and this
fact did not change until January
15, 1870. |
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On Saturday morning
January 15th, at his residence in East
Huntingdon township, Westmoreland county,
Pa., ABRAHAM OVERHOLT, in the 86th year
of his age. He arose in the morning in
usual health and took the lantern and
went out, and not returning, the family
went to look for him and found him in an
out-house and the lamp of life almost
extinguished. He was buried on the 18th
in the Mennonite burying ground in said
township, followed by a large concourse
of relatives and friends. The occasion
was improved by _____Woodbury of the
Baptist church in the English language,
and by Bro. Blough in German. Bro.
Overholt was a faithful member of the
Mennonite church for many years, and the
church has great reason to mourn for him.
His seat was seldom vacant at public
worship, and he was one of the most
benevolent men the church had. When any
benevolent purpose demanded it he was
always willing and ready to give of his
abundance. C.S.
Herald
of Truth Obituaries - March, 1870
Herald Of Truth - Volume VII,
Number 3 - March, 1870, page 46-47
V. Aaron
S. R. Overholt, b at West Overton, Pa.,
Dec 13, 1837; (twin to John) m Sarah Ann
Overholt Jan 6, 1869. P O West Overton,
Pa. Retired.
He was for many years
book-keeper for the firm of A. & H.
S. Overholt. After their death he became
a partner in building and operating a
large Coke plant of the firm of A. S. R.
Overholt & Co., afterwards A. C.
Overholt & Co. He is at present [c.
1903] a stock holder in the United
States Cast Iron & Pipe Foundry Co.,
one plant being at Scottdale, Pa. He also
has interests in Silver mines in
Colorado. He is an accurate business man,
there are few better. In some business
matter, a lawyer was heard to say,
"If A. S. R. Overholt has counted
it, we need not look it over." He
was universally liked by his employees,
one of whom remarked that he would rather
work for him than any one he had ever
known, as he always knows what he wants
to do before he gives his orders to his
men. He is kind hearted and generous to
all.
He [Aaron] with
his twin brother John served for three
years in the Civil War, enlisted Aug
1862, in Co. A. 15th, P. V. C. mustered
out at Nashiville, Tenn., as first
Sergeant June 1865. He is the present
occupant [c. 1903] of the old
Homestead, where his great grandfather
Henry Overholt lived. C:
Ralph, Clyde.
A Genealogical
Record of the Descendants of Martin
Oberholtzer;
Descendants of Henry Oberholtzer, by
A. J. Fretz (1903); pp. 69-70
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Karen's Note: A.
C. Overholt was Abraham Carpenter
Overholt (1858-1923), a son of Henry
Stauffer Overholt (1810-1870)
and Abigail Carpenter (1824-1898).
Henry was the first child of Abraham
Overholt and Maria Stauffer
Overholt (1791-1874). A. C.
Overholt went by the name
"Abram," which may have been
the name used by his grandmother, Maria,
to address his grandfather. Abram and his
grandfather shared the same birthday, and
the cemetery markers for each man give
"Abram" as the first name.
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In later years, Aaron
S. R. Overholt and his wife, Sarah
Ann Carpenter Overholt
(1846-1921), did live in the Homestead
House, with their two sons, Ralph
and Clyde, but Aaron's
brother John lived there first. Aaron S. R. Overholt and John S.
R. Overholt were twins, sons of the Rev.
John D. Overholt (1795-1878).
The Reverend was a son of Jacob
Overholt (1768-1847), who was a
son of Henrich Oberholtzer
(1739-1813). Jacob was one of Abraham's
older brothers. John S. R. Overholt and Maria
Overholt Frick (1848-1939) were
married on April 17, 1872, two years
after Abraham died. Maria had been raised
in the Homestead House by her
grandparents, Abraham and Maria Overholt,
and was the first child of their younger
daughter, Elizabeth S. Overholt
(1819-1905). Maria was the older sister
of Henry Clay Frick
(1849-1919).
The young couple lived
with Abraham's widow, Maria, who had
inherited the Homestead House. The first
child of John and Maria, Grace,
may have been born there, but when John
and his family moved to Ohio, circa
1874, Aaron and his family moved
into the Homestead House. As a daughter
of Henry S. Overholt (1810-1870),
Sarah Ann was also a granddaughter of
Abraham and Maria Overholt. She had grown
up in her father's very large home, then
raised her two sons in her grandfather's
Homestead House.
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Presenting the West Overton Landscape ~

Legend - #53 Property of A.S.R.
Overholt & Co., West Overton
1867 Westmoreland County Historic Atlas;
John Pritiskutch Productions
Photograph Created & Edited by K. R. Overholt
Critchfield © 2017

Spring House, Mill & Registered
Distillery of A. & H. S. Overholt, Abraham
Overholt Homestead House
#53 Property of A.S.R. Overholt & Co.,
West Overton
1867 Westmoreland County Historic Atlas;
John Pritiskutch Productions
Photograph Created & Edited by K. R. Overholt
Critchfield © 2017

Coal & Coke Works, Railroad Track &
Train, Large Barn & Stable (1)
#53 Property of A.S.R. Overholt &
Co., West Overton
1867 Westmoreland County Historic Atlas;
John Pritiskutch Productions
Photograph Created & Edited by K. R. Overholt
Critchfield © 2017

Coal & Coke Works, Railroad Track &
Train, Large Barn & Stable (2)
#53 Property of A.S.R. Overholt & Co.,
West Overton
1867 Westmoreland County Historic Atlas;
John Pritiskutch Productions
Photograph Created & Edited by K. R. Overholt
Critchfield © 2017

Carriage House & Warehouse, Railroad
Train, Spring House,
Mill & Distillery Building, Homestead House
#53 Property of A.S.R. Overholt & Co.,
West Overton
1867 Westmoreland County Historic Atlas;
John Pritiskutch Productions
Photograph Created & Edited by K. R. Overholt
Critchfield © 2017

Carriage House & Warehouse, Railroad
Train, Spring House, Mill & Distillery
Building
#53 Property of A.S.R. Overholt &
Co., West Overton
1867 Westmoreland County Historic Atlas;
John Pritiskutch Productions
Photograph Created & Edited by K. R. Overholt
Critchfield © 2017

Tenament Building, Mill & Distillery
Building, Hog Pens, Homestead House, Summer House
#53 Property of A.S.R. Overholt &
Co., West Overton
1867 Westmoreland County Historic Atlas;
John Pritiskutch Productions
Photograph Created & Edited by K. R. Overholt
Critchfield © 2017

Mill & Distillery Building, Hog Pens,
Spring House, Homestead House, Summer House
#53 Property of A.S.R. Overholt & Co.,
West Overton
1867 Westmoreland County Historic Atlas;
John Pritiskutch Productions
Photograph Created & Edited by K. R. Overholt
Critchfield © 2017

Carriage House & Warehouse, Railroad
Train, Felgars Run, Private & Worker Homes,
Large Tenement Building
#53 Property of A.S.R. Overholt & Co.,
West Overton
1867 Westmoreland County Historic Atlas;
John Pritiskutch Productions
Photograph Created & Edited by K. R. Overholt
Critchfield © 2017
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Residence of B. F. Overholt
The Legend identifies this building
as the residence of B. F.
Overholt. Doing the math, we
find that in 1867, Benjamin
Franklin Overholt (1848-1916)
celebrated his 19th birthday. In fact,
this is the home built for his parents, Henry
S. Overholt (1810-1870) and Abigail
Carpenter (1824-1898), and their
seven children (Sarah Ann,
Benjamin, Maria, Abigail, Abraham, Henry,
Jennie), built c. 1846,
according to the HABS survey. Note the
orchard between the house and the
railroad tracks. Plainly seen are several
people playing croquet, with wickets and
mallets -- the gentleman is about to
swing. It looks like there is an
additional structure mostly hidden by the
trees -- see the roof? Benjamin F.
Overholt was the second child and oldest
son of Henry S. Overholt, who as
mentioned, was the first child and oldest
son of Abraham Overholt. Before Abraham
died, Henry owned half of the whole
village of West Overton. Upon Abraham's
death, Henry pretty much inherited
everything, except Abraham's Homestead
House, which was passed on to his widow,
Maria.
Upon Henry's death on June 18,
1870, Benjamin may have
inherited his father's house. At that
time, Benjamin was 21 years old and only
one month away from his 22nd birthday. As
for his siblings, Maria was 17, Abigail
was 14, Abraham was 12, Henry was 9, and
Jennie was 7. Fourteen years would go by,
before Benjamin married Florence
M. Osterhout (1859-1900), and
then the house built for his parents
became the residence of Benjamin, his
wife, and their four children (William
Henry, Helen Abigail,
Raymond Dean, Mildred
Jasamine).
We should note that Sarah Ann Overholt
married Aaron S. R. Overholt on January
6, 1869, and their first child, Ralph,
was born on June 23, 1870,
five days after her father, Henry, died.
Henry's house was big enough to
accommodate Sarah Ann and Aaron, and even
the addition of their baby, Ralph.
Alternatively, the couple may have lived
in the small house located on the
grounds, until they moved into Abraham
Overholt's house, circa 1874.
Abraham
"Abram" C. Overholt
(1858-1923) was a younger brother of
Sarah Ann Overholt and Benjamin F.
Overholt. In the future, he would become
President of the United States Cast
Iron Pipe and Foundry Company.
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Maybe,
the Church
In 1889, the Mt. Pleasant Baptists
purchased a lot at West Overton to build
a church. Perhaps the church is the house
that looks white and has no number on it.
It may have been the "Overton
School," but this is just an
unknown. The house at the horizon is also
shown as white, perhaps to indicate that
one of the Overholt families lived there. |

Private Homes, Worker Houses, Large Tenement
Building, Mill & Distillery Building
#53 Property of A.S.R. Overholt &
Co., West Overton
1867 Westmoreland County Historic Atlas;
John Pritiskutch Productions
Photograph Created & Edited by K. R. Overholt
Critchfield © 2017

Railroad Train, Private Homes, Worker Houses,
Large Tenement Building
#53 Property of A.S.R. Overholt & Co.,
West Overton
1867 Westmoreland County Historic Atlas;
John Pritiskutch Productions
Photograph Created & Edited by K. R. Overholt
Critchfield © 2017
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Store
The Legend identifies this building
as "Store." It is the Christian
S. Overholt Store and Residence,
built before 1854,
according to the HABS survey. It is
interesting to note that on February
8, 1867, the sixth child of Christian
S. Overholt (1824-1911) and wife
Katharine/Catherine L. Newmyer
(1831-1894) was born. |
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IV.
Christian S. Overholt, b at West Overton,
Westm'd Co, Pa, Oct 18, 1824; m Katharine
L. Newmyer June 28, 1853. Res. 4008 Pine
St, Phila, Pa. A business man of long and
wide experience, his prominent connection
with financial and industrial affairs
make Christian S. Overholt an admirable
and valuable member of the Pennsylvania
Board of Commissioners. He is a retired
banker, merchant and manufacturer. For
many years he was the manager of the firm
of Overholt & Co. of Broad Ford, Pa,
a well known firm of distillers. Nearly a
third of a century ago he retired from
the firm and became president of the
First National Bank of Mt. Pleasant, Pa.
After ably performing the functions of
this responsible post for a long time, he
retired from active business life, and
has been a resident of Philadelphia for
some years. C: Alice,
Charles, Mary, Elmer, Anna, William.
A Genealogical
Record of the Descendants of Martin
Oberholtzer;
Descendants of Henry Oberholtzer, by
A. J. Fretz (1903); pp. 120-121
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Private Homes, Worker Houses, Large Tenement
Building
#53 Property of A.S.R. Overholt & Co.,
West Overton
1867 Westmoreland County Historic Atlas;
John Pritiskutch Productions
Photograph Created & Edited by K. R. Overholt
Critchfield © 2017

Worker Houses, Large Tenement Building, Small
Tenement Building
#53 Property of A.S.R. Overholt & Co.,
West Overton
1867 Westmoreland County Historic Atlas;
John Pritiskutch Productions
Photograph Created & Edited by K. R. Overholt
Critchfield © 2017

Henry S. Overholt Home, Barn & Stables;
Christian S. Overholt Store & Home; Private
Homes
#53 Property of A.S.R. Overholt & Co.,
West Overton
1867 Westmoreland County Historic Atlas;
John Pritiskutch Productions
Photograph Created & Edited by K. R. Overholt
Critchfield © 2017

Large Barn & Stable, Carriage House,
Warehouse, Railroad Train, Orchard, H. S.
Overholt Home
#53 Property of A.S.R. Overholt & Co.,
West Overton
1867 Westmoreland County Historic Atlas;
John Pritiskutch Productions
Photograph Created & Edited by K. R. Overholt
Critchfield © 2017

Inset Above: Overholt Coal & Coke Company
Works - Below: Coke Ovens & Rail Cars
#53 Property of A.S.R. Overholt & Co.,
West Overton
1867 Westmoreland County Historic Atlas;
John Pritiskutch Productions
Photograph Created & Edited by K. R. Overholt
Critchfield © 2017

Coke Ovens & Rail Cars, Railroad Tracks
& Train
#53 Property of A.S.R. Overholt & Co.,
West Overton
1867 Westmoreland County Historic Atlas;
John Pritiskutch Productions
Photograph Created & Edited by K. R. Overholt
Critchfield © 2017

Inset of the Overholt Coal Mine, Coke Ovens
& Rail Cars
#53 Property of A.S.R. Overholt & Co.,
West Overton
1867 Westmoreland County Historic Atlas;
John Pritiskutch Productions
Photograph Created & Edited by K. R. Overholt
Critchfield © 2017
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By 1874, Aaron S. R.
Overholt -- the next generation -- began
to diversify the company's operations, as
well as integrate them. Coal had been
discovered on the land, and in that year,
a line of sixty-four coke ovens was built
along Felgars Run. Foreign immigrants
soon joined the native Pennsyrvanians in
West Overton, creating a larger and more
diverse community. The coking operation
closed in the early twentieth century,
and the distillery was shut down during
prohibition.
HABS Survey No. PA-5654;
page 1
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Karen's Note: Lest we
forget, Abraham Overholt was the first
person to discover coal on his property,
in the early days of farming.
Abraham Overholt was the
first discoverer of coal in that portion
of Westmoreland Co., and was the first to
use it. Prior to its discovery, coal was
brought from the other side of hte
mountain to the blacksmith shops, and
which [where] it was found,
stood on the finest strata of coal. Mr.
Overholt used to exhibit his coal mines
in an early day as a curiosity to
visiting strangers from the east.
The Genealogical Records of the
Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer;
A. J. Fretz; Press of The Evergreen
News, Milton, NJ (1903) |
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John
Pritiskutch Reproductions

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#53 Property of A.S.R. Overholt & Co.,
West Overton
1867 Westmoreland County Historic Atlas;
John Pritiskutch Productions
Photograph Created & Edited by K. R. Overholt
Critchfield © 2017
(http://www.anthracitemaps.com/wsite.nsf/html/wmmap53)
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References ~
1 |
1867 Westmoreland County
Historic Atlas - Maps & Drawings; #53
Property of A.S.R. Overholt & Co.,
West Overton, Westmoreland County,
Pennsylvania; John Pritiskutch
Productions; Photograph Created &
Edited by K. R. Overholt Critchfield ©
2017 |
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HABS Survey on West Overton,
page 24; Library of Congress Historic
American Buildings Survey/Historic
American Engineering Record - West
Overton, Westmoreland County,
Pennsylvania, Survey Number: HABS
PA-5654; West Overton 43-page report,
Call Number: HABS, PA, 65-OVTW,11- |
3 |
Cover ~ Atlas of Westmoreland
County, Pennsylvania: from actual surveys
and under the direction
of S.N. & D.G. Beers; A. Pomeroy,
Publisher; Fred Bourquin, Printer; 1867 |
4 |
Diagram of West Overton;
Portion of East Huntingdon Township Map; Atlas
of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania:
from actual surveys and under the
direction of S.N. & D.G. Beers;
A. Pomeroy, Publisher; Fred Bourquin,
Printer; 1867 |
5 |
Herald of Truth Obituaries
- March, 1870; Herald Of Truth -
Volume VII, Number 3 - March, 1870, page
46-47 |
6 |
A Genealogical Record of the
Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer;
Descendants of Henry Oberholtzer, by
A. J. Fretz (1903); pp. 69-70 |
7 |
Legend - #53 Property
of A.S.R. Overholt & Co., West
Overton; 1867 Westmoreland County
Historic Atlas; John Pritiskutch
Productions; Photograph Created &
Edited by K. R. Overholt Critchfield ©
2017 |
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Spring House, Mill &
Registered Distillery of A. & H. S.
Overholt, Abraham Overholt Homestead
House; #53 Property of A.S.R.
Overholt & Co., West Overton;1867
Westmoreland County Historic Atlas;
John Pritiskutch Productions; Photograph
Created & Edited by K. R. Overholt
Critchfield © 2017 |
9 |
Coal & Coke Works,
Railroad Track & Train, Large Barn
& Stable (1); #53 Property of
A.S.R. Overholt & Co., West Overton;
1867 Westmoreland County Historic Atlas;
John Pritiskutch Productions; Photograph
Created & Edited by K. R. Overholt
Critchfield © 2017 |
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Coal & Coke Works,
Railroad Track & Train, Large Barn
& Stable (2); #53 Property of
A.S.R. Overholt & Co., West Overton;
1867 Westmoreland County Historic Atlas;
John Pritiskutch Productions; Photograph
Created & Edited by K. R. Overholt
Critchfield © 2017 |
11 |
Carriage House &
Warehouse, Railroad Train, Spring House,
Mill & Distillery Building, Homestead
House; #53 Property of A.S.R.
Overholt & Co., West Overton; 1867
Westmoreland County Historic Atlas;
John Pritiskutch Productions; Photograph
Created & Edited by K. R. Overholt
Critchfield © 2017 |
12 |
Carriage House &
Warehouse, Railroad Train, Spring House,
Mill & Distillery Building; #53 Property
of A.S.R. Overholt & Co., West
Overton; 1867 Westmoreland County
Historic Atlas; John Pritiskutch
Productions; Photograph Created &
Edited by K. R. Overholt Critchfield ©
2017 |
13 |
Tenement Building, Mill &
Distillery Building, Hog Pens, Homestead
House, Summer House; #53 Property
of A.S.R. Overholt & Co., West
Overton; 1867 Westmoreland County
Historic Atlas; John Pritiskutch
Productions; Photograph Created &
Edited by K. R. Overholt Critchfield ©
2017 |
14 |
Mill & Distillery
Building, Hog Pens, Spring House,
Homestead House, Summer House; #53 Property
of A.S.R. Overholt & Co., West
Overton; 1867 Westmoreland County
Historic Atlas; John Pritiskutch
Productions; Photograph Created &
Edited by K. R. Overholt Critchfield ©
2017 |
15 |
Carriage House &
Warehouse, Railroad Train, Felgars Run,
Private & Worker Homes, Large
Tenement Building; #53 Property of
A.S.R. Overholt & Co., West Overton;
1867 Westmoreland County Historic Atlas;
John Pritiskutch Productions; Photograph
Created & Edited by K. R. Overholt
Critchfield © 2017 |
16 |
Private Homes, Worker Houses,
Tenement Building, Mill & Distillery
Building; #53 Property of A.S.R.
Overholt & Co., West Overton; 1867
Westmoreland County Historic Atlas;
John Pritiskutch Productions; Photograph
Created & Edited by K. R. Overholt
Critchfield © 2017 |
17 |
Railroad Train, Private
Homes, Worker Houses, Tenement Building; #53
Property of A.S.R. Overholt & Co.,
West Overton; 1867 Westmoreland County
Historic Atlas; John Pritiskutch
Productions; Photograph Created &
Edited by K. R. Overholt Critchfield ©
2017 |
18 |
A Genealogical Record of the
Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer;
Descendants of Henry Oberholtzer, by
A. J. Fretz (1903); pp. 120-121 |
19 |
Private Homes, Worker Houses,
Large Tenement Building; #53 Property
of A.S.R. Overholt & Co., West
Overton; 1867 Westmoreland County
Historic Atlas; John Pritiskutch
Productions; Photograph Created &
Edited by K. R. Overholt Critchfield ©
2017 |
20 |
Worker Houses, Large Tenement
Building, Small Tenement Building; #53
Property of A.S.R. Overholt & Co.,
West Overton; 1867 Westmoreland County
Historic Atlas; John Pritiskutch
Productions; Photograph Created &
Edited by K. R. Overholt Critchfield ©
2017 |
21 |
Henry S. Overholt Home, Barn
& Stables; Christian S. Overholt
Store & Home; Private Homes; #53 Property
of A.S.R. Overholt & Co., West
Overton; 1867 Westmoreland County
Historic Atlas; John Pritiskutch
Productions; Photograph Created &
Edited by K. R. Overholt Critchfield ©
2017 |
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Large Barn & Stable,
Carriage House, Warehouse, Railroad
Train, Orchard, H. S. Overholt Home; #53
Property of A.S.R. Overholt & Co.,
West Overton; 1867 Westmoreland County
Historic Atlas; John Pritiskutch
Productions; Photograph Created &
Edited by K. R. Overholt Critchfield ©
2017 |
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Inset Above: Overholt Coal
& Coke Company Works - Below: Coke
Ovens & Rail Cars; #53 Property
of A.S.R. Overholt & Co., West
Overton; 1867 Westmoreland County
Historic Atlas; John Pritiskutch
Productions; Photograph Created &
Edited by K. R. Overholt Critchfield ©
2017 |
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Coke Ovens & Rail Cars,
Railroad Tracks & Train; #53 Property
of A.S.R. Overholt & Co., West
Overton; 1867 Westmoreland County
Historic Atlas; John Pritiskutch
Productions; Photograph Created &
Edited by K. R. Overholt Critchfield ©
2017 |
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Inset of the Overholt Coal
Mine, Coke Ovens & Rail Cars; #53
Property of A.S.R. Overholt & Co.,
West Overton;1867 Westmoreland County
Historic Atlas; John Pritiskutch
Productions; Photograph Created &
Edited by K. R. Overholt Critchfield ©
2017 |
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HABS Survey of West Overton, No.
PA-5654; page 1 |
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The Genealogical Records of
the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer,
which includes Descendants of Martin
Overholt, Son of Martin Oberholtzer
(pp. 132-198), and The Genealogical
Records of the Descendants of William
Nash; A. J. Fretz; reprinted in one
book by Westmoreland-Fayette Historical
Society, West Overton, Scottdale, PA
(1985); original publisher of Oberholtzer
genealogical records, Press of The
Evergreen News, Milton, NJ (1903);
original publisher of Nash genealogical
records, Press of Pequannock Valley
Argus, Butler, NJ (1903) |
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John Pritiskutch
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http://www.anthracitemaps.com/wsite.nsf/html/wmmap53;
#53 Property of A.S.R. Overholt &
Co., West Overton; 1867 Westmoreland
County Historic Atlas; John
Pritiskutch Productions; Photograph
Created & Edited by K. R. Overholt
Critchfield © 2017 |
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