Eliza Jane Borden Overstake (1829-1908)

Eliza Jane Borden Overstake

Birth

5 Sep 1829

Highland County, Ohio, USA

Death

6 Jan 1908 (aged 78)

Mowrystown, Highland County, Ohio, USA

Burial

Mowrystown Cemetery

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Memorial ID

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See McBrides' cemetery book, 1972 edition, p. 530.

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Many of us on Find A Grave give special attention to the Civil War soldiers but seem to take for granted the contributions of their wives. Consider Eliza Jane: the mother of ten children, she saw her husband Benton go off to war in 1861, be wounded at the Battle of Shiloh, serve time in a Confederate prison, then be released, only to lose his life in the horrific explosion of the steamer Sultana en route home in 1865. Isn't she equally deserving of being remembered?

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William J. Overstake
mentioned in the record of William J. Overstake and Eliza Jane Badgeley
Name: William J. Overstake
Spouse's Name: Eliza Jane Badgeley
Event Date: 21 Apr 1869
Event Place: Brown, Ohio
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M51315-6 , System Origin: Ohio-VR, GS Film number: 0384278, Reference ID: 2:3L938FQ
"Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1958," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XDHS-8BM: accessed 21 January 2015), William J. Overstake and Eliza Jane Badgeley, 21 Apr 1869; citing Brown, Ohio, reference 2:3L938FQ; FHL microfilm 384,278.

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Working list of children as of 21 Jan 2015. CAUTION: For children not yet linked below, information may be from Internet sources citing no documentation and still needs to be verified.

Caroline -- born Apr 1849 -- linked below.

Walker W. -- born 1850 -- link requested 20 Jan 2015.

Rachel E. -- born 1851 -- link requested 20 Jan 2015.

Lilly S. -- born 1853 -- link requested 20 Jan 2015.

William -- born 1856 -- linked below.

Catherine "Corinda" -- born 1857 -- linked below.

Nathanial [sic] "Nathan" -- born 1859 -- linked below.

Sarah Belle -- born 1861 -- link requested 20 Jan 2015.

Mary Adda -- born 1863 -- linked below.

Mariah L. -- born 26 Jan 1865, _____ Co, __. Where is she buried?

By Eliza Jane's second marriage:

Hester/Hettie -- born abt 1877 -- link requested 20 Jan 2015.

Matilda/Mathilda? -- in the 1880 census, William J. Overstake & Eliza Overstake had with them a 1-year-old child named Matilda. A Matilda Overstake about the right age married [George] Preston Crisenberry in 1899; but that marriage record identifies her as the daughter of Samuel Overstake and Nancy Edington, so she can't be the daughter of William J. Overstake & Eliza. Can anyone clarify?