Andrew S. OVERBY

1836 - 1877  (41 years)

• Name	Andrew S. OVERBY
  Born	1836	Virginia
  Gender	Male
  _UID	2651F4777FFA4DCDBEEF56ABD7D9004D2073
  Died	25 Nov 1877	Chesterfield Co. VA
  Notes	CENSUS RECORDS 1850 United States Federal Census Name: Andrew Overby Age: 15 Birth Year: abt 1835 Home in 1850: Petersburg (Independent City), Virginia Gender: Male Family Number: 657 Cannot Read, Write: No [he is literate] Household Members: Robert Overby 60 Mary Overby 54 Mary Overby 20 Andrew Overby 15 1860 Census Name: Andrew Overby Age: 25 Birth Year: abt 1835 Gender: Male Birth Place: Virginia Home in 1860: Manchester, Chesterfield, Virginia Post Office: Manchester Dwelling Number: 904 Family Number: 914 Occupation: Carpenter Personal Estate Value: $100 Household Members: Name Age Andrew Overby 25 Sarah Overby 23 John Overby 2 Thos Mason 25 [carpenter, likely a lodger] Conelia Mason 21 1870 United States Federal Census Name: Andrew Overby Age in 1870: 34 Birth Year: abt 1836 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1870: First Revenue Division, Chesterfield, Virginia Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Chester Occupation: Carpenter In Rail Road Shop Real Estate Value: $1200 Male Citizen over 21: Y Household Members: Andrew Overby 34 Sarah Overby 33 Mary E Overby 10 Alice Overby 7 Nellie Overby 5 Lillie Overby 3 Oscar Overby 1 1877-1879 Richmond City Directory he is listed as a carpenter for the Richmond and Danville Railroad. -------------- Annual report of the railroad commissioner of the state of Virginia [1877] By Virginia. Railroad Commissioner, p.238 Total number of persons killed 4 November 25th. Andrew Overby, carpenter, fell overboard from seventh span bridge, James river, and was drowned. Was standing on abutment at east end bridge keeping drift-wood from accumulating, a heavy log striking against end of his pole threw him into the stream. -------------- Author: Owen, Benjamin P., 1860-1930 Subject: Freemasons. Manchester Lodge, No. 14 (Richmond, Va.) Publisher: C. E. Picot Print. Co.,p. 83 Andrew Overby, who accidentally slipped through the Richmond & Danville railroad bridge and drowned, while assisting to save that structure during the great freshet in James River in 1877; p. 106 A complete set of tools of a fellowcraft was presented to the Lodge December 27, 1867, by Andrew Overby and Thomas Allgood, who were voted thanks by the Lodge. These working tools are still in possession of the Lodge.
  Person ID	I5945	Master File
  Last Modified	18 Jun 2020

  
  

  Father	Robert (Robin) Overby,   b. ca 1784, Dinwiddie Co. VA ,   d. 01 Nov 1862, Petersburg, VA  (Age ~ 78 years)
  Mother	Mary (Polly) Spinner,   b. ca 1796, Chesterfield Co. VA ,   d. 26 Apr 1861, Petersburg, VA  (Age ~ 65 years)
  Married	21 Mar 1817	Chesterfield Co. VA
  Family ID	F6093	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah L. WALLACE,   b. 09 Jun 1836, Connecticut ,   d. 25 Jan 1909, Richmond, Virginia  (Age 72 years)
  Children	1. John OVERBY,   b. Abt 1858, Manchester, Chesterfield Co., VA ,   d. Bef 12 Aug 1868, Manchester, Chesterfield Co., VA  (Age ~ 10 years)   2. Mary Ellen (Mollie) OVERBY,   b. 16 Oct 1860, Manchester, Chesterfield Co., VA ,   d. 31 Jan 1958, St. Louis, MO  (Age 97 years)   3. Alice Elizabeth OVERBY,   b. Abt 1863, Manchester, Chesterfield Co., VA ,   d. 06 Jun 1940, Richmond, VA  (Age ~ 77 years)   4. Nellie G. OVERBY,   b. 15 Aug 1865, Manchester, Chesterfield Co., VA ,   d. 06 May 1926, Richmond, VA  (Age 60 years)   5. Lillie Maud OVERBY,   b. Abt 1868, Manchester, Chesterfield Co., VA ,   d. Mar 1939, Richmond, VA  (Age ~ 71 years)   6. Oscar E. OVERBY,   b. Abt 1870, Manchester, Chesterfield Co., VA ,   d. Bef 1880, Manchester, Chesterfield Co., VA  (Age ~ 10 years)   7. Andrew Bird OVERBY,   b. 30 May 1873, Manchester, Chesterfield Co. VA ,   d. 24 May 1874, Manchester, Chesterfield Co. VA  (Age 0 years)   8. Florence (Florrie) OVERBY,   b. 10 Jun 1878, Manchester, Chesterfield Co., VA ,   d. Apr 1956, Richmond, VA  (Age 77 years)
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2018
  Family ID	F4491	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart