Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Overocker, Horace H 1850 - 
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Author: History Grundy County 1882

Horace H. Overocker, farmer, P. O. Mazon, is a son of Jacob Overocker, born in 
Oneida County, N. Y., September 28, 1850. In that State he was raised until 
sixteen years old, during which time he received a common school education. He 
is the youngest of a family of six children, and was left an orphan when he 
was quite young, after which he was raised by an aunt. With this aunt and his 
brother, C. H. Overocker, he came to Illinois in the fall of 1866, after which 
he was employed as a farm hand until he attained his majority, since which 
time he has farmed for himself. He was married, November 26, 1874, to Miss 
Nellie M. Dewey, daughter of S. H. Dewey, of Mazon Township. She was born in 
Lewis County, N. Y., May 30, 1852. They have one son, Berton H., born in 
Grundy County December 11, 1875. He owns a farm of 220 acres of improved land 
in Sections 9 and 10, of Mazon Township, worth $55 per acre. His residence is 
located seven miles south from Morris and one and three-quarters north from 
Mazon. In politics, he is a Republican.

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Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers.

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