BIO: John Breckinridge Overall, MD, Bullitt County, KY ********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net Transcribed by: Jan West awest1@tampabay.rr.com Date: 21 Jan 2000 *********************************************************************** JOHN BRECKINRIDGE OVERALL, M.D. Dr. John Breckinridge Overall, a skillful physician and surgeon, is one of the valuable citizens of Springfield and in the discharge of his professional duties brings to bear the knowledge and ability acquired by thorough collegiate training and through more than thirty years' experience as a practitioner. Practically his entire life has been passed in this state. He was born February 28, 1869, in Nelson county, of which his father, Asa B. Overall, was also a native. When a young man the latter enlisted in the Confederate army and was made first sergeant of his company. He fought under General Joe Wheeler and his term of service covered four years. He spent the remainder of his life in Nelson county and was one of its progressive farmers. He was a Baptist and a deacon of the church at New Salem. Born May 4, 1834, he attained the advanced age of ninety years, passing away August 10, 1924. He had married Julia Thurman, who was born in Spencer county, Kentucky, and died in Nelson county. Her father, Nicholas Thurman, was an agriculturist who always lived in Spencer county, was an adherent of the democratic party and a Baptist in religious faith. Asa B. Overall was a son of John Overall, who was born in Maryland and died in Nelson county, Kentucky. He was a well-to-do farmer and a breeder of fine racing stock. In politics he was a democrat and his religious faith was manifest in his service as a deacon in the New Salem Baptist church. He married a Miss Brown, who was a native of Ireland and passed away in Nelson county. John Overall was named for his father, who made the voyage from England to America and cast in his lot with the early settlers of Maryland, where he lived during his remaining years. In the acquirement of an education Dr. John B. Overall first attended the public schools of Deatsville, Kentucky, and next matriculated in the Bardstown Coeducational College in 1885. He was graduated from the Louisville Medical College in 1892 and located in High Grove, Nelson county, where he maintained an office for twenty-four years, drawing his patients from a wide area. Impelled by the spirit of patriotism, Dr. Overall offered his aid to his country in her time of need and History of Kentucky and on May 10, 1917, at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, was commissioned a first lieutenant in the medical corps of the United States army. He went to New York city, where he was stationed until August 18, 1919, and he now holds the rank of captain in the medical reserve corps. Dr. Overall came to Springfield in October, 1919, and in the intervening period has established a large practice. He is also a director of the State Bank of Springfield and the Bank of Fairfield, Kentucky. Dr. Overall was married May 7, 1894, to Miss Mattie Harris, who was born in Nelson county and died February 14, 1914, at High Grove. She was a daughter of James and Annie (Deacon) Harris, the former born in Bullitt county, Kentucky, where his demise also occurred. He was one of the prominent farmers there, and he voted the democratic ticket, while his religious views were in harmony with the doctrines of the Baptist church. Mrs. Mattie (Harris) Overall was the mother of three children. James Lee, the eldest, born December 31, 1897, lives in Springfield. He is a sergeant of the Kentucky National Guard and was a member of the Thirteenth Cavalry during the World war, stationed at Fort Douglas, Arizona. He married Miss Ruby Shewmaker, of Washington county, Kentucky, and they have one child, Jean Harris. Geneva D., born in 1899, is the wife of Royce Swearingen, an enterprising agriculturist of Bullitt county, and they have two children. Forrest L. was born April 4, 1901, and died December 22, 1917. Dr. Overall was married April 6, 1916, in Louisville, to Miss Annie McClure, a daughter of William and Lillie (Crume) McClure, the latter a native of Spencer county, Kentucky. Mr. McClure was born in Henryville, Indiana, and is the owner of a desirable farm in the vicinity of High Grove, Kentucky, where he makes his home. He is a deacon in the Riverview Baptist church and a democrat in his political convictions. John B. Overall, Jr., the only child of the second union, was born December 4, 1916. Mrs. Annie Overall was born October 16, 1888, in Nelson county, and was educated in the public schools of Bardstown, Kentucky. She belongs to the Parent-Teacher Association and the Order of the Eastern Star and is a zealous member of the Baptist church, with which Dr. Overall is also affiliated, while his political allegiance is given to the democratic party. For diversion he turns to the hunting of big game. His interest in the growth and improvement of his community is indicated by his connection with the Springfield Commercial Club. He is master of Springfield Lodge, No. 50, F. & A. M., and belongs to Marion Commandery, No. 2, K. T., at Lebanon, Kentucky. He is a member of the Washington County and Kentucky State Medical Societies and the American Medical Association and reserves his best energies for his profession, being a tireless student of medical science, and he has won a place of enviable prominence in medical circles of this district. HISTORY of KENTUCKY The Blue Grass State 322886 VOLUME III ILLUSTRATED THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY CHICAGO - LOUISVILLE 1928 pp 880-883