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From: Bill Utterback <>
Subject: [KYJP] Jackson Purchase Vignettes - Ballard County - Dr. Robert C. Overbey
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 20:50:17 -0600


My friends -

I believe that the RootsWeb problems have been resolved, and we are now
able to return to normal posting.

Today, we are looking at a lengthy biography of Dr.Robert C. Overbey as
part of the JP Vignette series. He was actually born in Graves County into
the large Overbey family which resided in the JP, and had relatives in
Calloway, Marshall and McCracken counties. He resided in Ballard County at
the time of the publication of this bio in 1922, however, so we shall place
him there for our purposes here.

As is now customary, there will be no data posts per se tomorrow or on the
weekend. From now until shortly after the first of the year, I will be in
the process of retiring early from my "real" job, which will cause me to
have less time on the weekends than in the past, and that may prevent any
miscellaneous file offerings from becoming available until I complete the
transition, which, for me, is not a matter of "walking out the door" at the
end of a final day on the job. So please bear with me. In the long run, it
will mean even more time available for things that I want to do here and in
other areas of genealogy.

-B
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Jackson Purchase Vignettes - Ballard Co - Dr. Robert C. Overbey

"Distinguished as a physician and surgeon, Dr. Robert C. Overbey occupies a
pre-eminent place among the professional men of Ballard county, where for a
number of years he has devoted his high attainments to accomplishing what
has brought him recognitions and honors of an enviable nature. Doctor
Overbey's achievements are based upon an intimate knowledge of the
intricate subjects of human anatomy and scientific therapeutics. Like many
another capable and successful man, he did not set out in life with the
intention of accomplishing something phenomenal, but at the outset of his
career he placed a just valuation on honor, integrity and determination and
with those qualities as capital has won for himself a well deserved place
in the Kentucky field of medicine and surgery. His practice is in and about
La Center, but during the close of the great war many of the soldiers in
camp received the benefit of his skill and experience for Doctor Overbey
belongs to that noble band of physicians and surgeons who, placing their
personal interests second to their love for their kind, went into the
service of their country to minister to its sick and wounded soldiers
during the time of war. Doctor Overbey was born in Graves County, Kentucky
October 5, 1877, a son of Frank H. Overbey, and grandson of Peter William
Overbey, a native of Virginia. The Overbeys came originally from England,
but from Colonial times have been established in this country, settlement
being first made by them in Virginia. Peter William Overbey was one of the
pioneers of Graves County, Kentucky, where he practiced medicine and was
engaged in farming. His death occurred in Graves County before the birth os
his grandson, Doctor Overbey. He was married to Elizabeth Overbey, a
distant relative, who was also born in Virginia, and died in Graves County.
Frank H. Overbey was born in Graves County, Kentucky, in 1850, and he now
lives at Lone Oak, McCracken County, Kentucky. Reared in his native county,
he developed into one of its agriculturalists, and lived there until 1884,
when he moved to Marshall County and for two years was engaged in operating
a saw-mill. Returning to Graves County in 1886, he resumed his farming, and
lived there until 1894, when he went to Murray, Kentucky, and for some
years was profitably engaged in merchandising. In 1904 he went back to
Marshall County and was there engaged in farming until 1917, when he
retired and, selecting Lone Oak, is now living there and is occupied with
civil engineering. In politics he is a democrat. A man of intensely
religious views, he finds in the faith of the Methodist Episcopal Church
the expression of his belief and an outlet for his desire to raise the
standards of morality and Christian living. He married Mary E. Hargrove,
who was bon in Stuart County, Tennessee, in 1853, and they became the
parents of the following children: Doctor Overbey, who was the eldest; Ruby
who died at the age of eighteen years; Guy, who died at the age of
seventeen years; Laura, who is living with her parents; Clyde, who is an
educator connected with a school at Richmond, Virginia; Kelley, a
commercial instructor who lives at Bowling Green, Kentucky; Roscoe, who is
an insurance and real-estate business at Paducah, Kentucky; Harry, who is
an automobile tire salesman of Paducah, Kentucky; and two who died in
infancy. Doctor Overbey first attended the rural schools of Graves County
and then the high school of Murray, Kentucky, from which he was graduated
in 1899. He then entered the Hospital College of Medicine of Louisville,
Kentucky, and was graduated therefrom in 1903, with the degree of Doctor of
Medicine, and later took a post-graduate course at the Chicago Polyclinic
at Chicago, Illinois. In 1903 he began the practice of his profession at
Murray, Kentucky, but a year later moved to Birmingham, Kentucky, and was
there for four years. In November, 1908, he came to La Center, Kentucky,
and here he has found congenial surroundings and has carried on a general
medical and surgical practice. His offices are located on Third Street. He
owns a modern residence on third and Olive streets, one of the fine ones of
the place, which is surrounded with beautifully kept grounds containing
stately shade and valuable fruit trees. In politics Doctor Overbey is a
democrat, and for four years has been health officer of Ballard County. He
is a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in whose faith he
was reared. A Mason, he belongs to La Center Lodge No. 782, A. F. and A.
M., of which he is a past master; Antioch Chapter No. 74, R. A. M.; Paducah
Commandery No. 11, K. T.; and Kosair Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of
Louisville, Kentucky. Doctor Overbey is a member of the Ballard County
Medical Society, the Kentucky State Medical Society, the American Medical
Association and the Southwest Kentucky Medical Association. In November,
1918, he entered the Medical Corps of the United States Army, with the rank
of first lieutenant, and was sent to Camp Sevier, South Carolina, but the
armistice was signed before he was sent abroad, and he was mustered out and
honorably discharged February 26, 1919. On April 20, 1910, Doctor Overbey
was united in marriage at Hinkleville, Kentucky, to Miss Marie E. Rollings,
a daughter of Dr. J. D. and Mattie L. (Skinner) Rollings. Doctor Rollings,
a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work, is one of the leading men
of Ballard County, and is distinguished in several ways. He ranks among the
foremost men in his procession, and is also a celebrity on account of his
magnificent Hereford herd of cattle, and because of the part he has taken
in developing the financial and business interests of La Center and
Hinkleville. Mrs. Rollings is a lady of great intellectual culture, and was
one of the most active workers in the Red Cross during the great war. Mrs.
Overbey was educated at Forest Park University, Saint Louis, Missouri, and
also attended the Conservatory of Music at Cincinnati, Ohio. She is a fine
musician, and her great talents enable her to afford much pleasure to her
family and wide circle of friends. Doctor and Mrs. Overbey have one
daughter, Emmalee, who was born April 1, 1916. Doctor Overbey is a man
noted for his clearness of insight and breadth of view, and his advice is
sought and followed in civic affairs. At the beginning of his career he
learned to work for knowledge and to retain what he learned, and is
recognized as one of the most skilled and experienced men of his profession
in the county".

-History
of Kentucky In Five Volumes
Judge
Charles Kerr
Chicago:
American Historical Society, 1922
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