Alameda County Biographies

ADAM A. OVERACKER

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

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	Was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, May 26, 1814.  He resided on his father�s farm until 
he attained the age of sixteen years, when he accompanied his parents on their removal to Lodi 
Plains, Michigan.  Here he received his education and resided for fourteen years.  At this time, 
Mr. Overacker took unto himself a wife, and transferring his habitation to McHenry County, 
Illinois, there dwelt two years, when he moved to Jones County, Iowa, and engaged in farming at 
that place for twenty years.  In 1854 he traded his farm to a Mr. Hollenbeck for sheep in 
California � what was supposed to be a goodly herd � and forthwith proceeded to the Pacific 
Coast to take possession, but found on arrival at Centreville, that there were only five hundred 
all told.  For two years our subject was a resident of Centreville district; he then removed to 
Murray Township, and in 1866 purchased his present property, comprising three hundred and twenty 
acres, situated one mile east from Livermore, where he engaged in general farming.  Mr. Overacker 
has held the office of Secretary of the Board of School Trustees for five years.  Married, August 
28, 1836, Miss Phoebe W. Patterson, a native of the State of New York, by whom there has been a 
family of seven children, five of whom survive, viz.:  Horace T., George P., Mary 
(now Mrs. J. L. Weilbye), Lula (now Mrs. L. A. Summers), and Alice P. (now Mrs. Geo. Hawkins).

History of Alameda County, California�, Oakland, M.W. Wood Publ., 1883, p. 956