Tulare County Biographies

DANIEL G. OVERALL

Transcribed by: Craig A Hahn

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     The Texan is as cosmopolitan as any citizen of the United States. Wherever 
his lot may be cast, he immediately becomes one of the people and is ready with 
heart and hand and money to do his part towards the advancement of the public 
weal. Texas, too, has been a station in the travels of families bound for 
California, but who have leisurely in their travels; stop in Texas has sometime 
been premeditated, sometime it has been incidental and sometime accidental. 
These stops in Texas have been signalized by the addition, by marriage or by 
birth of members to families from further east or north. It was in Texas, in 
1857, that Daniel G. Overall first saw the light of day. His father, Daniel G., 
Sr., was a native of Missouri; his mother, Charity (Mason), was a native of 
Illinois. The father sailed around Cape Horn to California in 1849. Later he 
went back to Missouri, and from there went to Texas. While tarrying in the Lone 
Star State, he busied himself by getting together a large band of cattle, which 
he drove from there to Tulare county in 1859. Selling his cattle, he was enabled 
to buy ranch property here. He prospered as a farmer, and here he and his wife 
both died. They had two children�Mrs. Mary E. Farrow of Visalia and Daniel G. 
Overall, Jr. The latter was reared and educated in Tulare county and went into 
the real estate business at Visalia, in association with John F. Jordan and W. 
H. Hammond. A man of public spirit, and influential politically, he was elected 
auditor and sheriff of Tulare county and served in the former capacity during 
1887-1888 and in the latter during 1889-1890. 
 
     Ranching and stock-raising have commanded Mr. Overall�s attention during 
most of his business career, but in the late years he has been much interested 
in orange-growing in the citrus belt of Tulare county, and is now president of 
the Central California Citrus Fruit Exchange. He is manager and principal owner 
of the Kaweah Lemon Company, director in the First National Bank of Visalia and 
the president of the Visalia Abstract Company. For thirteen years he was 
proprietor of the Palace Hotel, Visalia, and he has extensive oil interests in 
Kern county and mining interests in Calaveras county. He is a Scottish Rite 
Mason, Knight Templar and a Shriner, active and widely known in the order, and 
affiliates with the Fresno lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. 
He has married twice. His first wife was Miss Hawpe, who bore him a son, Orvie 
Overall, who has attained much fame as a baseball pitcher in some of the great 
games of the past decade. His present wife was Miss Van Loan. 
 
SOURCE:  History of Tulare and Kings Counties, California with Biographical 
Sketches - Los Angeles, Calif., Historic Record Company, 1913 Pp 428, 429

        Daniel G. Overall (deceased) was a native of the Lone Star state, born 
in Texas in 1857. His father, whose name was also Daniel G., was one of a party 
of argonauts who "sailed around the Horn" in 1849 and came to California in 
quest of gold. After a brief stay on the Pacific coast, he returned to Missouri 
and was married to Miss Charity Mason. From Missouri, Mr. Overall went to Texas, 
where he collected a large herd of cattle, which he drove overland to Tulare 
county, California, in 1859. A little later he brought his family, and until his 
death was active in the development of this section of the state.
        Daniel G. Overall, Jr., the son of this worthy pioneer couple, was 
educated in the schools of Tulare county. Upon completing his early education he 
became associated with W. H. Hammond and John F. Jordan in the real estate 
business. In 1887 he was elected sheriff of Tulare county and held that office 
until 1891. He then followed ranching and stock raising for some time. During 
this period he became greatly interested in fruit-growing in the citrus belt of 
Tulare county. Probably no other man did more to encourage orange culture in 
this part of the state. He was for several years president of the Central 
California Citrus Fruit Exchange, and was the principal owner and manager of the 
Kaweah Lemon Company. He was also a director in the First National Bank of 
Visalia, president of the Visalia Abstract Company , and for thirteen years was 
the proprietor of the Palace Hotel in Visalia. He also had extensive oil 
interests in Kern county.
        Mr. Overall was prominent in fraternal organizations, being a Knight 
Templar, a thirty-second degree Mason in the Scottish Rite, a Noble of the 
Mystic Shrine, and a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks.
        Mr. Overall has been twice married. His first wife was a Miss Maup, and 
to them was born one son, Orval, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this 
volume. His second wife was a Miss Van Loan, who has passed away.
 
Source:  History of Tulare County and Kings County, California � Kathleen 
Edwards Small & J. Larry Smith, Vol. II, Chicago, The S. J. Clarke Publishing 
Company, 1926., p. 371

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler