Person:Emmanuel Overfield (1)

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Emmanuel Overfield
 
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Name Emmanuel Overfield
Alt Name Manuel Jerome Overfield
Gender Male
Birth? 13 Sep 1825 Henderson, Kentucky, United States
Marriage 14 Sep 1848 Union County, Kentuckyto Josephine HOLEMAN
Reference Number QJPD-T0

My mother (Ferne E. Bolding Gilmore) thought his name was "Jerome Ike Overfield". I don't know why. Manuel Jerome went to court between 1870 and 1880 to legally change his name to Emanuel to avoid confusion with his nephew Manuel James. The entire family moved to Texas in the early 1880s.