Stewartsville VA - Lives and Memories

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CORA VIRGINIA WITT OVERSTREETDate of birth: Jan 1860 (according to 1900 Census)Alternative date of birth: 1862 (accordin...
06/19/2026

CORA VIRGINIA WITT OVERSTREET

Date of birth: Jan 1860 (according to 1900 Census)
Alternative date of birth: 1862 (according to marriage record)
Place of birth: Bedford County, Virginia
Parents: William Davis Witt & Eliza Ann Ramsey
Name of husband: James Harrison Overstreet
Date of Marriage: 11 Jan 1877 (record says she was 15)
Place of Marriage: Bedford, Virginia
Date of Death: 12 Apr 1941 (according to death record and funeral home record)
Alternate date of death: 12 Jan 1941 (findagrave.com)
Place of Death: At her home on Taylor's Mountain
Cause of Death: Mitral Regurgitation
Time of Death: 5:40 p.m.
Embalmed: No
Funeral handled by: The family
Date of Funeral: 13 Apr 1941
Place of Funeral: At her home on Taylor's Mountain
Time of Funeral: 3 p.m.
Place of Burial: "Family Cemetery" James Harrison Overstreet Cemetery, located on hill behind Cool Springs Holiness Church (middle church) on Taylor's Mountain
Clergyman: T.G. Smith

Children:

Fannie Overstreet
Spouse: Allie J. Carter
Date of birth: abt 1878
Date of death: abt 1909

Obadiah Overstreet
Date of birth: abt 1880
Date of death: 14 Apr 1889?

Julian Luck Overstreet
Spouse: Rosa Mae "Rosie" Carter
Date of birth: 4 Nov 1884
Date of death: 31 Dec 1961

Rosa Virginia Overstreet
Spouse: John William "Bill" Amos
Date of birth: 20 Apr 1886
Date of death: 25 Jan 1961

Walker Clifton Overstreet
Spouse: Una Belle Carter
Date of birth: 27 Aug 1891
Date of death: 16 Feb 1969

James Harrison "Harry" Overstreet Jr
Spouse: Martha Virginia Phillips
Date of birth: 27 Jul 1892
Date of death: 6 Sep 1976

David Crockett "Dave" Overstreet
Spouse: Mary Virginia Ruff
Date of birth: 17 Oct 1894
Date of death: 14 Mar 1980

Amos Overstreet
Spouse: Gola Chesterfield Dooley
Date of birth: 22 Aug 1896
Date of death: 10 Apr 1981

Cora M Overstreet
Spouse: Arthur William Overstreet
Date of birth: 7 Sep 1899
Date of death: 22 Oct 1930

Jimmie K. Overstreet
Spouse: Dewey Sampson Carter
Date of birth: 17 Feb 1902
Date of death: 28 Jul 1995

From Taylors Mountain

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This cyanotype taken circa 1895 captures foot traffic traversing the Henry Street Bridge. This south facing image shows ...
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This cyanotype taken circa 1895 captures foot traffic traversing the Henry Street Bridge. This south facing image shows the heart of the booming downtown, including Roanoke's first "skyscraper," the Terry Building, which is on the the left side of the image. Mill Mountain looms large in the background. Photo from History Museum.

See this photograph and more in our digital collections – http://hswv.pastperfectonline.com/

Lillian Wheeler Meador and husband Elliott Wheeler.  They ran a boarding house at 1321 Kirk avenue SE Roanoke Va from WW...
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Lillian Wheeler Meador and husband Elliott Wheeler. They ran a boarding house at 1321 Kirk avenue SE Roanoke Va from WW1 threw 1920,s,,she would pass away at age 50 in 1935. Photo shared by Pete Wheeler

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