Extract from the 1850 Census:
Name: Simeon Overacker
Age in 1860: 32
Estimated birth year: 1818
Birthplace: Ohio
Race: white
Gender: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1850: Grattan, Kent, Michigan
Value of real estate: $400
Occupation: farmer
Census place: Grattan, Kent, Michigan; Roll M432_353; Page: 303B; Image: 591
Date: 19 Oct 1850

Extract from "History of Wright County, Iowa, its peoples, industries and institutions," H P Birdsall, Editor, B F Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1915:
Roads at this early day consisted of mere tracks, the route being decided by the first teamster who happened to pass that way. Bridges there were none, the streams being forded where encountered, and marshes avoided as best the unfortunate could. For several years the road from Belmond to Horse Grove was east of and around Franklin Grove, a distance of about fifteen miles, nearly double the length of the course pursued by a crow passing between the same points.
The nearest supply store was that of Boriah Weight, at Hardin City, where most of the mail was received until that town went into decline, after which, for a long time, Cedar Falls became the popular trading point and postoffice. For a long time Simeon Overacker carried the mail on foot, receiving therefore five dollars per trip, which amount was donated by the individuals of the settlement.

Extract from the 1860 Census:
Name: Simeon Overacker
Age in 1860: 42
Estimated birth year: 1818
Birthplace: Ohio
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1860: Pleasant, Wright, Iowa
Post office: Belmond
Value of real estate: $800
Value of personal property: $200
Occupation: master mason
Census place: Pleasant, Wright, Iowa; Roll M653_345; Page: 1052; Image: 500; Family History Library Film: 803345
Date: 10 Jul 1860

Extract from American Civil War Soldiers:
Name: Simeon Overacker
Residence: Belmond, Iowa
Enlistment date: 14 August 1862
Distinguished service: distinguished service
Side served: Union
State served: Iowa
Unit numbers: 207
Service record: enlisted as a private on 14 August 1862 at the age of 44
Transferred into Regiment U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps on 1 Jan 1864
Transferred out of Company A, 32nd Infantry Regiment Iowa on 1 Jan 1864
Received a disability discharge from Regiment U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps on 25 Jul 1864 at Columbus, Ohio.

Extract from the 1870 Census:
Name: Simeon Overacker
Age in 1870: 52
Estimated birth year: 1818
Birthplace: Ohio
Race: white
Gender: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1870: Clarion, Wright, Iowa
Post office: Clarion
Value of real estate: $11,000
Value of personal property: $1000
Occupation: farmer
Census place: Clarion, Wright, Iowa; Roll: M593_427; Page: 464; Image: 269
Date: 5 Jul 1870

Extract from the 1880 Census:
Name: Simeon Overacker
Age: 62
Estimated birth year: 1818
Birthplace: Ohio
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head-of-household: head
Home in 1880: Clarion, Wright, Iowa
Marital status: married
Father's birthplace: New York
Mother's birthplace: Vermont
Occupation: farmer
Census place: Clarion, Wright, Iowa; Roll: T9_371; Family History Film: 1254371; Page: 536.2000; Enumeration District: 252; Image: 0395
Date: 10 Jun 1880

Extract from the 1885 Iowa State Census:
Name: Simeon Overacker
Age: 67
Estimated birth year: 1818
Birth location: Ohio
Race: white
Gender: male
Residence county: Wright
Residence state: Iowa
Locality: Clarion
Marital status: married
Occupation: farmer
Line: 13
Roll: IA1885_283

Obituary from the "Wright County Monitor" of Clarion, Iowa dated 5 Jan 1887:
Overacker - In Clarion, Iowa, Dec. 30th, 1866, Simeon Overacker, aged 68 years, 11 months and 23 days.
From a memoranda made by Mr. Overacker just prior to his last sickness we learn that he was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Jan. 17th, 1818, and twelve years later he moved with his parents to Michigan, where he resided until the spring of 1857, when he moved to Iowa, locating at Belmond, in this county. He was married to Miss Caroline Paddock at Waterloo, Michigan, October 19th, 1841. He enlisted in the 82nd Iowa Infantry Aug. 14, 1862, and was discharged on the 25th of the following July on account of contracted disease that rendered him unfit for service, and most of the time since he has been a resident of this county. For a number of years he had been in poor health the greater portion of the time, being afflicted with a cancer in the throat and also a disease of the lungs. As a citizen and neighbor Mr. Overacker was above reproach; that he had failings cannot be denied, but in this respect he was no worse off than his neighbors. Therefore let us all bear in mind the good qualities of the departed and forget the errors common to the living. In charge of the G.A.R. Post the remains were taken to Belmond on Friday and buried in the cemetery beside those of a son who died some years since. Another old settler and soldier gone to that bourne from whence no traveler returns. Peace to his ashes.