Name/Title
Jesse Maxwell OvertonEntry/Object ID
Overton, Jesse MaxwellDescription
Oval, nearly frontal bust-length of a middle-aged man in white tie & vest and black formal jacket. He is turned slightly to reveal a left profile. He has hazel eyes, and straight light brown hair parted over his left eye. His hairline is receding. The background moves up from a mottled black to a mottled red.Collection
Private CollectionMade/Created
Artist
Müller-Ury, Adolfo, 1862-1947Conservation
Notes
Conserved by Sandor Bodo in the early 1980s.General Notes
Note Type
Historical NoteNote
Jesse Maxwell Overton was born in Pulaski, Tenn., July 25, 1863, the son of John and Harriet Virginia (Maxwell) OVERTON; father, farmer and planter; paternal grandparents Judge John and Mary McConnell (White) OVERTON, maternal grandparents Jesse and Martha Ravenscroft (Claiborne) MAXWELL.
Attended district schools and Vanderbilt University; graduated from Harvard College in 1886, B.A. degree; engaged in coal mining early in life; married Saidie G. WILLIAMS, November 10, 1891; President of the Alabama Fuel and Iron Company, Director in Fourth National Bank, Nashville, Tenn.; member Scottish Rite, 32d degree Mason; Democrat; member Presbyterian Church.
He died in an automobile accident on December 22, 1922 and is buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.Create Date
September 20, 2026Update Date
September 20, 2026