Overman, Evan "Jack"

Association: Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6

Role: Charter Member

Biography

Evan "Jack" Overman was a charter member of the Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska.

He was born in August 1849 in Iowa.

Overman came to Alaska in June of 1884 and settled in Juneau in 1887 during the early years of the territory's mining development.

By 1900, he was living in Circle City, where he worked as a miner during the height of Interior Alaska’s gold mining activity. He later returned to Juneau and worked as a miner for the Alaska Juneau Mining Company, one of the largest gold mining operations in Alaska.

In his later years, Overman purchased property near Tenakee, Alaska, where he resided for a time.

He died on February 2, 1931, at St. Vincent Hospital in Portland, Oregon.

Sources

• 1900 U.S. Federal Population Census
• 1910 U.S. Federal Population Census
• Daily Alaska Empire, February 3, 1931