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Ewald Over was a German-American entrepreneur and veteran of the American Civil War. He was born to his father, William Over, and his mother, Caroline Boecke, on July 25, 1835, in Remscheid, Rhenish Prussia, Germany, near the city of Siegen, where he received his education. At about the age of 15, he immigrated to America with his mother and father. They eventually settled in the town of Wheeling, West Virginia. There, he became a bookkeeper and a clerk at a local hardware house. He married Anna Heinzelman on August 12, 1853. During the American Civil War, Ewald Over served as Captain of P. Company in the 6th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry. After the war, in 1865, Over moved to Indianapolis, Indiana and became an entrepreneur, his most successful business being Victor Foundry. Over's father died in 1877, as well as his first wife in 1894. Over remarried on September 11, 1895, and his son, William Ewald Over was born in 1899. He was a member of many organisations including the Grand Army of the Republic, and the Indianapolis Board of Trade. He died on April 10, 1912.
