OVERSHINER, CHARLES DAVID -- Among the Federal representatives in California whose administration of office has proved satisfactory, is Charles David Overshiner, the popular postmaster of Santa Ana, who hails from Kentucky, where he was born at Hopkinsville, Christian County, on December 29, 1863. His father was the merchant, John G. Overshiner, who married Miss Margaret Nichols, the daughter of David and Mary Nichols, and by her had nine children, of whom five are living. Both parents are now dead.
Mr. Overshiner enjoyed the usual public school advantages of those days, and supplemented them in the field where so many men have acquired a rare education--that of printing. Having learned the printer's trade, he came to California in June, 1883, locating at Santa Ana, and identified himself with the Santa Ana Standard, later with the Blade, and still later with the Santa Ana Bulletin, in which he still retains a half interest.
As a Democrat, Mr. Overshiner was active in support of his party, and on January 12, 1915, was appointed to the responsible position he now holds. His only child, William H., is a graduate of the Santa Ana high school and the University of California, and is a civil engineer, connected with the U. S. Geodetic Survey, stationed in the Philippines. Mr. Overshiner is a Mason, Odd Fellow and an Elk, and has attained to various chairs, his popularity in official circles even being eclipsed by that showered upon him in fraternal life.
