When about 10 years of age, Overton’s father sent him to the mill with a neighbor on horseback with a pack saddle which contained one to one and one half bushels of wheat. The sack, not balanced very well, began to slip and in order to keep it from falling, Overton got on the short end and rode on to the mill. While on his way, he saw his first yoke of oxen and a red brick chimney, which was quite a curiosity to him.
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