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Silas C. Overpack (1841–1927) was a blacksmith, wheelwright, and businessman. He owned a shop (around 1868) in downtown Manistee, Michigan, at 87 Pine Street, called ''S.C. Overpack Wagon, Carriage and Blacksmith Shop'' and is associated with the invention of Michigan logging wheels.〔(Lumbering in Michigan )〕 These unusually large wagon wheels (10 feet in diameter) were used in the timber industry for hauling logs in difficult terrain. 〔(Powers, Perry F., ''A history of northern Michigan and its people'' - Biography of Silas C. Overpack ).〕 == Early childhood == Silas Overpack was born in Chemung County, Pennsylvania, on March 20, 1841. He was the sixth of ten children. He spent his childhood there where he received his public schooling. His parents were George and Remercy (Chidester) Overpack. They left Pennsylvania around 1850 and ultimately settled in Springfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan, where George rests in the Andersonville Cemetery, Andersonville, Michigan. Remercy and a number of her descendants are interred in the Oak Grove Cemetery, Manistee, Michigan.〔
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