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Everhart, William – Ewell, Marshall Davis

Everhart, William

congressman, was born May 17, 1785, in Chester county, Pa. He was elected to the lower house of congress in 1852, and declined a re-election in 1854. He died Oct. 30, 1867.

Evers, John

artist, was born Aug. 17, 1797, in Newtown, L. I. He was one of the founders of the National Academy of Design. His best known pictures are Creation; New York City; and Crystal Palace, London. He died in Hempstead, L. I.

Everts, Orpheus

physician, author, was born Dec. 26, 1826, in Union county, Ind. He is a physician of Cincinnati; and the author of Giles and Co., or Views and Interviews concerning Civilization; and What Shall we Do with the Drunkard.

Everts, William Wallace

clergyman, author, was born March 13, 1814, in Granville, N. Y. He is a baptist clergyman of Chicago, and later of Jersey City, among whose many published works are included The Pastor's Hand-Book; Bible Prayer-Book; The Voyage of Life; Manhood, its Duties and Responsibilities; Promiseand Training of Childhood; Words in Earnest; The Baptist Layman's Book; The Sabbath; The Christian Apostolate; and Life of John Foster.

Evins, John H

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born July 18, 1830, in Spartanburg county, S. C. He served in the confederate army during the war of the rebellion, rising to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He served as a member of the state house of representatives for two terms; and was elected a representative from South Carolina to the forty-fifth, forty-sixth, forty-seventh and forty-eighth congresses as a democrat.

Evrett, Isaac

journalist, author, was born Jan. 2, 1820, in New York city.

In 1866 he established and became editor of the Cincinnati Christian Standard. He was the author of Walks about Jerusalem; Letter to a Young Christian; Evenings with the Bible; and other works. He died Dec. 18, 1888, in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Ewan, Mary C

actress, was born in 1836. She attained a national reputation as an actress; and played in the principal cities of the United States. She died in 1866.

Ewart, Thomas West

lawyer, was born Feb. 27, 1816, in Grand View, Ohio.

He was a member of the convention that formed the present constitution of Ohio.

He was a trustee of Denison university, president of the Ohio baptist state convention, and vice-president of the American Baptist Missionary union. He died Oct. 8, 1881, in Granville, Ohio.

Ewbank, Thomas

scientist, author, was born March 11, 1792, in England. He was a scientist of New York, at one period commissioner of patents; and the author of Thoughts on Matter and Force; Hydraulics; The World a Workshop; Life in Brazil; Experiments in Marine Propulsion; and Reminiscences in the Patent Office. He died Sept. 16, 1870, in New York.

Ewell, Benjamin Stoddart

soldier, educator, college president, was born June 10, 1810, in Washington, D. C.

During the civil war he served in the confederate army. In 1865 he became a second time president of the William and Mary college, which position he retained until his death.

Ewell, John Louis

clergyman, educator, was born Sept. 4, 1840, in Rowley, Mass. He filled the chair of Latin in the Washington university of St.

Louis; is a successful congregational clergyman; and since 1890 has been dean of the theological department, and professor of church history and biblical exegesis in the Howard university of Washington, D. C.

Ewell, Marshall Davis

educator, lawyer, author, was born Aug. 18, 1844, in Oxford, Mich. He is a lawyer of Chicago, and professor of law in Union College of Law in Chicago; and the author of Blackwell on Tax Titles: Treatise on the Law of Fixtures; Essentials of the Law; and Manual of Medical Jurisprudence.