Everett, Ambrose Sprague – Ewart, Hamilton Glover
Everett, Ambrose Sprague
soldier, physician, surgeon, was born May 17, 1841, in West Almond, N. Y. He served as a union soldier during the civil war; was first lieutenant of company B, one hundred and eighth regiment, New York state volunteers; and captain of company Gof the same regiment. He was acting inspector-general of the second brigade, third division of the second army corps.
He has attained distinction as one of the leading physicians and surgeons of the United States, and has a large practice in Denver, Colo. He has been professor of surgical anatomy; president of the Western Academy of Homœopathy; is a member of the leading medical bodies; and has been surgeon-general of the Grand Army of the Republic and various fraternal orders.
Everett, Charles Carroll
clergyman, author, was born in June, 1829, in Brunswick, Maine. He is a unitarian clergyman of Cambridge, dean of the theological faculty of Harvard university from 1878, and a profound and independent philosophical thinker. He is the author of The Science of Thought; Religions before Christianity; Fichte's Science of Knowledge, a Critical Exposition; Poetry, Comedy, and Duty; Ethics for Young People; and The Gospel of Paul.
Everett, David
journalist, author, was born March, 29, 1770, in Princeton, Mass. He was a Boston journalist; and the author of Common Sense in Déshabillé, or the Farmer's Monitor; and Daranzel, or the Persian Poet, a tragedy. He died Dec. 21, 1813, in Marietta, Ohio.
Everett, Edward
educator, college president, governor, was born April 11, 1794, in Dorchester, Mass. He was a distinguished Massachusetts statesman famous for his oratory. He was ordained to the unitarian ministry in 1813, but soon retired from the profession and entered political life, becoming a congressman in 1825. After that date he was successively governor of Massachusetts, president of Harvard college, and secretary of state. He achieved a wide popularity, and his literary style was greatly admired. His work has, however, failed to retain its hold upon attention, and his polished sentences now find a constantly lessening circle of readers. He is the author of Defense of Christianity; Orations and Speeches; Mount Vernon Papers; and Importance of Practical Education. died Jan. 15, 1865, in Boston, Mass.
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Everett, Edward Franklin
genealogist, was born May 28, 1840, in Northfield, Mass. He is a Boston genealogist who has published genealogies of the families of Capen and Everett.
Everett, Erastus
educator, author, poet, was born in 1813 in Princeton, Mass. He is an educator once prominent in Brooklyn; and the author of System of English Versification; and Progress, a poem.
Everett, Horace
lawyer, congressman, was born in 1780 in Vermont. He was state's attorney for Windsor county from 1813 to 1817; and served in the state legislature in 1819-24, and in 1834. He was a prominent member of the state constitutional convention of 1828; and was a representative in congress from 1829 to 1843. He died Jan. 30, 1851, in Windsor, Vt.
Everett, John
author, was born Feb. 22, 1801, in Dorchester, Mass. His poetical abilities were considerable, as is shown by his Ode to St. Paul's Church, and by one written for the Washington society, and sung at Concert hall, July 4, 1825. He is the author of articles in the North American Review. He died in 1826 in Boston, Mass.
Everett, Robert William
soldier, congressman, was born March 3, 1839, in Hayneville, Ga. He entered the confederate army, and served until the close of the war. He served two years as commissioner of revenue; served twelve years on the board of education, the last four as president of the board; and served four years, from 1882 to 1885, as a member of the general assembly of Georgia. He was elected to the fifty-second congress as a democrat.
Everett, William
educator, congressman, author, was born Oct. 10, 1839, in Watertown, Mass. He was admitted to the bar in 1867; licensed to preach in 1872 by the Suffolk association of (Unitarian) ministers. He was tutor in Harvard college in 1870-73; assistant professor of Latin in 1873-77; and master of Adams academy, Quincy, Mass., in 1878-93. He engaged in political speaking, on the republican side, in 1864-1883; and was an early civil service reformer. He was chosen at the by-election to congress. He withdrew his name from nominating convention in 1894; took part in convention of national democrats at Indianapolis in 1896; and nominated for governor of Massachusetts by that organization in 1897. His books are College Essays; On the Cam; Lecture on Cambridge University; the poem Hesione, or Europe Unchanged; School Sermons. His books for boys include Thine not Mine; Changing Base; and Double Play.
Everett, Willis Mead
lawyer, author, was born Nov. 18, 1863, in Randolph, N. Y. For many years he filled the chair of mathematics and German in the Chamberlain institute of Randolph, N. Y. He has practiced law in Cincinnati, Chicago and Atlanta, and has been director and officer in many large corporations. He is the author of The Georgia Section of Law of Incorporated Companies.
EVERHARD, CAROLINE McCUL- LOUGH, woman suffragist, was born Sept. 14, 1843, in Massillon, Ohio. For eleven years she was secretary of the Humane society of her native city; has been trustee of the charity Ratch school; a director of the Union National bank of Massillon; and a member of the county visiting board to charitable and correctional institutions. In 1891 she was elected president of the Ohio Woman Suffrage association, and still holds the office. She has written extensively for the periodical press on woman suffrage and kindred subjects.
Everhart, Benjamin Mablack
botanist, author, was born April 24, 1818, in West Chester, Pa. He is a Pennsylvania botanist, and co-author with J. B. Ellis of The North American Pyrenomycetes.
Everhart, Isaiah Fawkes
physician, naturalist, was born Jan. 22, 1840, in Berks county, Pa. He served in the civil war as a surgeon, and was promoted to the rank of major. He served as a member of the medical staff of the Lackawanna hospital; a member of the Scranton board of health, and surgeon of the ninth regiment of militia.
Everhart, James Bowen
lawyer, state senator, congressman, author, poet, was born July 26, 1821, in West Chester, Pa.
In 1876 he was elected a state senator, and wasre-elected in 1880. He was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the forty-eighth congress; and was re-elected to the forty-ninth congress. He is the author of two volumes of poems entitled Poems; and The Fox Chase.
Everhart, James Marion
manufacturer, inventor, was born June 7, 1828, in Berks county, Pa. In 1874 he gained entire control of the Scranton Brass works, and has introduced many improvements and inventions; and has been president of two coal companies. sur-
Everhart, John Roskell
geon, author, was born in 1828 in West Chester, Pa. He served in the civil war, retiring with the rank of brevet lieutenant-colonel. He has traveled extensively, and in 1892 published By Road and Rail.
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, Hamilton Glover
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Oct. 23, 1849, in Columbia, S. C. He was appointed by Chief Justice Waite register in bankruptcy for the ninth congressional district; and was twice elected mayor of Hendersonville. He was district elector on the Hayes ticket in 1876; and received the nomination for congress in 1884. He was elected to the lower house of the legislature in 1886, in which body he was an active member. He was elected to the fifty-first congress as a republican.