Everett family correspondence, 1850-1924 (box 14)

Everett family correspondence, 1850-1924 (box 14)

Author: Everett, Lewis, 1825-1881

Year: 1850

Letters of Robert and Elizabeth Everett and their children. Many of the letters are all-inclusive, written from the Everett children to the rest of the family back home. At times two or more of the Everett sisters lived together, and many letters are addressed "Dear Sisters" without further clarification. John Eddie Everett (1863-1954) was the grandson of Robert & Elizabeth Everett and the eldest son of John Roberts Everett. He graduated from Mexico School, Mexico, NY, and Hamilton College, Clinton, NY, and became a Congregationalist minister in 1890. He had churches in many towns in Northeastern Kansas, and eventually settled in Brewster, NY. John Eddie married Helen Frost and the couple had six children: Howard, Zaidee, Roberts, Margaret, Edward, and Mary. As a child, John Eddie lived with his father's family for a time and became very close to his aunts, particularly Mary, Jennie, and Anna, and kept in close touch with them throughout their lives. Small amounts of correspondence from various Everett family members, including Lewis Everett (1825-1881) and Henry Everett (1834-1854), two other sons of Robert and Elizabeth Everett. The miscellaneous correspondence is from cousins, c