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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaRobert William EVERETT
(1839-1915)
EVERETT, Robert William, a
Representative from Georgia; born near Hayneville, Houston County,
Ga., March 3, 1839; attended the village schools and Hayneville
Academy; was graduated from Mercer University, Macon, Ga., in 1859;
taught school in Polk and Houston Counties for two years; entered
the Confederate Army as a sergeant in Captain Gartrell’s
company, Gen. N.B. Forrest’s escort squadron, and served
until the close of the Civil War; again engaged in teaching school
in Houston County and also in Cedartown, Ga., until 1872, when he
abandoned the profession for agricultural pursuits; commissioner of
roads and revenue of Polk County 1875-1880; member of the Board of
Education of Polk County 1880-1891 and served as president of the
board 1882-1891; member of the State house of representatives
1882-1885; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress
(March 4, 1891-March 3, 1893); was not a candidate for renomination
in 1892; resumed agricultural pursuits; again a member of the State
house of representatives in 1898 and 1899; lived in retirement
until his death in Rockmart, Polk County, Ga., on February 27,
1915; interment in Cedartown Cemetery, Cedartown, Ga.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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