A Wilson Family Tree
Notes for Leonard Everett
"Biographical History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa", The Lewis Publishing Company, 1891, pp. 615-616:
LEONARD EVERETT, a lawyer, and one of the large land-owners of western Iowa, was born in Gainesville, Alabama, June 27, 1853. His parents, Hon. Horace Everett and Mary L. Everett, made their home in Council Bluffs in the year 1855. A sketch of the life of Hon. Horace Everett will be found in this volume.
On his maternal grandfather's side, Mr. Leonard Everett is a direct descendant of the Leonards of Taunton, Massachusetts, one of the prominent families of the early settlement of New England, and in the Revolutionary struggle. His maternal grandmother was a daughter of Colonel Benjamin Reeves, of Howard County, Missouri. Mr. Everett's early studies were in the public schools of Council Bluffs. In 1868 and 1869, for one year he attended the Cheshire Academy, near New Haven, Connecticut, where he prepared for college. For one year Mr. Everett was a student of Dartmouth College, New Hampshire. For three years he studied at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, and graduated in the class of 1873.
Returning home Mr. Everett read law in the office of his father and was admitted to the bar in 1876. Mr. Everett has made a specialty of the study of titles and real-estate law. His experience in the management of his father's large landed estate has been of great practical benefit in his chosen branch of the law. Mr. Everett is now recognized as one of the leading lawyers in western Iowa upon all matters appertaining to land or land titles.
For many years Mr. Everett has taken an active interest in farming and the cause of the farmers. He has always been a sincere and earnest Republican, but has not hesitated to oppose and denounce the railroad wing of the party. In 1889, without solicitation on his part, and while he was absent in Washington, Mr. Everett was elected, by a large majority, Alderman from the Fourth Ward. Although the only Republican in the Council he was elected President of the Board of Aldermen. Mr. Everett declined a renomination. He is now a member of the Board of Library Trustees and President of the Fairview Cemetery Association. He enjoys the confidence and respect of the public, and takes a zealous interest in the welfare of the community.
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