Robert William Everett (March 3, 1839 – February 27, 1915) was a

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from

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Biography

Born near

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, Everett attended the village schools and

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. He was graduated from

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, in 1859. His parents were Alexander and Harriet Blanche (Bryan) Everett. He was of

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descent.Men of Mark in Georgia: A Complete and Elaborate History of the State from Its Settlement to the Present Time, Chiefly Told in Biographies and Autobiographies of the Most Eminent Men of Each Period of Georgia's Progress and Development; William J Northern and John Temple Graves Volume 6 page 275 He taught school in Polk and Houston Counties for two years. He entered the

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as a sergeant in Captain Gartrell's company, Gen.

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's escort squadron, and served until the close of the

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. He again engaged in teaching school in Houston County and also in

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, until 1872, when he abandoned the profession for agricultural pursuits. He served as commissioner of roads and revenue of Polk County 1875-1880. He served as member of the Board of Education of Polk County 1880-1891 and served as president of the board 1882-1891. He served as member of the State house of representatives 1882-1885. Everett was elected as a

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to the Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1892. He resumed agricultural pursuits. He was again a member of the State house of representatives in 1898 and 1899. He lived in retirement until his death in

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, on February 27, 1915. He was interred in Cedartown Cemetery,

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