George Everly
George Everly was born in Washington County, Penn., April 22, 1821, a son of Leonard and Catherine (Chesround) Everly. Leonard Everly was a native of Washington County, Penn., and was a son of Leonard Everly, who came from Germany when a young man. He was the youngest of his father's family, and remained at home superintending the farm until after his father's death. He married Catherine, daugher of Peter Chesround, and to them were born seven children: George, Maria (Mrs John S. Mulhall), Elizabeth (Mrs. Moore), Rebecca (Mrs. Poast), Andrew, Joseph, Lewis and Peter. In 1835 Leonard Everly, with his wife and children, moved to Ohio, where for three years, they lived on a farm rented of his brother. He afterward bought eighty acres, which he improved and made his home until his death, when the property was divided among his children. He died at the age of fifty-seven years.
George Everly remained on the farm until twenty-one years old, when he learned the carpenter's trade, at which he worked twenty-five years. His first purchase of land was eleven and a half acres, and to this he afterward added fifty-seven and a half acres, near Bear Swamp, which he sold, and then bought 102 and a half acres; subsequently bought 160 acres of what was originally the property of William Ewing, and this is now his home. Mr. Everly was married Apri 22, 1848, to Margaret Ewing, a native of Lancaster County, Penn., born in 1825, daughter of William and Margaret (Hill) Ewing. Mr. Ewing, who was a farmer and shoemaker, came to Ohio in 1828, and lived one year in Wayne County; then came to Holmes County, where he entered eighty acres of land and purchased another eighty-acre tract, which he made his home until his death, which occurred when he was ninety-four years old. His wife died at the age of thirty-five years. Mr and Mrs. Everly have six children: Jacob, William, Leonard, Albert, Ida (Mrs. Foltz, of Nebraska) and Ella. The parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Everly casts his suffrage with the Prohibition party, is one of the leading men of the Township, and has held various township offices.
From Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Wayne and Holmes, Ohio, J. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, 1889