James B. Everhart
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Biography
James Bowen Everhart was born in West Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania,[1] to Hannah (née Matlack) and William Everhart. His father was a member of the U.S. Congress and worked as a surveyor and merchant.[2][3] He attended Bolmar's Academy in West Chester and graduated from Princeton College in 1842. He studied law at Harvard Law School and in Philadelphia. He was admitted to the bar in 1845 and went abroad, spending two years in study at the Universities of Berlin and Edinburgh. He returned to West Chester and commenced practicing law. During the American Civil War, Everhart served in Company B, Tenth Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia. He represented the 19th district in the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1876 to 1882.[4]
Everhart was elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses.[3] He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1886. He resumed the practice of law until his death.[3]
Writings
Everhart's writings, which are marked by terseness of style, include Miscellanies, in prose (West Chester, Pa, 1862); a volume of short poems (Philadelphia, 1868); and "The Fox Chase," a poem (Philadelphia, 1875).[3][5]
Personal life
His grandfather, James Everhart, was a soldier in the U.S. Army during the American Revolutionary War. His father William was a successful merchant in West Chester, Pennsylvania and a U.S. Congressman.[3][2] His brother Benjamin Matlack Everhart was a mycologist.[6]
Everhart died in West Chester on August 23, 1888.[3] He was interred in Oaklands Cemetery in West Chester.[4]
Notes
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References
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