Lt. George W. Everett Becomes Cotton Agent for Thos. A. Kelly & Co. in New Orleans

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Article from the 'Ouachita Telegraph'

Captain George W. McCranie founded the 'Weekly Telegraph' in Monroe, Ouachita Parish 
beginning in September 1865. In mid-December, he decided to change the name to the 
"Ouachita Telegraph'. The paper continued publication until and the 1890s or later. 
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'Ouachita Telegraph'
4 October 1866
page two, column 1
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Thos. A. Kelley & Co. - We take pleasure in referring to the card of this house, of which 
Mr. G. W. Everett, of this place, has recently become a member. Mr. Everett is too well 
known in this vicinity to require commendation at our hands. His friends - who are legion - 
will be glad to hear that he has entered the commission business in New Orleans. The other 
members of the firm of Kelly & Co. are highly recommended to us. This house is able to offer 
as good accommodations to shippers and buyers as any similar house in New Orleans.

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'Ouachita Telegraph'
4 October 1866
page three, column 1
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Thos. A. Kelley, Of Alabama

G. W. Everett, Monroe, La.

V. S. Goodin, New Orleans

THOS. A. KELLY & CO., 
COTTON FACTORS,

      AND

GENERAL PURCHASING AND SALES AGENTS.

For Planters, Country and City Merchants, 104 Gravier street, New Orleans.



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Note: George Washington Everett (25 July 1828 – June/Aug 1869) was the son of Rev. 
George Washington Everett (23 June 1797 - 25 June 1855) and Virginia (Gensy) Megganson 
(16 Mar 1802 - 15 Oct 1847). His father moved to northern Union Parish in 1848 and settled 
near the Arkansas line. Rev. Everett founded the Springhill Baptist Church and many other 
churches in Louisiana and Arkansas until his death in 1855. Rev. Everett also established 
the Union Cross Roads Post Office in 1852 and served as its postmaster for a few years. 
G. W. Everett, Jr. moved into Union County in the mid-1850s and went into the 
mercantile business with his brother-in-law Thomas Keese at Pigeon Hill. Following Keese's 
death, Everett farmed until the war broke out. He joined the Confederate army in 1861, 
quickly gaining a reputation for bravery under fire. His superior officers commended him 
for gallantry on at least one occasion. 

After the war, Everett moved to Monroe, where he lived until his wife's premature death in 
1867. He moved up the Ouachita River to Camden by 1869, where he died during the summer 
months of that year.





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