BIO: John EVERTS, Huntingdon County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: 
Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, 
Pennsylvania, Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. 
Runk & Co., 1897, page 102.
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  JOHN EVERTS, Masseysburg, Huntingdon county, Pa., was born in Jackson 
township, September 22, 1832, son of Philip and Elizabeth (Rudy) 
Everts.  Nicholas Everts, his grandfather, was a resident of Barree 
township, and there Philip Everts, father of John, was born.  He was 
all his life occupied in farming.  His politics were Democratic.  The 
wife of Philip Everts, Elizabeth Rudy, was also a native of Huntingdon 
county.  Their children are:  Barbara, widow of Harvey Wilson; John, 
Nicholas, died during that period of enlistment in the United States 
army; George, blacksmith, of Altoona, Pa.  Mr. Everts died in Barree 
township in 1837; his wife also died on the homestead, November 8, 
1894.  They were members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
  At the time of his father's death John Everts was but five years old.  
He had, in consequence, but a slender opportunity for education.  As 
soon as he was able to do farm work, he worked for his grandfather for 
seven years; then he returned to his home, and cultivated the farm for 
his mother for twenty-two years.  After that he was engaged in 
Clearfield county for three years, at the lumber business; then he 
rented a farm in Barree township for seven years, and continued at farm 
labor and similar employments until he removed to Masseysburg in 1868.  
Since that time he has combined farming with mercantile business, 
meeting with good success.  Mr. Everts has worked industriously all his 
life.  His politics are Democratic.  He is connected with the Methodist 
church.
  John Everts was married February 24, 1868, at Manor Hill, to 
Elizabeth, daughter of David and Jane (Bell) Jackson.  She was born in 
Jackson township in 1838.  Mrs. Everts, like her husband, belongs to 
the Methodist church.  She is much attached to her church, and has 
taken part in the work of the Sunday-school.  Mrs. Everts is well known 
and highly regarded by her neighbors and acquaintances.  Like the 
excellent woman of the Proverbs, she not only looks to the affairs of 
the household, but is a woman of business, giving much attention to the 
store; she has been postmistress for three years.
  Mrs. Evert's grandfather was Joseph Jackson, and her father, David 
Jackson, was born in Jackson township, which has its name from their 
family.  They are of Scotch-Irish extraction.  The children of David 
and Jane (Bell) Jackson are:  Alexander, a resident of California; 
William, county treasurer, Shasta county, Cal.; Elizabeth (Mrs. 
Everts), and Jane, who died young.  David Jackson died in his native 
township in 1839.  His wife was again married, to James McManigal, of 
Scotch-Irish descent.  They had eight children, of whom four died very 
young; the survivors are:  Josiah, of Clinton county, Pa., was a 
soldier in the United States army, in the war of the Rebellion; James, 
resides in the west; Robert, of San Francisco, Cal.; George, of Renovo, 
Pa.