Enoch M. Everly
Monongalia Co. WV

The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,
Chicago and New York, Volume 11
Page 176


   There has always been a strong contention among intelligent men that
an individual can have no better training for success in life than that
which comes from work as an educator. Certain it is that many of the
leading men of the country began their careers as teachers, and this
applies to Enoch M. Everly, now one of the leaders of the Morgantown bar
and senior member of the law firm of Everly & Bowman. Prior to his
entrance into his present profession, he had attained standing and
reputation as an educator.
   Mr. Everly was born in Greene County, Pennsylvania, January 28, 1864,
a son of Allen and Mariah (Brewer) Everly. His grandfather, Nicholas
Everly, was a pioneer of Greene County, where he settled soon after the
close of the War of the Revolution on land secured by grant from the
United States Government. He was the son of Adam Everly, a solider of
the War of the Revolution, who served under Capt. George Strickler with
the Maryland troops. The maternal grandparents of Mr. Everly were Daniel
and Mary Brewer. The father died when Enoch M. was only a few months
old, while his mother passed away in 1915.
   After completing the common school course in Greene County, Enoch M.
Everly found it necessary to assist in his own support, and accordingly
adopted the vocation of educator and taught in the same school as which
he had attended, as well as in other schools in his home locality. He
was graduated in the classical course at Waynesburg College, Waynesburg,
Pennsylvania, in 1892, having in the meantime spent several years in
study, teaching and farm work during the vacation periods. Leaving
college, Mr. Everly continued to teach. He was principal of the Mt.
Morris (Pennsylvania) High School in 1895, organized and conducted
several large and successful private normal schools for the training of
teachers, and during parts of the years 1903, 1904, 1905 and 1906
attended Waynesburg College, where he completed the higher courses, and
in 1896 received his degree of Doctor of Philosophy. In the fall of 1896
he accepted the chair of mathematics in the McKeesport (Pennsylvania)
High School, in 1897 was appointed principal of one of the ward schools
of that city, and subsequently was made principal of McKeesport's
largest and most centrally located public school.
   In the fall of 1899 Mr. everly began reading law with the Pittsburgh
Law School class, and in 1902 resigned his position as teacher at
McKeesport and entered the law department of the University of West
Virginia, where he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws as
a member of the class of 1903. Admitted to the bar of this state in the
same year, he at once began practice at Morgantown, where he continued
to the present. His practice is limited to general law, specializing in
corporation work, a field in which he has met with great success. Mr.
Everly is a director in and counsel for several large corporations. He
is a member of the Monongalia County Bar Association,  and his religious
connection is with the Baptist Church, of which he is a member of the
Board of Trustees. A democrat in his political views, he has long been
one of the strong and influential members of his party in this section,
and in 1912 was its candidate for circuit judge, but met defeat although
running ahead of his ticket. In 1916 he was the candidate for state
senator, and although running in a district strongly republican, was
defeated by only thirty votes.
   In 1898 Mr. Everly married Eva M. Keener, the daughter of James and
Mary (Shroyer) Keener. Mrs. Everly is an alumnus of the California
(Pennsylvania) State Normal School and of Waynesburg (Pennsylvania)
College, and at the time of her marriage was a teacher in the McKeesport
(Pennsylvania) public schools. To Mr. and Mrs. Everly there has been
born a daughter, Mary, a member of the class of 1921 at Morgantown High
School.