Sedgwick County KSGenWeb

Portrait And Biographical Album of Sedgwick County, Kan.

Chapman Brothers 1888

Pages 512 - 513 

E. S. EVERETT, M. D., a young and rising physician and surgeon of Wichita, came to the city in February, 1887, from the old Bay State. He was born in the city of Worcester, Mass., Nov. 13, 1853, and is the son of Rev. Samuel P. and Alcesta A. (Goodnow) Everett, natives of New Hampshire and Massachusetts respectively.

            The father of the subject of this sketch is a clergyman of the Baptist denomination, and is occupying the pulpit of the church at Ayer, Mass. His first charge was at Wittingham, Vt., since which time he has performed pastoral duties in two churches in Massachusetts and two or three in New Hampshire. He is the son of Rev. Samuel and Lucinda (Keyes) Everett, both of whom were natives of the State of Massachusetts. His father, the grandfather of the Doctor of whom we write, was also a Baptist clergyman, in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, and died at the age of eighty-one years, in the State of Michigan, whither he had gone some time previously. Rev. Samuel P., the father of the Doctor, is a man of more than ordinary note. Well educated, and thoroughly read in the theology of the church, his labors have been highly successful. Like Goldsmith's country curate, he has spent his life in good works, and, with his congregation, has " allured to brighter worlds and led the way." Mrs. Alcesta Everett, the mother of the Doctor, is the daughter of Ebenezer and Mary Goodnow, both of whom are natives of Massachusetts. Her father was a contractor and builder.

            Dr. Everett comes from a branch of the same family on the paternal side as Edward Everett, the great orator and statesman, and Horace Mann on the maternal side. The grandfather of Mrs. Everett, Calvin Greene, participated in the War of 1812, in which he received a wound in the neck, from which he never fully recovered.

            The subject of this sketch was reared beneath the parental roof and amid the home influences of his father's house. For two years he attended the Academy at Bernardston, Mass., known as Powers' Institute, as a supplement to the rudiments of education gained in the common schools of his native State, to whom high praise is greatly due. One year spent at the Hitchcock High School, at Brimfield, Mass., concluded his classical education. In 1879, determined to adopt a professional career, he went to Philadelphia, and matriculated at the Jefferson Medical College of that city, which confessedly stands among the first in the land. While attending this excellent institution he was a close student and a hard worker, and taking great interest in all departments of the work, acquired a remarkable proficiency. In 1882, having finished his course, he was graduated, at which time his thesis drew upon him the observation of many of the more learned of the faculty, as it was a remarkable document. Entering into practice at Clinton, Mass., his success was assured from the date of his location there. From that time until February, 1887, he remained a citizen of that place, only leaving there to seek in Wichita a more extended field for his efforts.

            The marriage of the Doctor took place on the 3d of October, 1883, at which time he led to the altar Miss Carrie A. Greene, of Warren, Mass., a (laughter of Henry and Johanna W. (Weeks) Greene. Her parents were natives of Vermont and Maine respectively, who had removed to Massachusetts before their marriage. Her father was formerly engaged in the hard ware business, but at present is retired, at Warren, Mass. He is the son of Calvin and Nancy (Tupper) Greene, natives of Vermont and Massachusetts respectively, the former of whom is numbered with the dead. Mrs. Calvin Greene is still living in Vermont, at the advanced age of ninety-one years, and is a remarkable old lady. She can see to read a newspaper without glasses, and can write a beautiful letter to her friends. All of her faculties she retains perfectly, except that she is a little deaf. Notwithstanding her age, she takes a deep interest in all current events.

            Dr. Everett occupies quite a prominent position among the medical fraternity in Wichita. He is a member of the Medical Society of the city, and also of that of Southern Kansas. He and his wife are members of the Baptist Church, and take a deep interest in all religious work, and superintend the Sabbath-school of the Baptist Mission in the southern part of the city.

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