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Fishes of North and JtliMle America (with Dr. Jor- dan, 1896-99); The XaUiral RUWry of Porto liko (2 vols., 1S9U).

EVERTS, William Wallace, cleigyniau, was bom in Granville, N.Y., March 13, 18U. He jomed the Baptist church at Brockport, N. Y., and was licensed to preach in 1S30. He was gradu- ated at the Hamilton literary and theological institution in 1837; was pastor at EarleviUe, N. Y. , 1837-39; at the Tabernacle cliurch, New York city, 1839-43; at the Laight Street church, New York city, which he founded, 1842-50; at Wheat- land, N.Y., 1850-52; and at the Wabiut Street church, Louisville, Ky., 1852-59, during which trine he built three chui'ches for new congrega- tions. He was pastor of the First church of Chi- cago, 1859-79, meanwhile erecting t«-enty church edifices in different parts of the city and vicin- ity, and laying the foundation for the Chicago university and the Chicago Baptist theological seminary. He was pastor of the church at Ber- gen Heights, Jersey City, 1879-85, paying off a debt of 835,000 the first year. He was married in New York city to Margaret Keen, and their son, William Wallace, Jr., became a Baptist clergy- man. He retired in 1885 to devote his time to liter- ary work. He received the degree of D.D. from Hamilton college. He published: The Pastor's Hand Book (1856); The Bible Prayer Book; The Scriptural School Peader; Life and Thomjhts of John Foster; Voyage of Life; Promise and Training of Childhood; and numerous tracts for the churches. He died at Cliicago. III., Sept. 25, 1890.

EVERTS, William Wallace, clergyman, was born in New York city, Feb. 10, 1849; son of the Rev. Dr. William Wallace and Margaret (Keen) Everts. He was graduated at Chicago university in 1867; studied in Europe, 1867-70, principally at Berlin university; at Union theological seminary, Chicago, 111., 1870-73; and was ordained Dec. 23, 1873. He was pastor of the Indiana Avenue branch of the First Baptist church, Chicago, 111. , 1873-77; teacher of church history in the theologi- cal seminary in 1875; pastor of the Fourth Baptist church. Providence, R.I., 1877-81; of Memorial Baptist church, Hartford, Conn., 1881-84; of the Second Baptist chui'ch, Philadelphia, 1884-87; of the First Baptist church, Haverhill, Mass., 1887- 93; and of the Baptist cburcli, St. Paul, Minn., from 1892. He assisted his father in preparing the Baptist Layman's Book, assisted Dr. Armitage in preparing his' History of the Baptists; and pub- lished; Concise Comments on Baptism; History of First Baptist Chnrch, Haverhill, and The Life of the Jtev. W. W. Everts. D.D.

EVRETT, Isaac, author, was born in New York city, Jan. 2, 182(1. He entered the ministry of the Disciples of Christ in 1840 and became pastor at Pittsburg, Pa. He was secretary of the Ohio

Christian missionary society, 1853-56, and presi- dent, 1868-71; was corresponding secretary of the American Christian society, 1857-60, and its presi- dent, 1874-76; and was president of the Foreign Christian missionary society, 1875-88. He was founder of the Christian Standard, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1866, and its editor for several yeai-s. Bethany college, W. Va., conferred upon him the degree of A.M. in 1867, and Butler imiversity that of LL.D. in 1886. He published: Brief Vieir of Cliristian Missions, Ancient and Modern (1857); Spiritualism as Compared with Christianity (1859); First Principles (1867); ^yalks about Jerusalem (1873); Letters to a Young Christian (1881); Even- ings with the Bible (3 vols., 1885-87); Our Position; a Brief Statement of the Plea Urged by the Peopile knoivn as Disciples of Christ (1885). He died in Cincinnati, Ohio. Dec. 18, 1888.

EWART, Hamilton Qlover, representative, was born in Columbia, S.C. Oct. 23, 1849; son of James Beckett and Mary Ann Ewart; grandson of James Ewart and a descendant of the Ewart famil}' of Scotland. He was graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1869 and from the law school in 1870. He was admitted to the bar in 1871, and began practice in Hendersonville, N.C. He was twice elected mayor of Henderson- ville; was district elector on the Republican national ticket in 1876; and was elected a repre- sentative in the North Carolina legislature in 1886. In 1888 he was elected a representative in the 51st congress from the 9th congressional district of North Carolina. In 1894 he was a second time elected to the North Carolina legislature, and in 1895 was elected judge of the cii'cuit court of the westei-n district, North Carolina, by the legisla- ture of 1894-95. In 1890 he was elected to the same office by the people. On July 14, 1898, he was appointed by President McKinley judge of the U.S. district court, for the western district of North Carolina, as successor to Robert P. Dick, Demo- crat.

EWART, Thomas West, jurist, was born in Grandview, Washington county, Ohio, Feb. 27, 1816; son of Robert H. and Mary C. Ewart. He left school when sixteen years of age, and was as- sistant county clerk of Washington county, 1832- 36; clerk of the county court, 1836-51; member of the state constitutional convention of 1850-51; probate judge of Washington county, 1852; and attorney and counsellor at-law at Marietta, 1853- 81. He was a trustee of Denison university at the time of his death: president of the Ohio Baptist state convention for several years, and vice presi- dent of the American Baptist missionary union, serving as president of that body at the Cincinnati and Philadelphia conventions. Denison univer- sity conferred on him the degree of LL.D. in 1878. He died in Granville, Ohio, Oct. 8, 1881.