E. EVERIST, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Mason City; born in Clinton Co., Ohio, Jan. 27, 1839, where he was raised to farm labor until 1859, when he came to Illinois and followed teaming and farming, at and near Havana, Mason Co., until 1865, when he located upon his present farm of eighty acres, where he has since lived. His marriage with Mary E. Hole was celebrated in Mason City. May 31, 1866; she was born in Mason Co., July 15, 1847. They have four children by this union:  Zilla, born Feb. 2, 1868; Ralph, April 10, 1870; Louie, Nov. 20, 1875, and Cecil, Oct. 16, 1877, and Joseph, who died when 2 years jof age. Mrs. Everist is the daughter of Joseph E. Hole, who was born in Washington Co., Ind., about 1821. He was married, in 1846, to Miss Clotilda Green; immediately after his marriage, he came to Mason Co., Ill., and for more than a year lived upon a farm owned by Daniel Clark. He soon acquired 320 acres of land about two miles south of Mason City, and was elected Justice of the Peace; he was noted for his correct decisions, and was highly respected in the community where he lived until his decease, which occurred in 1855. Mrs. Hole is now living in Mason City.



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