This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: EVERETT, FLETCHER Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Cl.2ADI/871 Message Board Post: B. S. Everett, M.D., of Allerton, is the second son of Dr. Warren D. Everett, and was born in Moniteau County, Missouri, March 25, 1843. He began the study of medicine with his father in 1860, but relinquished it in 1861 to enter the Union army, enlisting in August of that year in Company I, Fourth Iowa Infantry. The Doctor was seriously wounded at the battle of Pea Ridge, by being shot through the left hip. He lay upon the battle field till the next day, and there is no doubt that his knowledge of the science of anatomy which enabled him to staunch the bleeding of his wound saved his life. Dr. F. M. Everett, of Corydon, on learning of the misfortune of his brother, repaired at once to the hospital where his brother lay, and through his skillful nursing he recovered sufficiently to return home, although the Doctor has never fully recovered from the effects of his wound. In August 1863, the Doctor again entered the army, enlisting as First Sergeant of Company D, Eight Io! wa Cavalry, he having assisted in recruiting this company. This regiment was organized at Davenport, and took part in Sherman's Atlanta campaign, and in the celebrated raid of Stoneman and McCook. While on the latter expedition the Doctor was taken prisoner, and after being incarcerated in Andersonville Prison about four months he was removed to Florence, where he was held a prisoner six months longer. He was then parolled, after having suffered all the horrors of the worst rebel prisons for ten months, and as soon as he was able to travel he returned home. But even a greater affliction than any he had yet endured awaited him at home, the knowledge of which had not reached him while being confined in a rebel prison. We refer to the death of his father, whom he loved, and who had died several months before his arrival home. The Doctor regards this as the greatest affliction of his life, he having looked forward to the reunion with his father with great joy and gladness, ! and it was on him he always depended for advice and counsel. Soon after his return from the army he resumed the study of medicine with his brother at Corydon, and in 1869 graduated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Keokuk. He began the practice of his profession at Peoria, where he has succeeded in building up a good practice. Dr. Everett has been devoting his entire attention to surgery for the past few years, and has a great love for the science of surgery. He has been a member of the Board of Examining Surgeons for pensions at Allerton for the past year. In 1884 he sold his residence in Allerton, intending to remove to Kansas City, where his desires for surgery could be better satisfied, but, owing to sickness in his own family, he abandoned that idea, and recently purchased a neat, comfortable home in Allerton, where he expects to follow his profession. In 1867 the Doctor married Mary E. Fletcher, a daughter of Eli Fletcher, one of the pioneers of Wayne C! ounty, Iowa. They have an adopted daughter, named Cora, who is a student at the Baptist Institution at Pella, Iowa. The family are members of the Baptist church at Allerton. Dr. Everett is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and was master of the lodge at Corydon for four years. He was the first master of the Masonic logdge at Allerton, being one of its charter members. Biographical and Historical Record of Wayne and Appanoose Counties P-300/301 Interstate Publishing Co. Chicago 1886